<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:bookman old style, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Nice one! I agree! Let's hack :-))</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>Frantisek<br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: bookman old style, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Rubin Abdi <rubin@starset.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Hackerspaces General Discussion List <discuss@lists.hackerspaces.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, November 27, 2011 6:53 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [hackerspaces] Out with the "hackers"... In with the "makers" and the "fixers"<br> </font> <br>
I try my best to not have my vocabulary refined and dictated by<br>mainstream media. One of the general goals of Noisebridge is to educate,<br>part of that is to reclaim the term hacker as our own.<br><br>While visiting Pumping Station: One about a year or so ago, a discussion<br>got thrown around regarding doing exactly what you're proposing. Some<br>members felt the catch phrase "Chicago's Hacker Space" (or was it "Your<br>Chicago's Hacker Space" don't remember) was spreading the wrong message.<br>Anyhow the discussion went in circles for that night and no one really<br>won (where I see this thread going). I see now they're catch phrase is<br>"Make. Hack. Craft." which I think is great and works for both crowds.<br><br>Additionally to people "making" and "creating" stuff at Noisebridge, we<br>also totally hack things in the conventional sense.<br><br>If I gave up and let mainstream media and the general public direct me<br>in what words to use when
describing who I am because I didn't want to<br>spend the time to educate them, I would have a white armband on with<br>blue stitching labeling out "TERRORIST FAGGOT IMMIGRANT HIPPIE COMMUNIST<br>CAMEL JOCKEY RAPIST HACKER". I would throw STEAM PUNK in there (there's<br>a true story behind that) but that might seem a bit ironic for the wrong<br>reasons. :)<br><br>-- <br>Rubin<br><a ymailto="mailto:rubin@starset.net" href="mailto:rubin@starset.net">rubin@starset.net</a><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Discuss mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Discuss@lists.hackerspaces.org" href="mailto:Discuss@lists.hackerspaces.org">Discuss@lists.hackerspaces.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss" target="_blank">http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss</a><br><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>