Archive for the ‘Geek Life’ Category
Geek life isn’t quite as impressive as thug life, but we have cooler toys and fatter pipes. These articles address various aspects of being geeky, from cool websites we like to thoughts on social networking.
Death in the Digital Age
Posted on December 31, 2009 by snipe in Featured, Geek Life, Life Tools, Web Development
Because it’s New Years Eve, and I’m kind of a morbid asshole, I thought I’d harsh your alcohol-induced buzz with some grim reality by asking the question: What happens to your online content when die?
The Perfect Geek Cocktail
Posted on December 22, 2009 by snipe in Geek Life
With the holiday season upon us, I thought it might be fun to highlight two posts that were simply made for each other that can add some spark to your geeky holiday plans.
Twitter Gets Down to Business
Posted on December 15, 2009 by snipe in Featured, Geek Life
Twitter has taken the first steps of what will no doubt be a long journey towards providing more native support for businesses using their micro-blogging platform by introducing the new (beta) Contributors feature.
Awesome Gift Guide for the Geeks in Your Life
Posted on October 24, 2009 by snipe in Featured, Geek Life
If you’re a non-geek, trying to shop for the geeks in your life can be daunting, but we’re here to help!
While there are different kinds of geeks, we assure you that buying any of this stuff as gifts for your favorite geek will definitely give you a charisma point bonus and earn you [...]
Twitter launches groups in BETA for some users
Posted on October 18, 2009 by snipe in Featured, Geek Life, Life Tools
In what seemed out-of-left field, when I logged onto the Twitter website early this morning, I was greeted with a notification of new list functionality being introduced in beta.
The Geek Pumpkin Roundup
Posted on October 11, 2009 by snipe in Featured, Geek Life
Think you’re a rock-star with mushy, vaguely head-shaped vegetables and a knife? Think again – these pumpkin carvings will blow your mind. (I was going to call this post “The Great Cutter Roundup”, but I was afraid it would draw a bunch of emo gloom-cookies.
If Chuck Norris Had Designed Linux…
Posted on July 16, 2009 by snipe in Featured, Geek Life, Humor
What started as an off-handed comment on Twitter quickly turned into a meme that had tons of people involved. It all started with “If Chuck Norris designed Linux…”. Hours of hilarity (and a good bit of tweet stream flooding) soon ensued.
Why I Won’t Follow You Back on Twitter
Posted on June 7, 2009 by snipe in Geek Life
In a recent post, you learned a little more about what it’s like to follow me on Twitter, warnings and all. In this post – one that I hope will be the last Twitter-related post for a while – I’m going to tell you why I didn’t – and won’t – follow you back, if [...]
There is NO SUCH THING as a Social Media Marketer
Posted on June 2, 2009 by snipe in Featured, Geek Life
That’s right. I said it. If your job title is “Social Media Marketer” for a company, your job isn’t real, your life is a lie, and you’d damned well better have a backup career plan for when corporate America catches on. Here’s why.
Comparison of Desktop Twitter Clients
Posted on May 25, 2009 by snipe in Featured, Geek Life, Life Tools
In my never-ending quest for the perfect Twitter client, I’ve decided to do a side-by-side comparison of features of some of more popular clients. This list is probably not exhaustive, and the current clients continue to add new features frequently. I’ll try to keep it updated as they do, though.
This Blue Bird’s Wings Just Got Clipped
Posted on May 15, 2009 by snipe in Featured, Geek Life
As most Twitter user’s know, Twitter recently implemented a change to the way @replies are handled in the user’s timeline. This change dramatically impacts the way I (and many of my followers) use Twitter, and does potentially irreperable damage to the one thing that truly set Twitter apart from other newsfeed/status update types of services.
