My Journey Through the Fine Art of Overextending Oneself
Social media sites can be great resources for creative types, but I’m learning there’s limit to how many we actually need.
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Reactions to Facebook’s New ‘Reactions’
What do you think about Facebook’s new “reactions”?
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In Defense of Time Spent on Facebook
A connection to her Grandfather in 1960 makes GeekMom Sarah reconsider her rage against Facebook.
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The 5 Reasons I’m Sticking Up For Facebook
With all the Facebook haters running wild, here are 5 reasons why Facebook might not be so bad after all.
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Join GeekMom for the Oscars Sunday Night
Join Rachel and Patricia for an Oscars chat this Sunday night!
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How to Keep Social Media from Eating Your Life
Here are a few ways to keep them from eating your life (some of which you may already be familiar with, but they’re worth revisiting) — allowing you to enjoy social media sites when you’re ready, but don’t feel the need to come running every time they call.
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Pulp Fiction in Pearl’s Peril
Pearl’s Peril features a competent heroine whose engineering prowess often saves the day in this pulp fictional adventure game.
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Keeping Geeky Contact In College
“Miss Us?!” was the caption in this postcard sent by the Postagram app. My son and I wanted my daughter in college to know we were thinking about her…and maybe laugh.
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Share Pictures With Donate a Photo, Help Worthy Causes
Sharing photos online has become the norm for most of us, and now when you share those photos you can also help a worthy cause with the Donate a Photo app.
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Social Planes: Soar Into New Communication Heights
Social Planes gives us a means of communicating in a fun way that doesn’t involve our phones that makes the message more personal to the writer and the receiver.
Continue ReadingIs Facebook My Happy Place?
Every social media user has the choice to post what he/she chooses. Anything can be conveyed. Anything! Apparently I only post the happier stuff. Why worry people, right? Does that make me a fraud?
Continue ReadingFirst Look and Giveaway–Dot Complicated: Untangling Our Wired Lives by Randi Zuckerberg
A look at Randi Zuckerberg’s new book, Dot Complicated.
Continue ReadingNaNoWriMo 2013 – Are You In?
Two weeks today Nanowrimo 2013 gets underway; come and join in with our Facebook discussion group.
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PAX Prime: The Next Generation of Geeks Speak Out on Bullying
At PAX Prime, the geek kids had their own valuable points of view on what it’s like to grow up geeky today.
Continue ReadingWaze: Exciting News for This Exciting App
This week I made an almost-1000 mile drive from Florida to West Virginia. Somewhere around Knoxville, where I hit some traffic, I decided to give Waze a chance. I’m glad I did.
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Looking at Life Through Facebook
Many parents start baby books for their children. Looking at my son’s book, I realized he won’t learn as much about his early years through his baby book as he will through my Facebook page and the posts I’ve written for GeekMom.
Continue ReadingWolfram Alpha Rolls Out Facebook Reports
Wolfram Alpha, the “computational engine” (as opposed to search engine), has rolled out a system that lets you see visualizations of your Facebook data with added information about your network.
Continue ReadingFacebook’s New Privacy Settings Actually Make It Easier
Facebook is rolling out new ways to access your privacy settings along with a new feature called Graph Search. The changes could fundamentally alter how you use Facebook and what it means to you.
Continue ReadingThe Hobbit “Roll to Win Giveaway” Announced
To celebrate the arrival of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, in theaters December 14th, Lego is releasing the first installment of The Hobbit to a board game aisle near you. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey hit store shelves on October 1st and to help celebrate its arrival, Lego is hosting The Hobbit “Roll to Win Giveaway” on Lego Games Facebook page.
Continue ReadingIon iPics to Go Review
Ion’s iPics 2 Go gives iPhone users the ability to take their cherished photo memories from paper to digital. With the help of a free app and a little black box, you can transfer your hard copy memories into digital treasures.
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