Forum: Advice

Welcome to One Geek to Another, an ongoing advice guide to the ethics and etiquette of the geek life. I'm your hostess, Jess Hartley, and I'll be...

While t-shirts, corsets or cat ears may be suitable for nearly every geek occasion, there comes a time when even we the geeky have to consider some...

Dear One Geek, I've noticed with the rise of the internet for online role playing games that people seem to treat it with less politeness than...

The end of the year is quickly approaching, and for many folks, that means gift giving decisions are hanging heavily overhead. Choosing the right...

Every social group has its own expectations when it comes to parenting, co-parenting and child care. Geekdom is no different. In fact, the ranges of...

Dear One Geek, My question/conundrum is this: every time I begin to sit down and flesh out an idea, either just putting thoughts to paper or...

Dear One Geek, I've started up a website recently to review a variety of geekish mediums partly as a way of getting my writing out there and...

Dear One Geek, How does one deal with a Game Master who is blatantly unfair? I'm talking about folks who run games who either pandering to...

Dear One Geek, I have an In Character relationship with a fellow player. That is to say, their character and mine have a romantic (and sexual)...

We geeks like our stuff. Whether it's collector's edition action figures, handmade costume pieces, directors' cut DVDs, bootleg audio recordings,...

While its text capacity may be tiny, Twitter is the giant when it comes to social media and networking. With millions of users (and tens of millions...

Dear One Geek: I work in a wonderful office that provides coffee, and which favors an open desk arrangement to aid in collaboration. Generally,...

Dear One Geek, I have a question about how to deal with an issue in my gaming/social group. There is a woman who was originally introduced to...

When it comes to achieving goals, persistence is often the key to success. Parable and proverb say that perseverance and dedication are as (if not...

Texting has become such an integral part of geek culture that it's hard to believe the technology has been in place for less than 20 years. While...