The Disorientation Of The Ideal Job

Steve_Color_smYou have that dream job that will merge your fandom into your career by being a translator for a major anime company.  You have a career dream that takes your geekery to new heights – that job you hope to get as a game programer.  You have dreams.

Yet, something is wrong.  You see that ultimate job coming, hope for that job, or got that job.  Yet you wonder . . . is this right?

Trust me, it happens.

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Convention Idea – Leverage local workshops

The roundup of convention ideas is here.

Most conventions that have pro-fan panels have workshops, from cosplay, to writing, to graphics.  These are well-loved and well-recieved and a great way to impart serious knowledge in a fun situation.

Stocking a good workshop is hard as, simply, you have to find people that know how to run them and know what they're talking about.  For small conventions, or ones adding more pro-fan panels you may want to add more workshops, but you're not sure how to get the people to do them.

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Some New Looks to the Blog

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For those of you that visit the page regularly, I've been modifying the layout a bit to make it more efficient and clean.  You'll notice a menu at the top and some rearrangement of various items.  If you have any suggestions, or notice any issues, let me know!

– Steven Savage