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Spot On Description of a Geek Conversation Foible
Looking at the GNUJersey.org site, which carries feed from various blogs (including this one), I saw a copy of "When Geek Conversations Go Bad". The author describes an annoying foible of some tech geeks to switch conversations, say, about iPods to vintage systems upon which they worked. Not even a switch to tech inthe same genre, like reel-to-reel audio tape recorders.I recognised this foible and was thinking why it hits geeks so much. The author notes it may be compensation for not keeping up with some technologies. (If you can't practise one-upsmanship with the latest, go for one-downsmanship with the oldest.) It also sounds like a derailing of social bonding where a group of people try to follow the same stream of topics. In my college days, I had a friends who was really in being "socially cool". Some of it was silly but he sometimes had good insights. One that he shared with me because I had terrible awkwardness (and still have some of it) with conversations, is that conversations are like a stream flowing its course. The direction can shift but it should a graceful shift that can be followed, rather a sudden jog the throws people off. Good insight. One of the things that the friend suggested was using questions that supported the prevailing stream. Even if one does not know anything about, say, iPods, one could ask questions that get the others talking about the tech. I have to admit that can be hard for many geek guys, myself included, but good advice. (Why it is that really good advice is often so difficult? ) "Now, what's that about iPods? In my day....!"
J.D. Abolins (who has his share of foibles) |
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