[Noisebridge-discuss] What is a hack? What is hacking? Who are hackers?

[Melissalynn Perkins]

I've found that even more people don't know what "maker" means. I have a
short little spiel where I say it's not hacking like breaking into the
pentagon, but instead hacking like writing software or improving processes.

On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 3:54 AM, Sai Emrys <noisebridge at saizai.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 3:42 AM, aestetix aestetix <aestetix at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Without delving into a huge essay, there are two books I *highly*
> > recommend on this subject:
>
> I've read them. I know what we mean by "hacker". Give me some credit. :-P
>
> My point is that people outside the hacker community do *not*, and in
> fact have a highly negative and inaccurate association with it.
>
> And they aren't going to read some pro-hacker books or anything else
> like that. It's a struggle every single time just to get 'em to
> understand our meaning of the term - one that detracts from being able
> to simply have a conversation about how awesome it is to have a
> hacker/maker space. (I've had essentially the same experience as Rubin
> when trying to explain to non-hackers what a hacker space is.)
>
> I know, *we* all like the term. It's traditional for us, it's part of
> our culture, etc.
>
> But when talking to others, I don't think it's necessarily the best
> approach to convey the message.
>
> - Sai
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