What makes you a geek for life?

March 17, 2011

With people standing in line as early as 10am for an 8pm Diggnation show at SXSW, I asked the assembled geeks what made them a “Geek 4 Life.”

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Diggnation fans are either geeks, or love geeks

March 14, 2011

At the Diggnation show, I met a lot of fans that were self-professed geeks. But, I also met a few people who were not admitted geeks, but loved geeks. Here are a couple real “geek fans.”

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Group Crowd Surf at Diggnation at SXSW 2011

March 13, 2011

The Diggnation show at SXSW 2011 in Austin, Texas closed in style with a six-person crowd surf which included Diggnation hosts Alex Albrecht, Kevin Rose, plus Leo Laporte, Brian Brushwood, Lisa Bettany, and David Prager.

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Hey A-hole, YOU gave me YOUR business card

March 9, 2011

My proposal for people who don’t respond to emails after handing out their business cards. They should all be required to carry fake business cards.

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What game inspired you to be a game developer?

March 9, 2011

Last week I attended the 2011 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, and shot an endless slew of interviews for Dice. At the end of each interview, I asked “What was the first game you played that inspired you to pursue a career in gaming?”

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5 Techniques to Engage With Influencers

March 8, 2011

There are some better tips to engage with influencers than find out what interests them and pitch them on that. That’s not a tip, that’s essentially the whole job. Here are some successful ways to get an influencer’s attention.

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How to be an influencer on SteveGarfield.tv

March 3, 2011

As a follow up to my Mashable article on “How to be an influencer, Steve Garfield invites me on his weekly live show, SteveGarfield.tv, to talk about how you can be an influencer. Watch the 30 minute program where I offer 10 tips on being an influencer.

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VIDEO: Andy Ihnatko’s take on Apple’s iPad 2 launch

March 3, 2011

Chicago Sun Times technology columnist Andy Ihnatko provides his viewpoint on Steve Jobs’ announcement of the new iPad 2.

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Putting Transparency Into the Work Process

March 1, 2011

Here’s some of my coverage from last year’s Enterprise 2.0 Conference. I was covering the event for Dice and Dice News. At the Enterprise 2.0 Conference, I sat down with investor, blogger, and marketer Chris Yeh of pbworks for a chat about how personal metrics can increase performance in the workplace as well as the […]

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5 Best Videos from the RSA Conference (#RSAC)

February 28, 2011

Total coverage of the RSA Conference on information security. We’ve spotlighted our five favorite videos, but you’ll find a ton more video interviews and articles here as well from the #1 IT security conference.

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