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"Everyday Hackers" in the Boston Globe







"Everyday Hackers" in the Boston Globe

"Everyday Hackers" in the Boston Globe 04/19/2004 12:24 PM

A Boston Globe article, "Everyday Hackers" by Robert Gavin, talks about the phenomenon of bringing hacks home to the citizen engineer. The article is nice enough to weave into the story the O'Reilly Hacks series I spend much time on, our new Hacking Projects for Geeks series, Paul Graham's "Hackers & Painters", and Ready Made magazine.

Today, a growing hacker culture is not only reclaiming the original meaning of the term but also applying its can-do ethic far beyond computer code to embrace everything from home electronics to home improvements. Just as the first hackers looked at behemothcomputers and rudimentary programs and insisted, "We can make them better," so are modern-day hackers looking at a wide variety of products, services, and materials and saying, "We can make these better, too."
...
Said Dornfest: "The difference between a hacker and consumer is a consumer says, 'I wish it would work this way.' A hacker says, `I've got a screwdriver and a few minutes.'"




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