Hello SheSays!

Iʼm Nick...
on:

Iʼm Nick...
on:
...inspiring geeks...

Inspiring geeks...

Inspiring geeks...to
move deeper into
geekdom

some sample
technology geeks

Ur-geeks

Ur-geeks

post-Bubblers

post-Bubblers

post-Bubblers
Caterina Fake

a New Wave

a New Wave

And then, of course, thereʼs Hodgman.

The dangers (and
advantages) of geek
chic

NEGATIVE STUFF
AHEAD!

Geek cultureʼs side
effect can be
innovation.

Geek cultureʼs side
effect can be
innovation.
If we want it.

Geek cultureʼs side
effect can be
innovation.
If we want it.
But the path is fraught with danger.

Geek chic ≠ geek
Geek chic tips from the experts:
• Wear hair slightly messy or very neat, says
Brian Boye of Men's Health.
• Skip the jacket altogether, and wear a cardigan
or vest.
• If you go with a polo-collar shirt under a vest,
turn the collar up and keep the shirttails out, says
Janie Bryant, costume director for "Mad Men."
• Embrace Buddy Holly-style, plastic-framed
glasses in a Wayfarer shape or rounder horn-
rimmed ones.
• LeAnn Nealz of American Eagle likes quirky
argyle socks with wingtip shoes.
• Don't go head-to-toe nerd. Perhaps start with
glasses, or a cardigan-tie or sweater vest-tie
combo.

Social media
prowess ≠ geek
Using social sharing tools
and gaming networking
online is not a substitute
for knowledge of and
(even the tiniest bit of)
experience with the the
engineering and technical
aspects of the web.

Social media
prowess ≠ geek
And, if you have to
wear the shirt...

Are we losing what it
means to be a geek?

Are we losing what it
means to be a geek?
Maybe. But there are ways to get it back.

Are we losing what it
means to be a geek?
Maybe. But there are ways to get it back.
First and foremost, youʼll all need to think more like
hackers.

A show of hands...

The positives?

The positives?
Despite only a few of us coding sites our interest in
digital culture gives us a stake in geekdom.

The positives?
Despite only a few of us coding sites our interest in
digital culture gives us a stake in geekdom.
Developing that small stake will make a massive
difference in everything from idea generation to
communications with clients and vendors.

Geek all that you can
geek

Geek all that you can
geek
Or, six easy steps to ease into the technical bits (and, if
you’re enjoying that, roll-your-own coven, cult or
commune.)

You donʼt need to grow a
beard.

Garbage In, Garbage
Out

“As everybody with a home computer knows, the
software can change the functioning of the hardware in
radical and sometimes startling ways. The first law of
computers -- so ancient that some claim it dates back
to dark, Cthulhoid aeons when giant saurians and
Richard Nixons still dominated the earth -- tells us
succinctly, "Garbage In, Garbage Out" (or GIGO for
short).” - Robert Anton Wilson

Garbage in, garbage out
=

Garbage in, garbage out
=

Tinker, tinker, tinker.

Be a crossover coder,
not afraid to
experiment or to ask
the internet for
guidance

Thatʼs the best way
to get unstuck!

Find a guru.

Support each other!

Why not start a
technical fringe of
SheSays?

Try to blow it up!

"...creativity is not a force that you can use to
schlep superfluous objects to uninterested
consumers – that requires repetition, persuasion
and the power of mass media. True creativity is
inherently destructive, and truly creative individuals
always, without exception, seek to destroy the
mediums they work within." - Douglas Haddow

Thanks!
http://www.nickparish.net/
@paryshnikov