IINSIGHT Network is an indie OPEN social collaborative internet magazine that delivers carefully curated content on culture, music, arts, fashion & lifestyle. It is created for and by individuals with sophisticated tastes who appreciate quality entertainment out of the box. We value global relevance, not trends, channeling our discoveries to our worldwide audience.
Cultural Value
Creative influencers who stay in the know and ahead of the curve. Global in outlook, culturally discerning, IINSIGHT readers are connected, creatively aware, confident, stylish and sociable. They value art, design, style, music, fashion and entertainment. They work, play and travel internationally and bring with them distinguished tastes and a demanding appetite for quality information.
We select and celebrate what is awesome and enduring from all that is sought-after in music, design, gadgets, lifestyle, urban living, fashion, travel and pop culture. We remain relevant by staying ahead of and outside of trends and fads — the fickle shifts in taste and style. IINSIGHT digs deeper, finding tomorrow's icons and classic phenomena.
We are a sharp reference point of choice for a global creative community!
INDIE + INSIGHT = IINSIGHT ! Like us ? Leave us a tip for our authors !
What now ?
For "OPEN" we mean that YOU should participate too and submit anything from articles to audio, video, events, photos, anything you can stuff into The Internets.
If you are an independent content creator who thinks you have a talent that needs to be shared with the world. IINSIGHT will promote you for free if you meet certain quality standards and above all if you share your content under a Creative Commons license.
Why should I register ?
In order to perform simple things such as commenting, rating releases and downloading media to more powerful actions like publishing, uploading and moderating your presence, it will be balls-out amazingly useful to interact with us after joining the party van.
First choose a username (don't care much about it as you can change your "alias" later)
Now fill your email _attention_ if you use a mobile device to read and send emails when you are away from computer consider adding your "mobile" email account here so you can use our LIVE Publishing system (that is pretty cool btw) right after joining. Check your inbox for the password.
Click the "Welcome XXX" button to access your info. Here just focus on changing your default password to an easier one and updating your Biographical Info if you want to get out of anonymity when posting stuff. Now let's configure your GRAVATAR ( Globally Recognized Avatar ) here.
Your Gravatar is an image that follows you from site to site appearing beside your name when you do things like comment or post on a blog. Avatars help identify your posts on blogs and web forums, so why not on any site?
This is great if you dont have much time to waste on posting stuff sitting in front of your monitor. Now you can do it instantly from anywhere on the planet wherever you have an email powered mobile device connected to the web.
Take some awesome LIVE footage of something you want to show the web , photos / video / audio , attach them , write something mad about it , choose the title of your post by writing a catchy subject and SEND it through to :
mobile @ iinsight . net
In a couple of minutes its LIVE on our frontpage.
+ The subject of your email is the Title of your post.
+ Your email is private and can only be seen by administrators.
+ Your posts are anonymous by default.
+ Image cropping & media uploading is done automatically by the system.
+ Try it now.
PREREQUISITE: The email you gonna send your stuff from is the one you registered your account with.
Author / Publisher / Artist / Guest Writer
IINSIGHT uses Wordpress, an elegant well-architectured personal publishing system to accomplish our needs. With your big imagination you can create great stuff.
To start click the button "PUBLISH NOW" that appear on top of any page after you login.The posting area is quite obvious and don't be afraid you won't need to use all the tools presented to you.
The edit area can handle HTML for you to play with.
Use our Private Image Hosting to host your images @ http://up.iinsight.net
Click PREVIEW button to see if you are doing it right. To add remote audio or video simply put the links between this tags:
[remote] url of audio or video [/remote]
It wont appear in Preview Mode but only after publishing (editor review). Click everything, try out different setups, use and abuse the interface. Before submitting for review please check if you follow this rules:
+ Images should not be bigger than 600px wide.
+ Do not post too many links.
+ Avoid spam and slang.
+ Use paragraphs and spell check.
+ Think before you post
+ Make use of comments , ask for reader reply.
This is optional but gives you full power over your releases. You can customize all images in front page, search list, make big header images/videos, show your bio below the post etc... You must feel comfortable already with Wordpress publishing interface.
Grab an Author Account @ http://iinsight.net/apply/
+ Excellent for record labels , talented artists & internet gurus.
In order to post your audio and video we give you unlimited storage in our servers, FTP access, BitTorrent Tracker access, plus we simplify media uploading for faster and more efficient posting.Before you apply be sure you have already an approved post and are familiar with wordpress platform and FTP.
All this completely FREE of charge. Apply @ http://iinsight.net/apply/
