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“View From the Alpha Geek”

From ACM Technews:

Programmer Rael Dornfest keeps track of IT innovation and innovators as
part of his job putting together O’Reilly & Associates’ Emerging Technology
Conferences. He says the key to understanding technology trends is to find
the trend-setters, or alpha geeks, that are widely recognized by their …
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2004-6/0220f.html#item10

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