Yes, I’ve also been tagged by the 25 Random Things About Me Facebook meme, but I’m giving it a twist and totally disregarding the rules. I present 25 Geek Facts about me:
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I wasn’t really into technology growing up. I think I only started to get into it after discovering computer games.
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The first PC game I remember playing was Digger. I don’t play games anymore.
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My first ever gadget was a lousy Phillips Walkman. I hated everything about it. Lousy battery, lousy headphones.
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In high school, all I wanted to do was to chat with my friends on IRC. But Dad wouldn’t let me. In hindsight, I’m glad I didn’t.
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I first started blogging in October 2003 (!) on Blogger. That first blog is too embarassing to link to, but if I had continued blogging there I think I would have been 1 of the earliest blogs in Malaysia.
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Since then I started almost a dozen more blogs. I graduated from Blogger and was a Movable Type buff for a long time and finally switched to WordPress which remains my blogging platform of choice.
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I’ve been using the blogjunkie handle since 2005. I think it suits me because of the number of blogs I have.
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Because of blogging, I’ve also learnt standards-based web design, some programming and Unix, social media, web analytics and optimisation, and even web server performance tuning.
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I switched to a Mac in February 2006 and I’ve never looked back! Call it seeing the light or whatever, I’m now an evangelist for life.
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I’m the editor of myMacBUZZ, Malaysia’s #1 Apple weblog. Told you I’m an evangelist.
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Unfortunately at work, I have to use a Windows Vista laptop. Ugh, what a disaster. I’m actually looking forward to upgrade to Windows 7.
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My first ever iPod (a 1st generation shuffle) introduced me to Apple. Since then I’ve had a 5th gen iPod and an iPod touch.
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I purchased my first domain name February 2004. At last count I have 14 domains.
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The people I admire most in technology are Leo Laporte, Scott Sigler and Steve Jobs.
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My favourite blogs are TUAW, Lifehacker, Daring Fireball, and Occam’s Razor.
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I also really enjoy listening to podcasts. My favourites are Buzz Out Loud, TWIT, MacBreak Weekly, and Scott Sigler’s Bloodcast.
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I’m a really big fan of sci-fi too, especially space dramas. I love Star Wars, Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica.
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I really wish that I had studied computer science. If I had, I would have built the Next Big Thing. Who knows, I could be in Larry or Sergei’s shoes.
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The one gadget I bring everywhere is my iPhone 3G. I love my iPhone
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..but not more than the internet. If I had to choose between the 2, I would ditch my iPhone for the internet in a heartbeat.
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I’ve never had a formal diagnosis for internet addiction, but I’d bet you I’d be a textbook patient.
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My current dig is web analytics. It’s my day job but it turns out to be something I actually enjoy.
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Unfortunately I’m only a Reporting Squirrel at the moment, but I’m on the way to being an Analysis Ninja! (Definition)
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Twitter is my favourite social network because of it’s simplicity and immediacy. I’m blogjunkie on Twitter.
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I’m so lucky my wife loves me, despite being the geek that I am.
And now you know more than you needed to know about me.
Yes, you’re a geek. ๐ I enjoy reading this.