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"Hacking" review at gnovis

Submitted by brad on Sun, 01/11/2009 - 17:53

I just posted a review of "Hacking: Digital Media and Technological Determinism" over at gnovis.

On Friday afternoon, during my third attempt to locate Steven Weber's book "The Success of Open Source" at Lauinger Library, I scanned the spines of several hundred books, hoping to find it misshelved nearby. Instead, I stumbled across Tim Jordan's "Hacking: Digital Media and Technological Determinism," which has turned out to be the most delightful read I've come across since I began working on my thesis. Read More ยป

If you're reading this blog, this book is a must read. And at only 140 very-accessible pages, it'll only take an afternoon.

 

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From Coding to Community: Iteration, Abstraction & Open Source Software Development is a self-published book by Brad Weikel, adapted from his Masters thesis of the same name. This book is an exploration of iteration and abstraction in the practices of programming, as these concepts relate to the politics and production of FOSS projects. Iteration, in this context, refers to the writing of software through incremental changes, leaving it ever subject to further modifications. Abstraction, on the other hand, refers to the use of interfaces to hide complexity, thereby enabling new relations between code and people. (Read More)
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