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January 22, 2015
Geek Bar Chicago – David Zoltan Talks The Dream
Imagine a bar for geeks. Food and drink, events, a library, games, and more. Sound like a great idea? Well David Zoltan and his group made it a reality with Geek Bar Chicago, which has exactly that. So of course I’m going to ask him how they do it. 1) …
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January 21, 2015
Need To Read 1/21/2015
Cosplay Cosplay saves your life – Man saved from snakebite by Stormtrooper armor. Here’s a story that has layers, from the work of the 401st to those amazing little things that save your armored butt. Thought – how many cosplayers should get involved in designing protective gear professionally . . …
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January 20, 2015
Julie Tyios Tells Us About Tech Girls Canada!
Tech Girls Canada is an organization that advocates for women in STEM in Canada through various programs, advocacy, and events. I stumbled across it by accident in my CivicGeek work, and promptly discovered an amazing organization with fascinating people. Since we know there’s problems with female representation in STEM and …
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January 19, 2015
Talking Cell Phones For Soldiers With Robbie Bergquist
Back when I researched disposing of e-waste, I was fortunate enough to find out about Cell Phones For Soldiers, which of course went right into CivicGeek.com. Erin McCloskey, who handles communication, introduced me to one of the founders, Robbie Bergquist. Robbie was kind enough to answersome questions so we …
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Interview Week
This week is going to be interview week! I had enormous response to my latest calls for interviews (and more are out there), so this week we’ll meet four new people to learn from, follow, and geek out with! Additional note, I took a one-week break from Way With Worlds. …
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January 16, 2015
Way With Worlds: It Comes Apart – The Persecution Rests
(Way With Worlds is a weekly column on the art of worldbuilding published at Seventh Sanctum, Muse Hack, and Ongoing Worlds) Last column I covered bias and bigotry in the settings you’re developing. Not a pleasant subject, but one that’s important because believable characters have their biases and often their …
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January 14, 2015
Need To Read 1/14/2015
What do you have to see this week? Career: Switching back to an industry you left – Very relevant as some of us leave an industry or even career for awhile. Sometimes voluntarily. Just Plain Cool: A life-size Pacman maze in a superbowl ad– Included because reasons. Vader’s Own present …
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January 13, 2015
Meet Mark Saville of Special Effect
Special Effect is a game charity in the UK that fundraises and takes donations to provide games to people with accessibility issues – and they go as far as arranging special solutions for people’s individual challenges. They’re out there making gaming more accessible to people, and I was thrilled that …
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January 12, 2015
Tips On Bridging The IT Gap
So as noted there’s an IT Gap in my opinion at least on senior level positions, and frankly people make it worse. So now the question comes up; what do I, the handsome devil-may care Program Manager recommend for hiring. I’m glad you asked because I like to talk – …
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January 9, 2015
Way With Worlds: It Comes Apart – Biases And Bigotry
(Way With Worlds is a weekly column on the art of worldbuilding published at Seventh Sanctum, Muse Hack, and Ongoing Worlds) Having explored the psychology of conflict and the way that conflicts can go from simple disagreements to smashing galaxies with a Dimension Cannon, let’s take a look at some …
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