Chris Hardwick

We didn't understand irony yet in the '80s; we just kind of existed at face value, so there was no nerd cool yet because the digital revolution was still in its infancy. ”

I learned not to confuse 'busy' with 'productive,' but I'm still far too addicted to email to resist its early-morning digital snuggles. ”

While the liberal media elite depict the bowler as a chubby guy with a comb-over and polyester pants, the reality is that bowling is one of the most tech-heavy sports today. Robotic pinsetters and computerized scoring were just the beginning. ”

I think being an outcast is what sort of strengthens the nerd movement, because you're isolated, so you have time. ”

The nerdist movement is less about consumers; there is a large contingent that are creative nerdists instead of consumers. ”

The podcast movement was really a creative survival mechanism for standup comics. ”

I feel like so much of why I sort of want to work in television is so that people know to come see me live. ”

I think the mistake a lot of people make with new media is they just focus on one thing. But any one thing - just doing podcasts or just having a website or just doing television - isn't enough anymore. ”

You can't throw money at the Internet to make it work - it really is all about the quality of the content. ”

Like lycanthropy, the nerd gene can skip a generation. My maternal grandfather was a technophile. ”