INFOGRAPHIC: Geek Vs. Hipster

by Tee Morris on February 27, 2012

I’ve been called a hipster before, and each time I flinch. I find the whole “hipster” movement to be a pimp slap in the same vein as the Grunge movement felt when Grunge suddenly found itself going mainstream. I remember how odd a fashion statement bred of thrift stores was suddenly finding itself in upscale malls and European catwalks, and I find equally odd the hipster movement.

I believe there is a fine line between a geek and a hipster, but leave it to Geeks Are Sexy to come up with an infographic that shows that line being so fine that — in some instances — it just isn’t there.

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From: BecomeCareer.com

Drawing these lines in the sand is nothing new to Geeks Are Sexy as they ran an infographic on Geeks Vs. Nerds. Funny thing — right now, Sonic Boom is digging on calling her dad a “Nerd.” Not sure where it is coming from, but there it is. Between the three, I prefer “Geek” if you feel the need for labels.

Granted, if you’re going to use labels, call me Tee. That’s the best one of all.

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Skylanders: Where Gamer Girls (and Their Characters) Kick Butt Too!

by Tee Morris on February 23, 2012

Roughly six weeks ago, as you might have heard on a recent episode of The Shared Desk, a friend of ours — Lisa-Anne Moore — introduced me, Pip, and Sonic Boom to the new Activision game Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventures. Sonic Boom was intrigued by the concept of this game, that concept being that at any point you can swap out characters within a game, all dependent on what you need at that moment. The Boom perked up, however, when she heard about a character named “Sonic Boom.”

Imagine her elation when she found the character of Sonic Boom was a girl.

From the Skylanders Portal Masters’ website, here’s Sonic Boom’s story: [click to continue…]

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And now for something completely different…

February 22, 2012

Yes, I disabled the comments. Why? Because some of the comments on the YouTube channels go out of their way to spoil what is something positive from the White House. Therefore, in light of the mudslinging and Fox News treatment of President Barack Obama, I’m preserving this little moment of bad-assery for what it is [...]

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New Fiction: Grimm, Once Upon a Time…and now — ME!

February 21, 2012

With the successful run of the first season of Tales from the Archives, Pip convinced me to take that step into being a self publisher. In this trip, I’ve been taking copious notes from other writers like Mur Lafferty, James Meltzer, and Chuck Wendig. Today, I’m releasing out into the wild my first novella. As [...]

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5 Things to Do after You Lose Your Job

February 9, 2012

It’s hard to believe, but last Friday marked a month since my last day at Intersections. For the past four weeks, I’ve taken in a lot. Good and bad. Of course, the irony of all this is that when I was hired by Intersections, the Recession was in full swing. And at the beginning of [...]

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5 Things Indie Authors Should Consider when Pursuing a Career

February 3, 2012

Something I find absolutely fascinating in my first decade as a published author is the sheer amount of backpedalling I have seen authors make when it comes to self-publishing. Oh. Wait. Independent publishing. Now, indie publishing includes self-publishing. Yeah. Ain’t that something? When I took my first steps with Dragon Moon Press back in 2002, [...]

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So Long, and Thanks for All the Tweets: My Final Friday at Intersections

January 9, 2012

You might have noticed a few enigmatic tweets from me on Friday. I got a few responses of concern but I was okay. Still am. No, really, I’m good. January 6, 2012 was a date for the books so I’ll just go ahead and kick off this blogpost with what happened. Somewhere around 10:15 a.m. [...]

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Tee’s Top 5 from 2011

December 30, 2011

Recently, J.C. Hutchins asked across various social networks for people to sum up their 2011 in one word, and then sum up their hopes for 2012 in another. I responded with three. Yes, I’m a rebel. Screw the rules, ‘cause that’s how I roll. Man, I really need to make “avoid talking street” a New [...]

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Full Court Press: Harper Voyager Puts My Steampunk On Sale

December 20, 2011

Just a quick bit of news before the holidays — the 99¢ sale of Phoenix Rising: A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Novel is now officially on! And here’s where you can find it… Kindle — amzn.to/o31YFI Nook — bit.ly/rBBrT7 Kobo — bit.ly/ulBPet iTunes — bit.ly/uuQ0XS That’s right, Harper Voyager has lowered the eBook price of Phoenix Rising down to 99¢ for [...]

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Steampunk is Dead …and Other Stupid Things You Might Have Heard This Week Concerning a Justin Bieber Video

December 9, 2011

So this week, you might have heard from SyFy’s Blastr that steampunk is dead, and let’s face it — when it comes to really knowing what fans of Science Fiction think, you can’t really argue with the same people who cancelled Farscape, Eureka, and Stargate Universe to make room for reality TV and professional wrestling… [...]

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