[nzlug] New term: tinkerer

[Greg Fawcett]

I'd shorten it to "tinker", just like the wanderers who made a living fixing
things for people, back when you didn't just buy a new one. Maybe its a
matter of degree - I can't claim to be a full-bore hacker, but a tinker just
about sums my skill level up.

So we have hacker, tinker... what comes next down the scale? And can we do a
version of the "Tinker tailor, soldier sailor" rhyme?

2008/7/15 Nevyn <nevynh at gmail.com>:

> On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 7:58 PM, yuri <yuridg at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 2008/7/14 Craig Box wrote:
> >> While we're on the topic, it's time to drop the use of the word
> 'hacker'.
> >> The media have co-opted the term and given it a new meaning in the minds
> of
> >> the world. Find a new word to mean tinkerer.  Hell, use tinkerer.
>  Discuss.
> >
> > I like that. Tinkerer. Has a nice ring to it.
> > I am not a hacker (in the new sense of the word). I am a tinkerer.
>