Mark Frauenfelder on maker culture, openness and AppleI'm attending Respect The Internet in NYC, a one-day conference highlighting the sometimes tenuous and touchy relationship between online culture and traditional marketing/media. Among the morning's star presenters was Boing Boing founder and MAKE magazine/Maker Faire standard bearer Mark Frauenfelder, who discussed the maker ethos and the DIY manifesto (user-replaceable parts! screws not glue!) while highlighting some fascinating sites, companies and grass-roots efforts around the world.
I noticed that Mark was presenting from an 11" MacBook Air, which had the effect of making his lap and hands look unusually large -- but it also made me wonder how the idea of a hackable product ecosystem with full user access is reconciled with Apple's attitude toward hacking in general and hardware modification/upgrades in particular. Since I had the chance to ask him about it, I did. His response is nuanced; he's "not an extremist" about openness, although he wants to see greater accessibility in product design. "Not everything has to be open," he noted.
A video clip of the Q & A (sorry for the Stickam quality) is in the second half of this post. The conference continues this afternoon; you can tune into the live feed here.Continue reading Mark Frauenfelder on maker culture, openness and AppleMark Frauenfelder on maker culture, openness and Apple originally appeared on TUAW on Fri, 03 Dec 2010 13:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Source | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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