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What is Hobby-ism

Chapter 580
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
This refers to a form of 'hacking' process and practice by which an individual customize or adapt a product to one's preferences or tastes to get a desired utility value. People who indulge in this practice are called ‘hobbyists’, and by extension are those customers of products who rather than just accept the manufacturer’s design of a product, will try to adapt it to their specification.
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Exploring “Hacking,” Digital Public Art, and Implication for Contemporary Governance
Amadu Wurie Khan (University of Edinburgh, UK) and Chris Speed (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 15
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2255-3.ch580
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