General Update: InnerGeek Forum and Geek Test
At this point, I think it's going to be a while before I bring back the forum. Several reasons have led me to this decision, like the time it will take to manage it and, a little more philosophically, why I would even want an innergeek.us forum in the first place.
I'm sorry if you've been checking the website every day, just waiting in anticipation for the return of the forum. Also if you're waiting for the next Geek Test update.
I know that it's been a few years, and already the test has entered the era of internet antiquity. There have been three versions, much like there have been three Indiana Jones movies. The fourth has been in the making for a while... and hopefully it will be as awesome as we are hoping.
Feel free to leave your comments here on this post, or send me a flame mail or just an "I'm so disappointed" email like the ones like this, to which I just don't know how to respond:
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Subject: forum!
Dude, what's up with the forum? I emailed you about it over a month ago, and you said it should be up within a week...
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Subject: Pedantic Criticism of the Geek Test
Specifically, this item:
"Linux is the only worthwhile OS"
This shortchanges BSD geeks, Lisp Machine geeks, aficionados of even more obscure operating systems, and Andrew Tenenbaum. It also ignores the growing popularity of OS X among Unix geeks. Could use an update and some elaboration.
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Of course, there are plenty that remind me why I continue to feel responsibility for the test, like these:
Subject: Geek Test Additions
Dear Geekmaster,
We find that the, otherwise mind-bogglingly superior, Geek Test lacks a few statements.
We have, mostly for self-enrichment and to amuse ourselves, composed some suggestions for a few additional things that should earn us a higher geek-ratio.
We would be extremely honoured to have our stuff added to the test, should you find it worthy. We consider the attached document open source, so feel free to use it at your leisure.
Sincerely,
Søren and Karen
Geeks of Denmark
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Subject: Fan Mail!
Yvette -
I took your test (the geek test) several years ago. It was so much fun (I think I was ~35-40% geek)! I just stumbled across it on some forum or another and didn't realize there was a blog attached to it. Then, a couple of months ago, I bought the book "She's Such a Geek," and after I finshed all the essays I wanted to read more, so I googled the book title looking for some geek girl forums, and came across yours via the post about your entry for the book. So, I started reading your blog and realized you were the same person who had made the geek test all those years ago (or, it seems like a long time ago!). So, I just wanted to tell you that you have indirectly picked up a fan due to your entry for "She's Such a Geek." And I love the blog - it definitely resonates with me!
Thanks for the geek reading material!
Jennifer
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That last one really gave me the warm fuzzies. Almost enough to respond to the other people who have emailed me recently about using the test on their various sites or creating their own versions. If you've written me an email like that recently, I will be responding in the near future. Thanks for asking in the first place, though.
