Yes. This. Me. Entirely and completely, this describes me.

A nerd needs a project because a nerd builds stuff. All the time. Those lulls in the conversation over dinner? That’s the nerd working on his project in his head.

Guilty.

Your nerd’s insatiable quest for information and The High has tweaked his brain in an interesting way. For any given piece of incoming information, your nerd is making a lightning fast assessment: relevant or not relevant? Relevance means that the incoming information fits into the system of things your nerd currently cares about. Expect active involvement from your nerd when you trip the relevance flag.

Yes. I’m constantly being accused of not paying attention, and… well… this is why.

I could easily go on quoting every other line of @rands‘ article, but I won’t. You can just go read it. Now. Then, maybe then, you’ll understand us nerds a wee bit better. (Yes, I know this article is relatively old, and no, I didn’t just come across it today, but still. It’s relevant.)