Technosnobs

In case you haven't figured it out from my various postings, my day job is in high tech. Specifically I work for a software company. This is something that I have been doing for many years. During the 90's I was even a manager in a dotcom. I've also written books about programming, and have worked a lot with "New Media" like Flash, etc.

To showcase things like my podcast and the band that I manage I have to research and use a lot of Web based tools like MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, etc. I know a lot of things about computers, podcasting, New Media, the Web etc. But unlike some of my fellow nerds - I don't need to be a #$%$@ snob about it.

What's got me started? Well this weekend I convinced a bunch of people to go to a conference on podcasting. Last year the conference had a fun, open atmosphere where even if you didn't know anything, people would help you learn. This year, what happens? One of my guests asked someone what Twitter was and they got an eye roll. Someone who was there to learn about new media was dissed - by one of the organizers - for working in old.

I'm embarressed to be a nerd. Most of the people that work at my software company don't know what Twitter is. Lose the attitude.