Being a geek (and/or nerd) is fashionable and it is a fact, when I was a kid, reading comics or liking computers was not something socially approved and today, for example, Marvel is something mainstream and we all wear it. a computer in the hand in the form of a smartphone.
I do not intend to only make a gift guide because with the passage of time you will exhaust the list and we will return to the same gift premise without any latent intention, although I will give you wildcard ideas so you can save the gift of Kings (January 6) and you can think in advance about the rest of the year's gifts for that person in your group who is a geek or nerd and who you never know what to give.
From my point of view, I fit perfectly into the intersection of both meanings, it is not difficult to know what to give me. I am a very open person, and I talk about what I like or what I don't like. So just like I care about other people's tastes and interests, what they do or what they might want or need… it just takes a little bit of thinking. empathy.
All this is to avoid the extreme and wild card situation of buying a tie and perfume on Father's Day. OK? Yes Is it impersonal and has little emotional value? Also.
So well I'm going to leave you one list of details that can serve as a useful giftfunny, in different price ranges and that make it clear that you care about those people.
List of geek-nerd gifts that are a sure hit
A person like me has many electronic devices: mobile phone, laptop, tablet, eBook and therefore already an external battery, well, actually more than one. However, you probably don't have a battery with cutting-edge charging technologiessuch as models with 65W USB-PD charging.
We are talking about a gift that can go from being useful to replacing one you already have because it is better, allows you to charge your laptop on-the-go or even kills time on public transport or airplanes, since there are models that even have emulated games and a screen.
A good gift has to deliver: I know you, I care about you and I have thought of something that could really work for you.
In my particular case, I have also had to travel a lot this yearon a plane, sitting for hours. Any little detail to improve that experiencefrom noise-cancelling headphones to a simple phone holder to hold on the plane.
It could also be a person who likes to take notes by hand and for this there are cheap options such as a Rocketbook or go for more elaborate and expensive options such as an iPad or devices with an electronic ink screen that allow you to take notes such as Kindle Scrible, Remarkable or even Bigme Inknote color which is a tablet with Android, screen from e-Ink to color and pencil.
Thinking about personal tastes, you can always give training as a gift. Suppose you are someone who likes music and plays an instrument by ear but doesn't dare do more. There are courses that you will surely love, such as Jaime Altozano's – Musihacks for piano.
But it can also be language training, or simply programming AI bots that may sound like Chinese to you, but surely we, your geek friends, will appreciate it.
Secrets to always get that Geek friend right | Nerd | Geek
It is true that, from my head with all those attributes, I do not see it as complicated but the summary of how to get it right is simply to be empathetic, see what you like and orbit around those issues to see how to improve or enhance them.
If someone likes anime, say One Piece or Naruto, you can always have a personalized clothing detail with its protagonists, a small keychain or headphone case with the logo, you don't have to spend a fortune. It is simply a detail in which it is clear that you know that you listen to him and give him something useful and that he likes.
And no, not all geeks are nerds, or all nerds are geeks. Everyone has their own tastes, and if I like anime, a friend with “similar qualities” may not like it. So simply listen to what he likes, put yourself in his situation and think about what he might like.
With just that small effort, you will surely begin to get it right and dispel that difficulty that you saw before reading this text.