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I've been thinking about a calendar of "Hot Web Geeks" for years now. We vote for 12, design the calendar, and sell it, proceeds to charity.
TwitterPoll (after which I'll stop ranting): What do you imagine a book from a geek publisher titled "Geek Gods" would be about?
I just don't like the masses honing in on my vision of a Geek Goddess pantheon. Cute shoes are great, but meritocracy before fashion for me.
@ajaswa yes, that's what I think - they were aiming for irony. But it doesn't carry to the females in the current audience.
@dougneiner It's an intellectual disturbance, not really an emotional one. I'm having a rather good day, actually! :)
Hopefully seeing the No Starch catalog will help clarify my disturbance over this to others. "One of these things is not like the other"
I'm upset because of context. I'm a veteran author. I see the relationship of a truly GEEKY publisher & this book as an anomaly.
Take the words "Geek Goddess", read the press release. Now look at No Starch press's catalog: http://nostarch.com/catalog.htm
But I never could say yes. It always felt dirty to me. I am interested in learning through + rather than - terms. Semantics, my friends.
The Dummies series was one of the most successful marketing schemes in book publishing history. A few authors even made millions.
The issue of "Dummies" titles relates. As an author during that series' heyday, I was offered a title or two and could never say yes.
it all just reminds me how powerful words are, how easily we misuse them, confuse them and abuse them.
Still thinking about the Geek Goddess book. I think they aimed for irony and failed miserably. I also think that the book will sell well.
Okay, this Goddess needs to calm down and think of a clever riposte for my blog or hey, maybe even MY next book.
@theguigirl oh yes, this is for real. Check my earlier Twitters for links to book and press release.
"Geek Goddess" should be equivalent to a "Geek God" which, considering the audience of O'Reilly's distribution, is a very different animal.
@aburaglia sure, decor matters. But why make it a "women's" issue? I know plenty of men who are very perfectionistic about their environment
"Buy the right computer to fit their needs, decor, and budget." DECOR? Did no editor see how ridiculously patronizing this is? SteamedMols