The main page of the wiki is very clear and nice. Picture have a create effect and also say a lot about the subject, which is “Hacker Ethics in Web 2.0 and 21st Century Content development”.
The '3some' team had four members and from main page is possible to view who has done which part of the work.
The upper links in the right corner doesn't contain any links, but actually it doesn't bother much because all the needed links are provided in the left column and also before every member name in the main page.
I started with hitting the link in front page and assume that this is the introduction page. It was. From introduction page I was able to read about the influence of web 2.0 on society, hacker culture and how hacker ethics are applied. I was also able to see many variants of hackers definitions and a bit of advance information about hackers. Interesting to know that word 'hacker' was nothing to do with computers at first, and this word could be applied to anybody who had skills and motivation to go beyond of expected limits.
There is also very precisely described the essence of the hacker. There is said that a hacker is a person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and like to program himself/herself; appreciates the hack value and is quick in thinking; is expert or enthusiast of any kind; enjoys intellectual challenges or is somebody who is poking around to discover sensitive information.
Hacker is the person who is called hacker by others not called by oneself. And if one claims he/she is hacker but isn't, then this will be soon discovered.
There are also mentioned some of the most famous hackers: Linus Torvalds, Dennis Richie, Ken Thompson, Stephen Wozniak and Tim Berners-Lee. Interesting to read about them.
There is also mentioned one very nice metaphor for hackerdom - gift culture. That hacker gives away the time, creativity and results of ones skills. Sweet - it sounds like Christmas time, when Santa is handing out the presents. :)
Provided also the list of things one should do to be respected by hackers. This would be very good knowledge for beginners.
Applicability of hacker ethics - it is written that hacker ethics has remained the same since MIT times, just environment have changed. And also that new hackers know traditional hacker rules, but just add some innovation for them because of changes in the society. Specially I liked: self defense and trust, but test. These were so contemporary.
When I am in the middle of reading it I suddenly realize that this introduction page is the hole work together and when clicking on the title, then I will be lead to each part separately. Very clever. :)
I am also able to read about the term web 2.0 and its history. It is mentioned that web 2.0 key feature is the development of software which allows mass participation in social activities like sharing pictures , video or information or just networking, bookmarking or tagging. There is also the list of popular web 2.0 websites.
In conclusion they are saying that: "Ideally Hacker Ethics will be better understood, perhaps even the term 'Hacker' can lose it's negative connotation in the future - and be less misunderstood."
The list of references is quite long and includes some of the names we have gone through in this course.
Also I like the forum idea. Discussions are always available to everybody and very easy to communicate.
This team managed to do their work well and would evaluate them with expression: very good.
The '3some' team had four members and from main page is possible to view who has done which part of the work.
The upper links in the right corner doesn't contain any links, but actually it doesn't bother much because all the needed links are provided in the left column and also before every member name in the main page.
I started with hitting the link in front page and assume that this is the introduction page. It was. From introduction page I was able to read about the influence of web 2.0 on society, hacker culture and how hacker ethics are applied. I was also able to see many variants of hackers definitions and a bit of advance information about hackers. Interesting to know that word 'hacker' was nothing to do with computers at first, and this word could be applied to anybody who had skills and motivation to go beyond of expected limits.
There is also very precisely described the essence of the hacker. There is said that a hacker is a person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and like to program himself/herself; appreciates the hack value and is quick in thinking; is expert or enthusiast of any kind; enjoys intellectual challenges or is somebody who is poking around to discover sensitive information.
Hacker is the person who is called hacker by others not called by oneself. And if one claims he/she is hacker but isn't, then this will be soon discovered.
There are also mentioned some of the most famous hackers: Linus Torvalds, Dennis Richie, Ken Thompson, Stephen Wozniak and Tim Berners-Lee. Interesting to read about them.
There is also mentioned one very nice metaphor for hackerdom - gift culture. That hacker gives away the time, creativity and results of ones skills. Sweet - it sounds like Christmas time, when Santa is handing out the presents. :)
Provided also the list of things one should do to be respected by hackers. This would be very good knowledge for beginners.
Applicability of hacker ethics - it is written that hacker ethics has remained the same since MIT times, just environment have changed. And also that new hackers know traditional hacker rules, but just add some innovation for them because of changes in the society. Specially I liked: self defense and trust, but test. These were so contemporary.
When I am in the middle of reading it I suddenly realize that this introduction page is the hole work together and when clicking on the title, then I will be lead to each part separately. Very clever. :)
I am also able to read about the term web 2.0 and its history. It is mentioned that web 2.0 key feature is the development of software which allows mass participation in social activities like sharing pictures , video or information or just networking, bookmarking or tagging. There is also the list of popular web 2.0 websites.
In conclusion they are saying that: "Ideally Hacker Ethics will be better understood, perhaps even the term 'Hacker' can lose it's negative connotation in the future - and be less misunderstood."
The list of references is quite long and includes some of the names we have gone through in this course.
Also I like the forum idea. Discussions are always available to everybody and very easy to communicate.
This team managed to do their work well and would evaluate them with expression: very good.
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