An assertion of the
Owner’s Manifesto is “If you can’t open it, you don’t own it.” In some ways, I think this is similar to the hacker ethic. And this ethic is becoming more mainstream in practices like
IKEA hacking and
retail hacking. In addition to the useful technical tidbits, I enjoy the magazine’s essays and letters from readers (and the publisher’s responses). In fact, quite a bit of the magazine is devoted to these conversations, which I find refreshing and consistent with the hacker ethic of sharing and open dialogue.
