Geek Girls Guide's Podcast
Nancy Lyons and Meghan Wilker launched the Geek Girls Guide in January 2008 as a place to publish their perspective on the Interactive industry and demystify technology for non-technical audiences. Their mission is to make web technology accessible and exciting and cultivate a movement of empowered women and men online by hosting safe, welcoming places to ask technology questions online and in real life; and educating non-technical audiences on the practical applications of Internet technology.
- Update frequency
- every 19 days
- Average duration
- 34 minutes
- Episodes
- 49
- Years Active
- 2009 - 2014
032: Informational Interviews
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Whether you're finishing up school, looking for a career change, or just want to meet some bitchin' new contacts in your field of work, …
031 Hot Mess
Anything goes when Nora McInerny walks into a room. The same can be said for this podcast. Nora originally planned on stopping by the studio this week to talk about manners and etiquette regarding …
030: MIMA Recap
In our 30th podcast, we discuss the process behind The Geek Girls' presentations, focusing on our recent speaking gig at MIMA where we spoke on the subject of Cultivating a User-Centered Culture. I…
029 Geek of the Week - Jodi Chromey
This week's Geek of the Week, supergenius Jodi Chromey, stops by the studio for a choreographed 'Pinky Tuscadero hand jive' with Nancy and to chat about her career as a writer. Jodi initially claime…
028: Facebook Mail & Personal Brand
In podcast #28 we dive deeper into the ever-changing Facebook as we examine their new messaging feature. In addition we take a look at your personal brand online, how to showcase it, and things to …
027: Keynote News With A Side Of Security
In our 27th Podcast we share some exciting news about MinneWebCon and well delve a little deeper into the Firesheep/Security discussion from the last podcast.
026: Social Engineering (or whatever)
In our 26th podcast we talk about the phishing scam known as social enginnering and touch on how to stay secure online.
025: Facebook's New Button
In this week's podcast, we discuss a new button. No, really. A button.
Facebook switched its Friend Request options from "Accept and Ignore" to "Accept and Not Now." So, what does that mean and how d…
024: Geek of the Week: Rachel Baker
This week's Geek of the Week is Rachel Baker, a freelance IT consultant in Chicago who also founded the Chicago Nerd Social Club.
It was a pleasure to talk to her, and we really only scratched the su…
023: Entertainment Solutions
In our 23rd podcast we talk about the upcoming Minnesota Bloggers Conference, as well as some DIY entertainment solutions for kicking cable to the curb and still getting to see your favorite shows.
022: Self Promotion
In Podcast #22, we discuss walking the fine line between self promotion and being an annoying blowhard, and how to get over the resistance to self promote.
021: Geek of the Week: Matt Wilson
This week's Geek of the Week is Matt Wilson, who has the special honor of being our first male Geek of the Week.
Matt is the kind of geek that wears many hats (or capes, depending on the situation).…
020: Geek of the Week: Gini Dietrich
This week's Geek of the Week is Gini Dietrich. She claims to be a geek because she wasn't popular in high school, but really..she's the biggest PR geek we know.
019: The Follow/Unfollow Debate
In podcast #19, we talk about what effect being plugged in with technology can have on our productivity. We also touch on the subject of Twitter follows. Should you follow back everyone who follows y…
018: Geek of the Week: Jen Kramer
This week's Geek of the Week is Jen Kramer. Jen is a Joomla geek who's been building websites for nearly a decade, but her geek roots actually go back to the 70's when she learned BASIC while sitting…
017: Geek of the Week: Charlene Jaszewski
This week's geek is Charlene Jaszewski (@theredheadsaid). Charlene is a self-proclaimed geek hybrid, crossing gadget geek and content/usability geek; claiming the geek started before it was even cool…
016: Geek of the Week: Erica Mayer
This week's geek is Erica Mayer (@ericamayer). Erica recently used her skills and connections to raise $11,111 in less than 3 months for Charity Water. She credits the campaign as opening her eyes …
015: Phones & Online Bullies
In our 15th podcast we couldn't decide whether to talk phones or bullies. Luckily, Gossip Girl solved all our problems and we talked about them both!
014: Geek of the Week: Sarah Evans
The Geek Girls are excited to bring you the first Geek of the Week, which will be a new series in which we feature someone who's well, a geek. These people can be self proclaimed geeks, people using …
013: Facebook Privacy
In our 13th podcast we discuss the ever-changing world of Facebook and how the changes affect its users.