https://hashbang.ca/tag/politics Recent content in Politics on Hashbang.ca Hugo en-us Mon, 21 Jan 2013 22:35:00 -0400 https://hashbang.ca/post/book-review-coding-freedom-by-gabriella-coleman Mon, 21 Jan 2013 22:35:00 -0400 https://hashbang.ca/post/book-review-coding-freedom-by-gabriella-coleman/ <p>I&rsquo;ve just finished reading <a href="http://gabriellacoleman.org">Gabriella Coleman</a>&rsquo;s new book <em>&ldquo;Coding Freedom: The ethics and aesthetics of hacking&rdquo;</em> (<a href="http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9883.html">2013, Princeton University Press</a>) which culminates over a decade of field research, in-depth interviews, observation, and participation in the hacker scene globally. In this case, &ldquo;hacker&rdquo; refers to the free/open-source software (FOSS) hacker, and in particular the Debian project.</p> <blockquote> <p>Hacking is where craft and craftiness converge.</p> </blockquote>