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I'm talking to people about the habits, hacks and desktop arrangements they've developed to cope with the demands of leading an organised, technology-strewn life. What high-achieving geeks do you think I should interview?
I'll talk to anyone. My only, very rough rules at this stage are:
Got to be geeks.There are plenty of books and guides for people who are managers or generally interested in organising their lives. I think geeks have their own problems and solutions. I leave "geek" deliberately undefined. You know what I mean.</li>
Don't got to be famous.If you know someone who you think is the best-organised geek you've ever seen, put their name down (or
mail me, if you'd like to preserve their privacy. Famous people get picked for this list because it's the start of my list. There are plenty of my friends I'll be hobnobbing for this And if your friends fit, I'd like to chat to them too.
Don't worry about the ubercoder thing.I'm well aware that some well-known geeks get most of their work done just be being naturally very good at programming. Doesn't matter. I'm still curious to see how they work. And why shouldn't people who are fantastic at coding get some hints on how to organise their lives from their peers, too? Just because you can code a decompiler in your sleep doesn't mean you pay your phone bill on time.
Here's the start of my list. It's warped in favour of people I know, which I'd like to shake off as quickly as possible. I'd love to speak to more Windows people, less Web usual suspects, more people I haven't met yet!
Don KnuthWard CunninghamNat Friedman,
Miguel de IcazaBram MoolenaarMorbus IffSimon CozensCory DoctorowSophie WilsonBob FrankstonJoel SpolskyEric RaymondRMSPhil AgreTim Berners-LeeKevin KellyBrian BehlendorfPaul VixieAnne MitchellGuido Van RossumBrad deLongLinda StoneAaron SwartzJoshua SchachterPaul FordJoi ItoJon Singer
