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

[Albert Sweigart]

That was also back when Isky was only playing video games on it, which is
also a source of social friction at Noisebridge.

-Al
On Feb 3, 2011 11:29 PM, "lilia" <liliakai at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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