Once a Geek, Always a Geek

By
Dallas Marks
– June 20, 2011Posted in: Odds and Ends

Today’s Wall Street Journal describes Best Buy’s litigious attempts at protecting its Geek Squad brand.

Just a few decades ago, a geek was a carnival freak who bit the heads off of chickens and rats.  Then geek became a catchall word for socially maladjusted individuals who loved Commodore 64 computers more than fresh air.

Guilty as charged.  I loved my Commodore 64.  I hope that doesn’t mean Best Buy’s lawyers will call.

You can read the original Wall Street Journal article at this link.

About Dallas Marks

As a business intelligence architect, developer, mentor and trainer, I help organizations across the United States harness the power of business intelligence, primarily (but not exclusively) using SAP BusinessObjects products. I prefer piano keyboards instead of computer keyboards when not blogging or tweeting about business intelligence.