Interesting speech from Tim O’Reilly on this year’s ETech event. Why does he love hackers? Check it out!
Although I agree with what he is saying, I need to add a few more things. First and foremost, hacking is a state of mind. It is not something that you can learn but it is definitely something that you can cultivate until you start understanding it. Second, hacking is not all about solving complicated problems. I don’t agree. Hacking is about solving problems (any kind) in a creative way. It is the art of being innovative in its most simplistic form. Innovation is also the act of finding new solutions on an old problems so don’t be fooled by the so-called new
factor.
Basically, hacking is everything that you can change or use in undesired or unintended, interesting and rather innovative ways in which you are solving a problem.
