![]() Inkslinger tends to rate books from large presses the highest, on average, with an average rating of 4.2. ![]() In fact, Inkslinger is in the top 5 of reviewers who review self published books, based on review volume. The afternoon discussion around better blogging was really a great conversation led by Ed Cone and James Portzman - running the gamut from creating a nice-looking blog without hiring a web designer or being one, to finding the topic you’re interested in, to having a conversation with your readers. Established in 2005, Inkslinger is an official club at Biola University that operates as a staff of editors and designers who review, collate, and publish a print journal full of exemplary student work. Inkslinger reviews books from top 5 presses, small presses, large presses, and self publishers. But what I’m wondering is if they all are so busy doing it that they don’t need to come to conferences to learn about and discuss it. Now some of it could be because the 20-somethings were all sleeping. Most of the people in the audience looked like they were 30-35 and up. What was really interesting about today’s audience for ConvergeSouth was its age. I was intrigued when Elisa Camahort made the observation that in about 10 years all the kids who have party pictures of themselves on Facebook and MySpace will be the bosses and they might think it’s weird if their future employees DON’T have an online presence. Serving Kansas City area for almost 40 years High quality tattoos and ultra clean. There was some good discussion regarding managing your online identity, with the consensus being it’s better for you to manage your own brand than to allow others to manage it for you. Inkslinger's Tattoos, Overland Park, Kansas. And LinkedIn doesn’t seem to be quite as social as Facebook. The social networking panel was interesting, mostly because it seemed while people liked the idea of Facebook, it doesn’t exactly work for professionals.
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