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Mr. Big Speaks Geek!

GeekSugar — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:30:25 -0700

I think me and a few thousand other women who saw the Sex and The City movie would like to have a few words with Mr. Big. But I'm going to leave that up to the writers and instead focus on his alter ego: Chris Noth. Having embodied TV's most famous commitment-phobe for years, Noth had some 'splaining to do on behalf of Mr. Big when it came to some of the silly and plot-altering tech habits he had at the press junket for the movie.

Are you tech savvy?

To a point. And then I stop. I mean, I have a cell phone, I have a computer, and it's great for sending some emails. But we do lose something by not being able to compose a letter. When I was at an age falling in love, we wrote letters and when you write a letter, you’re taking more time and it's just certainly a little bit more of a poetic medium. I can’t even see a poem or an email that would even go there.

For more of Mr. Big's sentiments (spoiler alert!), just read more.

Does technology hurt the chance of finding true love?

More difficult. I don’t think you walk away from a wedding and have an easy way of explaining it the day of. That said, I think it is harder for people to find, possibly harder, for people to find in this day and age. Do you ever think that an email can equal a letter?

I see what Big, I mean Noth! is saying here, and I like that he didn't necessarily defend his character's actions. As much as I love me some email, I wish he had actually written a pen-and-ink letter to Carrie. What do you think? Do you think technology makes it harder to find love?

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Do You Write Letters Anymore?

GeekSugar — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:00:03 -0700

I have a box of stationery that sits on my desk and never gets used. Aside from the occasional thank-you note, I never sit at my desk and just pour my feelings out onto a sheet of paper with pen and ink.

Everything important gets an email - which is also what the New York Times is saying this week, as well as questioning what happens when emails don't get received. A lost email though, will never be as sad as a lost letter, and I think this is what Chris Noth's sentiment on Mr. Big was really about. But I'm still concerned with the letters - do you write any anymore?

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A 21st Century Gal's New Social Need: "Don't Blog About Me!"

GeekSugar — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:03:28 -0700

Maybe Chris Noth was right - maybe technology is hurting our chances of finding true love. It's definitely hurting a girl's reputation, as Curbed SF found with this San Francisco-based telephone-pole plasterer. She felt the need to tell her potential dates a new don't:

"Don't blog about me!"

With everyone and her mother starting her own blog these days, I've got to back a girlfriend up and warn others that in the art of personal blogging, please, keep the date-blasting to a minimum. It'll come back and haunt somebody. Maybe even on a telephone pole in your town.

Jennifer Hudson: Not a Techie Like Her SATC Character

GeekSugar — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:25:59 -0700

Jennifer Hudson lights up the big screen alongside Sarah Jessica Parker in the Sex and the City movie, playing geek-chic Louise, Carrie's right-hand tech woman.

With a computer science degree behind her, Louise organizes Carrie's emails and calendar and revamps her outdated website, carriebradshaw.com, which by the looks of it still needs a makeover- so blah for Carrie!

Louise is also a big fashionista who drools over Carrie's divine Manolos and is a frequent customer of Bag Borrow or Steal for all the latest handbags. But in real life, Jennifer Hudson's tech knowledge is comparable to that of her fellow costar Chris Noth, who says he can handle the basics but that's about it.

To see what Jennifer had to say about her geekiness at a recent press junket for the movie, just read more.

How are your Mac skills?
I’m a Mac girl – MAC makeup and Mac computers. So I have a Mac computer, but I’m not a computer genius like Louise. And I’m not as organized as Louise, so don’t be fooled.

To get in an assistant kind of mode, I switched places with my assistant and I assisted him. So I would answer the phone, "Hello this is Louise speaking, Walter’s assistant, how may I help you?" to get into the groove of the character of being an assistant because I had never been an assistant before. And you don’t want me to be your assistant, trust me. I’d be like, you want me to get what?

Did you see the SATC movie and take the Sex and the City Movie Tech Quiz?! So much fun!

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This Week on Geeksugar - All About 3D Glasses, Video Games and Burning iPods

GeekSugar — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 11:00:18 -0700

On October 31st, Regis and Kelly will be taking their Halloween spirit to a whole new geeky level by hosting Live in 3D! You can even get free glasses for the big event.
The weather may be getting cooler, but things in the gaming industry are just starting to heat up! Check out the roundup of hot video games for Fall.
I get to check out a small army of laptop bags and sleeves, but that doesn't mean I've ever found the right one. I need your help finding a laptop bag that's work appropriate.

Most of us can't solve the Rubik's Cube with our hands, but Anssi Vanhala can solve it with his feet. Life really isn't fair.
If you didn't win our iPhone giveaway last week, you can try your chances at winning one of five Motorola RAZR2 phones. We all know Becks loves his RAZR2, so you'll probably love it too!
According to the New York Times, an increased amount of single parents are using online dating as a means to meet new people. Why are more single parents finding love online?
Do you sing in the shower? You might want to pick up a Moon Light Shower Radio. It's pretty magical.
Ever looked at the Internet from a global perspective? Chris Harrison has and it's nothing short of amazing.

This season of The Hills is almost over, but that doesn't mean I'm ready to stop my infamous Hills Tech quizzes.
Honestly, have you ever had your iPod stolen?
I'm still talking about the man whose iPod caught on fire in his pants. Luckily, he wasn't hurt.

Geeky Girl We Love: Katie Lee of Shiny Shiny

GeekSugar — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 09:01:23 -0700

Last month we featured some of the cutest geeky couples and bachelors in the blogoshere, which left many of you wondering - what about the women? Fear not my fine friends, we were just saving the best for last. March is Women's History Month so I figured there was no better way to celebrate than to highlight some of the smartest, most creative and successful women on the internet.

Katie Lee is the editorial director of Shiny Media, the UK's biggest blog publishing company. She edits Shiny Shiny, a spunky, smart and fun UK gadgets blog that every geek girl should put on her "must read" list. For the full interview with Katie, read more

Geeksugar: Tell us a bit about yourself. How did you become a blogger?
Katie: I was a technology writer working at What Laptop magazine and felt like gadgets weren’t really being covered in women’s magazines. It seemed crazy to me, but after getting one tiny piece in Marie Claire I was still frustrated by their reluctance to feature technology. Then I met Ashley Norris (another technology writer) at a press launch. He already had Tech Digest, which he’d set up with Chris Price (yet another tech journo) and I was a blogging obsessive – reading loads of them when I should have been working. So it seemed natural that we should set up a partnership, which is how Shiny Shiny developed. I joined them in the freelance world and we set up Shiny Media, which we ran in our spare time until this year when all three of us went full time.

Geeksugar: What are your hobbies besides blogging?
Katie: There are things beside blogging?! Actually, I’m fully hobbied up: I like crochet, yoga, reading, playing computer games, cutting things down in the garden, DIY, going for long walks, watching LOTs of TV. Occasionally I hit a guitar and attempt to sing along.

Geeksugar: How many hours are you online everyday?
Katie: I’d say anything from 9-15 a day.

Geeksugar: Your first computer was a ...
Katie: One of the old green screen Amstrad PCWs. We had one at home so I used to show all the other girls how to do stuff in the IT classes. I was (then, as now) an insufferable know-it-all. Before that, my primary school also had an old BBC Microcomputer which I was totally besotted by and used to stay late to play on. Sad sad sad.

Geeksugar: What are three things you featured on Shiny Shiny that you really want?
Katie: I’m really lucky to have pretty much every gadget my heart desires, but there are a couple of things left that I’d like. An HD JVC Everio would be nice, one of Denon’s obscenely expensive sound systems and I’d also really like an electric car or scooter so I can attempt to kill myself on the mean streets of London (or spend the rest of my adult life sitting in traffic, which is more likely).

Geeksugar: What is your favorite thing about your job? What is your favorite thing about Shiny Shiny?
Katie: When I worked on a magazine I used to feel terrible about the amount of time I spent skiving off on the internet. Now that’s my job. Yay me!
My favourite thing about Shiny Shiny? The fact that it’s a funny website for women – turns out women do have a sense of humour (something I’ve long suspected).

Geeksugar: Any funny stories about being a blogger?
Katie: There’s nothing we love more at Shiny Towers than a morning spent comparing the levels of craziness represented by our various web-stalkers. And we like the hate mail on YouTube as well.

Geeksugar: How many blogs are in your RSS reader?
Katie: Well, I have quite a few different RSS readers now (which, on reading this back, I realize makes me sound like even more of a saddo), but my Bloglines has 142 blogs in it. I’m not sure if that’s a lot or not. I still go crazy and actually *visit* some of the blogs I read (sheer madness, I know).

Geeksugar: Describe a typical day at work for you.
Katie: Get into the office at 9ish, read emails, read blogs, type lots of emails, send lots of Skype messages, phone a few people, go to some really boring meetings, occasionally actually *write* a blog entry (don’t get to do that as much these days), meet up with new bloggers, old bloggers, journos wanting to blog, non-bloggers wanting to blog, check on new blog launches (design, copy etc), read more blogs, chat to Shiny girls, have a pointless argument with Susi about something trivial, mock one of the Shiny girls for being a geek (or vice versa), drink tea, eat food, have a disagreement about what music to listen to, laugh at something on YouTube, send more emails. Then I go home and read more blogs, write the odd blog posts, watch TV (on computer or on TV), fanny around on the internet. I live a full and varied life.

Geeksugar: Who do you think are the top 5 sexiest male geeks in the world?
Katie: Surely the two are mutually exclusive?! I have no idea what he looks like, but Joel Johnson is my geek hero – for making Gizmodo so funny for so long.

Geeksugar: Who do you think are the top 5 sexiest female geeks in the world?
Katie: Gizmodo put me in their top ten blogging babes list. I wasn’t best pleased (though, perhaps perversely, I felt all fuzzy when Nandini picked me).

Geeksugar: Name a blogger you admire and tell us why.
Katie: God, where to start?! Tom Reynolds for writing a blog that’s endlessly compelling, shocking, exciting, funny and passionate. Eurotrash, for sharing too much and making me laugh. And the Underpaid Kept Woman for writing a blog about being a mother that is funny even if you don’t have/like/want kids.

Geeksugar: How do you feel about being called a “geek”?
Katie: I did the Geek test and only came up 36.09 geek. I felt cheated.

Geeksugar: What is the geekiest thing about yourself?
Katie: The fact that I wanted to score higher on the geek test.

Geeksugar: What is your goal for Shiny Shiny?
Katie: I'd like to teach the world to sing.

Check out our other interviews with geeky girls.