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Geek Culture

Do Geeks Like Humans?

I remember reading an interesting quote from the creator of the comic strip “Dilbert” in Fast Company magazine, if I remember correctly. He was talking about how people in office workplaces like their gadgets and often times have almost no interaction with other people. He said he talked to many people who said they kept to themselves with tech gadgets

Coffee Shop Without Wifi? Perish the Thought!

When I am stuck, in a funk or whatever, I pack up my laptop and head for the nearest Wifi. spot. In this case, it's a coffee shop about 2 blocks away. The coffee is not that great but it can be with a little shot of espresso.... I also have a Panera Bread close by. A little farther I

The Dark Knight shows us Movie Theatres Aren’t Dead.

Well, I finally went to see the Dark Knight at the local IMAX today and I can tell you I now know why it's been sold out for the last 2 weeks. Out of all the "Summer Blockbusters", I have to say this one is the real deal. Here's the real impressive details: It's expected to hit $400 million in

Getting Blocked of 50% of My Life.

I am a big web user. I get on my website and write or podcast everyday. I get most of my information through many places. I Twitter and Plurk and Pownce and many other social keywords. Today I am in the car dealership getting maintainence on my car. The process was going to take 3 hours to do, so I

How Much Do You Trust?

In my J.O.B. I work for the IT department of a college. Because of my position and my responsibilities, I naturally have access to a whole lot of things I don't really want to have access to. I have been in the same job for eight years, enjoy what I do, and in turn, have taken my responsibility for keeping

Where have all the women gone?

Many of the readers of this blog will be familiar with working in male dominated environments. Personally while I have seen much greater numbers of young women entering the tech sector than when I first started, this does not seem to have translated to a significant overall rise in female participation. Computerworld has an article on a new Harvard study

Here’s my jetpack!

This news story has been all over TV today, words cannot adequately express how much I want one of these. I doubt there is a geek in the world that has not dreamed of their own jetpack, and the key disapointments of the turn of the millenium where that there were no jet packs or flying cars. While the Moller