Most people who attend science fiction conventions have plenty of social reasons for going, such as to have fun, make friends with like-minded literate people, or to see favorite authors and artists. Whether you attend a smaller con like PhilCon or a larger one like Atlanta, Georgia’s DragonCon (“the largest multi-media, popular culture convention focusing [...]
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3 Professional Reasons For Computer Professionals To Attend Science Fiction Conventions
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Fear of Geeks
by Tristan Louis | Comments
This weekend saw the release of The Social Network, another Hollywood piece that presents geeks as socially awkward people. It is the latest piece in a long strand of media pieces about technology and all its wrongs. For most of my life, I’ve seen movies that have presented computer geeks as remote people, capable of [...]
