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Interview: Keisha Howard of Sugar Gamers

January 18th, 2010 Administrator

 

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A few months back I met Keisha Howard, an awesome gamer girl residing in Chicago. Keisha is not only a hardcore gamer, but also an advocate of gamer girls and currently developing her own group called Sugar Gamers.

Although their focus is primarily gaming, the website offers news and discussions on a variety of topics including; anime, sci-fi, manga, comics, cosplay, dark fiction, local interests, and a little bit of girly gab. Keisha also organizes frequent events to bring gamer girls together. Sugar Gamers offers a community of hardcore gamers, bloggers, event promoters and geek girls all local to the Chicago area.

Keisha strives to prove that this type of organization can serve to empower women by emphasizing the intelligence, talent, depth of personality, and beauty of the members. The group will also afford young women alternatives to activities such as clubbing and drinking by coordinating gaming events, humanitarian efforts, conventions, blogging and social networking, as well as physical activities such as paintballing, whirly-balling, and more.

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The female gaming group is not a unique concept, but Keisha’s innovative Sugar Gamers allows members to “unplug from the matrix” and interact socially through the organization’s local development. Keisha understands that female gamers are a diverse group and hopes that her efforts will redefine the definition of nerd into a complimentary term.   (more…)

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Interview: Jamie Wareham

December 14th, 2009 Administrator

 

Jamie Wareham
Early this year, before I ventured into developing Geek Girls Network™, I began a lengthy online search to find other geek girl websites. I wanted to get a good idea if other women of geekdom existed, what they were doing, and if they were successful. One of the first sites I became a fan of was
She-Geeks.com.

With a cool blue logo and loads of helpful tech posts, I quickly added She-Geeks to my favorites and started following its creator Jamie Wareham, aka @swytch. Jamie’s IT knowledge and experience is complimented brilliantly by her approachable and gracious personality. It is with great pleasure that I introduce you to a true girl geek. (more…)

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Boobie Wednesday

November 10th, 2009 Administrator

 

by @geekgirls

boobie wednesdayI have to be honest, when I first started seeing boobie avatars all over Twitter, I was more than a little aggravated. But after I started seeing the cleavage of quite a few women that I really admire, I knew I didn’t have the whole picture.

Every Wednesday on Twitter, in order to loudly promote Breast Cancer Awareness, many women change their avatar to a chesty picture and end their tweets with #BoobieWed. After a bit a research, I finally found Veronica S., one of the co-creators of the Twitter phenomenon.

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Interview: Alison Haislip

October 5th, 2009 Administrator

 

For those of you who regularly watch G4’s Attack of the Show, you already know of the adorable and quirky co-host Alison Haislip. Her energy and geek knowledge on screen makes it easy to instantly become a fan. Aside from managing a crazy schedule, she was able to spare some time and share insight about working at G4, her perspective on geek culture, and her personal geekiness. And I am beyond pleased to announce that Alison is as cool and geeky in real life as she is on TV.Alison Haislip G4 Attack of The Show

After graduating from Boston College with a BA in Theater Arts, when did you decide to make the move to LA?

I’m a Jersey girl through and through so I thought I was moving to NYC to continue my acting career.  Then fate intervened, and I spent my senior spring break visiting a friend in Los Angeles.  When I stepped off the plane, I just knew I had to move sunny California.  I changed all my plans in 2 months and moved to LA 3 weeks after I graduated.  I haven’t thought about moving once…I haven’t even moved apartments since I got here!

What events led to landing your career on G4’s Attack of the Show?

Beer.  Seriously.  I was bartending at a beer and wine bar called The 3rd Stop, when one of my regulars came in with a friend to celebrate his wife’s pregnancy.  It just so happened that this friend worked in the development department at G4.  After a couple of beers, my regular turns to his friend and goes, “You should totally know Alison!  She plays video games!  Put her on your network!”  (more…)

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Interview: Amber Mac (aka Amber MacArthur)

September 21st, 2009 Administrator

 

If you don’t know her yet, let me introduce you to Amber MacArthur. This Canadian geek girl has a resume that would make you squee…seriously! I first learned of Amber because of her impressive new XBOX Live show Girls Go Geek which highlights real geek girls and exposes new facets of interest.amber macarthur

Aside from her awesome new show and running her New Media company MGI Media; she currently produces and hosts a video podcast commandN and a TwiT podcast net@night. Check out her 99% accurate Wikipedia entry for a full list of her amazing geeky accomplishments and projects.

I recently had the privilege of interviewing Amber to gain insight into her trailblazing career and she what she has planned next.

 

GGN: What is your first memory of a strong interest in technology?

AM: My first memory of a strong interest in technology happened when I was in college.  I was fascinated with the Internet, how it could connect people from all over the world.  In fact, I wrote an article called "Horse Hunting in Cyberspace" while in Journalism School because I loved the concept that such a large animal would, in essence, be sold via a "series of tubes!" (more…)

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