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Civic Geek Catalog Update 12/27/2014

This week’s big focus is on electronic recycling – which will be a theme of my upcoming column. Plenty of ways to get involved, recycle electronics, and go good at the Civic Geek Catalog.

And don’t forget you can find causes sorted by Geekery or by Continue reading →

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Way With Worlds: It Comes Apart – People And Conflict

(Way With Worlds is a weekly column on the art of worldbuilding published at Seventh Sanctum, Muse Hack, and Ongoing Worlds)

For the next few columns I’m going to be exploring the … Continue reading →

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Social Media, Starlog, and More: Link Roundup 12/24/2014

Just Freaking Cool

The entire run of Starlog, the classic SF magazine, is now available online – An incredibly influential magazine of SF, media, and culture now available online. Free.

Employment:

Get a gander at demographics of employees in major IT companies– Very … Continue reading →

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An Interview With Sean Mann of Napland Games

Sean Mann and his company, Napland Games (which he runs with his wife, Shannon), create casual games for mobile devices, Windows, and Mac. They’re four … Continue reading →

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Geek Job Guru: How To Be Terrible At The Skills You’re Good At

Recently, someone commented on an email I had sent that was a poor bit of communication. Not wrong, not inaccurate, but simply inappropriate – overly wordy, not addressing the point, too much detail, etc. They were frustrated.

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Civic Geek Catalog Update 12/21/2014

The latest updates to the Civic Geek catalog are here! Be sure to visit the main site for the entire rundown sorted by Geeky Interest or Focus.

Computing

Charitable Work

DataKind – Helps connect data experts with good causes – … Continue reading →

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Way With Worlds: The Game – Negatives

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So last we met I discussed how using RPGs was … Continue reading →

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Link Roundup 12/17/2014

Career

Five things you worry about on your resume that people doing the hiring don’t - Some good advice here. I’d especially call out that a fancy resume doesn’t work unless fancy is part of the job, and I reguarly use a 3 page resume and no … Continue reading →

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