It’s official, I’m a geek

Last night I attended the Boston Blogger Dinner and finally came to terms with the fact that I am a geek. A girlie geek, but still. I truly love what I do and feel very lucky that I get paid to write and put my creativity to good use. Talking to so many other bloggers who are as excited by the same things that I go crazy over was really, really cool.

I met a bunch of people and had tons of interesting conversations, and was pleasantly surprised at the number of women in attendance. I often feel outnumbered and ignored as a woman on the web, so it was nice to hear what other women deal with. Alyssa and Amanda each gave me their perspective on how they deal in this male-dominated field.

I’m inspired to be more aggressive, or assertive, or something; whatever you want to call it, what I really took away from last night was how to better stand up for my ideas and back up my opinions. ‘Cuz I know I’m right, so it’s up to me to make sure everyone else does too.

I’m now officially “out” as a geek, and I’m cool with that. I’m even excited for podcamp.