What's a geek factor?
From a usability standpoint, it occurs to me that some readers may wonder about the functional value of the "Geek Factor" that accompanies every debabblog post. Just like Google's PageRank, the Geek Factor is a complex algorithm with thousands of variables that no mere mortal can hope to understand. The algorithm is housed in my brain and the variables include how much sleep I got and whether I had flaxseed cereal with organic blueberries or Captain Crunch and Red Bull for breakfast.Originally, when the debabblog consisted entirely of "debabbled" posts that defined web-related terms, the Geek Factor was a measure of how difficult or complex the topic was, or sometimes how confused the world seemed to be about it (ex. Web 2.0). Nowadays, the Geek Factor may represent one of three things: (1) difficulty of the subject, (2) geekiness of the subject, or (3) a number that looks pretty to me at the time.
So, the short answer is, while there's probably some shred of meaning left in the Geek Factor, I'm not sure it provides any great value. Mostly, I still have a bit of designer in my genetic code, and I think it looks cool. I will say that the coveted Geek Factor 4 is very rare (I didn't even grant it to this post), so approach those with caution.
