Hackaday

Hackaday
Web address hackaday.com
Slogan Fresh Hacks Every Day
Commercial? Yes
Type of site
 Weblog
Registration Optional
Available in English
Owner Supplyframe Inc.[1]
Editor Mike Szczys
Launched September 2004
Current status Online

Hackaday is a Blog which publishes several articles each day about hardware and software hacks. A hack refers to modifications of a product or software as well as the creation of something entirely new for convenience, novelty, functional or creative reasons. Hackaday also has a YouTube channel where it posts projects and how-to videos. Hackaday's logo is called The Jolly Wrencher.

History

Hack a Day was founded in 2004 as a web magazine for Engadget devoted to publishing and archiving "the best hacks, mods and DIY (do it yourself) projects from around web".[2] Hackaday has since split from Engadget and is currently powered by Wordpress.com.[3]

Hackaday.io

Hackaday.io started as a project hosting site in early 2014 under the name of Hackaday Projects [4] to provide a hosting space for documenting hardware and software projects. It has now grown into a social network of over 50,000 members [5] creating projects which cover a wide range of topics that appeal to the DIY mindset.

Accolades

In 2007 Computerworld magazine ranked Hack a Day #10 on their list of the top 15 geek blog sites.[6]

Hacks featured by the media

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Hello from SupplyFrame – your new evil overlords!". Hackaday.com. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  2. ↑ Torrone, Phillip (October 2004). "Introducing Hack A Day, the gadget hack archive". Engadget. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "Hack a Day". Wordpress.com. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  4. ↑ "Introducing: Hackaday Projects". Hackaday. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "Hackaday.io Reaches 50,000 Registered Users". Hackaday. Retrieved 9 Feb 2015.
  6. ↑ Computerworld staff (1 May 2007). "Top 15 geek blog sites". Computerworld. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  7. ↑ Springmann, Alessondra (December 2009). "New Hack Gives You Droid Root Access". PC World. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  8. ↑ Springmann, Alessondra (October 2010). "Hack-o-Lantern: The Pumpkin With an LED Matrix". PC World. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  9. ↑ Jacobsson Purewal, Sarah (March 2011). "Hack: Portable NES Console Looks Fantastic!". PC World. Retrieved 15 November 2011.

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