Alan Sondheim on Sat, 4 Jun 2005 09:05:24 +0200 (CEST) |
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<nettime> forgotten mode of hacking |
forgotten mode of hacking http://www.asondheim.org/ - go to radio jpgs - from a 1922-1924 book on radio, the illustrations indicate that 'hacking' existed at least as early as 1920-21 - in relation to radio. the structures are similar - 'generation gap,' ad-hoc innovation, networking (there is a picture of an eleven-year-old teaching others; there are also prizes for the most innovative radio etc.), probing the radio spectrum as a form of exploration (and the spectrum as 'place'), free distribution of knowledge, etc. this is one of several books I've seen describing the 'boys' (and to some extent girls - Dorothea and Alice Hanna construct their own radio as well). given this, I wonder what other early technological communications 'hacking' existed - were 'boys' working with telegraphy for example? and for that matter, when did car mods begin? # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net