Growing up Geek

4/6/2014

No computer magazines, no internet, no personal computers, no cell phones and only a handful of friends to talk “computers” with … that’s what “growing up geek” meant to me.

The work Geek may have its origins in the 19th century, but nobody used it in everyday conversation. Geeks of the sixties and seventies clustered around mainframe computers in narrow ties and conservative business suits. We wrote our code in pencil, waited for our “chads” to be removed from punched cards or paper tape, and then negotiated for precious time on the mainframe to compile our program into object code and test.

Personal computers opened the floodgates during the eighties and once computer games became main stream, it wasn't long before our previously excluded friends, joined the ever increasing ranks of computer users.

The Geek Geek video is “just for fun”, to remember to laugh at myself and to justify a reason to find and assemble some photographic fragments of my geek upbringing.

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My mother's last words to me before she died were "Keith, don't die with your dreams inside you!"
Every day, someone, somewhere dies with "their dreams" unfulfilled. My passion is to reach out to others and help them to achieve their purpose and their destiny.
On many occasions I have taken the road less travelled resulting in spectacular crashes and heartache for myself and those closest to me.
Each day is a gift from God, another chance to "learn and grow", to "pay it forward" and to "make a difference".

Growing up Geek

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