Such a nerd
(I try to keep these “Nerd talks about nerd-dom” posts to a minimum. Sorry, every once in a while, they’re unavoidable.
I spent an hour the other day listening to Steve Ballmer from Microsoft talk to Josh Topolsky from Engadget. It was a fascinating conversation. Ballmer was all over the place. Windows 7 had just released, and he was giddy. It was a lot of fun, actually. But, I found myself wondering, who sits around and works to the sweet sounds of nerds talking? What drives a guy to do such things?
I guess there are several motivators:
1. Technology Curiousity. (There was no way to make that flow together at all). I’m just generally curious about technology. I like to know what’s going on, I like to play with new things and I like to hear new ideas.
2. Hilarity. Steve Ballmer is … hmm, not Bill Gates or Steve Jobs, that’s for sure. He’s kind of bombastic and prone to say dumb things. He proved himself to be pretty deft and smooth, deflecting some of Josh’s questions with aplomb.
3. Hatred of microsoft. I’ve always been a little antagonistic toward Microsoft. Hate is a strong word. Dislike isn’t quite strong enough. But, lately, Apple has been doing some fairly draconian things themselves, and it’s made me wonder if maybe I’ve been too harsh on Microsoft. Listening to Ballmer, no… no, I haven’t.
So there you go, a little bit of why I am such a nerd. I can embrace it, though!
Without you nerds, who would fix my computer and load my MP3′s?
Amen!