Thursday, January 29, 2009

Game on girls!

Have you seen the Game On expo in Brisbane? I went to it in Melbourne early last year and it was fantastic! A blast from the past, my fave part was the old Galaga stand up console! Another fave part was finding out all of the roles that make up developing a computer game, from artists to techies. I am planning to go again to the expo in Brisbane, hope to see you there!

As part of Game On, I went to the Wired Women panel presentation on Wednesday night. Four fabulous role models discussed working in the Brisbane gaming industry. Was great to see so many high school girls there asking questions! As part of this, the State Library have a full day of panel presentations next Friday called More than Games - a great chance to get info about working in this industry. And girls, they are calling out for you to get the qualifications and apply for jobs! There are so many great side events to this expo so dont miss out!

And wanted to share some pics with you from an AWISE planning event I was part of late last year. All of the AWISE women have been fabulous supporters of the book, and my friend Madeleine is one of the book's best supporters! You're a star Madeleine :)































While talking about fabulous women, I wanted to mention that my good friend Sue Nielsen launched her sci fi adventure novel this week! www.suenielsen.com and her book is available on Amazon.com. It is 7 years of writing and it is sure to entertain! She is already working on the sequel....:) Congrats Sue, a huge impressive achievement!!!



2 comments:

Unknown said...

GAME ON was cool - trip down memory lane. Was a bit disappointed that there were no Commodore Vic 20s but there was a Commodore 64.

Tech Girls are Chic said...

showing your age Jo :) My fave is the galaga console!