Comments on: Living the Dream http://www.globalnerdy.com/2007/08/29/living-the-dream/ Tech Evangelist Joey deVilla on software development, tech news and other nerdy stuff Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:44:37 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Andy Brice http://www.globalnerdy.com/2007/08/29/living-the-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-659 Andy Brice Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:37:34 +0000 http://globalnerdy.com/2007/08/29/living-the-dream/#comment-659 Definition of a gentleman: Someone who can pay the accordion, but doesn't. ;0P Definition of a gentleman: Someone who can pay the accordion, but doesn’t. ;0P

]]> By: Joey deVilla http://www.globalnerdy.com/2007/08/29/living-the-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-658 Joey deVilla Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:26:35 +0000 http://globalnerdy.com/2007/08/29/living-the-dream/#comment-658 <strong>@Jeff Atwood:</strong> Yeah, Guy can be grating sometimes, and "bull shiitake" got really old really quickly, but he practically wrote the book on tech evangelism. He also did it at for Apple at a time when the Apple picture wasn't so rosy and few alpha geeks would be caught dead with a Mac or anything Apple-branded. Besides, Scoble's also a role model of mine, and as with Guy, I've managed not to annoy people as much as he has. As for joke answers to "What do you want to be when you grow up?", as soon as I learned that a job like <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/22/health/main1741921.shtml?source=RSS&attr=Health_1741921" rel="nofollow">"deodorant test sniffer"</a> existed, that became my stock answer. That, and wanting to be an evil Asian overlord like Lo Pan from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Trouble_in_Little_China" rel="nofollow"><cite>Big Trouble in Little China</cite></a>. @Jeff Atwood: Yeah, Guy can be grating sometimes, and “bull shiitake” got really old really quickly, but he practically wrote the book on tech evangelism. He also did it at for Apple at a time when the Apple picture wasn’t so rosy and few alpha geeks would be caught dead with a Mac or anything Apple-branded.

Besides, Scoble’s also a role model of mine, and as with Guy, I’ve managed not to annoy people as much as he has.

As for joke answers to “What do you want to be when you grow up?”, as soon as I learned that a job like “deodorant test sniffer” existed, that became my stock answer. That, and wanting to be an evil Asian overlord like Lo Pan from Big Trouble in Little China.

]]> By: Jeff Atwood http://www.globalnerdy.com/2007/08/29/living-the-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-661 Jeff Atwood Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:10:22 +0000 http://globalnerdy.com/2007/08/29/living-the-dream/#comment-661 Can't share your enthusiasm for Kawasaki. He's enthusiastic enough, but he's got to be one of the smarmiest, cheesiest dudes on the entire planet. And if he says "bull shiitake" one more time, I'm gonna hurt somebody. Anyway, on predicted careers. I won a coloring contest as a kid, and one of the questions they asked the winners was "What do you want to be when you grow up?" My response? "Ditch digger." No, I am not kidding. Yes, I was a freakishly weird kid. I think it's fair to say I've exceeded expectations so fair. Can’t share your enthusiasm for Kawasaki. He’s enthusiastic enough, but he’s got to be one of the smarmiest, cheesiest dudes on the entire planet. And if he says “bull shiitake” one more time, I’m gonna hurt somebody.

Anyway, on predicted careers. I won a coloring contest as a kid, and one of the questions they asked the winners was “What do you want to be when you grow up?”

My response?

“Ditch digger.”

No, I am not kidding. Yes, I was a freakishly weird kid. I think it’s fair to say I’ve exceeded expectations so fair.

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