[shunter]

I've started defining 'hacker' as someone who's willing to 'eat their own dogfood' as it were. Someone that is willing to spend time working on the nuts and bolts that lead to some kind of productivity rather than just being productive with the tool / service to begin with.

I used to classify myself as a 'Hacker' and still do when it's something I want to learn more about. Most of the time, however, I'm more interested in just getting the benefits rather than tinkering with the internals. Sometimes, I'm a Hacker, sometimes I'm a consumer.