http://www.geekycybermom.com Thu, 15 May 2008 18:04:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Founded By Sarah Blow Me and Jessica Moss are organizing the first Northern Virginia Girl Geek Dinner. This event is for ALL girl geeks in the MD/DC/VA tri-state area. We are an offshoot of the London Girl Geek Dinners, started by Sarah Blow. The aim of these get-togethers is to provide ... http://www.geekycybermom.com/2008/05/15/girl-geek-dinners-are-coming-to-vamddc/ All of you know I've been patiently waiting for the new BlackBerry to come out. I have an 8800, which I love, but I truly want a camera on my BB and wifi and am so anxious to see what other great new features the 9000 series BB will have. ... http://www.geekycybermom.com/2008/05/12/finally-my-love-has-come-welcome-blackberry-bold-9000-series/ I went to Podcampnyc and it was my first time attending a Podcamp event. I had such a great time. I drove up to Brooklyn early Saturday morning and got to Polytechnic University just in time for registration. There were so many sessions to choose from, I was overwhelmed. I ... http://www.geekycybermom.com/2008/05/04/my-podcampnyc-experience/ We don't have parking lots like this in Northern Virginia nor in MD or DC. Although I don't know why we don't. It sure would make more sense. I just had to take a short little video of my car hoisted up in the air and then being let down ... http://www.geekycybermom.com/2008/05/02/it-takes-so-little-to-amuse-me/ clipped from freecomicbookday.com Saturday May 3rd, 2008 What is Free Comic Book Day? Free Comic Book Day is a single day when participating comic book shops across North America and around the world give away comic books absolutely free* to anyone who comes into their stores. ... http://www.geekycybermom.com/2008/05/02/free-comic-book-day/ I'm back from PodcampNYC and I am whipped. I had a BLAST though. I met some folks I follow on twitter, which was really cool. I thought the sessions were really good and I enjoyed them a great deal. There was tons to take in and I learned a lot. ... http://www.geekycybermom.com/2008/04/28/back-from-podcampnyc/ I attended the CREATE Conference in Myrtle Beach, SC on April 19 and I must say it was well worth the drive. I was originally planning to go to Podcampdc, but when I saw Podcampnyc was going on April 25-26, I decided to go to that, skip Podcampdc and go ... http://www.geekycybermom.com/2008/04/24/create-conference-recap/ I'm gonna have to keep my eye on this. I'm somewhat intrigued. clipped from www.soulgeek.com  http://www.geekycybermom.com/2008/04/23/it-was-only-a-matter-of-time-geeklove/ PodCampNYC is going on April 25-26. I plan on attending, but will only be there on Sat, April 26. This will be the very first PodCamp event I have attended. I opted to miss PodCampDC last weekend to attend the CREATE conference inn Myrtle Beach, SC, so I am really ... http://www.geekycybermom.com/2008/04/21/podcampnyc-here-i-come/ I went to Myrtle Beach, SC to attend the first annual CREATE conference this past wekeend. It was so worth the drive. These folks deserve a pat on the back for putting together a fantastic conference. You could't even tell it was the very first conference. I am so glad ... http://www.geekycybermom.com/2008/04/20/create-conference-was-amazing/ clipped from www.socialmediaclub.org Social Media Breakfast (various dates) Breakfast with Jeff Pulver (various dates) Social Web Breakfast (various dates) Next Web: April 3 in Amsterdam (Netherlands) BlogHer Business Summit: April 3-4 in New York, NY (USA) Web Monday: April 21 in Palo Alto, CA (USA) SMX Social Media 2008: April 22-23 in Long Beach, CA ... http://www.geekycybermom.com/2008/04/11/check-out-these-upcoming-social-media-events/ clipped from www.socialtimes.comFrank Gruber has been kind enough to give readers of Social Times with a $25 discount for the upcoming Tech Cocktail Conference. The event is in Chicago on May 29th. I’m going to be headed out there to speak at the event. Other ... http://www.geekycybermom.com/2008/04/11/tech-cocktail-conference-discount/ I recently heard of a site called WhyGoSolo. I think someone mentioned it on twitter. Any-who, me being the geek that I am; I went on over to this site and to my surprise it was something I'd always wondered why it didn't exist. A lot of times you sign ... http://www.geekycybermom.com/2008/04/08/whygosolo-if-you-dont-have-to/ The GlobalGrind Facebook app is pretty sweet I must admit. Essentially, what this app does is make it super easy for a GlobalGrind user with a Facebook account to access and utilize GlobalGrind within the Facebook framework. Adding the GlobalGrind Facebook app was simple and took no time at all. ... http://www.geekycybermom.com/2008/04/07/read-my-post-on-black-web-20/ Last week (or maybe 2 weeks ago) I posted on my confusion on whether or not to switch to Joomla or WordPress for my Tales of a Single Parent blog. Well, I am still confused. Sort of confused. I think I am leaning towards using Joomla to manage Tales of ... http://www.geekycybermom.com/2008/04/04/status-on-previous-post-titled-what-to-do/ You heard it right. Never miss me again. Read my blog from you mobile phone anytime you feel the urge to get a taste of GeekyCyberMom. Just go to http://m.andanza.com/geekycybermom from your mobile phone. To mobilize my blog, I used Andanza. It was super easy to set it up and it ... http://www.geekycybermom.com/2008/04/03/geekycybermomcom-is-now-mobilized/ I am a contributing writer at Black Web 2.0. Check out my latest post on Free Project Manager. http://www.geekycybermom.com/2008/04/02/read-my-post-at-black-web-20/ Try this new USB pregnancy test. No batteries required - draws power from USB USB 2.0 compatible Plug and play, easy operation Operating Systems: Win 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, Linux 2.4 or higher, Mac OS 8.6 or higher 20 test strips included 99% accuracy* This clever little gadget is from ... http://www.geekycybermom.com/2008/04/01/think-youre-pregnant/ I heard Adobe was going to release a free limited version of Photoshop. I signed up for it to take a peak to see what is has to offer. I'd first like to say that the layout for Photoshop Express is very attractive; actually it's kinda sexy. Anyway, I started ... http://www.geekycybermom.com/2008/04/01/my-thoughts-on-photoshop-express/ This is a story about my short love affair with seesmic. I had a seesmic invite/account two or three months before I actually used it because I didn't have a webcam. Clarence of DYKC.com was kind enough to send me an extra iSight he had. When I received it in ... http://www.geekycybermom.com/2008/03/31/my-short-love-affair-with-seesmic/