How geeky is a graphic designer? Can’t code, probably doesn’t know half the acronyms your first year newbie does, and uses a lot of ’short-cuts’ to generating web pages – Photoshop and Dreamweaver, to name the most likely tools in the toolbox.
Some would say a graphic designer does the ’soft core’ web development – asks [...]
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Is the Graphic Designer a Geek?
Posted in geek, newbie, technology, tagged geek, graphic design, newbie on December 7, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Geeky Bloopers
Posted in bloopers, geek, newbie, technology, tagged bloopers, geek, newbie, technology on November 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
So part of the learning experience, as I as a newbie grow to learn more about coding and web development, is the collection of silly things I mistakenly do as I am trying to accomplish a task. Rather than feel embarrassed about them, I want to learn from them and even have a good chuckle [...]
Geek Speak: Newbie Hurdle #1
Posted in geek, lingo, newbie, speak, tech-talk, tagged geek, lingo, newbie, speak, tech-talk on November 21, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Consider this Dilbert cartoon:
Now this actual chat transcript from http://operator11.com/shows/4992/episodes/28677
(05:18) Geek #1 Thinking about trying a Mac out – is a Mac Mini good enough for web video, or do I need to spring for an iMac?
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(09:11) Geek #2 I wish the mini came with a 7200 rpm drive
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(09:41) Newbie #1 theres a mac mini??
…no Geek response…
(09:44) Geek #3 [...]
The Mentor/Mentee Help Desk Mentality
Posted in geek, newbie, technology, tagged geek, newbie, technology on November 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Say I’m a freshly minted newbie, eager to tackle a challenge, such as debugging a program. When the rubber meets the road and I find that every supposed fix I try seems to set off ten other bugs and I’m sure it’s something simple but I can’t quite get what that simple thing is, I call my [...]
Is there a Newbie vs Geek Distinction?
Posted in geek, newbie, technology, tagged geek, newbie, technology on November 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
So, I was a newbie, but now I’m not that new, I know stuff about web development, I follow blogs and podcasts and Twitter, and I don’t run screaming from code. So how do I measure up to the larger community of geeks? The thing is, computer science is such a broad field that it’s improbable [...]
Newbies of the world, speak up!
Posted in geek, newbie, technology, tagged conversation, loudmouthman, newbie, operator 11, philcampbell, techie on November 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’m not trying to convert anyone who doesn’t want to engage in social media, but I am trying to connect to people who have been thinking about what’s possible in technology nowadays. I think the key concept here is “joining the conversation” – we need to make people who are unfamiliar to technology [...]
