[wellylug] [OT] 30 days of geek

John Durham john.modec at xtra.co.nz
Tue Nov 2 13:34:13 NZDT 2010


On 2/11/2010 11:30 a.m., Jethro Carr wrote:
> hi all,
>
> If you're an active blogger or tweeter, you may have recently noticed a
> number of people doing a challenge called "30 days of me" where they
> write about their secrets and other emotional stuff and stick it online
> for the whole world to read.
>
> I thought it would be more interesting to do a '30 days of geek"
> challenge instead, where you post one new article every day relating to
> geekery as well as other tasks like releasing some open source software
> or writing a patch.
>
>
> Figured some of you might be interested in taking part and it would be
> pretty cool to learn more about some of the people in the open source NZ
> IT scene.
>
> It's also a good excuse to get back into blogging if you've been wanting
> to find something to sufficiently motivate you to do so.
>
>
> Essentially the topics are:
>
>      * Day 01 – Why do you consider yourself a geek?
>      * Day 02 – Preferred programming language?
>      * Day 03 – What does your day job involve?
>      * Day 04 – Greatest application written to date.
>      * Day 05 – Quick nifty hacks you’re proud of
>      * Day 06 – Primary geek fuel (snacks/drinks)
>      * Day 07 – Preferred smartphone platform. And which do you use?
>      * Day 08 – Preferred method of communication with humans
>      * Day 09 – What OS/distribution do you run?
>      * Day 10 – Picture, screenshot and specifications of your primary computer.
>      * Day 11 – Favourite hacking environment – music, light, seating, etc
>      * Day 12 – What area do you want to expand your skills into?
>      * Day 13 – How did you become such a geek? Career? Personal interest?
>      * Day 14 – Favourite computer conference?
>      * Day 15 – Earliest geek experience
>      * Day 16 – First computer you’ve ever owned&  your favourite ever.
>      * Day 17 – Post a useful HOWTO to solve a challenge you’ve come across recently.
>      * Day 18 – Most cringe-worthy geek moment
>      * Day 19 – Most hated computing environment.
>      * Day 20 – Where do you stand on Internet Censorship?
>      * Day 21 – Favourite thing&  worst things about working in IT?
>      * Day 22 – Release some software under an open source license that you haven’t released before.
>      * Day 23 – Post a review of an application that you use.
>      * Day 24 – How do you feel about Open Source vs Proprietary software?
>      * Day 25 – Microsoft – friend, foe or other?
>      * Day 26 – Apple – friend, foe or other?
>      * Day 27 – Fix a bug in some open source software and commit the patch
>      * Day 28 – How many computers lying about the house?
>      * Day 29 – Looking back (at geek life), would you have done anything differently?
>      * Day 30 – Where do you see technology advancing in the next 20 years – and where will you fit in?
>
>
>
> Mine is up at http://www.jethrocarr.com/2010/10/17/30-days-of-geek/ and
> people are adding links to their blogs onto my comments page.
>
>
> Feel free to join on in. :-)
>
> regards,
> jethro
This all looks like good stuff, Jethro, but exactly where will it be?
When will it open?

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