Hacking: The Ultimate Hobby

I used to think of hacking as something negative, as something you do to invade someone else's personal belongings. Back in the days of when MySpace was still popular (ha), it seemed like quite a common and exciting thing for others to hack into other people's profiles. Reading their messages, rewriting their information. Lame, but that's what I first think of. That or hacking into someone's email account, other other type of account which can be of great importance. I never thought of hacking as something positive and helpful to the technological world. I have absolutely zero knowledge of how anything works under the hood of a computer, phone, etc., so hearing about how others get into these systems and manipulate them to their liking is so impressive to me. The video that we watched in class was all about manipulating the phone system so they did not have to pay for calls, which led to inspire some bright people who founded Apple and started the whole Mac generation. I admire their intelligence in technological systems, and find it so inspiring how they did everything their way and paid attention to no rules. Steve Wozniak spoke about how he did not want to follow the way other systems worked, and wanted to create his own versions of what was already out there. This is such a great idea to follow as an artist, as it is so important to be ahead of the game and being the one to not simply follow other artists, but help the advancement of the art world in having an entirely new approach in it all.
Thank the world for geeks. And those who are constantly thinking forward.