You Might Be A GEEK!
This is part of what I'll call my "Favorite's Posting" I plan to occasionally post about people I respect, places I go and sites I frequent when I want to find out some of those more special bits of info.
Please do yourself a favor go check out Sam Gentile's blog at the link following this.
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Eric Sink: Marketing for Geeks and Clues You May Be a Geek
Eric does it again! In a brilliant essay, Geek Gauntlets, he states, “You're a geek, and before you can get competently involved in marketing you have to admit that you are not normal. :-) Your geekiness is your strength, and it makes you a good developer. But there is a time to talk about what normal people want. “
How true and often we forget that we are in this business to sell our stuff to business ueers. Then there is his Top 8 list:
Top Eight List:
Clues that You Might be a Geek
0 -- You number things from zero instead of one, because that's what a C programmer would do.
1 -- You love numbers that are powers of two. Instead of "Top Ten" lists, you do "Top Eight".
2 -- The word "blog" doesn't sound stupid to you anymore.
3 -- You still don't understand why anyone would name a pharmacy after a version control system.
4 -- You plan to give all your children names which are expressible in hex.
5 -- You think the nominees for best actress this year should be Trinity, Mystique, Arwen, and T-X.
6 -- You know at least one person whose computer has less RAM than your video card.
7 -- This holiday season, instead of emailing your greeting cards, you're planning to just publish an RSS feed.
Man, I exhibit quite a few of these-)
posted on Thursday, August 07, 2003 8:21 PM at Sam's Site.
This was an echo of Sam Gentile Blog (http://samgentile.com/blog/archive/2003/08/07/9356.aspx)
Learn about the Man and his work at
His main site is http://samgentile.com/Default.aspx
Enjoy!
The Ron
Please do yourself a favor go check out Sam Gentile's blog at the link following this.
--------- Sam Writes -----------------
Eric Sink: Marketing for Geeks and Clues You May Be a Geek
Eric does it again! In a brilliant essay, Geek Gauntlets, he states, “You're a geek, and before you can get competently involved in marketing you have to admit that you are not normal. :-) Your geekiness is your strength, and it makes you a good developer. But there is a time to talk about what normal people want. “
How true and often we forget that we are in this business to sell our stuff to business ueers. Then there is his Top 8 list:
Top Eight List:
Clues that You Might be a Geek
0 -- You number things from zero instead of one, because that's what a C programmer would do.
1 -- You love numbers that are powers of two. Instead of "Top Ten" lists, you do "Top Eight".
2 -- The word "blog" doesn't sound stupid to you anymore.
3 -- You still don't understand why anyone would name a pharmacy after a version control system.
4 -- You plan to give all your children names which are expressible in hex.
5 -- You think the nominees for best actress this year should be Trinity, Mystique, Arwen, and T-X.
6 -- You know at least one person whose computer has less RAM than your video card.
7 -- This holiday season, instead of emailing your greeting cards, you're planning to just publish an RSS feed.
Man, I exhibit quite a few of these-)
posted on Thursday, August 07, 2003 8:21 PM at Sam's Site.
This was an echo of Sam Gentile Blog (http://samgentile.com/blog/archive/2003/08/07/9356.aspx)
Learn about the Man and his work at
His main site is http://samgentile.com/Default.aspx
Enjoy!
The Ron
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