Stephanie Pakrul
Stephanie Pakrul (born September 9, 1982), better known as StephTheGeek, is an internet personality. Currently living in Oakland, California, she is a former resident of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She studied as an information technology student at Ryerson University, also in Toronto. She began developing webpages at around the age of 15 and started her personal site a few years later, in 2001, as a small personal website. The site has since become a blog and personal playground, sharing every detail of her life, including music, relationships, gadgetry, and sexuality.
Stephanie has been featured on TechTV, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Street Cents, MTV Live, and in Young Entrepreneur, CosmoGirl, and several newspapers. Her interests include consumer rights, adult industries and increasing efficiency in everyday life through innovative uses of technology.
She was also a member of Industry Canada's SchoolNet Youth Advisory Board.
Speaking engagements
- "Show Me Your Boobs!" and Other Subtleties of Building a Highly Interactive Personal Community Notacon April 8–10, 2005 preserved at The Internet Archive
Reviews
- Picks of the Past: Stephanie Pakrul by Estrogenius preserved at The Internet Archive
- The Eyeopener Online preserved at The Internet Archive
- Review by Lorraine Smith of The F Word : Contemporary UK Feminism preserved at The Internet Archive
See also
- Geek chic
External links
- Official website
- Stephanie Pakrul at the Internet Movie Database
- Start a biz, be a boss! featured in Career World, November-December, 2003
- Cash in With a Web Site Entrepreneur, October 2002