10 Things We’re So Over on Pinterest
From hairdos and hairdon’ts to unexpected abs, here’s our top 10 list of things we’re so over on Pinterest.
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The Kiss Army Connects Worldwide Via Ortsbo
Kiss has been rocking the world for almost 40 years, and while they struggled in the early years to sell albums to a diverse and difficult audience, it was ultimately their live album, and fans that pulled them back from …
Continue ReadingWas Your LinkedIn Password Leaked?
LinkedIn has experienced a significant data breach with a loss of as many as 6.5 million hashed (encrypted) passwords, 300,000 of which have been decrypted and posed online. Was yours among them?
Continue ReadingLego Launches Social Media Platform, ReBrick (GeekDad Weekly Rewind)
Proud to share your Lego building skills, but your Facebook “friends” can’t seem to press Like or tweet about it? Well, you might simply be addressing the wrong crowd! Luckily for you, Lego has just initiated ReBrick, its own social …
Continue ReadingWhy Do Geek Moms Like Pinterest?
We love our social media here at GeekMom, Twitter to G+, Facebook to Erly. Lately we’ve been talking about Pinterest, the virtual pinboard that lets you create, organize, and share what you find online. Because it’s a visually-oriented site, it attracts us using something other social media sites haven’t done nearly as well: images. While online we […]
Continue ReadingWhy Do Geek Moms Like Pinterest?
We love our social media here at GeekMom, Twitter to G+, Facebook to Erly. Lately we’ve been talking about Pinterest, the virtual pinboard that lets you create, organize, and share what you find online. Because it’s a visually-oriented site, it …
Continue ReadingBetween Is Facebook for Couples
Social networking is the norm. Facebook now boasts 800 million active users, half of which check the site every day. Twitter generates over 300 million tweets each day. Even MySpace, though in decline, is still kicking as the 136th biggest …
Continue ReadingSweety High Aims to Be the Fame of Social Networks
It can be tough for a kid to experience community on the Internet. All but 5% of teens are online, and most are using social media platforms. However, for all the success experienced by websites like Facebook, these are not …
Continue ReadingOnline Friends and Death
If you are like me, you probably have at least a few friends that you only know on the internet. I’ve been on the internet for 15 years now, since my sophomore year in college. I’ve been a member of many forums and made many friends that I only know through the internet. Some of […]
Continue ReadingWhy Curated Content Matters: A Lament for Reader Share
Google Reader unveiled big changes this week, and the internet recoiled. Some folks (I’m one of them) loathe the new design: the excessive use of white space at the top of the screen, the heavy black-and-gray palette, the black-underlined links that have replaced the stand-out blue. But far more irritating to many users is the […]
Continue ReadingIn-Your-Facebook: A Look at the Latest Wave of Big Changes on the Social Network Everyone Loves to Hate
As you’ve no doubt heard, Facebook rolled out some major changes this week—and even bigger changes will be hitting your Wall in the weeks to come. (More on those in a minute.) Many Facebook users were caught off guard by …
Continue ReadingIn-Your-Facebook: A Look at the Latest Wave of Big Changes on the Social Network Everyone Loves to Hate
As you’ve no doubt heard, Facebook rolled out some major changes this week–and even bigger changes will be hitting your Wall in the weeks to come. (More on those in a minute.) Many Facebook users were caught off guard by the new “ticker” that now appears in the upper right corner of the News Feed […]
Continue ReadingYes, It’s Another Social Network: Erly’s Claim to the Event-Based Social Niche
I caught wind this past week of a new social network that hit the airwaves on September 14th. Erly.com, started by Eric Feng, the founding-CTO of Hulu, is deeming itself a “new social platform for organizing and sharing your personal content.” …
Continue ReadingThe Speed of News and Earthquakes
I’m a little embarrassed to say that I get most of my news from the internet. And not from a reputable news source. Most of the news I read about comes from Facebook and Twitter. This afternoon, I got up from taking a nap with my toddler to find my Facebook and Twitter feeds covered […]
Continue ReadingMy Facebook Reunion
I just returned from the northern suburbs of Chicago where I had my 20-year high school reunion. I didn’t go to my 10-year reunion because I didn’t hear anything about it. Those were the days before social media. A couple years ago, though, high school friends started showing up on Facebook. It was fascinating to […]
Continue ReadingAnimated Tattoo Makes Great Use of QR Code
Real-life ink and virtual-reality animation combine for a high-tech tattoo.
Continue ReadingA GeekMom Guide to Google+ Part One
I was lucky enough to land an invite to Google+ right away, thanks to fellow GeekMom Jules, and within minutes of my first exploration of Google’s new social networking platform, I was completely smitten. For me, Google+ combines the best things about Twitter and Facebook, and offers more besides. (Jules gave us a great post […]
Continue ReadingMy Dad Has More Facebook Friends Than I Do, and That’s OK (GeekDad Weekly Rewind)
I admit it: I’m not a fan of Facebook. This week, with the emergence of Google+, I’ve been starry-eyed at the possibility of a new social media delivery system that allows me to do all the stuff I wanted to …
Continue ReadingMy Dad Has More Facebook Friends Than I Do, and That’s OK
I admit it: I’m not a fan of Facebook. This week, with the emergence of Google+, I’ve been starry-eyed at the possibility of a new social media delivery system that allows me to do all the stuff I wanted to …
Continue ReadingBuzzing About Strawberryj.am
While everyone else is busy comparing Google+ to Facebook, I have been checking out a different cool social media application called Strawberryj.am. Strawberryj.am is a free online application that connects to your Twitter stream and harvests the most popular links being shared by those you follow on Twitter. Therefore, it removes the “chatter” from your […]
Continue ReadingInterview: Sam Calagione, President & Founder of Dogfish Head Beer
Sam Calagione is a regular guy; he’s married, has two kids and loves beer. The catch, though, is that unlike many beer-loving dads, Sam actually gets to make and drink beer for a living. As the Founder and President of …
Continue ReadingLadies, Can We Talk (About Wikipedia)?
I had two stories about gender and social media cross my computer recently. The first was The New York Times article “Define Gender Gap? Look Up Wikipedia’s Contributor List” which explained that while Wikipedia–the free, online encyclopedia “that anyone can edit”–is a top-ten internet destination with more than 3.5 million articles in English alone…less than […]
Continue ReadingShameless Pitch: DoD’s Armed With Science Blog
As GeekMom’s token military member, I thought I’d share one of my favorite blogs! It’s okay, you’re allowed to use this one, it isn’t classified or anything. Armed With Science, the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) science and technology blog …
Continue ReadingGeekDad at INplay 2010
INplay 2010 is a two day conference starting tomorrow in Toronto, Ontario that’s focused on the art and business of kids interactivity. Among the keynotes and speakers are the Executive Produce and Co-Creator of Yo Gabba Gabba! and representatives from …
Continue ReadingMultiply: Is There Room For Another Player In The Social Media Space?
Multiply bills itself as “Secure, Family-Friendly Media Sharing.” The site was launched in 2004 and currently boasts 13 million members, making it the third fastest growing social networking site in the US. Multiply launches version 4.0 of its web site …
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