Book review – "Just a geek"

Did you just read "Book review"
as a title on this site?  Seriously?  Has Duffbert
taken over this site as nobody
now believes one man can read all the books he reviews?  Is the sky
falling?  Nope… I actually read a book that had nothing to do with
IT and thought that some people that read this site may like it.  It
also links to a Lotus blogger in a weird way.  

A few days ago I ordered "Just
a Geek" by Wil
Wheaton.  For those that
don’t know, Wil played the part of Wesley Crusher in Star Trek TNG years
and years ago (he was 14 at the time) and also appeard in films like "stand
by me" and other bits and
pieces.  The part we didn’t see was that he was A class a geek.  The
part he didn’t see was he was a class A writer.

Having recently published a number of
books, and maintaining his own blog site that would put our hit counts
to shame, he has compiled a "blogobiography", reviewing his life
as an unhappy actor (having left Star Trek as he had enough of the scripts,
but not the people)  with worries and issues, and using his early
website posts as references to what he was going through.  From money
problems to acting issues, to online hatred, this guy had it rough (as
many actors/artists) and wrote about it online.  Then his rise as
an online presence, blogger, author and acceptance of his history in a
TV show that I can only imagine was typecast hell.

I read it in 4 hours.  Its an easy
read, well put together, honest and engaging.  Hell there are enough
geek references to keep anyone in the IT community happy.   At the
end of the book, Kathleen
McGivney gets special mention
as one of his friends that has always helped hm along.  Weird to see
your friend’s name in print in a book like this.  Hmm… maybe I can
skip queues now saying "I have a friend who is a friend of a famous
person."  

Maybe not.

Read it, its well worth the time.