[Noisebridge-discuss] Sleeping at NB

Jacob Appelbaum jacob at appelbaum.net
Thu Dec 23 00:24:12 UTC 2010


On 12/22/2010 04:20 PM, Rachel McConnell wrote:
> Patrick, please calm down.  Just because someone else got all pissy,
> doesn't mean that you need to.  Be the bigger person.*
> 
> Also.  A common subtext in your emails seems to be that you've
> discovered some new idea that has never been thought of or discussed
> before.  This is usually not the case.  May I draw your attention to the
> mailing list archives, here:
> 
> https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/
> 
> It's searchable via Google using, say "sleeping site:noisebridge.net".
> Please read up on the history of these issues so you can get a sense of
> the state of people's opinions and ideas.  It will help people take you
> more seriously if you can say "I know people have said X, Y, and Z in
> the past, but I believe P, Q, R for these reasons".
> 
> Rachel

This is pretty great advice in general - the mailing list archive is
probably the largest thing one could call our institutional knowledge
base. We have a rich oral tradition too but that requires a different
set of skills; there's also a page on the wiki about The Great
Noisebridge Flames.

All the best,
Jake



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