Talk:The Hackers Conference

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Reliable Sources
The most reliable sources of reference to The Hacker's Conference are the book by Steven Levy and a stand-alone documentary produced by KQED. I am due for another date of attendance, at the 25th Hacker's Conference, and will at that time scout for other suitable references. William R. Buckley (talk) 16:07, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Obtained this information from WGBH Boston, regarding the first Hacker's Conference:

Title: Hackers - Wizards Of The Electronic Age

Program Notes: A Special about the heroes of the computer revolution. It presents the achievements of sometimes maligned electronic pioneers like Apple Founder Steve Wozniak, "Phone Phreak" Cap'n Crunch, Macintosh designers and other hackers. Profiles some of the most interesting personalities behind this cultural phenomenon from MIT research labs to Silicon Valley.

Presenter: KQED 2601 Mariposa Street San Francisco, CA 94110-1400 (415) 864-2000 www.kqed.org

Aired August 1986

William R. Buckley (talk) 16:32, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

This show is now available on DVD through Amazon: Hackers - Wizards of the Electronic Age. William R. Buckley (talk) 19:48, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

There's also the paper "How Digital Technology Found Utopian Ideology: Lessons From the First Hackers’ Conference" by Fred Turner (Department of Communication, Stanford University). Mind matrix  15:30, 29 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Actually, the Conference tries very hard NOT to be biased toward the computer industry. 171.66.48.97 (talk) 00:37, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

Looking to edit content, started working on my sandbox --Slewis51 (talk) 03:33, 24 September 2018 (UTC) Adding sources and editing content to inteoduction Slewis51 (talk) 01:29, 8 October 2018 (UTC) Removed last sentence since there was no citationSlewis51 (talk) 01:35, 8 October 2018 (UTC)