Getting your geek guys

After spending all this week amongst teacher geeks at the BETT show (see Andrew and Virals photos of the show). The BETT show is the biggest education show on this planet, and it’s amazing to see the variety of attendees. IT’s so different from a technical show. People from all walks of life, from education ministers (UK and abroad), ICT onsultants,. teachers and users.

This photo is of the lovely Alex talking about how they use IT and SharePoint at his school in Birmingham. See the architecture of Olympia in the background which olooks rather like St Pancras doesn’t it? Victorian architecture is wonderful isn’t it?

I’ve been wondering about how many of these geeks are single after one particularly unsettling and weird encounter on the technical answers desk. So I scrolled around and I’ve found this girly guide to getting your geek (if you want one ladies) which goes through some useful tips about where geeks hang out and where you can meet them.

Of course the best way to meet a geek dude is through the Internet. All geeks harbor a secret fantasy about meeting some girl in cyberspace, carrying on an e-mail romance in which he has the chance to combine an activity he is comfortable with, computing, with one he is very uncomfortable with, socializing. To many geek dudes, cyberdating is just an advanced form of some kind of video game, but they are frustrated by a lack of players.

I’ve got an easier solution perhaps. Move to Redmond (or anywhere in the silicon valley area)which has the highest number of single people I’ve ever seen. Must be all that working in individual cubicles and offices that stops them interacting with each other.

Thank goodness for Office Communicator to keep us chatting to each other 🙂