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Post by Beth on Mar 10, 2013 14:29:22 GMT -5
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Post by katshimmy on Mar 10, 2013 14:42:27 GMT -5
Well, that's it for me this afternoon, guys, but it was lovely to get to talk to all of you!
Have a good week :-)
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Post by lucy on Mar 10, 2013 14:45:28 GMT -5
Riv, that looks incredible!! What an absolute joy of a coffee shop!!!
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Post by lucy on Mar 10, 2013 14:46:11 GMT -5
It was lovely to talk to you all as well. I really enjoyed it! What an interesting discussion  |
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Post by Beth on Mar 10, 2013 14:46:58 GMT -5
Thanks Kat! Lovely to talk to you too Have a good week. |
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Post by thewordiebirdie on Mar 10, 2013 14:58:11 GMT -5
that third one is actually my desk at work. That's the box of comics we had at Titchy Coffee, and that's where all the MSCSI admin gets done on my lunchbreak. I get laughed at for having a Lego Batmobile on my workdesk, but I think that's cuz they jelly  The 4th photo is my tiny little zine for sale in my local comic shop - the Adam Cadwell next to it is normal graphic novel size, for comparison.. |
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Post by Lindsay on Mar 10, 2013 14:58:37 GMT -5
I have a question for everyone - are you involved in any other fan communities yourselves? I've been lucky enough to be the founder, convention chairman for many years, and webmaster for an Anime and Gaming convention in New Brunswick, Canada ( Animaritime if anyone is interested in checking us out). I've been less active since having my son, but it's been a fandom I've been part of since I was a kid myself, so I think I'll always have my feelers into it. |
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Post by thewordiebirdie on Mar 10, 2013 15:02:56 GMT -5
Bye Karra!! xx
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Post by thewordiebirdie on Mar 10, 2013 15:03:45 GMT -5
ooh, that looks really cool, Lindsay |
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Post by Lindsay on Mar 10, 2013 15:09:28 GMT -5
Thanks! Animaritime is my brain baby, and it's been great to see the anime community in NB really flourish since we started the convention. I don't watch much anime myself anymore, but every year when I get to the con I'm reinvigorated by the passion and enthusiasm from our attendees. I'm also getting really active in our board gaming community as well - as is evidenced by my ever growing board game collection! |
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Post by thewordiebirdie on Mar 10, 2013 15:09:34 GMT -5
ok, so another question for everyone:
What personal influences do you bring to the project? Which artists do you most admire, and whose work inspires you most?
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Post by Beth on Mar 10, 2013 15:10:12 GMT -5
That looks awesome Lindsay! What does being founder, convention chairman and webmaster entail?
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Post by andie on Mar 10, 2013 15:17:57 GMT -5
Venturing into Q&A as instructed (see, easily led).
Question to all: What do you see as the biggest challenges in keeping up with social media technology and trends? What are the biggest advantages of it?
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Post by Lindsay on Mar 10, 2013 15:28:06 GMT -5
That looks awesome Lindsay! What does being founder, convention chairman and webmaster entail? Well, we (a group of dedicated friends and myself) created Animaritime to meet a demand that wasn't being met in our area. In 2004, anime conventions were really taking off. But for many New Brunswickers, the nearest convention was a 6-8 hour drive away. Seeing as how we all wanted to go to one, but didn't want to go that far, we just created one ourselves! It was a lot more work than we anticipated, but it's managed to become really popular which has made all the work worthwhile! As chairman, I organized the three-day event with panels, lectures, international guests, as well as advertising and scheduling staff. It's a lot of prep before and during the convention, and you have to learn to work as part of a team. As webmaster, I managing web content, design and develop website style, and perform web updates. Each year we do a new site design to reflect that years convention theme, so I get lots of opportunities to try new things and find better ways to connect with our fans. |
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Post by thewordiebirdie on Mar 10, 2013 15:28:10 GMT -5
Hi Andie! I think the best thing about social media and the online community is that you can co-ordinate people on a project such as this with minimal overheads - there's no way that we could have done what we've done 5 years ago. I'm reading Here Comes Everyone by Clay Shirky at the moment, and he's talking about how social media provides a platform for people to co-ordinate themselves on, and it reduces the need for infrastructure or institutional dynamics. So basically, without social media, Will would have had to hire us all, organise us all, and build a structured way of us communicating about the project in an efficient way. You can watch the TEDtalk based on this book here: www.ted.com/talks/clay_shirky_on_institutions_versus_collaboration.htmlIn terms of keeping up with new trends, I'd never used Twitter before I worked on MSCSI, so I'm the worst person to ask  but there are loads of fans that prompt us to post up stuff on different sites and send us links to things we should check out or people to talk to, which is really cool |
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but there are loads of fans that prompt us to post up stuff on different sites and send us links to things we should check out or people to talk to, which is really cool