Home > Geekboy > Archives > 2006 > January > 06 > Entry
DEL.ICIO.USThe Legend of Geekboy
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Geekboy has been interested in computers since his dad brought NASA punchcards home from work in the 1960s. Things really took off in the late 1970s, when, after a move from Florida, Santa dropped an Atari 800, one of the first commonly available personal computers, down a chimney in Berrien County, the Silicon Valley of South Georgia.
After a rigorous education having nothing to do with computers at Valdosta State College, Geekboy needed money so became a reporter, circa 1992. His ability to type quickly and keep most of the facts straight led him from Valdosta to Cordele, Tifton, and finally, in 1999, the big city itself – Atlanta.
Despite a byline count in the thousands, Geekboy, now an assistant editor with the Metro section of the AJC, never forgot his first love. Over the years, he designed what was probably the first newspaper Web site in the state, built dozen of computers, learned various programming languages, developed an online gameworld, and spent a good portion of his life explaining computers and technology to others.
Permalink | |
.JPG)
-1.JPG)
Services »
