Engaging Recruiters with Hacker Trading Cards (opens in new tab)

(blog.hackthology.com)

52 pointsybot15y ago32 comments

32 comments

arethuza15y ago

I initially read that title as "Enraging" - which I thought sounded quite fun.

stevejohnson15y ago

Well, depending on the recruiter...

Magnin15y ago

Need an Alan Turing, Larry Wall, Stroustrup.

Maybe Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Dan Bricklin (VisiCalc), Charles Babbage, John von Neumann, Rear Admiral Grace Hopper.

burgerbrain15y ago

The Knuth card should also be far more powerful :P

bfung15y ago

"Attack of the Personal Clones" expansion would have to include Bill Gates... ;)

jbermudes15y ago

This reminds me of a hobby I've been meaning to start: Collecting autographs of a lot of these famous people in computing (bonus points if it's on an item they created/developed). Seems like it'd make for cool decor in any hacker's room/cubicle/space.

StudyAnimal15y ago

I have started getting books autographed at conferences.

Swizec15y ago

Last autumn when I was visiting Apple I saw Steve Jobs in the dining place thingy. I had just bought a new iPhone earlier that week and I was SO close to going over and asking him to sign it.

I will likely forever regret that I didn't.

al0515y ago

Thinking about this.

I'd think i'd have the courage to go talk to the president of the united states or prime minister in the uk. However I'd don't think have the courage to talk to jobs.

stevejohnson15y ago

ybot also put them up on Flickr in case you don't like Posterous's browser:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tobywaite/sets/7215762579956148...

vizvizviz15y ago

ah, much easier to see, thank you

zppx15y ago

Cool, but the author switched the pictures of Thompson and Ritchie.

ybotOP15y ago

Whoops, so I did. Fixed.

smountcastle15y ago

Seems like the gist is incomplete. Where are the card template images and the scripts to composite the text onto the cards?

stevejohnson15y ago

While it would have been cool if we had done that, it was easier to just use Photoshop. We can put the PSDs on Dropbox or something.

regularfry15y ago

What no Hofstadter? For shame!

alnayyir15y ago

Not a Hacker (TM)

We'd have to get through a few 1,000 people before he'd be the next most germane individual.

regularfry15y ago

My brain felt thoroughly hacked by about half-way through GEB...

cabalamat15y ago

What's Alan Kay done to make him an enemy of the British government?

pchristensen15y ago

Looks like they got Alan Kay and Alan Turing mixed up.

stevejohnson15y ago

Ah crap, you're right. We were going to do Alan Turing eventually, so that will be fixed.

Edit: It's fixed now.

pavel_lishin15y ago

Can these actually be used in a game?

pchristensen15y ago

Sometime between now and when Duke Nukem ships, my game GeekStack will be the game you're looking for. I've reached out to Steven to see if there's any chance we swap notes.

pavel_lishin15y ago

Does your game have a website or anything I can track? I play a few times a month with a group of people into things like that, and I'd like to keep abreast of this.

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stevejohnson15y ago

No, sorry, but if you want to write some rules for us to tweak the cards to fit, feel free!

mathgladiator15y ago

This could be an interesting table top game for building software if a bunch of rank and file programmers are added along.

zck15y ago

RMS: 3RB

Creature -- Activist Hacker

R: Target permanent gains a chosen ability from another target permanent. Any player may play this ability.

B: Choose an untargetable or face-down card in play. Tap it. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

5/2

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Andythompson15y ago

These remind me a lot of the startup I'm at right now, https://www.meet-meme.com. We focus more on social networking, your online profiles and events.

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32 comments

arethuza15y ago

I initially read that title as "Enraging" - which I thought sounded quite fun.

stevejohnson15y ago

Well, depending on the recruiter...

Magnin15y ago

Need an Alan Turing, Larry Wall, Stroustrup.

Maybe Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Dan Bricklin (VisiCalc), Charles Babbage, John von Neumann, Rear Admiral Grace Hopper.

burgerbrain15y ago

The Knuth card should also be far more powerful :P

bfung15y ago

"Attack of the Personal Clones" expansion would have to include Bill Gates... ;)

jbermudes15y ago

StudyAnimal15y ago

I have started getting books autographed at conferences.

Swizec15y ago

Last autumn when I was visiting Apple I saw Steve Jobs in the dining place thingy. I had just bought a new iPhone earlier that week and I was SO close to going over and asking him to sign it.

I will likely forever regret that I didn't.

al0515y ago

Thinking about this.

I'd think i'd have the courage to go talk to the president of the united states or prime minister in the uk. However I'd don't think have the courage to talk to jobs.

stevejohnson15y ago

ybot also put them up on Flickr in case you don't like Posterous's browser:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tobywaite/sets/7215762579956148...

vizvizviz15y ago

ah, much easier to see, thank you

zppx15y ago

Cool, but the author switched the pictures of Thompson and Ritchie.

ybotOP15y ago

Whoops, so I did. Fixed.

smountcastle15y ago

Seems like the gist is incomplete. Where are the card template images and the scripts to composite the text onto the cards?

stevejohnson15y ago

While it would have been cool if we had done that, it was easier to just use Photoshop. We can put the PSDs on Dropbox or something.

regularfry15y ago

What no Hofstadter? For shame!

alnayyir15y ago

Not a Hacker (TM)

We'd have to get through a few 1,000 people before he'd be the next most germane individual.

regularfry15y ago

My brain felt thoroughly hacked by about half-way through GEB...

cabalamat15y ago

What's Alan Kay done to make him an enemy of the British government?

pchristensen15y ago

Looks like they got Alan Kay and Alan Turing mixed up.

stevejohnson15y ago

Ah crap, you're right. We were going to do Alan Turing eventually, so that will be fixed.

Edit: It's fixed now.

pavel_lishin15y ago

Can these actually be used in a game?

pchristensen15y ago

Sometime between now and when Duke Nukem ships, my game GeekStack will be the game you're looking for. I've reached out to Steven to see if there's any chance we swap notes.

pavel_lishin15y ago

Does your game have a website or anything I can track? I play a few times a month with a group of people into things like that, and I'd like to keep abreast of this.

2 more replies

stevejohnson15y ago

No, sorry, but if you want to write some rules for us to tweak the cards to fit, feel free!

mathgladiator15y ago

This could be an interesting table top game for building software if a bunch of rank and file programmers are added along.

zck15y ago

RMS: 3RB

Creature -- Activist Hacker

R: Target permanent gains a chosen ability from another target permanent. Any player may play this ability.

B: Choose an untargetable or face-down card in play. Tap it. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

5/2

1 more reply

Andythompson15y ago

These remind me a lot of the startup I'm at right now, https://www.meet-meme.com. We focus more on social networking, your online profiles and events.

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