We all love to hate on the business social network site. Here are current top five annoyances with how the system is used. The Uber Humble Brag This is where LinkedIn can out-shine even the worst of what Facebook has…
The Perils of Nerd Culture
Mildly adapted from my first Ignite talk You might remember Nick Burns “The Computer Guy” from Saturday night live. He’s obnoxious, he’s hard to work with, and he treats you like an idiot. MOVE! He’s a funny stereotype, but he’s…
Ignite Tampa Bay 2013
So I was asked to speak at Ignite this year, about my ideas on nerd culture. Ignite is a short format speaking event held in different cities. I said yes, thinking it would be fun, and it was. The only…
Potential Solutions to the Great IT Cultural Divide
Last post I talked about how the strong cultural bond in IT departments (and nerd/geek culture in general), can damage organizational trust, cohesion, general pleasantness and ultimately profit. Now let’s look at drilling down into the rest of the organization…
How IT and Geek Culture Can Cause Problems
Last time I explored some of the reasons why we as IT folk tend to stick together. I also talked a bit about how culture can both allow you to thrive with your own kind, but also fail to see…
IT Cultural Fluency
As a factor in (sales, service, software and technology adoption, costs, collaboration, innovation etc) The issue: What you don’t know CAN hurt you. We all wear blinkers (“blinders” in US English). These are hard-wired, in the sense that we can’t…