Wow what a year it has been! And to think, this all started out as a Twitter account.

For those of you who may not know, before blogging was even a thought I created a Twitter account in early March 2009 as a way to share news about geeky things topics of interest.

I originally titled the Twitter account @geekgirls (plural) for myself and a friend of mine to use, but unfortunately she wasn’t interested at the time. Instead of changing the name to singular or to another name entirely, I decided just to go with it.

Within a month, I found hundreds of awesome people, most of whom were other geek ladies. I felt I could offer so much more than a few tech tweets a day and wanted a way for us to be more connected. I decided to create a blog not only for myself, but for any woman who wanted to share her geeky expertise. @G33kGurrl gave me the perfect name for the site and the response was overwhelming. Soon after the launch, 6 talented women began contributing, the network was mentioned in a Geek Dad post, I was interviewed by Seattle Geekly, and featured on The Science Channel website as Geek of the Week.

After a few weeks of battling PHP, I finally launch the official Geek Girls Network site in August. This site has provided over 100 articles from 17 contributors, contests, breaking news, a live Twitter RPG, interviews of amazing women, and even our own promo video from Think Hero! And although the articles are written by women, there have been tons of geekguys that have helped in promoting and supporting our events and efforts including; @thepeterpixie, @aboynamedart, @igeektrooper, @Zeblue_Prime, @daytonward, @jpuent, @gcrecords, @GeekStuffOG, and countless others!

I can’t thank you all enough for all your support! Take a look back at some of the highlights of 2009:

Top 10 Women Comic Book Characters

‘Nerd’ and ‘Geek’ Should Be Banned? No Way!

Step aside Google, I’d rather work @ Threadless

Interview: Alison Haislip

It Starts with a Blip…. Or: The Reification of Gender Stereotypes

GGN Zombie Week

homosexuality in comics

What are you Thankful for?

Beginnings of a Comic Convert

10 tips for an awesome SDCC experience

Evolution of the GEEK – How we became Hip

I hope 2010 proves to be another great year for everyone and look forward to growing this network with you. Happy New Year!