apple: We know coolness when we see it : Introducing the new iPhone version of JeffClickHomes.com
- 08/17/08 09:14 AM
There was a time when being an Apple user meant also being an outcast...someone looked down upon by those who were among the PC-using masses. "Oh, sure, they're good for graphics," they'd say, looking down their noses, often through black, thick-rimmed glasses as they snorted and nearly hyperventilated with that trademark laugh of the early geek-era. I'm a proud survivor of that geek-bullying, and I'm proud to say I've been an Apple fan boy before it was cool to be one, and I have proof. I started my software company from my dorm room my freshman year at OBU, and I … (0 comments)
apple: Geek Is Chic
- 07/28/07 08:18 AM
It's not every day you get mentioned in an article in The Oklahoman. It's even more rare to be called a "geek" in front of hundreds of thousands of readers, as I was. So I like technology. I enjoy a well-designed, useful gadget. I like being on the bleeding edge of what's new. There's a term for guys like me, and strangely it has become a badge of honor, despite being the derogatory term it used to be. No longer is it a label reserved just for those who wear thick-rimmed glasses and pocket protectors. That's why I can forgive Richard … (1 comments)
There was a time when being an Apple user meant also being an outcast...someone looked down upon by those who were among the PC-using masses. "Oh, sure, they're good for graphics," they'd say, looking down their noses, often through black, thick-rimmed glasses as they snorted and nearly hyperventilated with that trademark laugh of the early geek-era. I'm a proud survivor of that geek-bullying, and I'm proud to say I've been an Apple fan boy before it was cool to be one, and I have proof. I started my software company from my dorm room my freshman year at OBU, and I … (0 comments)
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