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September 08, 2006
Why Geeks are Freaks
We've known this all along. But we didn't know Microsoft hires anthropologists...
The keynote speech at tech.ed this year was by a Microsoft anthropologist named Anne Kirah and she highlighted a simple, yet major difference.
How do you respond to a technical problem? When something goes wrong... how do you react?
This is how normal people react:
"Stupid thing is broken! I don't need this! I've got important things I'm trying to achieve!"
This is how a geek reacts:
"Ah! A challenge! Lucky me! Forget all my other priorities! Let me dig a little deeper!"
Source: Why Geeks are Freaks
Posted by Anandasim at September 8, 2006 01:32 PM
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hrm. not sure I agree with that.
in my experience, a lot of 'normal people' react by saying.
'oh no, this isn't working. it must be me. I'm hopeless with computers.'
which, of course, doesn't make geeks less weird ;)
Posted by: leisa.reichelt at September 9, 2006 10:29 AM