The joy of the hack
I love Rich Skrenta’s post about the joy of the hack.
The essence of the hack isn’t just realizing you can use a system in a new, unexpected way. It’s getting a disproportionate effect from your effort. It’s catalyzing potential energy stored in the system…that aha feeling is the burst that let’s you know you just had a really cool idea. The moment you realize a hack is possible. NewHoo was like that. How do we build a web directory with human labor if we have no money? There were elements in Topix too that made us giddy when we thought of them. The hack doesn’t have to be code, it can be little business insights. Even groups of people and individuals have hacks.
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