Category Archives: Geeks and Nerds

Leadership Lessons we can learn from Captain Kirk

Forbes staffer Alex Knapp runs down the five lessons your organization can learn from Star Trek’s Captain James T. Kirk in this video with examples. Personally, I think the lesson I should have learned from Kirk is “Don’t screw the crew” (too late now!). Anyway, here’s the video:

A new Star Trek portal on Wikia

According to Mashable,

Rod Roddenberry, son of Star Trek mastermind Gene Roddenberry and series actress Majel Barrett, has partnered with Wikia to launch the first-ever Roddenberry Entertainment-sanctioned Star Trek portal.

The Trek Initiative, as it’s called, is for fans, Roddenberry said. “For years, I — we — have always admired the fans. They came together to save Star Trek through letter-writing campaign … and they’ve kept the Roddenberry family and Star Trek in the limelight.”

The Trek Initiative portal can be found here. Love the fan films so far!

Oh, and here’s the newest trailer for the upcoming movie Star Trek – Into Darkness, published a few days ago:

Americans get to watch almost all Star Trek for free this month!

I’m a bit annoyed by this! US net streaming company Hulu has announced that on the occasion of William Shatner’s birthday they are letting their American customers access 693 episodes across the Star Trek franchises for free until the end of the month. And they also ask for your participation in settling a question about as timeless as that of which is the best Linux distro:

We need your help to settle once and for all the most important question you will be asked all day: Who is the greatest Star Trek character of all time? Starting tomorrow, and running every day through March 31st, check Hulu’s Tumblr for your opportunity to vote for your favorite Star Trek characters. Continue reading