The Geek Handbook
User Guide and Documentation for the Geek in Your Life
Published on 1. May 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-0-671-03686-7 (ISBN)
Description
He has reached every level of Myst. Her room is littered with soda cans. He idolizes Data from Star Trek (R). But all your favorite geek really wants is to be understood....
Whether you're friends with a geek, work with one, love one, or hate one, The Geek Handbook provides handy instructions for analyzing and understanding all things geek, including:
How Your Geek Relates to Others
Geek organizations and gathering spots
Getting Your Geek to Exercise
Klingon? martial arts as workout strategy
The Geek Diet
Soda, pizza, and other geek food groups; how to help your geek thrive
Whether you're friends with a geek, work with one, love one, or hate one, The Geek Handbook provides handy instructions for analyzing and understanding all things geek, including:
How Your Geek Relates to Others
Geek organizations and gathering spots
Getting Your Geek to Exercise
Klingon? martial arts as workout strategy
The Geek Diet
Soda, pizza, and other geek food groups; how to help your geek thrive
Reviews / Votes
Jon Katz author of Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho Timely, funny...genuinely useful....I laughed out loud. Eric S. Raymond author of The New Hacker's Dictionary This book may save your relationship. Better yet, it may help you get in touch with your own inner geek. Jon Katz The Geek Handbook has a vey helpful, even touching, quality to it. Geeks are now running the systems that run the world, and this handbook will help you live with them, work with them, and sometimes even love them. As Halpin points out so skillfully, that isn't always easy.More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York, NY
United States
Publishing group
Simon & Schuster
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 135 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
172 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-671-03686-7 (9780671036867)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
03/2001
1st Edition
Pocket Books
€10.87
Available for download
Person
Mikki Halpin wrote the essay "A Girl's Guide to Geek Guys" for Bunnyhop, and it quickly became an Internet classic, earning Mikki a special place in geekdom. She was editor-in-chief of the online magazine Stim; co-founded the classic 'zine Ben Is Dead; and has written for many publications, including Wired, BookForum, Studio Mix, The Independent, and BUST. She is the author of two books. She lives in New York City.
Content
Contents
Chapter One: Getting Started
1.1 The Conventions Used in This Handbook
Why "your" geek isn't really yours
1.2 How to Use This Handbook
Reference, maintenance, troubleshooting
1.3 Do I Have a Geek?
A helpful diagnostic
1.4 You and Your Geek
The various models and configurations. Features and tips
Chapter Two: Basics
2.1 The Inner Geek
Understanding your geek's emotional landscape
2.2 Communicating with Your Geek
The interpersonal infobahn
2.3 Geek-to-Geek Relations
How geeks behave in groups. The role of role-playing
2.4 Upgrading Your Geek
Encouraging your geek to perform more complicated tasks
Chapter Three: Maintenance
3.1 The Importance of Preventive Care
"Make the most of the container you've got"
3.2 Your Geek's Diet
Assessing your geek's dietary needs. Altering your geek's nutritional program
3.3 Your Geek's Cycles and Routines
Running on machine time, not biological
3.4 Your Geek's Moving Parts
"A fit body is more efficient, honey"
3.5 Common Geek Bugs and Suggestions for Fixes
Nip those nasty start-ups in the bud
Chapter Four: Living in a Geek World
4.1 Planning for the Future
Your geek's legacy
4.2 Your Geek's Lifespan
Life extension and risk management
4.3 Your Geek's Role in the New Economy
Life in a technocracy
4.4 Geek Values Go Global
How geek culture can change the world
Chapter One: Getting Started
1.1 The Conventions Used in This Handbook
Why "your" geek isn't really yours
1.2 How to Use This Handbook
Reference, maintenance, troubleshooting
1.3 Do I Have a Geek?
A helpful diagnostic
1.4 You and Your Geek
The various models and configurations. Features and tips
Chapter Two: Basics
2.1 The Inner Geek
Understanding your geek's emotional landscape
2.2 Communicating with Your Geek
The interpersonal infobahn
2.3 Geek-to-Geek Relations
How geeks behave in groups. The role of role-playing
2.4 Upgrading Your Geek
Encouraging your geek to perform more complicated tasks
Chapter Three: Maintenance
3.1 The Importance of Preventive Care
"Make the most of the container you've got"
3.2 Your Geek's Diet
Assessing your geek's dietary needs. Altering your geek's nutritional program
3.3 Your Geek's Cycles and Routines
Running on machine time, not biological
3.4 Your Geek's Moving Parts
"A fit body is more efficient, honey"
3.5 Common Geek Bugs and Suggestions for Fixes
Nip those nasty start-ups in the bud
Chapter Four: Living in a Geek World
4.1 Planning for the Future
Your geek's legacy
4.2 Your Geek's Lifespan
Life extension and risk management
4.3 Your Geek's Role in the New Economy
Life in a technocracy
4.4 Geek Values Go Global
How geek culture can change the world