Comments on: Giddyup Geek Let’s Go! http://chris.pirillo.com/giddyup-geek-lets-go/ News and Reviews! Geek, Internet Entrepreneur, Hardware Addict, Software Junkie, Book Author, Once TV Show Host, Technology Enthusiast, Shameless Self-Promoter, Tech Conference Coordinator, Early Adopter, Idea Evangelist, Tech Support Blogger, Bootstrapper, Media Personality, Technology Consultant, Thicker Quicker Picker Upper. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:37:17 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Davehttp://chris.pirillo.com/giddyup-geek-lets-go/comment-page-1/#comment-713204 Dave Sat, 09 May 2009 06:35:07 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/?p=12838#comment-713204 I am quite a geek myself, however, I do not really pay much attention to the latest and greatest in technology, I mainly just use what we have now and learn what I can about it, sometimes offer ideas to companies like crucial and kingston. Before USB flash sticks came out I used to hot flash my bios chips with uniflash and a flashing board, I thought why do they not use this technology in USB format, so I made the suggestion and it boomed. I feel really silly for not patenting it myself at times, but I would rather see it out and about rather than have to deal with all that legal stuff.Being a geek should not be such a stereotypical idea as to be classified in such a way as presented in this article either, there are car geeks, art geeks, animal geeks, sci-fi geeks and so on with a wide variety of how involved they are to being such a geek. I am quite a geek myself, however, I do not really pay much attention to the latest and greatest in technology, I mainly just use what we have now and learn what I can about it, sometimes offer ideas to companies like crucial and kingston. Before USB flash sticks came out I used to hot flash my bios chips with uniflash and a flashing board, I thought why do they not use this technology in USB format, so I made the suggestion and it boomed. I feel really silly for not patenting it myself at times, but I would rather see it out and about rather than have to deal with all that legal stuff.

Being a geek should not be such a stereotypical idea as to be classified in such a way as presented in this article either, there are car geeks, art geeks, animal geeks, sci-fi geeks and so on with a wide variety of how involved they are to being such a geek.

]]> By: David Granadohttp://chris.pirillo.com/giddyup-geek-lets-go/comment-page-1/#comment-710569 David Granado Mon, 30 Mar 2009 03:40:09 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/?p=12838#comment-710569 Very true! It is the geeks that keep pushing for bigger and better! And I'd say, in the hardware department, one of the largest, most vocal (money wise) groups are the gamers. Where would we be today if Nintendo hadn't come along and saved the industry? Hollywood was a big part of the push as well, but without gaming, I'd say we'd be many years behind where were are today.Side note: I just discovered your site. I was a fan of you and all the others from TechTV (before it merged with G4 and became the new freakin MTV). Looks like I can continue to get a small slice that old school TechTV goodness! Very true! It is the geeks that keep pushing for bigger and better! And I’d say, in the hardware department, one of the largest, most vocal (money wise) groups are the gamers. Where would we be today if Nintendo hadn’t come along and saved the industry? Hollywood was a big part of the push as well, but without gaming, I’d say we’d be many years behind where were are today.

Side note: I just discovered your site. I was a fan of you and all the others from TechTV (before it merged with G4 and became the new freakin MTV). Looks like I can continue to get a small slice that old school TechTV goodness!

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