<p dir="ltr">On a slightly more sociopathic note that only mirrors Naomi's well-founded advice, why do you seek the living amongst the dead? Shaming people effects little change--it assumes an agency that's often lacking--but moving a chair can have profound social consequences. -dru</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Apr 2, 2013 12:57 AM, "Naomi Most" <<a href="mailto:pnaomi@gmail.com">pnaomi@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">If you start seeing patterns of human behavior, look to the environment, not the individuals. �The chances are not high that all of those people are "stupid". �The chances are much higher that Noisebridge has a bad user interface.<div>
<br></div><div>For further reading, I suggest the first 3 chapters of The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A Norman.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 4:56 PM, Mitchel McAllister <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:xonimmortal@yahoo.com" target="_blank">xonimmortal@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font:inherit">The "stupid-free zone" lasted about 12.3 minutes, if you recall. That's about the time that the "Steve Jobs was teh gay" conspiracy talk started back up again.<br>
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<br></div>--- On <b>Mon, 4/1/13, Robert Benson <i><<a href="mailto:sf99er@gmail.com" target="_blank">sf99er@gmail.com</a>></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16,16,255);margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px">
<br>From: Robert Benson <<a href="mailto:sf99er@gmail.com" target="_blank">sf99er@gmail.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] Semantics<br>To: "NoiseBridge Discuss" <<a href="mailto:noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net" target="_blank">noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net</a>><br>
Date: Monday, April 1, 2013, 3:18 PM<div><div><br><br><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>while i agree that people talking while i am trying to focus is bothersome, i realize that noisebridge is quite large & there is usually another less used area in which i can retreat to; perhaps installing a few more ethernet cables would expand the usable space. <br>
<br></div>as to the newcomers & their inquiries, perhaps a well placed welcome board could be installed that could serve as a noisebridge primer in the event nobody is available or inclined to give a tour. dan has do-ocratically been greeting people at the upstairs door & he gives a damn good tour, imho. if people are really bothering you, maybe a do not disturb sign could be set up by you...kinda like your 'stupid free zone' sign.<br>
<br></div>me thinks, anarchy demands tolerance & communication<br><br></div>wishing you all the best<br><br></div>~robb <br clear="all"><div><div><div><div><div><br>-- <br><div><b><i><a rel="nofollow" href="http://occupysf.org" target="_blank">occupysf.org</a></i></b></div>
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<br></div><div><i><b>But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.</b></i></div>
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