So we asked this simple question:
Who is your best "negative inspiration" among geeks, writers, game developers, and other people like us? The person who may not be "good" at what they do, yet inspires you nonetheless?
News Of The Day 11/18/2011
RIM gets weirder, Minecraft is out, and . . . well Nerd dating shows. Let's get to the news!
Economics/Geekonomics:
How many mortgages are underwater in your state. Helfpul, depressing, interactive graphic. Wow, is Nevada screwed . . .
Sign of the times? Anonymous job search site Please Poach Me. Not sure what to think, but interesting.
Culture:
TLC orders a nerd dating reality show. I got nothing.
News:
Some fascinating thoughts on media, the press, and what news is in the internet age.
RIM:
OK, I admit it. I'm confused. three banks have upgraded RIM's outlook. Playbook sales are high thanks to deep discounts.
Video Games:
Minecraft has gone gold. I'll wait here while you get it.
QUESTION OF THE DAY: So, fine, what IS going to happen to RIM?
Frustration Friday: Oh, go and enjoy the metaphors
I got exceedingly goofy this week, with a sincere comparison of job searches and fighting games.
I felt a bit strange, yeah. We probably all do as geeks. Do want to admit we got ideas for a marketing campaig from MySims? That we got inspired in our job search by Gurren Laagan? No, we don't, we often fear looking geeky.
Well we may need to moderate what we say depending on our audience. But we should never feel ashamed of it.
It works.
The utter, seeming stupidity of weird geeky inspirations is awesomely powerful. It's the powerful strangeness that actually helps you get inspired because it it is so unusual.
It works.
It lets you communicate with others. Your fellow geeks can share the inspiration.
It works.
Don't let anyone else tell you they're dumb, or stupid, or nerdy (well, they are, but not in a bad way). They work.
So go on, have those weird, odd metaphors. They work.
(Heck let me know if you want to write some up).
– Steven Savage