Is it really possible to divide the world up into groups of monster types? And why are IT types all Zombies anyway?
That’s the core idea behind an article in the New York times which divides the world up based on the dead/undead monster that best represents their personal characteristics. Sadly, for most of us IT types, we’re rotting zombies rather than sexy vampires, although there are said to be some exceptions; Steve Jobs is stated as a Vampire (makes sense, of a sort), as is all of Twitter, while Facebook is a horde (a rather large horde, I guess) of Zombies. Finally, Farmville makes sense to me!
OK, before the lawyers descend, I’m not (and I don’t think the article is) suggesting that messrs Jobs or Gates possess any kind of post-life powers; it’s more of an interesting read regarding how people approach life — including gadget life. Zombies are joiners, part of big waves, while Vampires are solitary but often lead the way. I suspect I’m mostly a zombie… which would also explain that craving for brains I’ve had recently. [New York Times Magazine]
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TSH
Monday, October 31, 2011 at 3:28 PMSome lore has vampires posessing supernatural power over hordes of zombies. Jobs and iDrones, anyone? :–P
Also, who gets to be Frankenstein’s monster? The Linux/FOSS projects? :–p
Jamie
Monday, October 31, 2011 at 3:31 PMAnd now i know Geeky IT stand up humor will never become a trend for sure.
Rooboy
Monday, October 31, 2011 at 3:52 PMI’ll blame Microsoft for making all IT nerds Zombies… you’d have to be dead in the brain to become and MCSE for Zombie Gates and his horde
Steve
Monday, October 31, 2011 at 6:31 PMBecause Apple was always this hip, trendy, progressive brand right? You realise that up until the very late 90s, both platforms were the exclusive domain of nerds before the internet hit the mainstream.
Ozoneocean
Monday, October 31, 2011 at 8:55 PMAnd the ironically funny thing is that in the mid 90′s it was only real mega-geeks who still used Macs, Windows was the every-man machine.
Steve
Monday, October 31, 2011 at 6:28 PMI’m just waiting for the zombie trend to disappear. The most overexposed, unentertaining pop culture phenomenon in a long time. No, I don’t need a billion videogames, movies and now television shows about zombies.
Tezz
Monday, October 31, 2011 at 7:42 PMis it because Steve Jobs sucks the life blood out of innovation in the IT industry.
flame away.
Brandt Hardin
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 8:04 PMJobs is gone but left his mark on every corner of wireless technology. It only leaves us asking who won the war between the two titans of modern computer technology? Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates / Apple vs. Microsoft– check out my rendering of an epic match-up of their cyborg selves on my artist’s blog at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2011/08/end-of-era-steve-jobs.html