What the heck is a “HerGeekness”?

"HerGuruness" didn't have that funny 'k' sound ...

Hi there — I'm Anne-Marie, the chief bottle washer in this joint.

A number of years ago, a consulting client jokingly left a phone message requesting tech support from “Her Geekness,” referring to yours truly. My office manager at the time thought it was the funniest thing she'd heard to date, and from then on referred to me as Her Geekness, or just "Geekness" for short.

When I called the client back to see what was up, I mentioned that Susan was still chuckling over the phone message. He said he hoped I understood it to be complimentary — it was his design staff's nickname for me in their office. The whole firm was on a tech support contract with me, and apparently I had been batting a thousand with their questions. They thought I was unstumpable.

As the world of electronic design got more complicated, I of course became highly stumpable like everyone else. But the nickname stuck, and transmorgrofied into the inner cap style you see all over my site. Must be trendy don't you know. Anyway, I think it's fun to use — I just trust that my clients take it with the humorous grain of salt that is implied.