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Good hacker essays?
I'll be honest and say that this is for a college assignment. I need to choose an essay from which I can then study to understand more fully and finally come up with my own idea. Honestly, I am a little tired of most of the essays in our anthology so I'd like to use something that fit my experiences more.
It's hard to describe, but I'm looking for essays of the hacker-spirit, it doesn't have to be related to computers or tech. It just needs to come from that mindset.
The more general it is the better, so I'd prefer something about the values of openness and Free to one about the openness of Linux or something like that. I know PG has a large collection, but some pointers would still be nice. Also, good essays that you think hackers tend to like in general are also welcome, even if they're not "hacker-esque".
My apologies if it looks like I'm making HN do my homework. Please look at it more as me trying to find literature that is more representive of me. I will use others as possible choices, so please don't think I'm trapping myself into writing about hackers.
- pavelludiq 17y agoEric Raymond is a good start. I also like Steve Yegge's blog posts. Also Zed Shaw's essays are a good read, this one is my favorite: http://www.zedshaw.com/essays/master_and_expert.html http://www.zedshaw.com/essays/master_and_expert.html Surely theres a better list, but these are the first names that came to my mind.
- gollywog 17y agoI'd go for something by Paul Graham. Maybe http://www.paulgraham.com/hp.html http://www.paulgraham.com/hp.html Sort of appropriate for a question on HN, but it's also very good.
- tokenadult 17y agoThis Hacker News site has a library of essays and articles: http://ycombinator.com/lib.html http://ycombinator.com/lib.html (The link appears at the bottom of the main page.)
- hs 17y agohttp://www.paulgraham.com/gh.html http://www.paulgraham.com/gh.html http://www.foundersatwork.com/steve-wozniak.html http://www.foundersatwork.com/steve-wozniak.html http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/000932.html http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/000932.html
- ve 17y agoI just started reading "The hacker ethic" by Pekka Himmanen. Sounds like something you would be interested in.
- chanux 17y agoMy favorite by ESR http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html