, founder and Editor (Emeritus) of GeekDad. GeekDad was started on March 15, 2007 by
Wired editor
Chris Anderson. Anderson was inspired by a weekend of fun and adventure when his love for R/C planes and his son's love for
Lego came together and they built and programmed a
UAV driven by the
Lego Mindstorms NXT. Wanting to share this experience with other geek dads, he bought the geekdad.com domain, then set up a Wired
blog. As readership grew, he realized he needed some help and sent out a call for writers. Anderson brought Ken Denmead on board to serve as the GeekDad leader. Denmead then brought on more writers. In 2009, the GeekDad brand expanded to include clothing by offering a GeekDad
T-Shirt through
ThinkGeek, an online retailer. The first GeekDad book,
Geek Dad: Awesomely Geeky Projects and Activities for Dads and Kids to Share, written by Denmead, was released May 4, 2010. The second GeekDad book, ''GeekDad's Guide to Weekend Fun'', was released on May 3, 2011. On June 28, 2010, GeekDad was named one of the 25 "Best Blogs of 2010" by
Time magazine. In April 2013, GeekDad left Wired because of a contract dispute with
Conde-Nast, Wired's parent company. In April 2015, GeekDad announced that they had settled the contract dispute over legal ownership of the GeekDad brand name and would remain an independent blog. == GeekMom ==