(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com and Steve’s Tumblr. Find out more at my newsletter.) I saw this fascinating Tweet thread when @itsashleyoh asked how people make friends as adult. This is something that’s often troubled me after college, and is … Continue reading
(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com and Steve’s Tumblr. Find out more at my newsletter.) In my last post on the future of cons, looking at “micro-con” replacements for small cons when areas can’t support them, Serdar mentioned a house party … Continue reading
(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com and Steve’s Tumblr) So my latest Civic Diary is on community. As I document my experiments in being a better citizen (which I haven’t exactly defined, but we’ll learn along), I wanted to share my … Continue reading
Chances are any geek has a pretty valuable skillset others would like to learn from or use – so why not get educational and teach people. If you’re a geek you’re enthused about something, and quite likely you do something … Continue reading
We’ve got to live on this planet (even if some of us want to explore beyond it), and that means a keeping a healthy environment. Geeks can do their part to make sure we keep Earth livable. If you’re at … Continue reading
When Avengers: Age of Ultron came out (spoiler: he does’t look his age), some of my friends began commenting on an old photo on Facebook. The two-plus decade old photo was of a group of us who had been in … Continue reading
Sarah Lamb is a consultant focused on social media and communities. After experiencing a Geek Dinner, she decided it was time to set up her own. She’d seen enough cases where women weren’t always welcome at technical events, and she … Continue reading
The latest Civic Geek Catalog update is here – with our first Horror charity! As always the Civic Geek Catalog is categorized by Geekery and Category. Computing Female Geeks Girls Teaching Girls To Code – A Bay Area program where … Continue reading
(I wanted to post more on franchises, but I’ve got something worth interrupting my Soul Train of thought for.) A few years ago I started doing Geek Career Networking events at conventions. It was a mixture of discussing networking and … Continue reading
She’s Geeky is an unConference for women in STEM. It’s place for women to discuss passions, careers, lives, in a supportive environment. There have been 17 conferences since 2007 in many major cities. I was thrilled to get to talk … Continue reading