Showing posts with label blog names. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blog names. Show all posts

Saturday, January 17, 2009

The Meaning of My Blog's Name

Welcome to Techgnos, a new blog by an employee of the Alachua County Library District to report on my exploration of Web 2.0 technology through 23 Things @NEFLIN.

So what's up with the funny blog name?  (Say it TEK-nohss.  Ch to be pronounced like k.  G silent.  O long.  Hiss the s.)  Okay, so now it's pronounceable--but what's it supposed to mean?

Well, tech is the first syllable of technology, and gnos derives from gnosis, which means arcane knowledge.  A techno is someone with lots of technical knowledge.  A gnostic is an earnest seeker after hidden truths.

So I guess I hope the name suggests a quest for as-yet-undiscovered technological information, which is what 23 Things at NEFLIN embodies for me.