Stephanie Pakrul

Stephanie Pakrul (born September 9, 1982) is better known on the internet as StephTheGeek. 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 increasing efficiency in everyday life through innovative uses of technology, adult industries and consumer rights.

She was also a member of Industry Canada's SchoolNet Youth Advisory Board.

Speaking engagements

* " [http://notacon.org/archive/2005/speakers.html#pakrul Show Me Your Boobs!] " and Other Subtleties of Building a Highly Interactive Personal Community" Notacon April 8–10, 2005

Reviews

* [http://www.arhythmius.com/id25.html Picks of the Past: Stephanie Pakrul by Estrogenius]
* [http://www.theeyeopener.com/article/416 The Eyeopener Online]
* [http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2004/01/not_a_victim_stephanie_pakrul Review by Lorraine Smith] of "The F Word : Contemporary UK Feminism"

External links

* [http://www.stephthegeek.com Official website]
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* [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0HUV/is_3_32/ai_110114699 Start a biz, be a boss!] featured in "Career World," November-December, 2003
* [http://www.entrepreneur.com/tsu/article/0,5788,303743,00.html Cash in With a Web Site] "Entrepreneur", October 2002