Off the Grid Camp in Montana
Last week, GETV stepped into the wilds of Montana for Robert Scoble’s “Off the Grid” Camp. Even amongst geysers, big racked elk and boiling rivers there were geeks everywhere. Irina finds out who these geeks are and what they were thinking in stepping away from the computer for a few days.
Episode links: Off the Grid Camp, Freshtopia, Udo Schroeter, Heather Flanagan, Aaron Tinling, Richard White, Michael Hoover, Robert Scoble
GeekRules’ Dana Yobst and Julia Hu love dating geeks
Irina gets the lowdown on geek dating with Dana Yobst and Julia Hu of the GeekRules podcast. Find out how they take you from scary and unapproachable to adorable and fuckable. A must see for any geek who hopes to one day get laid but finds it really hard to leave the house. Episode links: geekrules, dana yobst, julia hu, 0 geek, 60 geek, drunk makeout, not long time, no excuse, geekstar
Karen Marcelo tells GETV what makes a Dorkbot
On Dorkbot-sf’s 3rd anniversary, founder Karen Marcelo tells Irina what this secret society of dorks is all about. She traces its early history of pickle lights, mortars and fire spewing vaccum cleaners to the modern era of teledildonics, prosthetic heads and celebrity geeks. Episode links: dorkbot-sf, first dorkbot, dimension7, violet blue, teledildonics, pickle light & mortar, fire vacs, dorkbot-ny, dorkbot-london, stelarc, lynn hershman, tom zimmerman, rfid1, rfid2, eric paulos, urban atmospheres, something explosive