Uproar rocked the Apple app store recently caused by a simple RSS reader app. The app maker charged to take content from multiple 3rd party sites RSS feeds and display them clearly and efficiently for the reader.
These 3rd parties objected, claiming that this app was charging to use display their material without their consent and going against the spirit and the rules of the RSS agreement.
Actually this is the storyline for two recent controversies only one was removed by the developer after tremendous pressure whilst the other was removed by Apple only to be restored soon after.
The final distinction? One was an RSS aggregator geared specifically towards webcomics whilst the other was Pulse; an RRS aggregator geared specifically towards news.
I’m a Geek. Apparently according to one knowledgeable sage at University Geek is chic! I’d dare not reveal what Nerd meant but that is for another story.
So, imagine my delight when you find that a podcast that you follow not only has an active side-project involving the wife of one of the hosts but that it also covers a webcomic and a blog! This is what we in the service delivery industry call”added value”. I have no idea how I’ve become to be in the service delivery industry but there you go.
The webcomic however will take the central focus and it consists of simple bread & butter three panel funnies. The title is a helpful clue towards the content in the comic but it also features how what you and I would call “normal life” such as parenthood, relationships, etc intersect with the life of a Geek.
Observations are made from the perspective of the Geek and it gets you thinking, you may see what he says he is observing (for example a bald man driving a VW new Beetle) but you may see something equally Geekish (for example, I’m thinking why Jean Luc Picard would be driving a German car or a car period). But then, that is the whole point of the strip which is to get you thinking about Geekery and life as a whole from a new angle.
On this basis, I recommend that you explore the site, the blog, listen to the podcast and take in the entire experience. It is a very rewarding site overall of which the comic plays a small (but very important and admirable) part.
None at all. A bit rubbish really.
Well, this wraps up the end of issue one and I hope you’ve all enjoyed this rough and ready introduction into this world I have cast for you all. Cast is a little too grand a word to use, maybe written or created? I don’t know, it is a bit of a heavy evening seeing something you’ve worked on come to life and you get those feelings of (emo) dread which I won’t bore you with.
Issue two is at the finishing line with the first pages (almost) ready. We’re racing for a start date of the 8th so fingers crossed! On Friday, I’m going to release some of the sketches for issue two and I’m sure you’ll love them as much as I did.
If you like it, hate it or hold no feelings whatsoever then let me know by comment or by contact form. I need feedback to know if I am doing this right as I am a beginner in all this.


