Writer, Agilist, Elder Geek
Steven Savage This is a serious position – charity COO. It’s also in Berkley, and I get the impression telecom may not be the option.
Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach. He blogs on careers at http://www.musehack.com/, publishes books on career and culture at http://www.informotron.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at https://www.stevensavage.com/.
Coding is vitally important in our high-tech world. It’s not just a skill you use in a career, but something that is vital for empowering people. Being able to do a web page on your own, making a helpful macro, understanding a script is the key to using modern tools and understanding how the world works. I’m guessing you’ve coded at least a little bit if you’re reading it -just think what you wouldn’t know without it.
Imagine every time you have to explain something technical to someone with no experience. Imagine how disempowered they are.
This is why I’m glad to see organizations and events promoting coding, such as:
So I got thinking. Coding is important. We’re geeks and we probably know it or should know it. We’d like to empower our fellow geeks – and ourselves.
There’s something we can do, and I want to suggest we Make It So.
We need to hold Learn To Code Events at conventions.
Yes, an update and recipes? As you may of guessed I realized need to do more here. What can I say, the last few months have been insane.
So what’s up?
The Writing Prompt Generator is being slowly improved. I think it’ll probably be done in a month or two – I’ve got a few more ideas to develop in the mean time. You can see a larger update at The Codex.
I’m still working on Way With Worlds, and took a break from discussing Sex and Worldbuilding to focus on skills. Next i’ll return to the rewrites. At this rate I think it may be up to a year before I’m finished with this, seriously.
At MuseHack we’ve got a lot of interviews coming, and I’m moving to doing things in a more “projectized” manner. My first is my “Geek Catalog,” listing ways for people to get involved as Geek Citizens. I’ve also got some posts coming on how we can make people aware of good works.
I’ve got no definite speaking engagements the next month or so, but we’ll see more near the fall. I’m also reviewing my con schedule and planning to broaden out a bit.
So that’s it! What about you?
Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach. He blogs on careers at http://www.musehack.com/, publishes books on career and culture at http://www.informotron.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at https://www.stevensavage.com/.