Jan Chipchase is employeed by Nokia in the "corporate anthropology" field, but he considers it "design research," as he's not an anthropologist by training. His work covers researching
how people modify their phones in China, India, Ghana, and elsewhere, adding features or extending battery life. He also tracks how
cellphones are associated with personal identity and how they are playing roles far from urban and suburban centers. In some locations, cell phone numbers are written above doorways for identification, when there is no official map or organization for streets. He also blogs about his experiences, and his most recent post, he covers the rise of "
Super Fakes."
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posted by filthy light thief
on Sep 3, 2009 -
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The Happy Hacker offers you the secrets and tools to become an
Überhacker and
Cyberwarrior, and even
how to build a railgun. But who is this Happy Hacker? Though
other folks are now involved with the website, Carolyn P. Meinel is the primary face of The Happy Hacker. She is a long-time computer hacker, going back to
getting unapproved access to the PLATO system (
previously). She started Happy Hacker because "
all sorts of guys were begging me, 'teach me how to hack'." Her webpage gained attention, getting mentioned in
The Happy Mutant Handbook, and being invited to speak at
Defcon. But there are people
who doubt her credentials, and others who are
a lot more harsh. Regardless of the backlash, and the
appearance that the peak of The Happy Hacker has passed,
her articles are still being published.
posted by filthy light thief
on Apr 29, 2009 -
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