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At what point did you become a geek? - http://geeks.pirillo.com/forum...
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The minute you know who Chris Pirillo is and can pick him out of a line-up... :-p
- Live4Emma (L4S)
The moment I first heard about Dungeons and Dragons in 4th grade (78 or 79).
- Internet's Tad
March 13, 1972, born in the bay area unto two BART engineers and ex-Apollo rocket worker before growing up in Silicon Valley.
- Eric Rice
Not sure if I've become one yet. I'm more of a nerd.
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The entire world knew I was a geek when I got called to the principal's office to reset his new digital watch after daylight saving time ended/began.
- Ha3rvey (not Akiva)
I think I've always been one, but the boyfriend helped bring it out even more, so Feb. 2004!
- Kat
Um, when I saw the moon landing when I was a few years old. But, really, when I got into Jr. High in 1977 and joined the first computer club at Hyde Jr. High in Cupertino and got my first tour of Apple Computer (back when it was only one small building).
- Robert Scoble
Birth... the child of English/Drama teachers (one working as an engineer), who were friends with science fiction writers, like Roger Zelazney and the Haldemans. Seeing Star Wars when I was 6 didn't hurt.
- Nine
When I stole mom's copy of Stephen King's "IT" off ehr headboard to read. i think I was 7.
- The Archangel ωαřмaiden
My mom and I used to play "Trax" on the Atari in the late 80s - it would read the game off a cassette player...I thought that was so cool. My mom would always beat me which strikes me as cooler now.
- Kamath (नमः)
sometime between 1982 and 1984 whenever it was i first made a triangle on an Apple IIe. then my inner geek went dormant until about 1998.
- tiffany
When I bought my VIC-20, in 1983, with my own money.
- Joey Gibson
When I went to math and science camp two summers in a row.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
I suppose it became official on Christmas morning when I was 8 and there was a shiny new TRS-80 under the tree. The next Christmas I got a 5.25in floppy drive and it was the schiznit.
- Her Lindsay-ness
When I started talking extensively about IP multimedia subsystems, IP protocol, packets, session border controls or heard others speak about it and it made sense to me. last night was an example. IP engineers at the dinner table talking shop and i could completely understand all of it.
- Patricia
Is this a "conception vs. birth" thing?
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
I think it was a birth defect. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
When I accidentally the whole internet.
- David
At my cousin's house, walked into a room and instead of TV on TV, saw PONG! Did I mention I would soon be wearing an orange sweatband on one wrist and a calculator watch on the other? <nostalgic sigh>
- Micah Wittman
When I realized I knew more about computers and QBasic, than my teacher in Middle School.
- Michel Bechelani
from twhirl
I’ve always been a geek and proud of it. :) I’ve seen every Star Wars on opening day. I always did the extra credit for fun in school (ok, maybe sometimes because I was just plain bored). Knew all the words to all the popular Broadway musicals when I was a kid. Played D&D every weekend in high school. Cried at the ending speech of “Revenge of the Nerds” - c’mon you know what I’m talking about. And so on and so forth…I love that my geek passions make me who I am. Embrace what makes you strong, I always say.
- Michelle Snow
Aren't you kind of born with it?
- Vincent van Wylick
When I got the Sports Illlustrated swimsuit issue and MacWeek from the mailbox, and read the MacWeek first...
- Indio Apache
from twhirl
Geeks are born, not made. : )
- Bonnie Dean
I was born a geek. Someone needs to check my DNA for the geek gene.
- imabonehead
Honestly, I just am. I don't think I could really give you a rational explanation aside from: I just am Geek.
- Amir
At birth I would imagine.
- Kol Tregaskes
52 Things You Can Do w/ Google - other than Googling. Wow. http://www.google.co.uk/landing...
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Best share of the night! +1 Mona this is awesome
- Kyle Lacy
Kyle!! :)
- Mona Nomura
love this! Something else to procrastinate with...
- Shelly Weiss
What poem have you memorized? My Chinese teacher told us this was an important business skill to have, for formal dinners.
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- Sally Church
Sous le pont Mirabeau coule la Seine (a poem by Guillaume Apollinaire) a great one by the way :)
- directeur
"In a station of the metro" by Ezra Pound. I also know the opening stanzas of the Aeneid, Beowulf, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Hard to believe that my English Lit. degree gives me important bizness skillz.
- Glen Campbell, B.A.
"I cannot go to school today ..." Shel Silverstein, that's mine.
- anna sauce
I have parts of "The Raven" memorized, but it hasn't helped me much in the workplace.
- B. Hatin
I still have the "Aunt Sponge" and "Aunt Spiker" poems memorized from James and the Giant Peach.
- Kendra K
English language is great for science, but is crappy for poetry. No poem in English could ever move me. Poems in Serbian can move me to tears, so I have memorized quite a few of them when I was a kid/teen.
- Bora Zivkovic
I used to be able to do 'Stopping By a Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Frost, kinda rusty on that now. I can sing a few....if necesssary
- Abigail
"Farewell" by Robert Nichols. http://www.firstworldwar.com/poetsan...
- Steven Perez
Philip Larkin's "This Be The Verse" so true and such good poetry.Best after a few dinner drinks of your choice
- Paul Jones
from twhirl
Alright, I'm cowed. I think I'll go memorize a li po poem.
- anna sauce
@Bora it's all about what you know *now*, and then have 3 beers/whiskies and try to remember the poem. Also, you represent your nation's literature when you recite it. At all three of those I would fail, as all I know is a children's rhyme!
- anna sauce
@Kaia that is a good one to recite. I keep thining "casey at the bat" or "annabel lee" (is that Poe too?)
- anna sauce
Well I would fail too then. :)
- CW™
do not go gentle into that good night -- Dylan Thomas
- RAPatton
I recommend Ogden Nash for ease of memorising. Also funny and frequently based in biology.
- Neil Saunders
Ego Trippin' and Phenomenal Woman. I use to have some Frost in my lineup, but I forget it now.
- Anika
Then there's ones that you actualy know large chunks of by heart because you love the poem: Yeats, "second coming" " Turning and turning in the widening gyre/ The falcon cannot hear the falconer;" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- anna sauce
@Steven, this is nice: "Soothed by the charity of the deep-sea rain...." from "Farewell"
- anna sauce
@Sally: "If you can dream - and not make dreams your master; If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;" from "If" by Rudyard Kipling, nice http://www.kipling.org.uk/poems_i...
- anna sauce
(yes I'm reading all the poems) @directeur, tres joli: "Vienne la nuit sonne l'heure / Les jours s'en vont je demeure" I like the rhyming, and it's mysterious
- anna sauce
"Road Not Taken" Robert Frost.http://www.flickr.com/photos...
- jcunwired
@Sally - wow! I memorized "If" by Rudyard Kipling too! great stuff!
- Susan Beebe
"Road Not Taken," Carroll's "Jabberwocky," and Coleridge's "Kubla Khan." I could probably have done more when I was still in college... more Whitman, for sure.
- Cyndy
"Evidently Chicken Town".
- Nine
Whan that April with his showres soote / The droughte of March hath perced to the roote... This is sick. I still remember this from Upper School, but can't remember what someone said to me five minutes ago.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Anna, Susan... Had If drummed into me at school, saved me a few times in difficult biz situations too. More memorable than the Betjemen poems my teachers preferred ;)
- Sally Church
LOL Mini. I know... my brain is filled with Latin song lyrics and Shakespearean soliloquys, yet never remember where I set my keys or what time my kids' lessons are.
- Cyndy
WHOA! So much talent! I'd love to hear some of it in this room: http://friendfeed.com/e...
- Christopher Harley
"dulce et decorum est," but i doubt i'll ever be able to use it at formal dinners. ;-)
- Jessie
Cyndy, ah Whitman too, had forgotten about him... Only themselves understand themselves and the likes of themselves, as only souls understand souls. Or something like that anyway
- Sally Church
Around the Corner I have a friend... - Robert Townsend(?) I think...also, my own poems...
- Shelly Weiss
10 Overused Words in Writing | Precise Edit - http://preciseedit.com/Article...
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"Some [words] are overused without adding value to what you write. As a result, they reduce the readers’ interest, make text seem redundant, and cause the writer to appear amateurish."
- Anthony Citrano
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(slightly contrary,) Steven King once said, "any word you have to look for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. there are no exceptions to this rule."
- Anthony Citrano
http://twitpic.com/c0tp - Storyville coffee arrived! Need grinder. Need French press. NOW!
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Clinical Depression and how it all seems to work - http://healthease.info/blog...
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Think How Clinical Depression Affects the World - http://www.articlesbase.com/disease...
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The new blogroll - http://scobleizer.com/2008...
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Guess what the new blogroll is for me? Yep, FriendFeed!
- Robert Scoble
Robert, FriendFeed is getting more of my attention than Google Reader which could also be a blogroll.
- David Ward
David, FriendFeed agreggates Google Reader, which IMO makes it more powerful.
- Jesse Stay
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FF rocks.... I stopped using gReader - it's all here now
- Susan Beebe
gReader is how I do my link blogging - it's how I write about subjects others have already written about. It still serves a purpose. FF just brings them all together so others can comment
- Jesse Stay
from twhirl
Robert, great blog- but it's Twine http://twine.com you have it as Spine.
- michael sean wright
Nice Fish: ooppsss, fixing now. Yikes. Too late here.
- Robert Scoble
Really enjoying Twine-- http://www.twine.com/user... But FF is still tops.
- michael sean wright
inspired use of FF Robert.
- Duncan Riley
Maybe we should call it a life roll.It's beyond blogs now.
- Alex Hammer
No longer depressed, or on meds - http://www.physorg.com/news141...
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""I think it is a backlash to the whole push for antidepressants, and I think maybe a reasonable one," said Dr. Gary Oftedahl, who helped design a depression treatment program for the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement, a Bloomington, Minn., health policy group. "We've tried to medicalize depression almost to the point of not looking at the simpler things that can be done.""
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
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Now if life could just lessen up and allow for personal time outs so people can handle stress easier. I would like it if my jobs had a quiet room where i could meditate.
- CW™
The thing is, big pharma totally capitalizes on the fact that every American just wants a pill to solve their problems. High cholesterol? High blood pressure? Insulin resistance? Too fat? Have some pills. God forbid you actually got out and got some exercise, and ate properly. So too with depression and anxiety.
- Victor Ganata
OTOH, once you've got the problem, simple things probably won't help any more. You need actual medicine or surgery, because you've been doing things (or letting things be done) to yourself that have actually caused physical damage. Some of our interventions *can* actually prolong your life, and maybe even increase the quality of it.
- Victor Ganata
Too bad insurance companies will pay for Prozac, but not cognitive behavioral therapy, even though the studies show they're both just as effective.
- Victor Ganata
A good psychologist/psychiatrist would never push the antidepressant as a cure alone. If they aren't used in conjunction with therapy and other forms of treatment they are much less effective. However, they are important for people that are so low that they need something to keep the lows at bay so that other therapeutics can work.
- Alex Scoble
I might be revealing too much, but I haven't had insurance that doesn't cover therapy. They just don't cover a whole year's worth, typically only 20 visits.
- Alex Scoble
Alex: I agree. I've had several people tell me that, while antidepressants didn't really make them feel a lot better, they at least stopped thinking about wanting to kill themselves.
- Victor Ganata
Alex, that's good insurance then.
- Rochelle
Most cut rate plans have near-zero mental health benefits. Gov't plans have zilch. And dealing with psych issues is time consuming. If psychiatrists had to rely on insurance reimbursements to make a living, they'd all be living below the poverty line. So most don't, and you can't ever refer a poor person to psych. So you're left with SSRIs. Because even Medi-cal will cover an SSRI indefinitely. (Go big pharma!)
- Victor Ganata
I'm guessing the average psychiatrist probably can't see very much more than 10-12 pts a day because of time constraints. (Contrast to primary care, where it's like 20-25/day) So if you have to pay off $200k in educational debt (never mind the overhead, the malpractice, licensure, recertification, etc., etc.) then that $30 per office visit that a PPO gives you (in lieu of the $150 you charged) probably ain't gonna cut it. So they don't take it.
- Victor Ganata
State of the Blogosphere 2008: Technorati Numbers Indicate Blogging Is Niche and Slowing - http://www.readwriteweb.com/archive...
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Related post by Rob Diana of Regular Geeks - http://regulargeek.com/2008...
- Corvida
Related post by Amanda Gravel of Social Honeycomb - http://socialhoneycomb.com/state-o...
- Corvida
Social Mention is Twitter Search for the Whole Social Web - Mashable - http://mashable.com/2008...
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The World Is Talking About Bloghology | Interactive Global Media SRL - http://www.interactivegm.com/2008...
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Religion and Web Technology, Part 2: Shalom Hartman Institute - http://www.readwriteweb.com/archive...
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Google Founder, Parkinson’s Disease and Good Marketing? http://scienceroll.com/2008...
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Blogging Is Not Dead - http://www.twistimage.com/blog...
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Technorati: State of the Blogosphere 2008 - http://www.technorati.com/bloggin...
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Finally, an update. Thoughts on the data?
- David Weiner
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Accomplish More by Doing Less (But Thinking More) - http://lifehacker.com/5052849...
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Google Phone Unveiled, Can it Beat the iPhone? - http://www.readwriteweb.com/archive...
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No, it can't. But a good first effort.
- Jonathon
It's my only choice right now - and I think it will do fine for what I really want - GPS, true web browsing from just about anywhere and phone service. Plus I don't have to use AT&T. Biggest downside to it that I see right now is that it doesn't have as mature video and music offering as iPhone, but what the hell, I have an iPod Touch! ;)
- Internet's Tad
Great post as usual Sarah. What I think people aren't really thinking about is what this unit means to Google, T-Mobile and users beyond the iPhone. I put some thoughts on this post: http://jungleg.com/2008...
- Jorge Escobar
from FriendFeed MT Plugin
cool introductory read
- Cee Bee
Sarah, great assessment as usual. I wonder, of course, when/if it will come to Canada. If T-Mobile is GSM-based (I don't know American carriers) then we might not get it because Rogers is the only major GSM provider. However if Telus or Bell uses this to jumpstart a GSM launch or VirginMobile or Koodoo hop on, well Rogers and the iPhone are going to have a run for their money.
- Tris Hussey
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TimesPeople FAQ - The New York Times - http://timespeople.nytimes.com/package...
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"TimesPeople is a social network for Times readers. But it's not a social network like Facebook or MySpace — you won't have Times friends, and it won't get you Times dates. Instead, you'll assemble a network of Times readers. Then you'll be able to share interesting things on NYTimes.com with others in the network. For example, when you recommend an article, comment on a blog post, or rate a movie or restaurant, these activities will become visible to other TimesPeople users in a special toolbar at the top of every NYTimes.com page. You'll also have a personal page that keeps track of your TimesPeople activities and lets you browse your network of readers."
- Raymond
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Sounds like FriendFeed, but restricted to the Times.
- Michael Nielsen
Blogging, changing every day - http://scobleizer.com/2008...
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These FF slides don't show actual numbers. How many people are on FF now?
- Dawn
New post: Social Network at New York Times – Good Execution of a Strange Idea http://profy.com/2008...
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Technorati numbers highlight the changing nature of blogging - http://www.inquisitr.com/3699...
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Interestingly, there were 3 views: 1 from RWW (Blogging is a Niche!), 1 from CNET (Blogging is Mainstream!) and 1 from Inquisitr (Blogging is Changing!). I like the diversity of opinions on the same data.
- Louis Gray
Louis lol. Hopefully I'm right, because I can't see the other two arguments. We know that the distribution points are changing, we just need to be more open in accepting that blogging as we once knew it is evolving as well. What I'm typing here on FF is a type of blogging, when you break it down
- Duncan Riley
Just wait - there's some really juicy data coming over the next few days. :-)
- David Sifry
from twhirl
David, I hope so, and a hearty g'day as well. Hope your new haunts are treating you well.
- Duncan Riley
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Mind - Redefining Depression as Mere Sadness - NYTimes.com - http://www.stumbleupon.com/demo...
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From the page: "Let's say a patient walks into my office and says he's been feeling down for the past three weeks. A month ago, his fiance left him for another man, and he feels there's no point in going on. He has not been sleeping well, his appetite is poor and he has lost interest in nearly all of his usual activities. Should I give him a diagnosis of clinical depression? Or is my patient merely experiencing what the 14th-century monk Thomas à Kempis called "the proper sorrows of the soul"? The answer is more complicated than some critics of psychiatric diagnosis think."
- William Harryman
Yeah, to not treat depression is dangerous. I remember reading about studies that showed that once a person had one prolonged period of depression they were much more likely to have further periods of depression later in life.
- Alex Scoble
Blogs and Blogging - Past, Present and Future - http://www.search-engine-war.co.uk/2008...
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The Conversation Prism - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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"The conversation map is a living, breathing representation of Social Media and will evolve as services and conversation channels emerge, fuse, and dissipate." http://www.briansolis.com/2008...
- ※Fu※
this will help me as I prepare for my upcoming electronic poster pres. on using microblogging tools for teaching & pro networking. NICE!
- Kimberly J
Introversion is the New Extroversion - http://macrolinz.com/macroli...
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Some thoughts that have been brewing in my head this weekend.
- Her Lindsay-ness
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- Mo Kargas
I get a little bit concerned with the talk of "mainstream" folks, but to me there is a VERY clear delineation between us early adopters and "most folks." We're digital - they're analog. We're 21st century - they're 20th century. I work in a building FULL of programmers and other technically adept folks, but I'd wager that not a single one of them is aware of FriendFeed, and no more than 10% has Twitter accounts, and for most of them the closest they get to social media is Fantasy Football leagues.
- Internet's Tad
I think the difference is those who are satisfied with meatspace communication and those who aren't. Those who aren't have had an alternative till now... and most of them didn't really understand they wanted one...
- Her Lindsay-ness
LOL @ Mo
- Her Lindsay-ness
Great perspective! Well written.
- Hao Chen
Lindsay, I enjoyed this piece. I'm thinking about FF a lot lately and did a piece a couple days ago about how it was changing my blogging habits. This ties in nicely, and advances my thinking further... thanks!
- Anthony Citrano
Thanks, Hao and Anthony. I think I get too long winded which is why I only get a post out so infrequently! But maybe sometimes they're worth the wait.
- Her Lindsay-ness
Very interesting perspective...
- George Smith
Lindsay, that was SUCH an awesome post :)
- Mona Nomura
I am the same way, which is why I think FF is helping me be a better writer (among other things.) I sent you mine too.
- Anthony Citrano
I do want to comment that possibly the most famous user of Social Media, Robert Scoble, seems to be a hard core flaming extrovert. (flaming meaning so screamingly obvious)
- Internet's Tad
@Mona thanks!! Did you like your quote?
- Her Lindsay-ness
@Tad, I didn't say that all early adopters or social-media mavens are meatspace introverts, just that I would guess that the majority of them are because we're drawn to these means of communication. Extroverted, from my point of view, means adept at meatspace communication (and probably less likely to seek alternatives because they're satisfied with that). Some people, like Robert, who's a self-declared noise addict, need/crave communication in whatever form they can get it.
- Her Lindsay-ness
That has to be one of the greatest posts I've read lately. You really hit the nail on the head.
- donato
@rambn - ♫ always look on the bright-side of life.♫
- Her Lindsay-ness
I have become all more introverted over the last year as I've become more integrated into social media, in spite of the fact that I have become a much better portrait photographer over that time.
- Phillip Jeffrey
Lindsay I'm borderline extrovert / introvert, slightly more introverted. But if you met me you might not think so. I enjoy being with people in meatspace - love it - but it does tire me out. Would prefer to be home FFing. ;)
- Anthony Citrano
Great post, Lindsay. I'm a strong introvert and have long felt that it's a large part of the reason I feel so much more comfortable in online communication than face-to-face. In fact, if I had heard you say this live and I didn't know you (as I don't), I wouldn't be telling you that I appreciated it. But I am.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
@Anthony, I would think most introverts prefer meatspace company of their close friends/family over virtual connections. But I think a lot of us can get the satisfaction of extended connections virtually. And sometimes those connections turn into meatspace friendships, especially if you happen to be physically located in the same place as those you've met virtually.
- Her Lindsay-ness
yep, lindsay, sounds about right to me! :)
- Anthony Citrano
@faithx5 - missed your comment before but I know exactly what you mean. I made a conscious effort a couple years ago to learn how to be more extroverted (took a position where I had to conduct training classes for technical people) and it was really hard to get up in front of people and be the center of attention. I still have to force myself most of the time but I'm glad when I do. I'm still totally an introvert by nature and revert to it by default.
- Her Lindsay-ness
Great Post Lindsay! I resemble some of that model. I seem to be more like Anthony's description. Life of the party can get extremely tiring.
- Mathew A. Koeneker
Thanks, Matthew. :) Yeah, I don't have the need to be the constant center of attention either. Too exhausting to perform that much.
- Her Lindsay-ness
Thanks, Abby! Glad you enjoyed it!
- Her Lindsay-ness
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