Today’s My 3 Year Bloggerversary!

3-year-bloggerversary

I started this blog three years ago, thinking I was on a fast-track to social media rockstardom. I won’t go into all the reasons why that was a total delusion, but a lot has changed since then, and I’m happy to be here where I am, doing what I’m doing. To celebrate and commemorate, I’m… read more »

How to Avoid Getting Scammed on Social Media (And what to do if you already were)

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It’s happened. Spammers & scammers have made their way over to Pinterest under the guise of companies like Starbucks, H&M, and Pinterest itself, claiming that they’re giving away 500 free iPads, gift cards, and so on. And there are apparently bunches of people whose parents never taught them that if something seems too good to… read more »

How to Be an Awesome Pinner on Pinterest

Pinterest Etiquette

Pinterest is one of the fastest (if not the fastest) growing social networks, and I tell you what. I’m totally obsessed. I’ve found really great ideas, recipes, DIY and gift projects, and even awesome blogs. However, with any new network comes a learning period, where everyone kind of has to figure out how the whole… read more »

Blacking Out for SOPA

SOPA-BLACKOUT

I’m sorry to inconvenience all of you, but tomorrow (January 18), Making Geek Look Good is blacking out in protest of SOPA, which in short intends to fight online counterfeiting and trafficking of copyrighted materials in such a broad way that any and every website could be at risk of being blocked. TechDirt has a… read more »

10 Things I Want to Achieve in 2012

It’s my last list of the year!! At the beginning of 2011, I set pretty broad goals, because life is uncertain, and birthing & postpartum recovery is especially uncertain. However, I’ve been practicing yoga once a week (I’d intended twice weekly practice, but I’m taking what I can get), I haven’t run a 5K, and… read more »

Ocean Marketing and Paul Christoforo’s PR Blunder (AKA You Really Stepped in it, Bro)

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Ah yes, another post wherein I hop up on my soapbox. See, every now and then, a story gets me so riled up that I have to talk about it on here. Today’s edition of pissed-off-geek-rant is brought to you by Paul Christoforo, courtesy of Penny Arcade. If you’re not yet familiar with the situation,… read more »