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Geek Squad Leaves Customer Satisfied

1 April, 2009 (09:00) | By: Michael Prassel

ShareIn a shocking turn of events, Best Buy’s Geek Squad has fixed a customer’s computer successfully.  Today will go down as being a great day in history for the Geek Squad.  Founded in 1994, Geek Squad has had much trouble obtaining a good public image.  They are notorious for providing sub-par support and over charging [...]

What is Twitter?

3 March, 2009 (08:00) | By: Michael Klear

ShareWhen I read the news, blogs, or watch TV.  I am constantly surrounded by Twitter.  Yet only about 10-15 of my friends are actually on it. I think that is partly because people don’t understand what it is for or why they would want to use it, or even how to use it. I am [...]

Work Less, Make More?

13 February, 2009 (10:00) | By: Michael Klear

Share I was on a plane reading the most recent Inc. Magazine and came across an article about Markus Frind and his website Plenty of Fish.  He isn’t particularly smart, good looking, driven, or any of the common recipes for success.  He is a normal guy that took a market that everyone was charging for [...]

Comment is Free

12 January, 2009 (09:00) | By: Andy Watterson

Share“Comment is Free It’s not just a quote, or the motto of the Guardian’s influential blog, but it’s also an important tenet of journalism.  But when Scott wrote those influential words, journalism and publishing was a very different business today. The cost of putting words to paper, and exposing that paper to the world for [...]

Some Thoughts

8 October, 2008 (09:46) | By: Michael Prassel

ShareThe Team at Student Nerds is also very interested in the stock market and our economy. We have been very concerned about what is going on and think it’s very important to understand the situation. I’m sure our Country (and the world for that matter) will get through this. I just hope it’s sooner than [...]