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Infographic of the Day: The Many Species of Geek

BY Cliff KuangMon Dec 14, 2009
A sprawling diagram of geek culture, including all the objects of geek affection.

This map of the various species of geek--and their activities, obsessions, slang, idols, and social communities--is stunningly exhaustive. Not much to say about it, except that there is perhaps one type of geek missing: The Infogeek. That is, the kind of geek that would spend weeks on end tabulating such a map, color-coding it, and drawing it out. Full-size version here.

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[Via VisualThinkMap]