It was a surprise. Especially discovering that the ASFMAs are no more. (I still love mine - a massive wood and glass thing that made me nervous when I was carrying it home - what if I tripped and died by being impaled by it?) :)
From the programming front, the major hassle I found is the lack of programming slots. You can try to be balanced, but in the end covering enough for both media and literature fans over three days is going to be a challenge, unless the con is big enough to have 3-4 main tracks. I don't think the solution is to focus on one over the other, as that's a big loss, nor to go completely generic, so an attempt to cover both is necessary, but tricky at best.
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From the programming front, the major hassle I found is the lack of programming slots. You can try to be balanced, but in the end covering enough for both media and literature fans over three days is going to be a challenge, unless the con is big enough to have 3-4 main tracks. I don't think the solution is to focus on one over the other, as that's a big loss, nor to go completely generic, so an attempt to cover both is necessary, but tricky at best.