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75 Words Every Sci-Fan Should Know

75 words every sci-fi fan should know: a list of terms that science fiction has invented or popularized. Among these is Whuffie, a key word at Cory Doctorow’s start-up, OpenCola, where I worked and had my “bubble” experience, including to move to and away from San Francisco.

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Global Nerdy is Joey deVilla's technical blog. It covers all sorts of nerdy things, whether they have to do with life, work or play -- from a short blurb on the latest tech news to a book or game review to full-length articles on some aspect of programming that he finds interesting.

Joey is the Nerd Wrangler at b5media, a Toronto-based startup behind a global media network of 320 blogs which get a total of 10 million pageviews a month. He brings a combination of software development skills, blogging experience and rock and roll accordion to b5.

(The standard disclaimer applies: the opinions expressed in this blog are solely those of Joey deVilla and do not necessarily reflect those of b5media.)

He's an active participant in TorCamp, a community of people interested in building up Toronto as a creative high-tech city.

Joey's best-known extracurricular activities are playing rock and roll accordion and blogging at his personal weblog, The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century.