Ken’s Twitter Feed

fitzwillie@drkiki aw shoot! Will do for sure:)
10 hours ago
drkiki@fitzwillie @makerfaire unfortunately,no:( make and be awesome!
10 hours ago
LeftyJr107“fitzwillie:"Adam Savage’s Quest to Build a Replica Gun From The Fifth Element" http://t.co/jsmqaoZR” @Quellek3
10 hours ago
fscott24@fitzwillie As I will be at @makerfaire on Sat,where &what will you be giving away?
11 hours ago
fitzwillie@Brickscientist He's 15 years old. He stays home and sleepts.
11 hours ago

And I Was on Tech News Today Today

I Was on Dr. Kiki’s Science Hour Today!

GeekDad Book(s) News!

I figured it was time for an overall update on the state of the GeekDad books. So much is happening with all three books,sometimes it’s hard to keep things straight. So here,in no particular order,are some tidbits:

  • Book #3,The GeekDad’s Book for Aspiring Mad Scientists,hits store shelves 11/1/11 (palindrome!). On the very same day,Chris Hardwick’s The Nerdist Way comes out as well. I think we’ll have the whole geek/nerd spectrum covered.
  • Book #1 is on sale in a Spanish version and a Brazilian/Portuguese version now.
  • A Russian version of Book #1 is on its way.
  • A UK English version of Book #1 is also on its way,due in early June,2012.
  • I’ll be at New York Comic-Con in October to support the books and GeekDad.
  • I’ll be at the Wired holiday pop-up store in New York the Saturday after Thanksgiving for a GeekDad event. There will be books.
  • I may be headed to the UK in early June,2012 to support the launch of Book #1 there.
  • The development of the GeekDad movie progresses. We have a director attached (Thor F.,of Diary of a Wimpy Kid fame),and the producers are in talks with a writer who may have a solid story outline for us soon.

More news as it hit the wires. But all-in-all,a very exciting time!

Take a Step to the Right

Just a note from the webmaster (who is also the author):I’ve just successfully moved GeekDadBook.com,along with a number of my other domains and sites,consolidating multiple domain hosts and web hosts into just a two-shop setup (hover.com for the domains and fatcow.com for the web hosting). I believe I have earned my web-geek merit badge today. However,some things may still be broken around here,even as I streamline the site. For example,the Twitter widget in the corner is successful about 50% of the time. I’ve also abandoned the forums (no time to monitor them,and both the folks who were going to play admin for me had to move on to other things). All pertinent comments and questions will need to be asked in the comments to the book pages (accessed from the sidebar),or emailed directly to me.

Still,I’m really happy I got this done. W00t!

Almost forgotten I’d written this! http://j.mp/ieXxsV


8BitDad | Ken Denmead http://www.8bitdad.com/tag/ken-denmead/


I’m getting the international press! Q&A with Geek Dad and his guide for weekend fun –thestar.com http://j.mp/jsmmyX


“@HolaMindy:My latest Make Cool Stuff post is up @Nerdist blog,full o’links from @fitzwillie’s appearance:http://t.co/tRNR10v”


Welcome to All The Geeky Dads Who Got a GeekDad Book For Father’s Day!

The Geek Dad's Guide to Weekend Fun

Yes,it's finally here!

Hey everyone,welcome! Glad you stopped by,and hope you’re happy you received a copy of one or both of the GeekDad books for Father’s Day. I try to keep this book blog relatively up to date about book news. Plus,there are forums here for asking and trading information about the projects. Worse comes to worst,you can email me at the contact address.

 

If you don’t already,I’ll also welcome you to take a look at GeekDad.com,the site I edit and publish over at Wired. It’s for geeky parents of all kinds. You may also want to see GeekMom.com,for the very same reasons. Cheers!

And another lovely Father’s Day book mention,this time in a WA paper. http://j.mp/k1RC8k