$68 Bucks Makes A Man Who Never Existed Internet Famous

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Kevin Ashton worked some internet Necromancy to create Santiago Swallow.  Generated names, photoshopped face, Twitter followers, etc.  All for no one.

So a few questions for you:

  • How many other people have done this – and how many did it for themselves versus fake people?
  • How much can we actually trust a lot of what covers “fame” on the Internet?
  • How do we cut through the B.S. for ourselves?

– Steven Savage

Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach.  He blogs on careers athttp://www.fantopro.com/, nerd and geek culture at http://www.nerdcaliber.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at https://www.stevensavage.com/.

Site Update!

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So what have I been up to?

Well, you saw about the speaking – I’m back on speaking outside of the convention circuit.  I’ll also be fleshing out some new “multi-use” presentations for people.  So if you need a speaker, let me know!

The new resume book is still in the works as I got some helpful – and accidental – feedback that was really insightful. So I want to take time to incorporate the feedback and do some more tests.  So it probably won’t be out for about two more weeks.  After that another project begins – and yes, I need to get plans for the next Focused Fandom book.

Fan To Pro’s upcoming improvements are almost designed.  You should see some new stuff in May or at the latest very early June.

Seventh Sanctum appears to be stable and people are digging the new comments (which is really just Disqus, so props to them).  The redesign is scheduled to start sometime this summer, probably in Bootstrap, which looks to be fun to develop in.  I will probably multistage the development to add feature after feature as I see what is needed and what can be done.  My big focus is to make it more utility-like and functional across devices.

As noted I hope to do some podcasts and vlogs again, but with busy times I’m holding back for awhile to get other things out of the way.

And that’s where I am!

– Steven Savage

Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach.  He blogs on careers athttp://www.fantopro.com/, nerd and geek culture at http://www.nerdcaliber.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at https://www.stevensavage.com/.

Whew, Back At Speaking

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Well if you’re looking for a speaker on careers, creativity, or geekery (or preferably all three) I’m back at it, folks!

With my presentation on Quest For Employment at PMI Silicon Valley, I’m officially returning to doing speaking beyond conventions.  I had to take a break with all the crazy, and to get some new material together.  So remember if you need a speaker – in person or online via Skype, etc., let me know!

You can find my presentations listed here.

– Steven Savage

Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach.  He blogs on careers athttp://www.fantopro.com/, nerd and geek culture at http://www.nerdcaliber.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at https://www.stevensavage.com/.