Geek Girls Give Back! Over 3K in Scholarship Money Donated

At our recent “Networking Social | Social Networking” Event on Tuesday night, I was so happy to hand out 2 $1,500 checks to two very worthy women’s scholarship organizations from some of the proceeds we made from our very successful “Tech Boot Camps”; Cape Cod 2009 and Boston/South Shore 2009. The recipients are the American Business Women’s Association Cape Cod Chapter (ABWA Cape Cod) and the South Shore Women’s Business Network Educational Foundation (SSWBN Ed. Fund).  Both were in attendance at last Tuesday’s events and both ladies who serve as their organization’s president seemed quite shocked, but very excited. That….

Come to the O'Reilly Twitter Boot Camp – with a Big Geek Girl Discount!

It’s the Twitter event of the Summer! The O’Reilly Twitter Boot Camp! Join Tim O’Reilly from O’Reilly Media – a very proud sponsor of Geek Girl Boot Camps, by the way – and tons of spectacular speakers on Twitter on June 15th in New York City at the New World Stages. Geek Girl Camp has some great discounts! Join me there! I’m going! Special Code for Geek Girl Camp: GGC Use this for $100 off an individual admission! Win a FREE PASS by signing up 5 people! (Email Laurel Ackerman at O’Reilly for more info!) Here’s a glimpse at what….

Friends don't let friends use IE6…

Are you using Internet Explorer 6 as a Browser for your Internet searches? Then repeat after me: I (state your name) have a problem. I need help. I am powerless to this faulty browser and need an intervention ASAP. Okay now then. Admitting you have a problem is the first step. Now we can make the Internet a better place by replacing your browser with Firefox or another browser. I can hear some of you say, “Well, why?” Yes, grasshopper, I shall tell you and then you too will abandon this albatross around the necks of web developers and websites….

OMG – John Tesh just tweeted me…

So, my typical day consists of many hours online either blogging, tweeting, Facebooking, LinkingIn, you name it. At the speed of light. Because I am impulsive that way. I have very little time to get things done and too many things to do. Which is why I really love Twitter. Now, before you say, “Oh God, not another blog on Twitter…”, wait. I am just going to show you how things happen on Twitter that could never happen anywhere else. Short and sweet. The other thing you must know about me is that I am totally random. ADD-like random. Rain….