The word “nerd” has changed a lot in the last few years, evolving from a derogatory term meant to skewer uncool or out-of-touch individuals to a more value-neutral (and sometimes even positive) ...

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A geek is not a nerd. And vice versa. Unless, of course, they are. A portrait of the author as a young nerd When I was a kid, I wore thick black glasses, long pants that were too short with formal ...

Bill Murray and Gilda Radner’s nerds (Todd DiLaMuca and Lisa Loopner) were the real deal. They had the look and the voice and, most important, the personality. Murray explained what was so special ...

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My Forbes articles are inspired by many different things. This one was inspired by browsing social media and seeing that my colleague Brian McNoldy had posted a really neat analysis of near-surface ...

So where are the geeks? Watch “Black in America: The New Promised Land – Silicon Valley” at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET November 19 on CNN. Growing up in Dothan, Alabama, Makario Lewis knew there weren’t ...