Ricky Anderson: Levels of Geekery

Levels of Geekery

If you've ever hung around a pack of wild geeks, you know what I'm talking about. Someone will talk about the latest gadget, and then the fun begins!

The Dabbler: I heard Blackberry came out with a new tablet. It's supposed to be better than the iPad.

The Hobbyist: That's what Gizmodo said, but you can never trust them for objective reviews.

The Midlevel, Normal, Reasonable Geek: You have to take everyone's opinion with a grain of salt. I think the iPad is still the best because it's the same price and there's more apps available. Plus, I heard Blackberry's tablet doesn't even have native email support.

The Beta Geek: That's like Apple making an iPod that doesn't support music!

The Alpha Geek: Well, it does support full 1080p video, which is nice, but the screen's smaller and the buttons are in odd places. This doesn't threaten the iPad. The real threat to the iPad is Android, regardless of the device the end user chooses. You see, vendor lock-in and proprietary software are the bane of the tech industry...

What level are you? Did I miss any?

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Isaiah · 726 weeks ago

The Wannabe Geek
Yeah, the Gigahertz on the PlayPad don't sound quite as good as the iPad, you know Blueberries aren't ever quite as good, and such. Did you hear about Sony's PSP Network being down?
Why are you looking at me like that? Also, is Chrome back in on cars? I keep hearing you guys talk about it, and what is Foxfire, again?
Linksky.

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Ricky Anderson 96p · 726 weeks ago

Ok, that's funnier than my whole post! You're in charge now.

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OneSeventeen · 726 weeks ago

How about the spouse-of-a-geek or the geek-by-osmosis.
That 127.0.0.1 welcome mat doesn't even make any sense...
how would anyone know that is your local IP address?

(actual quote from my non-geek wife)

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Ricky Anderson · 726 weeks ago

Ha!

She's osmosis-itized so much, she's moving up the Geekery levels on her own!

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ChadJ 85p · 712 weeks ago

I think this actually known as "nerd-adjacency."

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Anthony · 726 weeks ago

This conversation sounds so familiar

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Ricky Anderson · 726 weeks ago

Yes, you were the Quiet Geek in that conversation.

Didn't list the Quiet Geek since you voiced no opinion.

Maybe that should be the Wise Geek?

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Sgt. Wolverine · 726 weeks ago

I'm fairly certain this post makes you a Geek Geek.

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Ricky Anderson 96p · 726 weeks ago

Please define it and use it in a sentence.

Otherwise, you lose the spelling bee.

False!

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Some Guy · 726 weeks ago

Why are Ricky's comments the only ones that get +1?

He must be rigging the votes.

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Ricky Anderson 96p · 725 weeks ago

Yes, I'm ricking the votes. You get +1 for noticing.

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Sgt. Wolverine · 726 weeks ago

"As a Geek Geek, Ricky possesses an extensive knowledge of the hierarchy of geekdom and can be relied upon for in-depth analysis of news and trends in the geek world."

Spelling bee?! I thought this was a pinewood derby!

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Ricky Anderson 96p · 725 weeks ago

True, it is. And you just won the raffle ticket sweepstakes spelling bee pinewood derby competition!

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jaredaclifton 29p · 725 weeks ago

Midlevel I think... It depends on what gadget is being talked about. Typically though, I don't know crap about anything so... There's that.

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sethcaddell 63p · 725 weeks ago

What about a non-Geek who just goes and buys and iPad because the guy in the black turtleneck told him to?

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Ricky Anderson 96p · 725 weeks ago

Oh, him? That's The Boss. He keeps us employed.
http://rickystuff.blogspot.com/2010/11/magnum-pi....

Thanks for stopping by, Seth!

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ChadJ 85p · 712 weeks ago

Speaking of Cupertino's hot product du jour, guess who's in the middle of an iPad rollout without an MDM? This geek! Because the big man said make it so!

And so it goes...