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Geeky Specialists on Lootist
By Great White Snark | November 22, 2007
If you haven’t already heard (perhaps from a write-up on Mashable, for example), the official version of my startup Web site, Lootist, was released this week. In short, it’s a place where real-life specialists can guide you to the best products by hobby or interest. You can build a wishlist, make your own product recommendations, and even declare your own specialty… which is how you can get a handsome widget like the one you see in my right-hand sidebar.
It’s all true. Just ask the person who writes my marketing copy. Oh, wait. That’s me.*
I’m really excited about the site getting some momentum and about the diverse set of specialists who are signing up to share their expertise on the site. At this moment, though, what’s really tickling my soft, geeky spot… that area about halfway between my medula oblongpetula and the vans defferdermis… is that we’ve already got a rock-solid group of high-credential geeks in residence, not limited to:
He actually worked at LucasFilm. If you discount the fact that he shared breathing space with George “I ruined Star Wars” Lucas, that’s pretty legit.
If he’s good enough to be an Animation Director at Electronic Arts, then he’s probably good enough for Lootist.
What? He’s also done effects work on Lord of the Rings, X2, and Transformers? Stop already. I’m repulsed by grossly-overqualified people.
Who said broads can’t be geeks? (And who said referring to women in chauvinistic terms isn’t almost as fun as ‘employing’ third world children to make my sneakers?)
Most folks aren’t supposed to surf Engadget and TreeHugger on company time, but this lady gets paid “the big bucks” by a Fortune 500 consumer technology firm to unearth gadgetry that eco-minded geeks can enjoy.
I mean, I don’t think that’s all she does for work, but… you know what I mean. She probably “leads initiatives to increase environmental dividends and reinforce corporate responsibility,” but what does that have to do with the price of tea in China? …or, more importantly, with the cost of slave wages in Thailand?
When he’s not collecting, blogging about, thinking about, talking about, or–let’s face it–probably pleasuring himself to awesome collectible toys, Paul of ToyBender fame makes time to recommend the coolest collectible toy swag on Lootist.
I readily recognize Stephen’s expertise in this area–he is the writer of the sold-out first volume of Jesus Hates Zombies, after all–even though he refers to his specialty as “comics” and not “comic books”.
Not everyone can be blessed with my dazzling sense of anal-retentiveness.
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* Ok, so the joke wouldn’t have flown as well if it had gone, “It’s all true. Just ask the person who writes my marketing copy. Oh, wait. That’s me, with frequent editorial feedback from incredibly-helpful friends.” But the truth is, much as with eating: I can barely do it on my own. So, thanks… you know who you folks are.
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November 22nd, 2007 at 10:13 pm
congratulations (from a longtime lurker). nicely done!
November 22nd, 2007 at 10:17 pm
Hey, thanks, (d)l! Glad to have you in the comments.
November 24th, 2007 at 3:46 am
Wow! This “nickolai” who is on Lootist sounds like one cool dood I would love to hang out with!
November 26th, 2007 at 2:53 pm
For the record, I have no sexually interacted with any toys. Now if I got my hands on a Tonner brand Supergirl doll, then that would be another matter… or if somehow my fiance would let me finance that Real Doll I could dress up like Supergirl… ah hem.
November 26th, 2007 at 3:03 pm
Paul, no one’s judging you.
Much.
November 27th, 2007 at 11:41 am
Humph. I guess “Baby Gear” and “Sex Books and Products” are interesting to geeks? What, geeks don’t have sex, or babies?
November 27th, 2007 at 6:26 pm
Not lately. Thanks for reminding me.
November 27th, 2007 at 9:33 pm
Don’t worry, GWS. People who have babies don’t have sex, either.