OK, so it’s been over a month and I still get giddy when I think of the good times that were had at PAX11 this year. It was held at the Washington Convention Centre in Seattle (where all the SQL kids are living it up at PASS this week!). The crowd was there for a good time and that’s exactly what they got. There were celebrities (I met Wil Wheaton, NBD) there was music (Paul & Storm! JoCo!) and of course there was every kind of game imaginable. So the following post is going to be about what to wear to these kinds of events assuming you aren’t going to costume up.
1) Topical T-shirt. No really, all the cool kids are wearing them. In this case you can be as obscure as you want and lots of people will still give you high-fives. My biggest hit was This Shirt for obvious reasons. Threadless and Thinkgeek are great sites, but the vendors are generally supplying them as well.
Only Wil can wear himself ironically
2) Weather specific pants. There was a heat wave in Seattle that weekend, so in this case shorts FTW.
3) Comfortable shoes-holy smacks you walk a lot! I spent the weekend in Birkenstock sandals like the Vancouver hippie that I am. I strongly recommend shoes with support, because you wait in a lot of lines.
4) A hoodie/Zip-up. Weird, I know considering recommendation #2, but some of the hotel conference rooms were heavily air-conditioned.
5) Anti-perspirent. Don’t be they person they smell before they see. As mentioned in #3, you will walk a lot.
6) A good point and shoot camera. You don’t want your phone to misbehave when your favorite celeb walks by…
Anyone going to Comic-Con this year?