[Noisebridge-discuss] personal computers at Noisebridge (was Re: Missing Green Bike /w Red Grips.)

lilia liliakai at gmail.com
Fri Feb 4 07:29:33 UTC 2011


FWIW, Isky's machine used to be located at the reverse engineering
bar, where it eventually became the source of social friction similar
to that which we are seeing now, and which may have contributed to its
relocation to the classroom in the first place.


On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 11:13 PM, Danny O'Brien <danny at spesh.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 9:33 PM, Albert Sweigart <asweigart at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Rather than try to change everyone else, it would be easier if Isky
>> moved his computer out of the classroom, or just moved it home instead
>> of using Noisebridge as his personal long-term storage for his
>> larger-than-a-member-shelf things.
>>
>> Isky was asked by multiple people to move his computer somewhere else,
>> and he just blows them off. Isky gets asked by multiple people to
>> actually work on projects instead of just using the space as his
>> living room, and he just blows them off. I don't think the problem is
>> people not being assertive enough with him.
>>
>
> I imagine Isky is getting heavily conflicting suggestions from all of
> Noisebridge on this. Some people seem to assertively want him to move the
> desktop or take it home, others probably tell him it's nice to have the
> desktop there, and that he's not in the way, and it's great that it's
> available for use. I don't think it's unusual in that situation to prefer
> the advice of the people who you already agree with.
>
>> Isky is going to continue to do whatever he wants. Sometimes that fits
>> well with others, sometimes it doesn't. But that doesn't influence
>> Isky's behavior.
>
>
>>
>> -Al
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 6:55 PM, Liz Henry <liz at bookmaniac.org> wrote:
>> > On 2/3/11 5:44 PM, Shannon Lee wrote:
>> >
>> >>> The trouble is, Turing is currently
>> >>> *always* in use, because someone's always camped on that PC."
>> >
>> > I don't think that's a trouble! It means the room is in use and
>> > someone's around keeping an eye on things. That's good!  I like the
>> > people camped on desktops in various rooms. I like it that there are
>> > people who spend all day at Noisebridge. They end up being awesome
>> > custodians of the space and should get respect for that.
>> >
>> > People who have trouble asking other people to move out of the room
>> > because a group wants to use it for a class, could ask other
>> > Noisebridgers to give them an extra class for role-playing out assertive
>> > and polite ways to ask, as practice.
>> >
>> > I'd happily teach that class (once I am over this month-long bronchitis)
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > - Liz
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Liz Henry
>> > lizhenry at gmail.com
>> > http://bookmaniac.org
>> > http://badgermama.com
>> >
>> >
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