About Leslie Fishlock

Disruptive sardonic rabble-rouser, CEO @GeekGirlCamp, Lover of Capitalism, Aussies, $AAPL, Halloween, military hardware & stainless steel kitchen appliances...

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Google Awards Ada Lovelace the World’s First Computer Programmer with a Doodle

Anyone notice the Google doodle for Ada Lovelace today? If you aren’t aware of Ada Lovelace, she is credited with being the first computer programmer. Not to mention the first female programmer. ‘The Enchantress of Numbers’, as Ada was called, partnered with Charles Babbage, know as the ‘Father of the Computer’ to create  applications for(…)

The Ultimate Complete Final Social Media Sizing Cheat Sheet [INFOGRAPHIC]

This is the Social Media Sizing Cheat Sheet to replace all others. Well, until social network decide to change their image allowances. BUT – this is a huge resource for any of you social media marketeers and designers. It’s awfully nice to have a central place for image resizing, whether you need it fo Facebook,(…)

How to Find and Adjust your Social Media Privacy Settings Quickly

Granted, this isn’t anything ground-breaking or earth-shattering, but it is nice to know there is a site you can go to that finds the Privacy Settings on all your Social Media accounts so you can make any changes quickly. Sometimes the pages that contain the information on how to adjust your settings can be deeply(…)

A History of Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC]

How many of you were on the early platforms of Social Media? Friendster? Classmates? MySpace?   Thanks to Copyblogger 

Jetpack 2.0 for WordPress Released: Your True Digital Hub

54 million WordPress websites. 3 million Jetpack downloads. If you are one of the 54 million on a WordPress.org site, but not one of the other 3 million who use Jetpack because it was only available for WordPress.com, you can now supercharge your WordPress site now with these powerful new features that were only available(…)

Angry Birds Star Wars is in a Galaxy Near You! Today!

If I could mention two of my favorite things, one would have to be Star Wars and the other Angry Birds. And now they are together in the latest Rovio game! Angry Birds Star Wars is out TODAY, November 8th, on iPhone, iPad, Android, Amazon Kindle Fire, Mac, PC, Windows Phone and Windows 8 – not(…)

How many of your Twitter followers are fake?

And so it is upon us. Another 4 years later and the nation is in yet another frenzy over who will be our next President. And who would have thought 8 years ago some of the biggest headlines would be about which President has more fake Twitter followers? Mashable states Obama has 13 million fake(…)

Who is Excited About Google Fiber?

Who wouldn’t be? Google Fiber just launched today its new 1 gigabit residential fiber network in Kansas City, MO. Internet and HDTV, folks. The network will deliver 1 gigabit connections to homes all over the city. And if you don’t think THAT is fast, then consider it is about 100 times faster than most current(…)

The Cost of Being Batman

Apparently, it costs a lot of money to be Batman. From Wayne Manor, to paying Alfred, to the Tumbler, to grappling hooks, to the Kevlar Nomex Groin Armor… THE SUIT     THE RESIDENCE AND GADGETS THE TRAINING  THE VEHICLES Source: moneysupermarket.com        

Meet the Ladies on the Panel for our Special Event: Women in San Diego Tech Startups Part Deux

If you are in the San Diego area on August 1st – and it does not matter if you are into tech startups or not – why not saunter over to Co-Merge Workplace for an evening of inspiration, hidden voices in the tech community, some bawdy laughter and brilliant women.  We are having our second(…)