I’ve been subscribed to Douglas Rushkoff’s email list for some time now. He is the author of “Exit Strategy“, an open source novel available online. Better yet, if you purchase it, all proceeds are donated to the Free Software Foundation and the EFF. Anyhow, his latest dispatch reminded me of an impending geek conference, H2K2. Yet another that I’ll be unable to attend. It’s taking place this weekend in NYC. Sponsored by the good folks at 2600.
“H2K2 is the 2002 Hackers On Planet Earth (HOPE) conference, a gathering for hackers of all types.”
It’s bound to be a great event, overall. Rushkoff and a host of other luminaries will be speaking there. But one of the most intriguing names on the schedule has to be Aaron McGruder.
“Aaron McGruder is the writer and illustrator of the daily comic strip Boondocks which has been entertaining, educating, and outraging members of the populace for years. Some of these strips have focused on hacking and have come closer to accuracy than virtually anything else in the newspapers they appear in.”
Dang but that would be interesting. Guess I’ll have to read about it. After the fact. As usual. Sigh.