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=== Thursday, November 7th: Hacking and Modding Communities === '''Goals for the class''' * Connect the way that online communities were invented to hacking and modding online communities by the common thread of “user innovation”. * Case on hacking and modding communities. '''Assigned Readings''' * [Case] Eric von Hippel, interviewed by Martha E. Mangelsdorf. 2011. The User Innovation Revolution. MIT Sloan Management Review. https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/the-user-innovation-revolution/ * [Case] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIGIC#Custom_firmware CHDK description in Wikipedia] * [Case] Wayner, Peter. 2010. “Tweaking a Camera to Suit a Hobby.” The New York Times, May 26, 2010, sec. Technology / Personal Tech. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/27/technology/personaltech/27basics.html. {{avail-uw|https://www.proquest.com/docview/346072852/fulltext/A244EAAB8E9B4524PQ}} * [Case] C.H.D.K. Wiki Take a look at the [https://chdk.fandom.com/wiki/CHDK CHDK home page] and explore the Wiki to get a good idea of what this community is about, what they do, and how it works. * [Case] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexus_Mods Nexus Mods Wikipedia Page] * [Case] Nexus Mods. Take a look at the [https://www.nexusmods.com/ home page] of Nexus Mods and get a sense of what this community is about. * [Case] Analysis of Nexus Mods -- Lee, D., Lin, D., Bezemer, CP. et al. Building the perfect game – an empirical study of game modifications. Empir Software Eng 25, 2485–2518 (2020). [https://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-019-09783-w Free download] '''Optional Readings''' * Rosenbaum, Ron. 1971. “Secrets of the Little Blue Box.” Esquire Magazine, October, 116. https://classic.esquire.com/article/1971/10/1/secrets-of-the-blue-box. {{avail-free|https://classic.esquire.com/article/1971/10/1/secrets-of-the-blue-box}} {{avail-free|http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/the_spectator/2011/10/the_article_that_inspired_steve_jobs_secrets_of_the_little_blue_.single.html}} * Mollick, Ethan. “Tapping into the Underground.” MIT Sloan Management Review 46, no. 4 (2005): 21. [http://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/tapping-into-the-underground/_Available_through_UW_Libraries http://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/tapping-into-the-underground/ Available through UW Libraries] * Mollick, Ethan. “The Engine of the Underground: The Elite-Kiddie Divide.” SIGGROUP Bull. 25, no. 2 (2005): 23–27. [http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1067721.1067726_Available_through_UW_Libraries http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1067721.1067726 Available through UW Libraries] * Scacchi, Walt. “Computer Game Mods, Modders, Modding, and the Mod Scene.” First Monday 15, no. 5 (2010). [http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2965 free download] * von Hippel, E. (2012). [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cKcAcm5NDOI The Paradigm Shift from Producer to User Innovation] (video lecture). * von Hippel, E. (2012). [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=odj5VnTI490 Users Working Together in Communities are Powerful Innovators] (video lecture). * von Hippel, E. (2005). [http://web.mit.edu/evhippel/www/democ1.htm Democratizing innovation]. MIT Press. <span id="friday-november-8th"></span>
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