Subscribe by EmailInside ThinkGeek – Exclusive Interview
January 5, 2009 by Jimmy Rogers | 17 comments
By Jimmy Rogers
Contributing Writer, [GAS]
Today we have a very special presentation for you. ThinkGeek, known far and wide for their wonderful geek gear, has been extremely secretive about their inner workings. That is… until now.
Geeks Are Sexy was given exclusive access to the ThinkGeek headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia and sat down with John Frazier, one of the men responsible for procuring everything from lightsabers to high-tech peripherals. Enough introduction, though, enjoy the show!
This video is actually the tale end of a very long and interesting story. If you’d like to know more (like how we broke through the binary curtain), I have a few reflections and recollections on my blog. Plus, there’s a bonus lightsaber video—who can resist that?
I would like to thank John, Shane, and all the other ThinkGeek staff who put up with us as we traipsed through their office with cameras and cables. Oh and a special shout-out to the ThinkGeek Twitter lady! You guys are the coolest company I’ve ever visited!
Lastly, thanks to Natalia, my awesome camera person, and all the future journalists at Connect2Mason, whose equipment we used to make the film.
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Wow…I have plenty of office desk toys, but that office put me to shame for sure!
GAS inside ThinkGeek’s offices ? Waw, great post :)
Indeed — excellent work.
As we say in Dutch “Je kunt d’r geen zak van verstaan”. Turn down that music!
Hmm, do you think that the background music is too loud? Most people I asked didn’t think it was.. Only asked 3-4 though :)
There are parts that you can’t even hear what they’re saying because the background music is too loud. Turn it down!
Cool video though, I’m a Thinkgeek regular, so it’s cool to see this. I’m going to pick up a Klein bottle once they’re out; I’ve been wanting one of those. Assuming they’re not too expensive, Thinkgeek tends to be on the pricier side for some stuff.
Maybe something is wrong with your headset or speakers. I could hear it perfectly for the whole thing. I’m using a pair of gaming headphones. And agreed about thinkgeek, they are awesome, but sometimes a bit expensive
Thanks for the props everybody. If you’re having audio problems, I suggest you use headphones. On external speakers the sound might be a little harder to interpret or something (I can hear it fine…. :P).
This was so much fun to make and John was just awesome.
Audio is A OK on my laptop crappy speakers. Excellent Video!! Thanks for taking the time to put that together! Any chance on doing a series of videos about the rest of ThinkGeek???
Background Music – FAIL
To bad that they don’t ship to my country, I always wanted to get stuff from them, and I’m pretty sure that they would get a lot of money from me. :P
I’m so jealous! XD
Thanks Jimmy! That was an interesting look at what is behind the cool Web site. I was a bit surprised at how big the office area was.
One Word!
Awesome.
Great to get a behind the scenes look at a place which is the closest thing to heaven on earth for a geek.
Loved the interview, and very jealous of his over-toyed office!
Would recommend to the video editors to dial down the background music in places. A bit too much at times.
Or is there a musical ghost in my machine??
There’s background music?
I have tons of stuff from thinkgeek all over my desk. however, I keep killing my triops and even sea monkeys. I think it’s a sign that I shouldn’t keep pets.
cooll!!