I think it’s safe to say that many of you who are reading this right now consider yourself a geek and you couldn’t be more proud. Today we’re asking what kind of geek are you, and I think Scott Johnson’s 56 Geeks Project will help you answer that question. He designed all of these geeks after a sketch or two inspired him to come up with as many geeky stereotypes as he could. He ended up with 56 different ones, and I must say, they are so creative. I included 10 of the geeks I thought you guys would be able to relate to best, but check out his entire collection. Obviously he put a lot of work into this, so if you want to support him, you can order your own geeky prints from his site. So what kind of geek are you?
Nintendo Geek
Portable Geek
Apple Geek
Linux Geek
Code Geek
Transformers Geek
Engineer Geek
Electronics Geek
Podcast Geek
Photo Geek


I’m a Film Geek, definitely.
I’m a regular over at My Extra Life and have had one of these posters up in my office for a while now. My coworkers enjoy looking at it and seeing what type of geek they are.
I think I’m represented several times.
Yea there is no way I could begin to categorize myself in just a few … there is just too many correct options!
I’m definitely a Linux geek, although I try to not to live up to the cliché.
Nintendo Geek…mixed with a little Rock Geek.
Let’s see:
con geek
Nintendo geek
Webcomics geek
Anime geek (though not even freaking close to how that picture looks)
oh my lord, the picture zoom thing is beautiful! i dont com here enough!
Yep, it’s been there for a few months
And what exactly is the Linux cliché?
I’ll explain this with a few quotes:
- “That program sucks because it’s not open source”
- “Windows Vista sucks, even though I haven’t tried it myself”
- “I wonder if I could make my refrigerator use Linux firmware…”
So basically, the Linux cliché is open source hippie-ism.