From the category archives:

Nerd

Tech Blog: RetroHack

February 20, 2010

Being a Nerd can be a tricky thing.  Topics of conversation that excite you tend to make others roll their eyes (or stare at you befuddled) while the very nature of your business lends itself to a total lack of social skills.  Socially well adjusted Nerds (aka those that got laid in High School) [...]

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New Guard vs. Old Guard or: What Ever Happened to Mentoring?

February 7, 2010

Computer technology has always been about harder, better, faster, stronger; always pushing for the bleeding edge in an obsessive drive toward MORE… more processors, more speed, more capabilities, more everything.  For the perpetually bored brainiac this is a lifelong passion keeping them happy until all their neurons stop firing.  For others it’s a great [...]

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Social Media: Metrics for shortened URL's

September 18, 2009

I realize I haven’t been living up to my "nerd" end of the bargain.  Plenty of writing, film and nostalgic posts, but no real geekery of any sort.  In order to remedy this, I wanted to dig into a useful social media feature you might be unaware of.
 
The rise of Twitter & shortened URL’s
Twitter is [...]

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WordPress Plugins II

August 19, 2009

A while back I went over some of the plugins I use in the running of this blog (Cuban Nomad: WordPress Plugins).  Since then I’ve had more time to interact with the blog, both locally on my PC and remotely via my Blackberry.  Along the way I’ve picked up several additional plugins that make running [...]

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WordPress Plugins

June 6, 2009

Over the years I’ve indulged in many different blogs, some personal, most irreverent and all hosted by someone else.  Geocities, LiveJournal, Blogger, the list goes on.  Every attempt cloaked under a pseudonym, they all eventually ran out of steam.  It was either writing in a vacuum that caused the demise or lack of desire.  Some [...]

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