If you follow me on Twitter you may have noticed a mention or two about #NerdBus and you may be asking yourself “What the crap is Nerd Bus?”
I think @pbpope described it best. “The nerdbus means freedom!”
A little back story:
On Sept. 23, 2010 Scott Johnson of Utah twittered a request on how to best ship a Mame Arcade cabinet that was being gifted to him by Chris Pope who lives in Georgia. There was some discussion on Twitter and I told Chris he should send me the cabinet and I would drive it to Utah for Nerdtacular 2011. At this point me and Chris jokingly discussed driving to Utah with the cabinet. Then someone recommended we pick up Scott Fletcher on our journey to Utah. This is when my brain started thinking “Man…that’s a lot of nerds in 1 vehicle. We’ll need a van.” Then a few twitter folks decided they would also like to be picked up during our cross country trek (Some out of our way, some not.) So I decided to ask directly. “If you want to ride the nerd bus tweet ‘I wanna ride the nerdbus’ #nerdbus.” After a few minutes, I was getting requests from all over the world and some were including seating requests. At this point I was afraid I would be annoying people with all my tweets about the #nerdbus so I hopped on over to Godaddy and bought the domain name http://nerdbus.info (because it’s on sale.) I set up a quick forums page and asked people what Nerd Bus meant to them. You can check that out here.
I also asked for sponsors and @maphook was kind enough to volunteer it’s support and to drive the bus.
So that’s the story. From simple idea to a movement.
I think it’s a cultural mindset of nerds wanting to get out and meet more nerds and be part of something hopeful and what better way to do that than to get on a big ole bus and ride it all the way to Nerdtacular with the nerdiest people you can pick up.
Brian D.
UPDATE: There is also a thread on Twitter that has sprung up that is a hybrid of #moviequotes and #nerdbus. Nothing can stop the bus. Ride the bus.
People who are talking about Nerd Bus:
http://twitter.com/Bearbutt
http://twitter.com/maphook
http://twitter.com/_shortkaik
http://twitter.com/zekethesquirrel
http://twitter.com/scather
http://twitter.com/missiondeep
http://twitter.com/KindleWomen
http://twitter.com/justinbic
http://twitter.com/jamesmsmith
http://twitter.com/Daniora
http://twitter.com/andycaster
http://twitter.com/jammerjun
http://twitter.com/golaniy
http://twitter.com/AskBuxley
http://twitter.com/BoredomBoy
http://twitter.com/bailinski
http://twitter.com/belstardust
http://twitter.com/another1up
http://twitter.com/HordecuriousAIE
http://twitter.com/hbd
http://twitter.com/artx
http://twitter.com/chinbeard
http://twitter.com/frogpantsfeed
http://twitter.com/Foxlore
http://twitter.com/pbpope
http://twitter.com/Gabrieli_SC2
http://twitter.com/Eightbitgod
http://twitter.com/Cory_Baker
http://twitter.com/TheZiv
http://twitter.com/DJCount
http://twitter.com/TheLegend84
http://twitter.com/Artsoldier1
http://twitter.com/zoxbok
http://twitter.com/rjames86
http://twitter.com/Tweetsonfire
http://twitter.com/mrscottfletcher
http://twitter.com/AaronSpainPhoto
http://twitter.com/KC_Geek_Chic
http://twitter.com/igobyluke
http://twitter.com/treksinscifi
http://twitter.com/AnyaSilverfur
http://twitter.com/1c3nin3
http://twitter.com/davejmike
http://twitter.com/mollie_taylor
http://twitter.com/pathmarkexpress
http://twitter.com/Big_Smitty71
http://twitter.com/chad4224
http://twitter.com/shogan01
http://twitter.com/extralife
http://twitter.com/ThePooh269
http://twitter.com/underscorefunk
http://twitter.com/whatzamatta
http://twitter.com/andycollier
http://twitter.com/Qwirk
http://twitter.com/Skr33
http://twitter.com/legrande
http://twitter.com/mancinas
http://twitter.com/RandilJ
http://twitter.com/copperdome
http://twitter.com/lyonsbane
http://twitter.com/Taurencake
http://twitter.com/bigdeano9087
http://twitter.com/scottyd
http://twitter.com/bonnyface
http://twitter.com/HikikomoriinLA
http://twitter.com/GretchenKoch
http://twitter.com/daytimebore
http://twitter.com/ekaproxy
http://twitter.com/CircleK_Fans
http://twitter.com/RandilJ
http://twitter.com/wmoyer650
http://twitter.com/rockitude
http://twitter.com/ognawk
more coming