Writer, Agilist, Elder Geek
Well it's quite a good week to be focusing on one of my favorite subjects – promoting professional geekery, the idea that people can (and in many cases) should turn what they love into a career. It's "Speak Out With Your Geek Out" and let me focus on #4: Starting The Damn Blog.
Why not just Starting The Blog? Because you (and others) have thought about a blog so often that it's not just "the blog I want to start" it's "the damn blog I should get to."
So, start it.
OK, now can we have a nice calm news day? Please?
Career:
The writer behind Narbonic has a guide to Kickstarer.
Economics/Geekonomics:
Bank Of America ups foreclosures – probably as a way to try and address their troubled states. However as this seems to be part of an overall surge in foreclosures, it may be a larger trend. The article notes that this could lead to a foreclosure surge to get in on the game before an inevitable glut.
Oh and their layoffs are going to be mainly in California.
Films:
The Point Break remake will actually be about the world of extreme sports. There's no point to this, and I'm a little weirded out by the need to remake the Late Patrick Swayze's films. This is strange and pointless enough I want to see what happens as it may influence future choices of film remakes.
Mobile:
Android is beating the iOS in Europe but – seriously Symbian is in the lead, though slipping.
Technology:
Microsoft and Samsung introduce the first Windows 8 Tablet for developers. It's historical since the two are collaborating. Looks powerful and I can't wait for people to get their hands on it so we have more news.
Be careful what you name your app, autocorrect can mess up people looking for it.
QUESTION OF THE DAY: What's your impression of Windows 8?
It's time to "Speak Out With Your Geek Out."
I am Steven Savage.
I am a geek.
I am a professional geek and I am proud of it.
What is a geek? A geek is a person deeply into something and the ability to communicate it and be involved with that something. Maybe it's literature or games or a band. If you are passionate and deeply "into" something you are a geek.
If you apply it, you're a professional geek.
Geeks have always been there. A geek was the person who obsessively chipped away at rocks to get just the right tool. A geek was the person who asked "what does this mushroom do." A geek was a there to fall in love with the math that built great buildings of history. The medicines you take, the cars you drive, even the foods you eat have been made, touched, and often improved by geeks.
Many great figures in history were geeks. Confucius' love of history and learning led him to formulate his philosophy. Language geek Tolkien created a modern classic in the form of "Lord of the Rings." Just look at Ben Franklin and his wild, imaginative mind and you'll see a geek who helped found a country.
These days, geek-wise . . . well have you taken a good look at the major figures in computing the last few decades? Seriously? Geeks – with business sense in most cases.
When someone makes a cure for cancer you can bet they'll have a "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" poster at their desk. When we find a way to travel to the stars, the great minds behind that leap into warp drive will probably have a cache of yaoi manga in their rooms.
I am a creature of passion, information, and communication – in short, a geek.
I have applied it to my profession and my life in order to do good with this inclination.
I am proud of it.
I am Steven Savage, geek. Professional Geek. Geek 2.0. Geek applied.