Geek Bravado

My name’s Gerry and I’m from Canada’s capital city Ottawa where I live with my awesome girlfriend. It’s not a perfect place but I really love it here and can’t see myself living anywhere else any time soon. I work for an awesome company doing IT during the day and also have a side business fixing computers on-site and remotely for homes and businesses. I’m a huge video gamer, tech enthusiast, net neutrality advocate, animal lover and frequently a proud contrarian.

The purpose of this blog is to give a single place to put my frequently non-mainstream and sometimes blunt opinions on a number of topics. Many of them will probably revolve around technology and gaming but I may dive into other issues such as economics, politics and social issues or whatever else if I’m feeling adventurous. I have no aspirations of turning blogging into a career, nor do I have any professional training as a writer. I won’t create the next New Yorker piece but I like to think I’m pretty good at conveying my viewpoints in a way that’s articulate and free of ubiquity. My main goals with Geek Bravado are to both improve my writing skills and hopefully contribute something new to people’s thought processes when considering the various issues of the day.

I do have comment moderation turned on simply to prevent spam but will approve all posts that are intelligently written, whether you agree with me or not. I encourage spirited debate and dissenting opinions but if you post something akin to what you’d find in a YouTube comment, expect it to get deleted. I don’t demand agreement, just brains.

Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy it!