I’m mentioned in the Der Spiegel blog today! Ragni-Serina Zlotos wrote an article about hackers on a plane and included a bit from me.

At the airport museum, the vacationers find themselves together in tent
villages in order to support the communities be it with aspects of camping
life or work on projects. Of course the whole camp is networked; internet
access is even in the remodeled mobile porta-potties; the so-called
“Dataloos”. However, the American hackers want to experience the people
at the camp, not the network. A scavenger hunt and German-English
pronunciation contest are set up to draw attention from the campers and
draw them into discussions.

This kind of communication strategy also seems to work for the New Yorker
Bre Pettis. At the Hackcenter he is absorbing hackers working on their
computers or fiddling with hardware projects. “There are so many great
people here. It’s only the second day and I’m already totally inspired.
When I come home I want to meet even more people and work with them to
found a hacker lab.”
- Translated Link