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Tuesday, May 24, 2005

Geek or Techie?

Today I got an interesting question that I'd like to share.

Let's just put the inquiring party as Q for now as I can't say much about it yet. It happened on iChat.

  • Q: Would you describe yourself rather as a techie or a geek?
  • FJ: What's the difference?
  • Q: A techie being a person that has a fetish for new technologies and is always after the latest gadgets…
  • FJ: Thought that was a gadgeteer.
  • Q: Let me finish?
  • FJ: Could be, go on.
  • Q: A techie being someone who is in love or obsessed with technology and a geek being someone that knows how to operate it.
  • FJ: Your're fast, are you copying these lines from another application?
  • Q:
  • FJ: Well actually I like to know what I'm doing with an application or a device that I'm operating, since that is why I bought this thing for. To use it. You don't buy a pencil to look at it.
  • Q: True. So you're a geek then?
  • FJ: In my conscious hours.
  • Q: Err ok, so that's a yes then?
  • FJ: I think so. Yes, you could say I'm a geek then. Since that term is loosing its negative cling that it had for many years I think I can live with being called a geek.

I'll cut this here before it gets too boring and I give away too much fortunate enough they can't sue me since I didn't sign anything yet. Guess I'll need to sign off the final article if or when it goes online or to print since I have no idea what they'll do with it. Pin it on the blackboard of the ladies room, who knows.

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