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Hackett exits iiNet's Top Geek poll; appointed judge
Renai LeMay
Monday, 31 January 2011 09:30
The competition, run over the past month, has seen scores of Australians enter and try to prove how big a geek they are in various fields, with knowledge about technology, science and science fiction being common themes. The winner will take home an all expenses paid trip to a 'geek conference' of their choice overseas '” for example, Comicon, South by SouthWest or CES.
But in a post on its website on Friday, iiNet noted Hackett had bowed out.
'One of the most prominent contestants was Simon Hackett, a self-professed geek from Adelaide, who also happens to be the CEO and founder of the successful internet company, Internode. Despite being popular with our Top Geek visitors, Simon kindly relinquished his place in the finals to become one of our five judges for the final rounds of geek challenges,' the company wrote.
Hackett confirmed the decision in a post on broadband information site Whirlpool.
'Indeed, Simon now is a judge,' he wrote, thanking those who had voted for him to win the competition and describing it as 'kinda a joke that turned serious'.
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