DEFCON is not just about using technology to create or solve problems. Legal, social, and cultural factors come into play as well. While “Social Engineering” plays a part in con life, with talks, competitions, and gaining entry to parties, other people and organizations at the conference are keen to change behavior at levels from international […]
The HOPE Number 9 conference is approaching. HOPE is the “Hackers on Planet Earth” conference by 2600: The Hacker Quarterly, and it’s at the Hotel Pennsylvania in NYC this weekend. It’s held every couple of years. I’ve attended a few, and I’m looking forward to seeing many old and new friends. So far there have […]
Here’s a fun conversation from Foo Camp between Dale Dougherty and Steven Levy on the 25th anniversary edition of his ground-breaking book Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution. This is one of those books that changed the direction of my life. How about you?
Eric von Hippel raps about the Lego Group prospering by embracing hackers. It’s a great lecture on companies tapping into the creativity of their fans, rather than suppressing it. [Via openp2pdesign.org]
A VIMBY video about hackerspaces, featuring Philadelphia’s Hive 76 and Mr. Johnny Hackerspace himself, Mitch Altman.
Every year, Joe Grand, aka Kingpin, aka The Sultan of Solder, and hardware hacker extraordinaire, designs the badges for Defcon, the annual hacker convention in Vegas. The badges are more than just conference ID badges, they have electronics on-board that do something, and conferees have to figure out what that something is. There’s also a […]
Public Radio International/WNYC Radio’s The Takeaway has just produced a video offering a glimpse inside of NYC Resistor. Watch as they hack a sack o’ busted iPods and print out giant red grasshopper butterfly hybrids (no, really). The Takeaway
