Let your Inner Geek shine
Yes, I'm a geek.
I've even been told that everyone and anyone who blogs is a geek. Of course, this was the opinion of a non-blogger.
From a linguistic standpoint, I find it interesting to see "geek" being worn like a badge of honor. It is a small part to the cultural phenomenon of groups "reclaiming" terms used terms used to degrade them. Right or wrong, the "N" word and the "B" word are both commonly used as positive slang. For a good article on this trend check out historymike's take.
The classic Geek Test has lived at Inner Geek since 2003. I first took it over a year ago. Back then, I was only a "major geek."
I am proud to announce that my geekiness has only advanced, in part thanks to my investment in my own domain:
The geek test is enough in itself to prompt a visit. Everyone should reassess their score on a regular basis. Think about it: wither you aspire to be a geek or to avoid being a geek frequent testing is the only sure fire way to be sure what you are doing is producing the desired results.
My only complaint about the test is that it has not been updated in all that time to reflect all things geeks are doing these days. I'd replace, for example, the questions about LAN and listserv. This is need to make room for questions about blogs, ie I have: 1 > blogs, 2 - 5 blogs, 6 > blogs, a directory, a forum, made enough on adSense to get a check. You get the idea.
Still for pure geek nostalgia, there's nothing better.
If you need another reason to stop on by, let me just tell you that the geek in charge at Inner Geek is a GIRL GEEK!
Do I need to spell out how happy that makes me?
That's right - the geek responsible for keeping a piece of Geek history alive and online is a woman. Her name is Yvette. She's kept Yvette's Inner Geek Blog since December 2005. Although the posts not as regular as I would like, but she does have a geek husband, a geek job, and even geeky cats to keep her busy.
Since she is a true geek, I believe she would be happy blogging more. As a blogger, knowing you're being read gives meaning to all the time and effort. So my plan is to become a regular reader and commenter, thus motivating Yvette to become her personal best blogger.
Blogging geeks, feel free to follow me over to Yvette's Geekdom.
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