image: Lori Kendall, a professor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, says despite the increased popularity of geek culture and the ubiquity of computers, the geek's close cousin ...

A geek is not a nerd. And vice versa. Unless, of course, they are. A portrait of the author as a young nerd When I was a kid, I wore thick black glasses, long pants that were too short with formal ...

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PANAMA CITY — If you visit Creative Con on Saturday, be kind to the geeks (or possibly the nerds). These are my people, but sometimes I don’t know what to call us. I say tomayto, you say tomahto. In ...

— -- It started with the 1984 film Revenge of the Nerds. Then came geek chic. Now, "brogrammers" — computer programmers with frat house sensibilities — are hitting the scene. And the stars of The ...

PANAMA CITY — If you visit Creative Con on Saturday, be kind to the geeks (or possibly the nerds). These are my people, but sometimes I don’t know what to call us. I say tomayto, you say tomahto. In ...

Forgive me, but I am a bit hazy on this.<BR><BR>I own over a dozen computers, at least 4 of which are running 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. I believe this qualifies as 'geek' .<BR><BR>However, I am ...

Despite the increased popularity of geek culture and the ubiquity of computers, the geek's close cousin, the nerd, still suffers from a negative stereotype in popular culture, according to new ...