Thursday, March 27, 2003
e-Holster Turned This Geek into Cool Hombre
Posted by Jason Dunn in "ARTICLE" @ 09:31 AM
We've linked to Business Edge writer Grant McKenzie's articles in the past, and he's even participated in our forums before. In fact, it was a recent forum discussion that prompted him to write his most recent column:
"In the website’s forum pages, registered users discuss the latest news items. When my column “Geeks can rule with too-cool gadgets” was linked, I discovered that, among the hardcore geeks, I just wasn’t being dorky enough to fit in. As site administrator Brad Adrian pointed out: 'This author calls himself a geek? Granted, he’s got some cool toys and admits to carrying his Dell Axim when he skis, but unless he’s wearing MobilePants or an eVest, I consider him simply a geek-in- training.' "
Give the whole article a read, it's pretty funny. Grant originally sent me a slew of questions, and I spent a good hour or so answering them because I thought it was an interview for publication, but what happened was much like the local news coming to your home - you get interviewed on camera for ten minutes and they end up using a three second quote where you said something stupid. :roll: Most of you will recognize some of the inaccuracies in the article (we're not a "PDA site" we're a Pocket PC site), and for the record I said visitors, not "hits". Whenever I see people talking about hits it makes me feel like I'm back in 1996 listening to start-up CEOs brang about "millions of hits". Ah, the memories. Anyway, I'm going to prep the full Q&A for publication here, because I spent a lot of time working on it and I think some of you will find my answers interesting.
"In the website’s forum pages, registered users discuss the latest news items. When my column “Geeks can rule with too-cool gadgets” was linked, I discovered that, among the hardcore geeks, I just wasn’t being dorky enough to fit in. As site administrator Brad Adrian pointed out: 'This author calls himself a geek? Granted, he’s got some cool toys and admits to carrying his Dell Axim when he skis, but unless he’s wearing MobilePants or an eVest, I consider him simply a geek-in- training.' "
Give the whole article a read, it's pretty funny. Grant originally sent me a slew of questions, and I spent a good hour or so answering them because I thought it was an interview for publication, but what happened was much like the local news coming to your home - you get interviewed on camera for ten minutes and they end up using a three second quote where you said something stupid. :roll: Most of you will recognize some of the inaccuracies in the article (we're not a "PDA site" we're a Pocket PC site), and for the record I said visitors, not "hits". Whenever I see people talking about hits it makes me feel like I'm back in 1996 listening to start-up CEOs brang about "millions of hits". Ah, the memories. Anyway, I'm going to prep the full Q&A for publication here, because I spent a lot of time working on it and I think some of you will find my answers interesting.
