People talk a lot of jargon…particularly when it comes to the internet.
To counteract this Wired magazine have produced a ‘Geekipedia’ featuring everything you need to know about the web, my favourite entry is about Network Effects.
The social design agency
Nov 23rd, Marc Fonteiijn said:
Hmmm … too bad they don’t have an entry on the definition of “geek”
Nov 23rd, Paul Thurston said:
Geeks are the new black, it’s trendy being geeky!
Geek according to wikipedia:
“one who is primarily motivated by passion,” indicating somebody whose reasoning and decision making is always first and foremost based on his/her passions rather than things like financial reward or social acceptance.
Geeks do not see the typical “geeky” interests as merely interesting, but as objects of passionate devotion.
The idea that the pursuit of personal passions should be the fundamental driving force to all decisions could be considered the most basic shared tenet among geeks of all varieties. Geeks consider such pursuits to be their own defining characteristic.