Lecture Design-Hacking
“RSA Design & Society. Finding the truth in systems: in praise of design-hacking by Scott Burnham. In 1971 Californian John Draper received a phone call from a friend, informing him of a fascinating discovery. A toy whistle packaged in boxes of Captain Crunch cereal could, when blown, emit a perfect 2600 hertz pitch. The relevance of this was lost on Draper until his friend explained that this was the exact frequency required to trick the phone exchange into thinking that the phone emitting this tone was an operator, thus enabling the person to make calls anywhere in the world free of charge. All you needed to do was dial a certain number and blow the whistle into the mouthpiece of the phone, and seconds later communicating with the rest of the world for free was literally at your fingertips. The world’s phone networks had just been hacked.”
Passage out of Finding the truth in systems: in praise of design-hacking” by Scott Burnham.
Speakers:
- Paul Thompson
- David Godber
- Scott Burnham
- Colin McDowell
- Otto von Busch
Quotes:
“Modifying the system: Hacking”
“If you can’t open it, you don’t own it”
“Hiding potentials in everyday things”
“Use faith for social change”
“Hacking answers a need: revealing true ability”
Websites:
www.selfpassage.org
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