Sure, we GeekDads can blog, but can we microblog, too? An ongoing visualization project by developer Anthony Starks reveals some interesting insights about how we use Twitter. The project—TweetFreq—originated last May after Starks noticed certain profile pictures (ahem and ahem) …
Continue ReadingAs if a new episode of MythBusters weren’t awesome enough, the new episode airing tonight will have a special social media aspect to it. Yes, tonight, Kari Byron will be on the official MythBusters Twitter account, tweeting live about the …
Continue ReadingThe geek hive mind was set to silly this weekend on Twitter, as the tag #starwarsbandnames ran amok. With many of the GeekDad writers contributing to the frivolity, we felt it important to record some of the results for our …
Continue ReadingThere is a filmmaker from Ireland who runs a small production company, Pale Stone Productions. Over the past decade, he has enjoyed some success with short films, earning awards from UNICEF and Crystal Heart, as well as special mention in …
Continue ReadingI have to admit, the first time I heard of Twitter I didn’t quite understand the purpose. I’m not entirely sure that I understand it now, but I do use and enjoy twitter. I have had fun searching out and …
Continue ReadingFor me, the Internet has always been a social place. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, through ICQ, telnet, forums and LiveJournal, I met people—for the first time—who had the same geeky interests in literature, culture and music that …
Continue ReadingMultiply 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 …
Continue ReadingTwitter has of late been inundated by, shall we say, “normals.” What was once our little playground has become rather more populated. But that doesn’t make it any less effective a tool for communication. It just means we have to …
Continue ReadingI can’t find it on any map, but I don’t think Twitter HQ is anywhere near Hapscomb’s Texaco or even the city of Arnette, which was Ground Zero for the flu pandemic that destroyed most of mankind in Stephen King’s …
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