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Cogs & Corsets: A Steampunk Happening

June 20, 2019 by Trever Bierschbach Leave a Comment

Cogs & Corsets: A Steampunk Happening is a fantastic convention in historic downtown Bloomington, Illinois.

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Posted in: Conventions Tagged: Cogs & Corsets, conventions, steampunk

OsCon Twitter and PR rep block concerned customers, developers, and strangers alike News

July 29, 2015 by Trever Bierschbach 1 Comment

Editor’s note: I have contacted both O’Reilly Media and OsCon for a statement on the topic below and up to this writing I have received no response except that it was forwarded to a different email contact at OsCon. If I do receive a response we will update this piece. OsCon, a convention for open … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Technology Tagged: conventions, O'Reilly Media, Open Source, OsCon

Two encounters at C2E2 helped restore my faith in people

April 26, 2015 by Trever Bierschbach Leave a Comment

“Never meet your heroes.”  Hero, of course, is a turn of phrase, as I have very few real heroes and most of them I’ve known all my life.  I’ve used that phrase though, especially recently as my activity on social media has increased.  I also wrote a related piece recently, about professionals that have taught … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Conventions Tagged: C2E2, conventions, Ivy Doomkitty, Peter V. Brett

Birthday wishes and cosplay greats at C2E2

April 27, 2014 by Trever Bierschbach Leave a Comment

Today is my birthday, and yesterday we were enjoying C2E2 and these two events came together in a surprising fashion.  See, a friend of mine is acquainted with the lovely cosplayer Ani Mia and she was kind enough to find us on the con floor to wish me a happy birthday.  Sadly I have to admit … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Conventions Tagged: Ani-mia, C2E2, conventions, cosplay, Yaya Han

Standing with Cosplayers, bullies and ignorance Part 2

March 19, 2014 by Trever Bierschbach Leave a Comment

For part two of our feature I wanted to cover the second event a saw in my twitter feed, on the same day I saw the story about Grayson.  Conventions are another thing close to my heart, as a collection of almost all of my interests all in one place.  For anyone reading this that … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Conventions Tagged: bullies and ignorance, conventions, cosplay

GenCon Indy 2013: Fate maybe?

August 16, 2013 by Trever Bierschbach Leave a Comment

First let me say, record breaking year again.  This convention is just huge and keeps getting bigger.  They’ve added more rooms, more halls, and more events in the surrounding hotels.  Since we are spending three days here we have time to really look around and enjoy everything.  I’ve signed up for a few events, mostly … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Conventions Tagged: conventions, Gen Con, writing

C2E2 2013, bigger, better, and crazier!

May 15, 2013 by Trever Bierschbach Leave a Comment

This year saw C2E2, it’s fourth year in Chicago (we missed the first year) and bigger this year than in years past.  The first year we went, year two, it was only half the size of this year, but in the same hall.  We didn’t realize it until we had walked around for a bit, … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Conventions Tagged: C2E2, conventions, cosplay

Conventions and you, tips to have a stress-free convention experience

June 4, 2012 by Trever Bierschbach 2 Comments

With convention season in full swing, and being a convention goer myself, I wanted to give you all some tips and tricks to make your visit to a comic book, gaming, or entertainment convention as stress-free and enjoyable as possible. 1. Order tickets early There’s nothing like showing up to a convention just to wait … [Read more…]

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