Geeks and Sports by Anthony Lawrence

2008/01/23 A healthy percentage of techie types are uninterested in Sports - that's sports with the big "S", as in professional Baseball, Basketball, Soccer, Hockey and Football. A few will express some interest in the Olympics, especially for the individual events where a team isn't involved. Some may even like to play sports, getting together now and then for a game of hoops or softball or whatever. But the rabid fascination with the Super Bowl, the Series and all that is usually missing from technical people. Getting excited about "your" team when in fact it is nothing but a corporation hiring and firing like every other corporation makes no sense. Why not root for IBM's earnings against Microsoft's, and earnestly discuss Apple's likely earnings this quarter if Steve Jobs gets a cold? Full Text RSS Feed now available - - Skills Tests - Surveys - Kerio Mail Server - Fortinet Routers - Consulting - Advertise Here