[Noisebridge-discuss] ATTENTION EVERYBODY: GET A LIFE!

[Patrick Keys]

The consideration's long been done.  You are preaching to the choir. 
I've long since determined that Noisebridge is broken and also I'm not a 
good fit.  The organizational culture at Noisebridge is just too much of 
a disorganized mess.

...But Noisebridge is the only real hackerspace within San Francisco. 
The rest are dull co-working spaces and there's also TechShop.  It has 
almost been worth putting up with the broken-ness of Noisebridge to meet 
professional contacts, which occasionally does happen.  As somebody with 
a business degree, I would have also liked to have said that I 
contributed to somehow making the organization of Noisebridge a better 
experience.

As the only hackerspace in "The City", I would have though initially 
that Noisebridge could be a flagship positive example for other 
hackerspaces, the "Grand Lodge" of Silicon Valley / Northern California 
hackerspaces, if you will.  But that's never going to happen.


Patrick Keys




On 2/24/2011 10:15 AM, Colin Keigher wrote:
> Patrick:
> If you're not welcomed to the space, maybe you should consider not
> coming? I know that it sucks to be booted from a community but perhaps
> you're a square in a round hole there? You know what I mean? It isn't
> healthy to try and defend yourself when consensus is up against you.
>
> Maybe cut your loses and consider doing something else? I think that is
> the best thing you should do from here on.
>
> All:
> As an outsider and fellow hackerspace-ian, I can understand the troubles
> that Patrick may be giving you--we've run into individuals that have
> given us grief as well. However, it is really upsetting to see a
> well-respected hackerspace bring themselves down to the level where
> there is public fighting on an open mailing list. It seems to damage the
> integrity of Noisebridge and only serves as an example of what not to do.
>
> Perhaps what should be done is what we do at our hackerspace and keep
> this sort of dramatics to a members-only mailing list.
>
> - Colin
>
> On 2/24/11 9:17 AM, Patrick Keys wrote:
>> ATTENTION EVERYBODY:
>> GET A LIFE!
>>
>> ANYBODY THAT CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING MORE INTERESTING THAN ME TO DISCUSS
>> OBVIOUSLY HAS NO LIFE.
>>
>> MOVE ON!
>>
>>
>> Patrick Keys
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