Steven Savage's Blog, page 105
January 7, 2015
Need To Read 2/7/2014
(Snappy title, right? Yes, that’s 15 second of hard work right there). Diversity Intel makes a big $300 million dollar push for diversity – Good. Intel is taking a leadership position on this issue. Relocation If you’re going to relocate, the South of the U.S. is a bad choice – …
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January 6, 2015
Science Made Clear: An Interview With Jon Perry of Stated Clearly
Science is important. Unfortunately people are more than glad to back the B.S. truck up and dump all over science for their own agendas to confuse issues. Schools don’t always teach what they should. Pop culture distorts science. Enter the folks at Stated Clearly (http://statedclearly.com/) who explain science in clear, …
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January 5, 2015
Geeking Out To A Better Diet
Don’t worry, this isn’t going to turn into some preachy tract on healthy eating or how I “found” the latest diet fad. I’m pretty tired of food-as-religion-of-the-day myself. No, this is basically how my geek inclinations helped me get healthier, mostly via eating better – in a way I enjoyed. …
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January 4, 2015
Civic Geek Catalog Update 1/4/2015
Diverse focus this week, though I still have a lot of literacy-based charities I need to include (there aremany out there). And don’t forget you can find causes sorted by Geekery or by Focus! STEM Female Geeks Geek Girl Dinners – Promotes geek girl friendly events, resources, and connection. She’s …
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January 3, 2015
Just a reminder!
* Career-wise I'll be doing my general career panel and a networking event.
* The curry is my Japanese Curry, which I spent over 18 months getting to the point I wanted and is both a healthy curry, a geeky endeavor, and fun for fans of Japanese food.
* The writing panels I'm still getting settled since there's several options.
January 2, 2015
Way With Worlds: It Comes Apart – Conflicts And The World
(Way With Worlds is a weekly column on the art of worldbuilding published at Seventh Sanctum, Muse Hack, and Ongoing Worlds) So there’s a reason I covered humans (and human-alikes) and the psychology of conflict first. Characters and their institutions are often the causes of conflicts – and characters are …
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December 31, 2014
Link Roudup 12/31/2014
Culture Silicon valley is a hall of mirrors – The whole idea of meritocracy in Silicon Valley is seen as a bit of a joke, and this column further meditates on the idea. Living there I canattest that though I love it, there’s definite tunnel vision of people promoting people …
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December 30, 2014
An Interview With Liz Gmaz Of Studio Cosplay
We’re familiar with hackerspaces and makerspaces here at Musehack – but a Cosplayspace? Yep, meet Studio Cosplay, which is opening a community workshop in 2015, located in Washington DC. An entire space for a community to cosplay, share ideas, and work together. A fusion of geek skills and geek community? …
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December 29, 2014
Why And How To Recycle Electronics – With A Geek Touch
Let’s talk recycling your electronics.Now this is something we rarely think bout since we geeks don’t like to throw stuff away, and sometimes shiny new things distract us. It’s something I admit I didn’t think about much until my … Continue reading →
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December 28, 2014
Site Update: New Look!
You may notice the site looks, well . . . different. That’s because the site, as you noticed, is refocusing.
Many of us have spun off to do our own thing, and I’ve been the constant voice atMuseHack. So I’m working on taking it towards me stepping further into my … Continue reading →
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