ZDNet on the Essence of Geek

sebFlyte writes "ZDNet has a feature on The Essence of Geek, which looks at the rise of the geek (and the fact that everyone's turning into one), in the years post .com boom." From the article: "For a few years, an interest in computers and technology became inextricable linked with wealth and power -- geek became chic. Technology companies suddenly became the focus of the kind of attention that had been reserved for the music or fashion industries. In the UK TV makers even went so far as to create a hip series, Attachments, based around the antics of a tech start-up."

Comments

Attachments

[Malc]

Anybody who saw Attachments will know that the so called "geeks" it portrayed were nothing like the pale and socially inept people of real life. Entertaining enough though.

Q: You know how a geek likes you?
A: He looks at your shoes.

Re:It takes more than that

[kurt_ram]

Mac Donalds and Microsoft. Oh God. Such a terrible analogy and modded +4 informative. Also, you are wrong about eating at Mac Donalds. Know the facts.

Re:And geek is not chic.

[jZnat]

I think you mean nerds...