Folks- True Names have the power we grant or deny them as a society. That said- there's exceptions and qualifiers to every so-called rule in this life. It's often about picking and choosing our battles. Or should it be said as - having our battles chosen FOR us instead of BY us?<div>
<br></div><div>Make no little plans- was a phrasing attributed to one of Chicago's planners: </div><div><br></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><a href="http://burnhamplan100.lib.uchicago.edu/history_future/plan_of_chicago/">http://burnhamplan100.lib.uchicago.edu/history_future/plan_of_chicago/</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://burnhamplan100.lib.uchicago.edu/history_future/plan_of_chicago/"></a>Essentially we should take that at face value. Balanced against the wisdom of not having our grasp exceed our present reach. So we have to expand our reach! </div>
<div><br></div><div>That's to me done by the culturally loaded term "Evangelism" as in the literal appearance of the term upon contact info for Palm Pilot staffers and PUG members! The folks who were early adopters that went beyond mere appliance operator status are our future cadre. Reaching out to embrace every Foo_UG and Bar_Monger group we know folks in is essential to Hackerdom becoming all I see it being capable of. </div>
<div><br></div><div>As for "who am I to speak in such grandiose sweep?" </div><div><br></div><div>I'm just one of the rank&file who saw some things few are saying/doing. Walk the walk so to speak is also done by stuff like my "HACKER" key ribbon. and my bloglinks to CCCKC. </div>
<div><br></div><div>No- not all of us have the ability to be the creators of Awesome Goodness in the ways folks like Mitch or Bre etc- and all you less trumpeted ones do. </div><div><br></div><div>We ALL can be Evangelistic in reclaiming the term HACKER and doing so proudly- Leading By Example.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Remember- the world judges Hackerdom by our applied ethics. </div><div><br clear="all">Oren Beck<br><br><br>
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