Livingsocial vs Groupon vs Facebook vs Google – Which Is Winning? – Infographic
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TheSocialGeeks Episode 35 – Tungle, Delicious, Yobongo and Fring
It's that time again kids! Time for another episode of The Social Geeks podcast. This week we had to whole gang here which included myself, Chris Miller, Wayne Sutton, Sarah Perez, Corvida, and Caleb Elston.
subjects included
- The sale of Tungle to Research In Motion (RIM)
- A brief jab at the BlackBerry Playbook
- Caleb talks what it is like to launch Yobongo at SXSW and futures
- The sale of Delicious to AVOS (the YouTube founders new corporation)
- How to get divorced via SMS
- Fring new 4-way video chat ability. Look for a full Fring review on TheSocialNetworker.
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screenshot of the Fring video chat
The Geek is going to WordCampKC in June
So one event I have always looked forward to attend was a WordCamp but we have never had one here in Kansas City. I am a big fan of WordPress (I actually use it for my blog here at jeffisageek.net), Always love to learn new things I can implement here on the site, and its always great to go hang out with fellow geeks and do a little networking in the process.
So the big weekend is Saturday and Sunday June 11th and 12th at Johnson County Community College and the event looks packed with lots of great sessions to check out!
WordCamps are community organized meetings for users of WordPress, the blogging platform and content management system that is sweeping the online world.
Millions of people worldwide use WordPress, through WordPress.org and WordPress.com, and there are a lot of us in the Kansas City area. From scuba divers to the Lyric Opera, professional designers specializing in WordPress sites to the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, Kansas City has a large and growing population of WordPress bloggers, designers, and developers.
Come to WordCamp and learn from one another, network, and celebrate the global phenomenon that is WordPress.
For more information you can jump over to the official website, follow WordPressKC on Twitter, and check the schedule of events as well.
Register now (Its 50 bucks) and see you there!
KCITP Mentor Happy Hour Kickoff Event In KC
Have you always wanted to be a mentor? Are you looking for a mentor? If you answered yes to either of these you should check off the happy hour kickoff event KCITP is putting on next week here in Kansas City.
The event will take place at McFadden's in the P&L district from 5:30 to 7:30pm on Wed April 6th.
A great mentor will positively change your career…and an inquisitive mentee can reinvigorate passion for what you do best! Regardless of which role you’re looking to fulfill, our goal is to get you connected…and we’ve invited local experts in local experts in the fields below to participate!
Each physical area of McFadden’s will be assigned a specific topic:
- Software Development/Architecture
- Security/Network
- Infrastructure/Systems Administration/DBA
- Project Management/Agile/Lean methodologies
- Startups/Entrepreneurship
- Social Media
Space is limited so make sure you REGISTER and if you are gonna be there I will see ya there as I plan to attend the event. Overall sounds like a good time and a great way to do a little networking in the process.
Be sure to check out KCITP on Twitter and on the web for more information.
I’m Gonna Be A GeekDad!!
So in case you missed it on Sunday night Allison and myself announced to the world that we are expecting our first geekling!!! We are so excited and look forward to sharing the experience with all our friends and family.
I have gone ahead and created geekling.jeffisageek.net to follow all the news as we take this new journey in our lives.
We are so excited and thank everyone for all the well wishes, thoughts, and prayers.
More to come for sure!!!
(note: the geekling.jeffisageek.net is still feeding through the interwebs so might be a little delay before it is active)
Japanese Tumblr Logo T-shirt – Proceeds To Disaster Relief Efforts
Our new Japanese Tumblr Logo T-shirt is now available throughBustedTees! All proceeds will go directly to the International Federation of the Red Cross to support disaster relief efforts by the Japanese Red Cross Society.
[via Tumblr Staff]
Marching For Babies And Walking For Hearts In May
May is my month for walking for good causes with the March of Dimes and the march for babies followed by the American Heart Association and the Heart Walk.
This year will be my 3rd year for the heart walk and my 1st for the march for babies which are both great causes.
It's great to join these events and know just my little contribution is making a big difference in peoples lives from babies all the way to the elderly.
If you have a way and would be interested I would love to have your contribution to my goal of $500 dollars for each walk as well as the goal of helping those in need.
Thank you very much!
“Famous Androids” – I May Have Just Purchased This Shirt
So I saw this shirt and thought "yep I need that!" So I grabbed me one and it is on the way to the geek! Can you name the "Famous Androids"?
Get yours before they are gone!
Mobile Bits & Bytes – 3.16.11
So im thinking of starting a quick little blog post from my HTC EVO everyday.
Right now gonna go with the title "Mobile Bits & Bytes"
Dont know where I am gonna go with it now but thinking little splices of info nuggets, thoughts, and insight.
Stay tuned for more!
My New Android Home Screen
One thing I am always doing and it seems like it is an addiction is changing up the look of my home screen on my HTC EVO.
What you are looking at is my current version which uses a couple apps and widgets to get what I wanted.
First I am using ADW.Launcher to replace HTC Sense and allows you to pretty much customize your phone to your hearts desire. There is a free version and if you find you are liking it you can upgrade to the paid version which of course opens up more options for you to use.
Now besides options with the ADW.Launcher you can also add themes to you phone which is what I did here using the chemistry theme as you can see in the icons looking like they are from the element table.
For the date and the clock I went ahead and used an option I didnt find in the market but on the interwebs called TypoClock which gives it a kool different look and has a couple options you can use to make it look the way you would like.
One last piece that I will share is the media player is actually the widget for DoggCatcher which is the app I use for my podcast listening.
So there you have it my most recent home screen setup. Hope maybe some of the info I shared you can use in modifications for your Android phone and hope you think mine is pretty kool looking!
Do you have your home screen all prettied up? Leave a comment and share a link to a pic of it or shoot me and @reply on twitter.
Around KC: Startup Weekend April 15th – 17th
Its that time again! Time for Startup Weekend in Kansas City. This is a really kool event that brings out some very smart and creative peeps as well as some kool startup ideas.
Startup Weekend is an intense 54 hour event which focuses on building a web or mobile application which could form the basis of a credible business over the course of a weekend. The weekend brings together people with different skillsets - primarily software developers, graphics designers and business people - to build applications and develop a commercial case around them.
The event starts at 6pm on April 15th and will be located at Bizperc / Think Big Partners which is located at 1800 Baltimore in Kansas City, MO.
For more information hit up the website and jump over and purchase your ticket for the event.
Around KC: KCTwestival Returns March 24th
Thursday March 24th, 2011 marks the return of a great event we have had in the past here in the Kansas City area called Twestival.
Last year we did not have an actual event in Kansas City but in 2008 and 2009 raising money for two great causes in Charity: Water and Wayside Waifs.
Now Twestival is by no means a local event held here in the Kansas City area...in fact there are events held all over the country and even the world helping worthwhile charities. If you are wondering if you city is having an event make sure to check out the official twestival site.
So back to the Kansas City event for which I will be attending...I have yet to hear which charity we will be raising money for and actually I have not heard an official venue but you can keep up to date by checking the website or subscribing to the twitter feed @kctwestival
Hope to see you all there and lets raise some money for a good cause!
5 Guys Burgers And Fries App For Android
One of my favorite places to get burgers and fries is 5 Guys Burgers and Fries and to say I was excited to see they launched an Android app is an understatement.
What can you do with this app? Well pretty much the two things you would want it to (minus getting free food or cooking your food for you I guess). First up using your GPS location it tells you where the closest Five Guys is and second it lets you order your food and once you arrive to the location skip the line to pay and go straight to the grill and let them know you have arrived!
Very simple and very easy to use. I see myself getting a lot of use out of this app which I guess could be a good thing or a bad thing depending how you look at it.
I will say I have just installed the app and played around with it and not actually ordered yet. Once I actually use it I will let you know how my experience is with pickup.
Have you used this app yet? How was it once you arrived to pick up your order? Would love to find out.
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