By Sarah Mirza Tweeting can leave you famished. Those 140 calories — er, characters — don't always leave you fulfilled. Fulfillment, enjoyment and taste will certainly be in abundance at V3con, as McDonald’s — a big hit with attendees in 2012 — will be returning as a sponsor this year. The company is generously providing breakfast and lunch during the conference on Saturday, June...
By Shako Liu Wells Fargo & Co. is returning for a second year as a sponsor of V3con, citing its support of the conference as a natural extension of its efforts to serve the Asian American and Pacific Islander community. The San Francisco-based financial services company has a deep connection to the Asian American community, providing customer services in native Asian languages,...
By Irene Byon To Connie Lim, music is her cleansing cream, a release that helps clear her mind and restore a positive outlook on life. Growing up, Lim says, she has always been a “creative outcast” in her family. Her mother is an esteemed businesswoman, her father is a surgeon and pharmacist, her sister is a nationally renowned ophthalmologist, and her brother is a student at Johns...
By Gracie Zheng The economic influence of the Asian American community, the fastest-growing minority group in the Unites States, can’t be overlooked. Nielsen, a global consumer research company and sponsor of AAJA-LA’s V3con, knows this better than anyone else. "Asian Americans represent an exciting growth opportunity for businesses, with $718...
By Sarah Mirza When you arrive at V3con, you'll receive a gift bag with, among other goodies, a sample box of Jelly Belly jelly beans to (quietly) munch on during panel discussions. It's a special treat — first-time V3con sponsor Jelly Belly Candy Co. is contributing an assortment of its well-known sweets, including a green tea flavor and Jelly Belly Beanaturals, neither of which is sold...
By Kristen Taketa Marsha Takeda-Morrison, a Los Angeles-based writer of eight years and a third-generation Japanese American, is V3con’s next featured early registrant. Before diving into writing, she was an art director and designer in the entertainment industry, running a design firm she started at 22. These days, she is an active blogger, documenting her family’s life on Sweatpantsmom,...
By Sarah Mirza I have a junk drawer brimming with, yes, the usual twist ties and dry pens but mostly with the flotsam of aging technology. Nestled among the blank CDs, a baggie of USB drives and a solar panel (long story), is a 6-year-old cell phone. When I upgraded, part of me knew I shouldn't chuck it in the trash. It could come in handy one day, if not for me, for someone else. But...
By Kristen Taketa A mother of two, early-bird V3con registrant Julie Kang is a clinical data programmer by day and a blogger for Kimchi Mamas and Geisha School Dropout by night. She studied computer science at Stanford University and has held a variety of jobs, including waitressing at Disneyland, writing and editing for Amazon.com and teaching high school students. Learn more about Kang...
By Jackie Tiongson Like many V3con attendees, you will probably bring one of your mobile devices to the digital media conference, June 14-15. Whether it's your touchscreen mobile phone or tablet, it will eventually need a wipe-down. To help with a clear view, ABC7 is donating microfiber screen cleaners to all V3con attendees. These reusable, non-static wipes help keep your media device...
By Kristen Taketa V3con’s next featured early-bird registrant, VIZ Media video editor Eric Ignacio, was also among the first 10 to sign up for V3con last year. He holds a B.A. in Asian American studies and a master’s degree in instructional technologies from San Francisco State University. He has worked for a variety of advertising and entertainment companies, among them TBWA/Chiat/Day,...
By Gracie Zheng Were you among the lucky 2012 V3con attendees who were able to access Union Bank's sponsored discussion on "Blogging as a business: Monetize your efforts"? The panel room was packed with participants, many crowding in, some standing against the walls, others couldn’t get in after they closed the doors due to fire marshal regulations. "The AAJA/V3 Conference is a...
Aspiring journalist and returning conference attendee Carrie Lam is another of V3con 2013’s very first registrants. After graduating with a broadcast journalism degree from Cal State Fullerton, she decided to try her hand at marketing and now works as an assistant marketing manager for a wholesale manufacturer. Someday, she hopes to step back into the field of broadcast journalism. Here’s...
