Once a Geek, Always a Geek

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.

Dallas Marks

Dallas Marks

I am an analytics and cloud architect, author, and trainer. An AWS certified blogger, SAP Mentor Alumni and co-author of the SAP Press book SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence: The Comprehensive Guide, I prefer piano keyboards over computer keyboards when not blogging or tweeting.

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