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X Con World Press Release

I just received a press release from the organizers of X Con World. If you can’t make it to SPX this weekend, consider a weekend in Myrtle Beach!

X CON WORLD -SOUTH CAROLINA’S ONLY MULTI-GENRE CONVENTION

X Con World is a convention on the beach, featuring local and national talent, businesses, artists, and entertainment. October 2^nd – 4^th Springmaid Beach Resort will be hosting this years’ event, which is located at 3200 S Ocean Blvd, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577. Rooms are available at the location, call the resort to inquire  – (843) 315-7100 or visit their website at  – http://springmaidbeach.com

Featured at this years event – Nationally renowned talent such as Jonathan Hickman, Bob Camp, Tim Seeley, Joe Staton, Paty Cockrum, Rick Ketcham, Vinnie Tartamella, as well as local artists including Matt “Six” Bahr, Kaneesha Bryant, Jeff Bracey, and many more.

X Con World boasts a massively multiplayer console gaming tournament, panels, contests, and demonstrations throughout the weekend, as well as viewing rooms showing movies and anime, a vendor hall, and an after dark zombie walk on the beach! There is so much to do at X Con World, come enjoy your weekend with some of the industry’s best up-and-coming names as well as veteran talent as they hang out in Myrtle Beach.

Corsair Comics in downtown Myrtle Beach and Apocalypse Comics in Longs has paired to bring this annual convention to the Grand Strand and X Con World has recently partnered with Zombie Con, held in Greensboro, NC.

You don’t want to miss this and future events!

For more information or tickets, please call Corsair Comics at (843) 839 – 4820, or visit our website at http://xconworld.com [Ed. site has sound]

The a2alien will be making an appearance at X Con and will be speaking on one of the comic panels. Please come by and say hello!

Tags: a2alien, comic, geeks, xcon

Managing geeks? or any of us?

The How to Manage Geeks article has been getting a lot of linkbacks lately. I’ve seen the link posted on DC Web Women, Twitter, and several techie news sites. Although some have poked fun at the humourous aspects, it seems to me there is quite a bit of useful information in the article that the corporate world could effectively use.

It seems quite obvious, happy workers (not just geeks) are effective workers. I’ve seen this stated time and time again from various sources including the 60 Minutes segment on SAS in North Carolina. True, many of the dot coms overdid this piece, but the companies who find a good balance a la Google really seem to have an edge. Personally, I know I’m a much more effective worker when I like my job. Liking my job is, for me, tied closely with liking the people with whom I work. When I care about and respect my co-workers I want them to succeed. It makes me work harder and the entire team benefits. That may sound a little rah rah go team, but this has been true whether working in retail or in a more corporate environment.

It seems much of the advice in this article boils down to treating workers with respect and listening to them when they attempt to do the job you hired them to do. If you hire a graphic designer, don’t turn around and dictate every aspect of the design. If you hire an IT person and you aren’t a techie, ask them questions, listen to their answers, and discuss solutions. Sounds like pretty decent advice for dealing with people in general to me.

Tags: geeks, techie