http://bencrowder.net/blog/2006/02/hackers-and-painters/ I make stuff. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:45:36 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://bencrowder.net/blog/2006/02/hackers-and-painters/#comment-20 Ben Sun, 19 Mar 2006 21:04:46 +0000 http://digitalbridge.blankslate.net/2006/02/03/hackers-and-painters/#comment-20 Hmm, my guess is that you run Windows and like Microsoft. Am I right? :) It seems like Microsoft junkies would find Graham's essays boring. For me, however, they're anything but a waste, and I suspect most people of the sort Graham describes -- real hackers -- would agree. Hmm, my guess is that you run Windows and like Microsoft. Am I right? :) It seems like Microsoft junkies would find Graham’s essays boring. For me, however, they’re anything but a waste, and I suspect most people of the sort Graham describes — real hackers — would agree.

]]> http://bencrowder.net/blog/2006/02/hackers-and-painters/#comment-19 Flip Tue, 07 Mar 2006 21:25:40 +0000 http://digitalbridge.blankslate.net/2006/02/03/hackers-and-painters/#comment-19 I have the book of the same title. I liked his contention that a hacker and a painter are both creative individuals, but the concept was in the book flap and the rest of the words were kind of a waste. I couldn't even finish it and I'm really anal about finishing books - I even read to the end of "The Plot Against America," and I hated every second of it. I have the book of the same title. I liked his contention that a hacker and a painter are both creative individuals, but the concept was in the book flap and the rest of the words were kind of a waste. I couldn’t even finish it and I’m really anal about finishing books – I even read to the end of “The Plot Against America,” and I hated every second of it.

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