(The Promoting Professional Geekery roundup is here) When did you first realize your hardcore geekdom was a possible career? Me, I think I was about 7 or 8. I was into science and medicine and such, and already figured that’d … Continue reading
(The Promoting Professional Geekery Roundup is here) Several of my promoting Professional Geekery are about how you can encourage Progeekery at a con, from doing a presentation to doing a career track. There’s more you can do. You can be “Event … Continue reading
(Our Promoting Professional Geekery roundup is here.) OK you’ve got those must-read books, right? And they’re really important to people’s careers. You being the progeek that you are know what to read, and often tell people about it. Of course … Continue reading
You can find the Promoting Professional Geekery Roundup here. You know how it goes. You’re there helping plan a convention and someone mentions they really need some artists for a project. The artists group you hang with is looking for … Continue reading
You have a lot in common with us here at fan to pro. Good looks, charm, creativity. Beyond that, you also want to help professional geeks like yourself (and future professional geeks), get their careers working.So how are you answering … Continue reading
(For more Promoting Professional Geekery, see this Roundup of past columns.) So you’re trying to promote professional geekery. If you work at a company chances are you have an HR department that . . . isn’t. HR is a tough … Continue reading
(For more Promoting Professional Geekery check the roundup.) Let me take a moment to praise MailChimp. For those of you not familiar with it, MailChimp is not a character in an Adult Swim cartoon called “Primate Postal Service,” though that … Continue reading
When doing research for my books, I’ve found the internet is a kind of necropolis of dead and inactive sites. Sure they’re out there, they’re visible, but nothing is happening, updates haven’t been made in years, no one is paying … Continue reading
When is the last time you told an author how much their book helped you in their career? Or an instructional video creator how much they changed your life? Probably not as often as you’d like. Actually *I* could be … Continue reading
If you want to promote the professional geek ideal, there’s one thing you have to do. I’m not talking running cons, doing events, writing books, and so forth. Those are all fine and you should do them (if not all … Continue reading