Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, American Heritage Dictionary
dig·er·a·ti (dj-rät) [dij-uh-rah-tee, ‑rey‑]
- plural noun
People who are knowledgeable about digital technologies such as computer programming and design: “the chasm between the high claims of the digerati and the misadventures of the novice Net user” (Publisher’s Weekly).[Origin: 1990–95; dig(ital) + (lit)erati]
About This Site
I have christened this place The Digerati Life, given that I intend to write about money, technology, my entrepreneurial endeavors and what the culture is like where I work and live. Here you’ll find a mish-mash of these subjects that interest me and what I have something to say about. This site will hopefully be enlightening and educational in the topics of personal finance (heavier weighting on this), self development, and business and entrepreneurship, while perhaps being entertaining as well. I’ll be adding commentary on how engineers work and play in the Valley. And of course, it will cover whatever strikes me about the Internet. Admittedly, I also have a little bit of a taste for macabre news stories so if it fits the theme here, I’ll be talking about it.
Not very many engineers write, or have the desire to, although quite a disproportionate number of financial bloggers are indeed engineers! But most programmers I know personally like playing with gadgets and games and working 14 hour days subject to surges of creativity and caffeine. I figured I would be one of those who would “represent”.
For more information about me, you can check out my profile.
The customary disclaimer: I would like to remind everyone that I am not a professional financial adviser and what I share here with you is based on my own personal experiences and research, and is heavily riddled with a lot of subjective opinion. Read, learn, surf, lurk and form your own conclusions. If you find anything here that is yours which you’d rather I not borrow, that’s cool — just let me know and I will take it down. And my employer has absolutely nothing to do with this blog.
My comment policy:
1. Readers are solely responsible and liable for their comments.
2. By commenting, you grant The Digerati Life license to use, modify, delete all comments.
3. Link backs made by commercial sites may be deleted.
4. Policy subject to change at any time.
5. Reader questions to my email box may be reprinted and used as the subject matter in posts.
Advertising and Other Inquiries
The Digerati Life has grown to the point where we are now able to accept sponsors and advertisers. Please contact me at the following email address if you are interested in advertising on this site:
thedigeratilife [at] gmail [dot] com.
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