Judging a Blog Post by its Title

My least read post is one of my favorite that I have written thus far.  I take full responsibility for its low readership numbers.  After all, I’m the one who gave it the off-putting title: How I Became a Hacker (and How You Can Become One Too). The term hacker has a lot of technical …

How I Became a Hacker (and How You Can Become One Too)

Until relatively recently (the past few years), I was too uncertain of my skills to do much of anything for myself.   I felt trapped by my own ineptitude. I wouldn’t move a piece of furniture, lest it be a wrong move. I tolerated bad designs, kept all the default setting on my computers and …