Lots of stuff, too little time. I find that when I am looking for something in particular, either I find it right away – it’s at the top of Google’s list – or I wade through pages and pages of irrelevant material scanning for what I want. Then there’s reading through feeds in Google Reader [...]
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Apology to the participants in my last Newbie 4357
Posted in technology, tagged Newbie 4357 on December 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I accidentally deleted the last episode of the Newbie 4357 show on Operator 11 – crap!! I apologize to the people who participated in it – I was trying to delete the episode that had the sound problems. Not a good night for Op11 directing!!
Please come and visit next week and we’ll have another great [...]
What do all the Doodads Do?
Posted in doodad, gizmo, technology, tagged doodad, gadget, gizmo, technology on December 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Depending on how much your loved ones spent on you this Christmas, chances are you have a new electronic thingamajig that does some nifty trick. I want to take a moment to ponder doodads – why are they so much fun, can/should one doodad do everything, and are we getting too dependent?
First, a Gizmo Review:
Cellphone – [...]
Is the Graphic Designer a Geek?
Posted in geek, newbie, technology, tagged geek, graphic design, newbie on December 7, 2007 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Taking back “Geek”
Posted in dictionary, geek, technology on September 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Pinhead, nerd, encyclopedia, and … geek? In fourth grade that’s an insult. Now it’s increasingly used as a compliment in various media.
By the way, did you know a technologically savvy person isn’t the first definition given on Merriam-Webster?
In fact, some people actually promote themselves as geeks. Where I live there are the Providence Geeks, an [...]
