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Geek Girl Profile -

Name: Laurel Papworth
Screen Names: SilkCharm or Laurel Papworth.
Personal Blogs:
http://silkcharm.blogspot.com (social networks blog)
http://laurelpapworth.com (corporate site)
http://bloggerati.com.au (not a blog but a social news site on Web 2.0 in Australia)
http://mymobilepals.com  (mobile phone social networks)
Social Networks:
Bebo, BlogTalkRadio, Cyworld, del.ico.us, Digg, Dopplr, Facebook, Flickr, FriendFeed, Friends Reunited, Furl, Hi5, Jaiku, Last.FM, Linked In, Ma.gnolia.com, MyBlogLog, MySpace, NewsVine, Ning, Plurk, Pownce, Second Life, Slideshare, Social Networks blog, SocialThing, StumbleUpon, Technorati, ThisIsMyJam, Tumblr, Twitter, Upcoming, Vimeo, Wikipedia, YouTube.

This weeks Geek Girl is well known internet personality Lisa Brewster. She has answered my interview questions below.

Geek Girl Profile -

Name: Lisa Brewster
Screen Name: Adora
Personal Blog: http://www.sophistechate.com
Other Blogs: http://www.technarium.com, http://www.barcampsd.org, http://www.startupschwag.com
Social Networks: Twitter, qik, MyBlogLog, Facebook, LinkedIn, Flickr,
Tumblr, Technorati, DailyLit, Last.fm, 1up, Pownce, Notemine.
Current Employment: Systems Engineer for Cardinal Health, and Product Manager for Startup Schwag
Location: San Diego, USA

What is your motivation for blogging?

First and foremost I blog to communicate ideas.  My first audience was myself when I started at Livejournal years and years ago, and my scope has grown larger and larger based on what projects I'm involved with.  I've tried blogging for money before (paid position, not like Pay Per Post), and as passionate as I was about the topic, I never felt very comfortable (I don't blog well under a deadline).  But my biggest motivation is that I have a bad memory...I'll forget my thought processes and troubles and successes all too easily, so blogging is a way for me to document what's in my head so I can have an opportunity to go back and reflect on those experiences.

Geek Girl Profile -

Name: Damana Madden
Screen Name/'s: Damana + Mana + Geek Diva
Personal Blogs:
Geek Diva - http://geekdamana.blogspot.com
Personal - http://damana.blogspot.com
Girl Geek Dinners Sydney - http://girlgeekdinnerssydney.blogspot.com
Other Blogs She Contributes To:
Sydney Nrrd Grrls - http://sydneynerdgirls.blogspot.com
Girly Geekdom Blog - http://girlygeekdom.blogspot.com
Guy Geekdom - http://guygeekdom.blogspot.com

Hey there Geek Girl Blogger readers. This week we are featuring mandyvan as our Geek Girl Blogger.

Geek Girl Profile -

Name: Mandy Van Cleave
Screen Name: mandyvan
Personal Blog: http://blog.myspace.com/mandyvan
Social Networks: MySpace, Twitter, Ning, Pownce.
Other websites she is active in at times: Youtube, Digg, blog.tv.
Current Employment: Job Searching!
Location: America

What is your motivation for blogging?

I blog to stay sane. In grade school, we journaled so much and I began to miss that.  Sharing a journal with the rest of the world sounds like a pretty neat concept to me, so you can gear what you are writing about to interest others but still be random and personal.  Even though blogging is a release, I think there's also that underlying possibility of being "discovered" with blogging, whether its someone wanting you to blog more because they like your writing style, or finding a job where your brand of creativity would be appreciated.

I found many geek t-shirts in my closet, so that encouraged me to pick up blogging.  I have a corresponding G33k shirTz album on MySpace.