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Reporting an Internet Outage

Sara April 15, 2012 0

It could be worse, when calling AT&T to report an internet outage, their on-hold information used to direct you to a website where you could report it. Derp!

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Anti-Trolling Informercial

submissions March 30, 2012 0

Whatever happened to good, old-fashioned constructive criticism? Max and Sam introduce a new way to rid the world of Youtube internet trolls

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Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson On Being A Living “Badass” Meme

Paul O'Flaherty March 26, 2012 0

Joshua Topolsky asks Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson about life as an animated gif during a taping of On The Verge in New York City

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A More Beautiful Web With Internet Explorer 9

Paul O'Flaherty March 21, 2012 0

Disclosure - Sponsored Post One of the things we try do here at Geek Is Awesome, is to test our design against as many browsers as possible which means that on my development laptop

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Googles Gary Oldman Trap

Paul O'Flaherty March 13, 2012 0

Gary Oldman and Google have been taking pleasure in traumatizing kids since Google’s inception

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A Day In The Life Of Internet Traffic (Infographic)

Paul O'Flaherty March 8, 2012 0

With only about one third of the worlds population the volume of  information, created and consumed online is staggering, and to help you comprehend just how huge that amount of information is we present

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Risk - Internet Edition

Paul O'Flaherty February 24, 2012 0

Risk gets a conceptual update to conquering cyberspace instead of countries in this “Internet Edition”. Download the HD printable version (100 cm x 60 cm) : RISK Internet Edition

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Future Hipsters - 2062

Paul O'Flaherty February 10, 2012 0

Entrinsic, a social media-strategy agency, created “Future Hipsters” as a promotion for next week’s Social Media Week, poking fun at community managers, QR codes, status updates and all things viral. I shudder to think

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Tracking the Internet Trolls

Paul O'Flaherty February 10, 2012 0

The BBC confronts the apparently famous (in trolling social circles?) Darren Burton, other wise known as Nimrod Severn who post offensive comments on RIP tribute pages on social networking sites. Turns out, rather unsurprisingly, that

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I Listened To Dubstep In The 90′s

Paul O'Flaherty February 4, 2012 0

Except that in the 90′s the sound of a successful connection was far more enjoyable than Dubstep will ever be

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Why People Really Argue Online

Paul O'Flaherty January 30, 2012 0

It’s all about ensuring the accuracy of information disseminated online. Honestly

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Social Media “Gurus”

Paul O'Flaherty January 30, 2012 0

I always feel a pang of resentment when I look at what web-designers and developers need to know and their pay, versus the qualifications of most social media “gurus&#

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