Geek Squad Academy Graduation

Geeksquad Summer Academy was AWESOME!  Here are some more pics and some small videos of graduation.  We had most of the students take a survey online and it was very interesting to see what an impact this event had on the kids lives. 

More pictures can be found here

Geek Squad Summer Academy 2008 Atlanta

Since Sunday I have spent every day helping as an instructor at Atlanta's first Geek Squad Summer Academy 2008. This by far is the most meaningful event I have had the opportunity to be part of, in a work related activity. Geek Squad Summer Academy is a program designed to inspire a younger generation to get involved firsthand with technology. This year in Atlanta we are having 4 different classes for the Girl Scouts of Atlanta. There are about 100 "ladies" as Girls Scouts are reffered to attending.  Throughout the 4 days they take classes on how to build their own computer, setup and secure a wireless network, learn about HTML and design a webpage, and are educated on "Green Computing." It’s amazing to see these young ladies put together a desktop computer themselves, power it on and smile in amazement as it actually boots up. They build their own Ethernet cables and understand how to secure a wireless network. They build all sorts of solar powered electronic devices; make gadgets and jewelry out of recycled computer parts. I am one of the instructors for the web class in which we teach the basics of HTML and watch them excitedly build their own "Junior Agent" websites. You can check out mine here
 
Tomorrow is the last day of the event and graduation.  I will make sure to post some more pictures.

Cat Power & Geekmobiles

Every couple of weeks my job holds a drawing for tickets to certain events. We ended up winning a pair of tickets to see Cat Power at the Tabernacle in Atlanta. Last concert I went to happened to be there as well. Laura got tickets for us to see Elton John there about 3 years ago. When I went to pick up the tickets they gave me an extra pair and we invited Stace and Robert to go with us. When we arrived there was a whole section reserved for ticket holders only and we were pretty much the only ones in that section. Every couple of minutes someone would try to sit in the empty seats and would get kicked out making us laugh. Anyways, the concert was fun times. We didn't know anything about Cat Power and were not too excited but it ended up being a great evening together. She has a very unique style and performed some remakes of some Fleetwood Mac, Creedence Clearwater and Patsy Cline. Carl, Cathy, & David all teamed up to help watch the babies that night which we are VERY grateful. If you haven't heard of Cat Power and like music you should check them out.


Yesterday we had a meeting to discuss our new services initiative Geeksquad 3.0. After our meeting we did a swarm where all of us drive along in a line. Pretty crazy driving around Atlanta 20 Geekmobiles all lined up going to different Best Buy stores. The reactions were great. Saw everything from cops taking pictures, honking, thumbs up, and flip offs. Here is a pic from my mirror.