Geek Girl » Blog Posts http://geekgirlcamp.com Women Technology Wed, 06 Aug 2014 02:52:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.2 Is Your Facebook Contest Legal? [Infographic] http://geekgirlcamp.com/social-media/facebook-contest-legal-infographic/ http://geekgirlcamp.com/social-media/facebook-contest-legal-infographic/#comments Wed, 16 Jul 2014 23:09:27 +0000 http://geekgirlcamp.com/?p=6542 Do you run contests on Facebook? Or maybe are interested in creating one? Read this over and make sure you are staying as close to the law as possible because there are repercussions if you deviate. Remember, you can always ask your fans to like or share your page for access to an entry form, […]

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]]> http://geekgirlcamp.com/social-media/facebook-contest-legal-infographic/feed/ 0 Giant Dead Parrot Unveiled in London to Promote Last Monty Python Show http://geekgirlcamp.com/nerd-humor/giant-dead-parrot-unveiled-in-london-to-promote-last-monty-python-show-2/ http://geekgirlcamp.com/nerd-humor/giant-dead-parrot-unveiled-in-london-to-promote-last-monty-python-show-2/#comments Wed, 16 Jul 2014 20:56:15 +0000 http://geekgirlcamp.com/?p=6521 No one expects the Spanish Inquisition, never mind a giant dead blue parrot in London. Not something you see everyday, but if you were in London recently, you would have seen a 50 foot giant dead parrot being unveiled on London’s South Bank promoting the live broadcast of the final Monty Python Live stage show […]

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]]> http://geekgirlcamp.com/nerd-humor/giant-dead-parrot-unveiled-in-london-to-promote-last-monty-python-show-2/feed/ 0 Size Matters: Data Size, that is… http://geekgirlcamp.com/blog-posts/size-matters-data-size-that-is/ http://geekgirlcamp.com/blog-posts/size-matters-data-size-that-is/#comments Tue, 06 May 2014 18:40:59 +0000 http://geekgirlcamp.com/?p=6434 Brought to you by datascience@berkeley: Master of Information and Data Science

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]]> http://geekgirlcamp.com/blog-posts/size-matters-data-size-that-is/feed/ 0 This is what it’s Like Buying Comic-Con Tickets Online Today… http://geekgirlcamp.com/nerd-humor/this-is-what-its-like-buying-comic-con-tickets-online-today/ http://geekgirlcamp.com/nerd-humor/this-is-what-its-like-buying-comic-con-tickets-online-today/#comments Sat, 08 Feb 2014 15:52:54 +0000 http://geekgirlcamp.com/?p=6415 This is what us nerds will be doing all morning….it’s Comic-Con time! Well, not really like the boys are doing here. But you get the point… Are you waiting to get your 4 day pass Comic-Con tickets, too? Eeeeeeeee-yaaaah!

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]]> http://geekgirlcamp.com/nerd-humor/this-is-what-its-like-buying-comic-con-tickets-online-today/feed/ 1 Star Wars is now on Instagram and Selfies Just Got Insanely Better http://geekgirlcamp.com/blog-posts/star-wars-is-now-on-instagram-and-selfies-just-got-insanely-better/ http://geekgirlcamp.com/blog-posts/star-wars-is-now-on-instagram-and-selfies-just-got-insanely-better/#comments Mon, 02 Dec 2013 22:22:47 +0000 http://geekgirlcamp.com/?p=6334 Just when you thought the Internet could not be more awesome…Star Wars gets its own Instagram account. And the Selfie will never be the same. What is cooler than Darth Vader taking his own selfie? Awesomeballz…. Follow Darth Vader and everyone else at: http://instagram.com/starwars What Star Wars character do you think will be the next […]

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]]> http://geekgirlcamp.com/blog-posts/star-wars-is-now-on-instagram-and-selfies-just-got-insanely-better/feed/ 1 Conan O’Brien Wants to Conquer LinkedIn – And He Wants You to Connect with Him http://geekgirlcamp.com/blog-posts/conan-obrien-wants-to-conquer-linkedin-and-he-wants-you-to-connect-with-him/ http://geekgirlcamp.com/blog-posts/conan-obrien-wants-to-conquer-linkedin-and-he-wants-you-to-connect-with-him/#comments Fri, 27 Sep 2013 18:36:16 +0000 http://geekgirlcamp.com/?p=6314 Conan O’Brien has decided that he has conquered Twitter, Facebook and Google+; but the one Social Media site he has had no followers on is LinkedIn. Until today… Connect with Conan. He connected with us instantly. Check out his LinkedIn profile – pretty amazing: http://www.linkedin.com/in/conanobrien

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]]> http://geekgirlcamp.com/blog-posts/conan-obrien-wants-to-conquer-linkedin-and-he-wants-you-to-connect-with-him/feed/ 0 What does the Fox really say? http://geekgirlcamp.com/blog-posts/what-does-the-fox-really-say/ http://geekgirlcamp.com/blog-posts/what-does-the-fox-really-say/#comments Mon, 23 Sep 2013 21:20:37 +0000 http://geekgirlcamp.com/?p=6278 No doubt that one of the most viral videos on YouTube right now is Ylvis‘ “The Fox” which was an attempt by a two comedic Norwegian brothers to create a really horrible video for their tv show’s upcoming season. Beware of what you ask for: this crap video has turned into almost 50 million views. […]

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]]> http://geekgirlcamp.com/news/google-awards-ada-lovelace-worlds-first-computer-programmer-doodle/feed/ 0 The Ultimate Complete Final Social Media Sizing Cheat Sheet [INFOGRAPHIC] http://geekgirlcamp.com/blog-posts/the-ultimate-complete-final-social-media-sizing-cheat-sheet-infographic/ http://geekgirlcamp.com/blog-posts/the-ultimate-complete-final-social-media-sizing-cheat-sheet-infographic/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:41:40 +0000 http://geekgirlcamp.com/?p=5988 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, […]

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]]> http://geekgirlcamp.com/blog-posts/the-ultimate-complete-final-social-media-sizing-cheat-sheet-infographic/feed/ 0 Happy 40th Birthday, Pong http://geekgirlcamp.com/blog-posts/happy-40th-birthday-pong/ http://geekgirlcamp.com/blog-posts/happy-40th-birthday-pong/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:50:44 +0000 http://geekgirlcamp.com/?p=5975 Before there was Master Chief of Halo, Assassin’s Creed, and even Angry Birds, there was Pong. For those of you who might be too young for this, Pong was one of the first video arcade games, created by Atari on November 29th, 1972. Some think that because of its success it spurred on the video […]

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