I run into Noah Wardrip-Fruin and Richard Evans at the hotel, and it turns out that all three of us still need to work some more on our talks. We have a working session in the lobby, before joining the others for dinner.
![Noah and Richard](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8199/8195010062_fccbcc7760_n.jpg)
I have this idea to try to use less walls of text and more illustrations than I normally do. But I'm afraid that I'll forget what to say unless I have the text available, so I have decided to try using index cards.
![Preparing my talk](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8207/8195010514_1b37a4580c_n.jpg)
For dinner David Oyarzun, the general chair, takes us into San Sebastian, and we have a brief stare at the cathedral. We find a place in a former bull-fighting that can accommodate all of us. I think we are around 15 to 20 persons. On the bar a selection of pintos are served from which we can select. In the Baskian parts of Spain tapas are called pintos, and are a bit more elaborate (or that's what people tell me, I wouldn't know).
![Noah and Michael Young before getting pintos](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8477/8195010956_e7e2ba8412_n.jpg)
We don't stay too late, and back at the hotel Noah is kind enough to listen me practicing the talk I am to give the next day and giving me some good advice. I had overdone the picture part, that's for sure. We also came up with a title! "The Grails of Interactive Storytelling". Luckily there is still time for revision.
ICIDS: The Fifth International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling
![Noah and Richard](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8199/8195010062_fccbcc7760_n.jpg)
I have this idea to try to use less walls of text and more illustrations than I normally do. But I'm afraid that I'll forget what to say unless I have the text available, so I have decided to try using index cards.
![Preparing my talk](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8207/8195010514_1b37a4580c_n.jpg)
For dinner David Oyarzun, the general chair, takes us into San Sebastian, and we have a brief stare at the cathedral. We find a place in a former bull-fighting that can accommodate all of us. I think we are around 15 to 20 persons. On the bar a selection of pintos are served from which we can select. In the Baskian parts of Spain tapas are called pintos, and are a bit more elaborate (or that's what people tell me, I wouldn't know).
![Noah and Michael Young before getting pintos](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8477/8195010956_e7e2ba8412_n.jpg)
We don't stay too late, and back at the hotel Noah is kind enough to listen me practicing the talk I am to give the next day and giving me some good advice. I had overdone the picture part, that's for sure. We also came up with a title! "The Grails of Interactive Storytelling". Luckily there is still time for revision.
ICIDS: The Fifth International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling