Posts Tagged ‘geek’

Top Eleven Geek Business Myths

Ron Garret, a venture capitalist, lists 11 myths on how smartest and brightest people make mistakes when they try to convert their ideas into money. This post reminds me of couple of important point when creating a venture. The myth that he mentions are:

A brilliant idea will make you rich.
If you build it they will come.
Someone will steal your idea if you don't protect it.
What you think matters.
Financial models are

October 2 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: business, entrepreneurship, geek | 3 comments»

Geek Out with C64 Emulator in Flash

Did you have a Commodore 64? Do you remember fondly waiting for tapes to run and software to be read into memory? Well now you can execute some of your old C64 code in a new flash emulator. Open Source Flash brings you: fc64.Now, can someone send me Space Taxi?Flash Commodore 64 -- [via del.icio.us]…

May 26 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: c64, flash, geek, software | no comments»

How NOT to lead geeks

Alexander Kjerulf in this article identifies 10 mistakes that managers make when leading geeks. Things like recognitions, training, communication, decision-making are considered in his list of mistakes:

Downplay training
Give no recognition
Plan too much overtime
Use management-speak
Try to be smarter than the geeks
Act inconsistent
Ignore the geeks
Make decisions without consulting them
Don’t give them tools
Forget that geeks are creative workers

However I would say those may be the mistake for managing any professionals, not just IT… Continue reading

May 25 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: geek, Management | 4 comments»

Geek in a Box

I can't resist posting about this. Unboxing is a website dedicated to a ritual of geek life: taking your new gadget out of the box and looking at everything that came with it.I admit this isn't particularly hackish, but you're geeky, right? At least a little? Check out Unboxing.Unboxing - [via del.icio.us]

May 24 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: geek, hardware, Technology | 1 comment»