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Diagram Maps Bloggers to Hackers, All Things Geeky In-Between

by Tim Stevens on December 15, 2009 at 01:38 PM

We all know that geeks come in all shapes and sizes, but did you ever try to figure out what unifies them? What key concepts bring one to another? Is it a love for arcane knowledge? An obsessiveness with detail? Or, are they all just unified by a love of seeing Princess Leia in her metal bikini? As it turns out, it's not quite so simple, as the above chart from Ibrahim Evsan shows.

Evsan is a blogger and the author of a German book called 'The Fixation of Code' which, among other things, examines people's obsession with computers and technical things. This map (click the image above to view the larger version) he's created applies a sort of 'Schoolhouse Rock!' aesthetic to the idea, showing that while a film geek may have different obsessions than a comic book geek, chances are they both really dig Batman. It's all in there, even Rickrolling, meaning the only question left is: where do you fit in? [From: Twitter Feeds from Ibo, via: Neatoroma and Fast Company]

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