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		<title>Geekli.st adds search to go along with impressive growth [invites]</title>
		<link>http://thenextweb.com/apps/2011/12/02/geekli-st-adds-search-to-go-along-with-impressive-growth-invites/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:59:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drew Olanoff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img width="520" height="245" src="http://cdn.thenextweb.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2011/12/397931208_249e420fae_o-520x245.jpg" alt="397931208_249e420fae_o" title="397931208_249e420fae_o" /><br />Since we talked to Geekli.st last, which is still in private beta, the service has seen impressive growth and engagement. The site allows you to add technical-focused accomplishments to share...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="520" height="245" src="http://cdn.thenextweb.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2011/12/397931208_249e420fae_o-520x245.jpg" alt="397931208 249e420fae o 520x245 Geekli.st adds search to go along with impressive growth [invites]" title="397931208 249e420fae o 520x245 photo"  /><br /><p>Since we talked to <a href="http://thenextweb.com/apps/2011/09/21/geekli-st-the-next-generation-resume-for-developers-and-geeks-invites/">Geekli.st</a> last, which is still in private beta, the service has seen impressive growth and engagement.</p>
<p>The site allows you to add technical-focused accomplishments to share with community of developers and engineers.</p>
<p>Since the end of September, <a href="http://geekli.st/invite/thenextweb ">Geekli.st</a> has had over 100,000 activities happen within the community.  Activities range from viewing cards and giving people high-fives for accomplishments.  The company has been slowly rolling out invites to users, and has more than doubled in size during the process.</p>
<p>Today, Geekli.st has rolled out a robust search option so that you can find other like-minded developers who have accomplished pretty amazing things, like scaling Twitter.</p>
<h3>Resumes are so 2010</h3>
<p>The thing that stood out to me about Geekli.st was that developers and engineers are usually judged based on the tasks or projects that they participated in, entered in as a &#8220;card&#8221; on Geekli.st.  Furthermore, what role they played in a project is equally as important.  These are things that you don&#8217;t get from a resume.  Even when you visit LinkedIn, most profiles are barely filled out and rely on recommendations to fill in the color about your career.</p>
<p>Companies are starting to turn to Geekli.st to find the talent that they need in Silicon Valley.  A well-funded startup isn&#8217;t looking for someone with a certain type of degree, they&#8217;re looking for someone who has been in the trenches and lives and breathes certain types of coding languages and technology.  That&#8217;s why Geekli.st has rolled out its search product.</p>
<p>The search bar will now follow you throughout the site and by simply typing in any keyword, you&#8217;ll be shown a list of people as well as cards that match your search.</p>
<p><a href="http://thenextweb.com/apps/2011/12/02/geekli-st-adds-search-to-go-along-with-impressive-growth-invites/screen-shot-2011-12-02-at-12-37-51-am/" rel="attachment wp-att-289840"><img src="http://cdn.thenextweb.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2011/12/Screen-Shot-2011-12-02-at-12.37.51-AM-520x393.png" alt="Screen Shot 2011 12 02 at 12.37.51 AM 520x393 Geekli.st adds search to go along with impressive growth [invites]" title="Screen Shot 2011 12 02 at 12.37.51 AM 520x393 photo" width="520" height="393" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-289840" /></a></p>
<p>Search is an important feature since the company now hosts 5,000 cards worth of accomplishments.</p>
<p>Some of the other things the company is working on are personalized timelines, updated profiles, the ability to have conversations with users, and &#8220;nominations&#8221; which I&#8217;m personally excited about.</p>
<p>When I spoked to Geekli.st Co-founder Christian Sanz about the new features, he explained how nominations would work when they roll-out.  Since geeks aren&#8217;t the most social bunch, you&#8217;ll be able to nominate your peers for things such as &#8220;PHP God&#8221;.  It&#8217;s a great way for a budding community to be able to highlight really talented developers without making them beg or hope for attention.</p>
<p>One of the other things Geekli.st is doing for its community is hosting Hackathons all over the world, with one going on today in New York City.  It was <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/event/2568398148">sold out</a> in one day. </p>
<p>If you&#8217;re a geek and want to show off some of your accomplishments to peers and potential employers, you can <a href="http://geekli.st/invite/thenextweb ">join the site</a> by using this exclusive code for readers of The Next Web: <strong>IMAGEEK1</strong>. The first 500 get in, so hurry up and geek out!</p>
<p>➤ <a href="http://geekli.st/invite/thenextweb ">Geekli.st</a></p>
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		<title>Send the geek you love a Code Card this Holiday season</title>
		<link>http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2011/11/18/send-the-geek-you-love-a-code-card-this-holiday-season/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drew Olanoff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you find it hard to interface with that special nerd or geek in your life on the Holidays, these Code Cards could be the answer for you. The Code...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you find it hard to interface with that special nerd or geek in your life on the Holidays, these Code Cards could be the answer for you.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.code-cards.com">Code Cards</a> come from UX expert <a href="http://twitter.com/mattbot">Matt Raw</a>, and these cards are coded and printed out with care in Brooklyn, NY.</p>
<p>My favorite has to be the &#8220;<a href="http://code-cards.com/#egg-nog">Egg Nog Arrays</a>&#8221; card:</p>
<p><a href="http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2011/11/18/send-the-geek-you-love-a-code-card-this-holiday-season/ruby-front-med/" rel="attachment wp-att-281602"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-281602" title="ruby front med 520x347 photo" src="http://cdn.thenextweb.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2011/11/ruby-front-med-520x347.jpg" alt="ruby front med 520x347 Send the geek you love a Code Card this Holiday season" width="520" height="347" /></a></p>
<p>The best part is that these cards are made on really great card stock, and come complete with matching envelopes. The Code Cards cost $14, but are completely worth it for the novelty factor.</p>
<p>➤ <a href="http://www.code-cards.com">Code Cards</a></p>
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		<title>Nerd Valentine: Great Valentines Gifts for the Geek you Love</title>
		<link>http://thenextweb.com/gadgets/2011/02/08/nerd-valentine-great-valentines-gifts-for-the-geek-you-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 04:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fatema Yasmine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s February and we all know what that means, on the 14th you&#8217;re either going to be a smug git with flowers in your hands or looking at the floor to avoid...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s February and we all know what that means, on the 14th you&#8217;re either going to be a smug git with flowers in your hands or looking at the floor to avoid all the smug people. It&#8217;s unavoidable, hearts and roses everywhere. But being loved-up has its down sides too (yes it does). The site of the world turning pink causes a surge of panic to rush through everyone. The ritual gift giving can be a mind field for women (yes boys, we have it just as tough), I mean what do you get a bloke other then Aftershave and a Watch?</p>
<p><a href="http://cdn.thenextweb.com/files/2011/02/geekgift.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2583" title="geekgift photo" src="http://cdn.thenextweb.com/files/2011/02/geekgift.jpg" alt="geekgift Nerd Valentine: Great Valentines Gifts for the Geek you Love" width="524" height="221" /></a></p>
<p>I was relieved to<a href="http://www.swiss-miss.com/2011/02/nerd-valentine.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+Swissmiss+(swissmiss)&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader"> discover</a> a tumblr blog <a href="http://nerdvalentine.tumblr.com/">Nerd Valentine</a>, a perfect place to find gifts for the Geek in your life, boy or girl. Created by <a href="http://amritrichmond.tumblr.com/">Amrit Richmond</a>, a community developer from New York, beautifully put together and very simple to use. Filter gifts by gender, browse the great collection and buy. Sadly there are more gifts for him then her. However if you can&#8217;t find the perfect Geek gift on Nerd Valentine, Try <a href="http://www.devdaily.com/gadgets/valentines-day-geek-gift-ideas-2011-geeky">here</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://cdn.thenextweb.com/files/2011/02/geekgift2.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2584" title="geekgift2 photo" src="http://cdn.thenextweb.com/files/2011/02/geekgift2.jpg" alt="geekgift2 Nerd Valentine: Great Valentines Gifts for the Geek you Love" width="525" height="202" /></a></p>
<p>Now all that&#8217;s left to do is to order in time for Valentines Day, 7 days left folks for the dreaded, I mean wonderful day.</p>
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