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

[jim]

    live and let live as much as possible. if something 
is presenting a real affect, then try to deal with it 
in as local and accepting manner as possible. please. 




On Thu, 2011-02-03 at 23:33 -0800, Albert Sweigart wrote:
> 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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