Brooke Geery

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Confessions of a Blogger

I used to not check any of the "major" snowboard sites. Frankly I didn't care or even want to know what they posted. For me, the only thing that mattered is that I was happy with what I was posting on YoBeat. But once I started selling ads, it became pretty apparent, those other sites were competition, and I'd better know what they were doing if I was going to convince people to give us money rather than them. So I set up a Google reader and started paying attention. More often than not, the other feeds looked similar to, if not exactly the same as, each other (of course…
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The Inaugural Shred Blog Summit

This was the moment in the party where I thought, no one is going to come and I am going to have to drink 60 beers by myself. Photo: Jared Souney In 1997 it wasn't OK to meet people on the Internet, especially not as a 15-year-old girl. But despite all the creepy pedophiles surely lurking in AOL chat rooms, I managed to meet several people who I am still in touch with to this day. One of them was Lee Crane, who at that time was working at an early online media source essentially doomed to fail (at that point mostly because other than pedophiles, no one had computers.)…
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Things I am Good at Part 3: The Internet

Part of me is scared to write this post. I think it's the part of me that sat in a college class and listened to a "real journalist" tell us that if we wanted to get a job we needed to be a little bit paranoid. But the Internet (hack, gag, blogging, but I prefer to use the all encompassing term "The Internet") is different. There is no such thing as exclusivity, and the only security you have is to do it better than everyone else. If you're like that old media part of me, you might wonder, why I would want to share my keys to perceived success? The…
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Blogging is Ruining my Life

Not only is blog the worst, and most ridiculous word in the English language (yep, it's acceptable in Scrabble), but I am obsessed. Like, more obsessed than I am with online scrabble (and as I've already made one reference in this post, you can see that's a lot.) Friday I went up to Mt. Hood with no intention of journalising in any way. I didn't even bring my camera. I was going to just ride for fun, because it's the holidays, and I don't feel like anyone who is paying cares about homey shred sessions. As it turned out, Friday was pretty much the best conditions I've ever ridden at…
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Confessions of a Blogger

I used to not check any of the "major" snowboard sites. Frankly I didn't care or even want to know what they posted. For me, the only thing that mattered is that I was happy with what I was posting on YoBeat. But once I started selling ads, it became pretty apparent, those other sites were competition, and I'd better know what they were doing if I was going to convince people to give us money rather than them. So I set up a Google reader and started paying attention. More often than not, the other feeds looked similar to, if not exactly the same as, each other (of course…
Read More

The Inaugural Shred Blog Summit

This was the moment in the party where I thought, no one is going to come and I am going to have to drink 60 beers by myself. Photo: Jared Souney In 1997 it wasn't OK to meet people on the Internet, especially not as a 15-year-old girl. But despite all the creepy pedophiles surely lurking in AOL chat rooms, I managed to meet several people who I am still in touch with to this day. One of them was Lee Crane, who at that time was working at an early online media source essentially doomed to fail (at that point mostly because other than pedophiles, no one had computers.)…
Read More

Things I am Good at Part 3: The Internet

Part of me is scared to write this post. I think it's the part of me that sat in a college class and listened to a "real journalist" tell us that if we wanted to get a job we needed to be a little bit paranoid. But the Internet (hack, gag, blogging, but I prefer to use the all encompassing term "The Internet") is different. There is no such thing as exclusivity, and the only security you have is to do it better than everyone else. If you're like that old media part of me, you might wonder, why I would want to share my keys to perceived success? The…
Read More

Blogging is Ruining my Life

Not only is blog the worst, and most ridiculous word in the English language (yep, it's acceptable in Scrabble), but I am obsessed. Like, more obsessed than I am with online scrabble (and as I've already made one reference in this post, you can see that's a lot.) Friday I went up to Mt. Hood with no intention of journalising in any way. I didn't even bring my camera. I was going to just ride for fun, because it's the holidays, and I don't feel like anyone who is paying cares about homey shred sessions. As it turned out, Friday was pretty much the best conditions I've ever ridden at…
Read More

Confessions of a Blogger

I used to not check any of the "major" snowboard sites. Frankly I didn't care or even want to know what they posted. For me, the only thing that mattered is that I was happy with what I was posting on YoBeat. But once I started selling ads, it became pretty apparent, those other sites were competition, and I'd better know what they were doing if I was going to convince people to give us money rather than them. So I set up a Google reader and started paying attention. More often than not, the other feeds looked similar to, if not exactly the same as, each other (of course…
Read More

The Inaugural Shred Blog Summit

This was the moment in the party where I thought, no one is going to come and I am going to have to drink 60 beers by myself. Photo: Jared Souney In 1997 it wasn't OK to meet people on the Internet, especially not as a 15-year-old girl. But despite all the creepy pedophiles surely lurking in AOL chat rooms, I managed to meet several people who I am still in touch with to this day. One of them was Lee Crane, who at that time was working at an early online media source essentially doomed to fail (at that point mostly because other than pedophiles, no one had computers.)…
Read More

Things I am Good at Part 3: The Internet

Part of me is scared to write this post. I think it's the part of me that sat in a college class and listened to a "real journalist" tell us that if we wanted to get a job we needed to be a little bit paranoid. But the Internet (hack, gag, blogging, but I prefer to use the all encompassing term "The Internet") is different. There is no such thing as exclusivity, and the only security you have is to do it better than everyone else. If you're like that old media part of me, you might wonder, why I would want to share my keys to perceived success? The…
Read More

Blogging is Ruining my Life

Not only is blog the worst, and most ridiculous word in the English language (yep, it's acceptable in Scrabble), but I am obsessed. Like, more obsessed than I am with online scrabble (and as I've already made one reference in this post, you can see that's a lot.) Friday I went up to Mt. Hood with no intention of journalising in any way. I didn't even bring my camera. I was going to just ride for fun, because it's the holidays, and I don't feel like anyone who is paying cares about homey shred sessions. As it turned out, Friday was pretty much the best conditions I've ever ridden at…
Read More

Confessions of a Blogger

I used to not check any of the "major" snowboard sites. Frankly I didn't care or even want to know what they posted. For me, the only thing that mattered is that I was happy with what I was posting on YoBeat. But once I started selling ads, it became pretty apparent, those other sites were competition, and I'd better know what they were doing if I was going to convince people to give us money rather than them. So I set up a Google reader and started paying attention. More often than not, the other feeds looked similar to, if not exactly the same as, each other (of course…
Read More

The Inaugural Shred Blog Summit

This was the moment in the party where I thought, no one is going to come and I am going to have to drink 60 beers by myself. Photo: Jared Souney In 1997 it wasn't OK to meet people on the Internet, especially not as a 15-year-old girl. But despite all the creepy pedophiles surely lurking in AOL chat rooms, I managed to meet several people who I am still in touch with to this day. One of them was Lee Crane, who at that time was working at an early online media source essentially doomed to fail (at that point mostly because other than pedophiles, no one had computers.)…
Read More

Things I am Good at Part 3: The Internet

Part of me is scared to write this post. I think it's the part of me that sat in a college class and listened to a "real journalist" tell us that if we wanted to get a job we needed to be a little bit paranoid. But the Internet (hack, gag, blogging, but I prefer to use the all encompassing term "The Internet") is different. There is no such thing as exclusivity, and the only security you have is to do it better than everyone else. If you're like that old media part of me, you might wonder, why I would want to share my keys to perceived success? The…
Read More

Blogging is Ruining my Life

Not only is blog the worst, and most ridiculous word in the English language (yep, it's acceptable in Scrabble), but I am obsessed. Like, more obsessed than I am with online scrabble (and as I've already made one reference in this post, you can see that's a lot.) Friday I went up to Mt. Hood with no intention of journalising in any way. I didn't even bring my camera. I was going to just ride for fun, because it's the holidays, and I don't feel like anyone who is paying cares about homey shred sessions. As it turned out, Friday was pretty much the best conditions I've ever ridden at…
Read More

Confessions of a Blogger

I used to not check any of the "major" snowboard sites. Frankly I didn't care or even want to know what they posted. For me, the only thing that mattered is that I was happy with what I was posting on YoBeat. But once I started selling ads, it became pretty apparent, those other sites were competition, and I'd better know what they were doing if I was going to convince people to give us money rather than them. So I set up a Google reader and started paying attention. More often than not, the other feeds looked similar to, if not exactly the same as, each other (of course…
Read More

The Inaugural Shred Blog Summit

This was the moment in the party where I thought, no one is going to come and I am going to have to drink 60 beers by myself. Photo: Jared Souney In 1997 it wasn't OK to meet people on the Internet, especially not as a 15-year-old girl. But despite all the creepy pedophiles surely lurking in AOL chat rooms, I managed to meet several people who I am still in touch with to this day. One of them was Lee Crane, who at that time was working at an early online media source essentially doomed to fail (at that point mostly because other than pedophiles, no one had computers.)…
Read More

Things I am Good at Part 3: The Internet

Part of me is scared to write this post. I think it's the part of me that sat in a college class and listened to a "real journalist" tell us that if we wanted to get a job we needed to be a little bit paranoid. But the Internet (hack, gag, blogging, but I prefer to use the all encompassing term "The Internet") is different. There is no such thing as exclusivity, and the only security you have is to do it better than everyone else. If you're like that old media part of me, you might wonder, why I would want to share my keys to perceived success? The…
Read More

Blogging is Ruining my Life

Not only is blog the worst, and most ridiculous word in the English language (yep, it's acceptable in Scrabble), but I am obsessed. Like, more obsessed than I am with online scrabble (and as I've already made one reference in this post, you can see that's a lot.) Friday I went up to Mt. Hood with no intention of journalising in any way. I didn't even bring my camera. I was going to just ride for fun, because it's the holidays, and I don't feel like anyone who is paying cares about homey shred sessions. As it turned out, Friday was pretty much the best conditions I've ever ridden at…
Read More