I used to drink two bottles of Diet Pepsi every week. One bottle for after work, one bottle for the weekend. That weekly habit cost $10 per month. Soda was always on sale.
That changed during the pandemic. The weekly habit became a daily habit of one bottle per day. That daily habit cost $100 per month. Soda was no longer on sale.
If you haven’t heard, SiliCon With Adam Savage 2023 got canceled. The organizers blamed “unforeseen circumstances and challenges” on COVID-19. Adam Savage was no longer the creative director and host for the show. The future of the newly renamed SiliCon Convention is uncertain.
Blaming COVID-19 for the cancelation of the 2023 show was a bogus excuse.
The biggest change for the 2023 show was switching from the San Jose Convention Center in August to the Santa Clara Convention Center in October. According to a second-hand source, the San Jose Convention Center wanted their money.
The organizers for SiliCon With Adam Savage had cancelled the 2023 show. The website’s F.A.Q. blames COVID-19 for the cancellation. Never mind that COVID-19 didn’t stop the show in 2021 and 2022.
“With Adam Savage” is no longer part of the “SiliCon” convention. Suggesting that Adam Savage was no longer the host for the show. Adam Savage’s own tweet noted that his “tenure as creative director” has ended.
Refunds for tickets will process in the next 14 days.
We are six months away from SiliCon With Adam Savage on October 14-15, 2023. Out of the three two-day ticket options, Gold might be the best bang for the buck.
SiliCon With Adam Savage 2023 will be at the Santa Clara Convention Center. Main panel room and dealer room could be in the exhibit halls at the far side. The panel rooms will be upstairs at the opposite side. If you’re going back and forth between the two, that’s a lot of walking.
For $26 more than the General Admission ticket, Gold ticket holders will have priority entry to panels and fast lines for autographs and photo ops. If you’re walking in from the opposite side of the center, you can still get a good seat behind the VIP Platinum ticket holders.
If you’re not into panels, autographs and photo-ops, get the General Admission ticket. If you want the extra perks and can spend the extra money, get the VIP Platinum ticket.
We are six months away from SiliCon with Adam Savage at the Santa Clara Convention Center on October 14-15, 2023. Early bird ticket pricing is still available for the next 25 days. Here are the two-day ticket options, what changed from previous years, and which one might be the best bang for the buck.
The organizers for SiliCon with Adam Savage sent out a poll to past attendees last month. I found some of the questions about the dates and the location for the venue to be interesting. The show has been at the San Jose Convention Center in late August since 2019. The poll asked questions about dates in late October and the Santa Clara Convention Center.
Will SiliCon be moving to a different date and/or location in 2023?
SiliCon with Adam Savage announced dates, prices, and the initial guest list for the 2022 show. The show will once again be at the San Jose Convention Center on Saturday, August 27, and Sunday, August 28. Prices vary from $20 US to $400 US for various ticket options. The initial guest list includes Christopher Lloyd, George Takei, and Alan Ritchson. What can you expect for this year’s show?
Fon Davis discusses movie robots (i.e., The Matrix, Terminator and I, Robot), Isaac Asimov’s Three Law of Robotics, artificial intelligence, and future robotic developments for Silicon with Adam Savage 2021 (Sunday, 8/29/2021). Introduction by Adam Savage.