Hank asks Nerdfighters to make Global Geek Week videos about being a geek and giving back (2009)
ask · status: reported back · last event: thanks (2009-08-25) · owner: Hank
In August 2009 Hank asked Nerdfighters and the wider geek community to make two-minute Global Geek Week videos about being a geek and giving back. Later that month John thanked everyone who helped make Global Geek Week a success.
Part of: Global Geek Week 2009 edition (video contest)
Result reported for the project: John announces the Global Geek Week winner (a geek-art video; two Virgin America tickets) and a runner-up. — The Gift of Gary Busey 00:02:38
About: Global Geek Week
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-08-02 | asked | Hank relays the Global Geek Week call for the geek community, Nerdfighters included, to make two-minute videos about being a geek and giving back, due Thursday. | ANNOUNCING: Global Geek Week!!! 00:00:58 |
| 2009-08-25 | thanks | John thanks everyone who helped make Global Geek Week a success. | The Gift of Gary Busey 00:03:14 |
What is said about it
4 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2009-08-02 · ANNOUNCING: Global Geek Week!!! — ask: Hank: Global Geek Week asks the whole geek community, Nerdfighters included, to make videos of up to two minutes about being a geek, why giving back matters and how geeks can give back. — 00:00:58
- 2009-08-02 · ANNOUNCING: Global Geek Week!!! — announcement: Hank: More information is at globalgeekweek.com, and the Twitter hashtag is Geeks for Good. — 00:01:32
- 2009-08-02 · ANNOUNCING: Global Geek Week!!! — ask: Hank urges viewers to move fast: videos must be in by Thursday (6 August 2009) at midnight Pacific time or they do not count. — 00:01:32
- 2009-08-25 · The Gift of Gary Busey — announcement: John announces the Global Geek Week winner, a geek-art video, winning two Virgin America tickets anywhere in the continental US; the runner-up wins only his respect. — 00:02:38