I’ve got a bit of a man crush on Rands. I witnessed a very entertaining presentation he gave at SXSW and then was overwhelmed by the insight of his handbook and glossary. He seems to be a bigger geek, a better writer and more funny than me — your basic nightmare (it’s the funnier part that really hurts though).
My self-esteem had mostly recovered, but then was dealt a killing blow with his cool revelation that he can hammer out 90 words a minute when typing.
Now when I saw this I figured, “I’m a gifted windbag…urr, writer of long emails, maybe if I take a shot I can get this monkey off my back and get back a little bit of my mojo.”
Hmph–pathetic. However, the test is addictive — I’ve got to get nerd points for admitting that don’t I? Feel free to let me know how badly you kick my ass.
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