Published in Fast Thinking, 2007

Rosanne Bersten visits the SuperHappyDevHouse, where geeks prove the benefits of togetherness and tinker with the future. Download published version: The Happy Household (PDF) more »

Written for Fast Thinking, 2007. Not published… Version 2 was published instead.

Mike Lewis is 21. He’s rake thin, with dark hair, an eyebrow piercing and a winning smile. We’re in a large beautiful home in Los Altos, near San Jose, California. There are more than a hundred people here, drinking and partying. Mike bounces over to our photographer. “Do you work with film?” he asks. “I want to show you something!” He’s pulls out his own camera, a Canon Powershot A710. He’s hacked it so it works as a light meter. more »