User:Martind - Revision history

Martind: /* Obsolete Pages */

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Obsolete Pages

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	* [[/Broken]] -- perceived LHS problems people currently complain about at the Hackspace.		* [[/Broken]] -- perceived LHS problems people currently complain about at the Hackspace.
	* [http://www.emfcamp.org/ EMF 2012] ([http://wiki-archive.emfcamp.org/2012/ wiki archive], [~~http~~://wiki-archive.emfcamp.org/2012/articles/m/a/r/User:Martind.html archived user page], [[Project:UK_Hack_Camp \| old meeting minutes]])		* [http://www.emfcamp.org/ EMF 2012] ([http://wiki-archive.emfcamp.org/2012/ wiki archive], [https://wiki-archive.emfcamp.org/2012/articles/m/a/r/User:Martind.html archived user page], [[Project:UK_Hack_Camp \| old meeting minutes]])
	* Propaganda: [http://londonhackspace.github.com/propaganda/posters/cost-of-hacking/ The Cost of Hacking] ([https://github.com/londonhackspace/propaganda/tree/master/posters/cost-of-hacking github])		* Propaganda: [http://londonhackspace.github.com/propaganda/posters/cost-of-hacking/ The Cost of Hacking] ([https://github.com/londonhackspace/propaganda/tree/master/posters/cost-of-hacking github])
	* [[Project:Bitcoin/Bitcoin_Weekend_2011 \| Bitcoin Weekend 2011]]		* [[Project:Bitcoin/Bitcoin_Weekend_2011 \| Bitcoin Weekend 2011]]

Martind: /* Infrastructure Projects */

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Infrastructure Projects

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	Experience shows that some adjustments can prevent problems later on:		Experience shows that some adjustments can prevent problems later on:
	* Make sure to tell people about your plans. Otherwise there's a good chance you'll get distracted by silly misunderstandings and oversights, and lots of redundant labour. Strictly speaking you should probably also inform yourself about what other initiatives came before yours, and build on them.		* Make sure to tell people about your plans. Otherwise there's a good chance you'll get distracted by silly misunderstandings and oversights, and lots of redundant labour. Strictly speaking you should probably also inform yourself about what other initiatives came before yours, and build on them.
	* Don't be too protective of your work and turn yourself into a bottleneck; instead allow others to help you whenever you are stuck. Find the local specialists. When coordinating group work: [~~http~~://wiki-archive.emfcamp.org/2012/articles/m/a/r/User:Martind/Induction.html#Making_Important_Decisions Involve your community in larger decisions].		* Don't be too protective of your work and turn yourself into a bottleneck; instead allow others to help you whenever you are stuck. Find the local specialists. When coordinating group work: [https://wiki-archive.emfcamp.org/2012/articles/m/a/r/User:Martind/Induction.html#Making_Important_Decisions Involve your community in larger decisions].
	* And most importantly: make a habit of handing over your work to others once you realise you don't have the time/patience/resources any more to support it. Don't just drop it and run away.		* And most importantly: make a habit of handing over your work to others once you realise you don't have the time/patience/resources any more to support it. Don't just drop it and run away.

	These suggestions reflect the nature of infrastructure work: others may be relying on you to actually finish. However taken together these suggestions may make your spare-time experiment feel like tedious "work": depending on your personality type and mood you may feel like the overhead is tar-sanding your project, and it becomes hard to stay motivated. So in the interest of progress it is sometimes best to keep quiet; apply your best judgment whether this applies to you, and avoid creating needless bottlenecks for others while you play.		These suggestions reflect the nature of infrastructure work: others may be relying on you to actually finish. However taken together these suggestions may make your spare-time experiment feel like tedious "work": depending on your personality type and mood you may feel like the overhead is tar-sanding your project, and it becomes hard to stay motivated. So in the interest of progress it is sometimes best to keep quiet; apply your best judgment whether this applies to you, and avoid creating needless bottlenecks for others while you play.

	=== Informal Authorities ===		=== Informal Authorities ===

Martind at 12:01, 9 May 2015

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	Martin Dittus, [mailto:martin@dekstop.de martin@dekstop.de], @[https://twitter.com/dekstop dekstop], [http://dekstop.de/ dekstop.de]. Long-time member, London Hackspace [[Organisation/Trustees \| trustee]] from 2011-2014.		Martin Dittus, [mailto:martin@dekstop.de martin@dekstop.de], @[https://twitter.com/dekstop dekstop], [http://dekstop.de/ dekstop.de]. Long-time member, London Hackspace [[Organisation/Trustees \| trustee]] from 2011-2014.

	When you're pondering questions of diversity in tech: remind yourself that an interest in technology for technology's sake is highly unusual. Most people care more about the rest of life. Instead of trying to cater your own tech activities to "minority groups", appreciate that there are many other hacker/maker activities where technology only plays a tangential or supportive role. Often these are the most interesting and potent applications of tech!

	== Pages ==		== Pages ==
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	* "[https://www.msu.edu/~zpneal/publications/neal-diversitysoc.pdf The (In)compatibility of Diversity and Sense of Community]" (PDF), simulations suggest group diversity is in conflict with group cohesion -- another argument for forming interest groups within large diverse communities to maintain overall cohesion ([http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2013/11/paradox-diverse-communities/7614/ commentary])		* "[https://www.msu.edu/~zpneal/publications/neal-diversitysoc.pdf The (In)compatibility of Diversity and Sense of Community]" (PDF), simulations suggest group diversity is in conflict with group cohesion -- another argument for forming interest groups within large diverse communities to maintain overall cohesion ([http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2013/11/paradox-diverse-communities/7614/ commentary])
	* "[http://blog.systemed.net/post/11 OpenStreetMap ten years on, and why it's time for a fresh slate]", Richard Fairhurst on the role of the board in OSM: to supply the 5% of work that won't otherwise happen in an all-volunteer driven organisation.		* "[http://blog.systemed.net/post/11 OpenStreetMap ten years on, and why it's time for a fresh slate]", Richard Fairhurst on the role of the board in OSM: to supply the 5% of work that won't otherwise happen in an all-volunteer driven organisation.

			== Hackerspace diversity ==

			When you're pondering questions of diversity in tech: remind yourself that an interest in technology for technology's sake is highly unusual. Most people care more about the rest of life. Instead of trying to cater your own tech activities to "minority groups", appreciate that there are many other hacker/maker activities where technology only plays a tangential or supportive role. Often these are the most interesting and potent applications of tech!

	== Spc Mgmt ==		== Spc Mgmt ==

Martind at 11:59, 9 May 2015

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	Martin Dittus, [mailto:martin@dekstop.de martin@dekstop.de], @[https://twitter.com/dekstop dekstop], [http://dekstop.de/ dekstop.de]. Long-time member, London Hackspace [[Organisation/Trustees \| trustee]] ~~since late~~ 2011.		Martin Dittus, [mailto:martin@dekstop.de martin@dekstop.de], @[https://twitter.com/dekstop dekstop], [http://dekstop.de/ dekstop.de]. Long-time member, London Hackspace [[Organisation/Trustees \| trustee]] from 2011-2014.

	When you're pondering questions of diversity in tech: remind yourself that an interest in technology for technology's sake is highly unusual. Most people care more about the rest of life. Instead of trying to cater your own tech activities to "minority groups", appreciate that there are many other hacker/maker activities where technology only plays a tangential or supportive role. Often these are the most interesting and potent applications of tech!		When you're pondering questions of diversity in tech: remind yourself that an interest in technology for technology's sake is highly unusual. Most people care more about the rest of life. Instead of trying to cater your own tech activities to "minority groups", appreciate that there are many other hacker/maker activities where technology only plays a tangential or supportive role. Often these are the most interesting and potent applications of tech!

Martind: /* Recommended Reading */

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Recommended Reading

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	* [http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/bitwise/2014/12/wikipedia_editing_disputes_the_crowdsourced_encyclopedia_has_become_a_rancorous.html Encyclopedia Frown] on Slate: "“The encyclopedia that anyone can edit” is at risk of becoming, in computer scientist Aaron Halfaker’s words, “the encyclopedia that anyone who understands the norms, socializes him or herself, dodges the impersonal wall of semiautomated rejection and still wants to voluntarily contribute his or her time and energy can edit.” An entrenched, stubborn elite of old-timers, a high bar to entry, and a persistent 90/10 gender gap among editors all point to the possibility that Wikipedia is going adrift.”"		* [http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/bitwise/2014/12/wikipedia_editing_disputes_the_crowdsourced_encyclopedia_has_become_a_rancorous.html Encyclopedia Frown] on Slate: "“The encyclopedia that anyone can edit” is at risk of becoming, in computer scientist Aaron Halfaker’s words, “the encyclopedia that anyone who understands the norms, socializes him or herself, dodges the impersonal wall of semiautomated rejection and still wants to voluntarily contribute his or her time and energy can edit.” An entrenched, stubborn elite of old-timers, a high bar to entry, and a persistent 90/10 gender gap among editors all point to the possibility that Wikipedia is going adrift.”"
	* "[https://www.msu.edu/~zpneal/publications/neal-diversitysoc.pdf The (In)compatibility of Diversity and Sense of Community]" (PDF), simulations suggest group diversity is in conflict with group cohesion -- another argument for forming interest groups within large diverse communities to maintain overall cohesion ([http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2013/11/paradox-diverse-communities/7614/ commentary])		* "[https://www.msu.edu/~zpneal/publications/neal-diversitysoc.pdf The (In)compatibility of Diversity and Sense of Community]" (PDF), simulations suggest group diversity is in conflict with group cohesion -- another argument for forming interest groups within large diverse communities to maintain overall cohesion ([http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2013/11/paradox-diverse-communities/7614/ commentary])
			* "[http://blog.systemed.net/post/11 OpenStreetMap ten years on, and why it's time for a fresh slate]", Richard Fairhurst on the role of the board in OSM: to supply the 5% of work that won't otherwise happen in an all-volunteer driven organisation.

	== Spc Mgmt ==		== Spc Mgmt ==

Martind: /* Recommended Reading */

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Recommended Reading

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	** Automated reversion tools help reduce spam, but users employing them on newcomers' edits don't often explain why edits are reverted, which alienates new people. (LHS: the "rule hammer" and "ban hammer")		** Automated reversion tools help reduce spam, but users employing them on newcomers' edits don't often explain why edits are reverted, which alienates new people. (LHS: the "rule hammer" and "ban hammer")
	** there's a great barrier to entry when formulating policy changes, hard for newcomers to engage, and newcomer considerations are consequently not included well		** there's a great barrier to entry when formulating policy changes, hard for newcomers to engage, and newcomer considerations are consequently not included well
			* [http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/bitwise/2014/12/wikipedia_editing_disputes_the_crowdsourced_encyclopedia_has_become_a_rancorous.html Encyclopedia Frown] on Slate: "“The encyclopedia that anyone can edit” is at risk of becoming, in computer scientist Aaron Halfaker’s words, “the encyclopedia that anyone who understands the norms, socializes him or herself, dodges the impersonal wall of semiautomated rejection and still wants to voluntarily contribute his or her time and energy can edit.” An entrenched, stubborn elite of old-timers, a high bar to entry, and a persistent 90/10 gender gap among editors all point to the possibility that Wikipedia is going adrift.”"
	* "[https://www.msu.edu/~zpneal/publications/neal-diversitysoc.pdf The (In)compatibility of Diversity and Sense of Community]" (PDF), simulations suggest group diversity is in conflict with group cohesion -- another argument for forming interest groups within large diverse communities to maintain overall cohesion ([http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2013/11/paradox-diverse-communities/7614/ commentary])		* "[https://www.msu.edu/~zpneal/publications/neal-diversitysoc.pdf The (In)compatibility of Diversity and Sense of Community]" (PDF), simulations suggest group diversity is in conflict with group cohesion -- another argument for forming interest groups within large diverse communities to maintain overall cohesion ([http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2013/11/paradox-diverse-communities/7614/ commentary])

Martind at 09:26, 2 September 2014

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	Martin Dittus, [mailto:martin@dekstop.de martin@dekstop.de], @[https://twitter.com/dekstop dekstop], [http://dekstop.de/ dekstop.de]. Long-time member, London Hackspace [[Organisation/Trustees \| trustee]] since late 2011.		Martin Dittus, [mailto:martin@dekstop.de martin@dekstop.de], @[https://twitter.com/dekstop dekstop], [http://dekstop.de/ dekstop.de]. Long-time member, London Hackspace [[Organisation/Trustees \| trustee]] since late 2011.

			When you're pondering questions of diversity in tech: remind yourself that an interest in technology for technology's sake is highly unusual. Most people care more about the rest of life. Instead of trying to cater your own tech activities to "minority groups", appreciate that there are many other hacker/maker activities where technology only plays a tangential or supportive role. Often these are the most interesting and potent applications of tech!

	== Pages ==		== Pages ==

Martind: /* Recommended Reading */

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Recommended Reading

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	Inspirational:		Inspirational:
	* [http://runningahackerspace.tumblr.com/ Running a Hackerspace Tumblr]		* [http://runningahackerspace.tumblr.com/ Running a Hackerspace Tumblr]

			Other spaces:
			* [https://github.com/tdfischer/hackron/blob/proposals/values/VALUES.md Hackron: values] a hackerspace in Akron, Ohio

	Literature:		Literature:

Martind: /* Recommended Reading */

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Recommended Reading

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	* UK Hackspace Foundation wiki: [http://www.hackspace.org.uk/view/Charitable_status Charitable status]		* UK Hackspace Foundation wiki: [http://www.hackspace.org.uk/view/Charitable_status Charitable status]
	* Mailing list discussions: [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/london-hack-space/K6uTZgSoCb0/e8yd9JM2LAAJ LHS won't benefit from reduced business rates]		* Mailing list discussions: [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/london-hack-space/K6uTZgSoCb0/e8yd9JM2LAAJ LHS won't benefit from reduced business rates]
	* UK Hackspaces mailing list: [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/uk-hackspaces/rzLfyIsrsoQ/c91chFSRHkQJ Access to under-18s], [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/uk-hackspaces/qRRNFyleleg/8ooBxpztUBMJ Health & Safety]		* UK Hackspaces mailing list: [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/uk-hackspaces/rzLfyIsrsoQ/c91chFSRHkQJ Access to under-18s], [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/uk-hackspaces/qRRNFyleleg/8ooBxpztUBMJ Health & Safety], [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/uk-hackspaces/Rb51q9U9w6Y/jt5AuwUokiMJ Insurance]

	Inspirational:		Inspirational:

Martind: /* Recommended Reading */

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Recommended Reading

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	* Russ Garrett: [http://russ.garrett.co.uk/2009/10/25/starting-a-non-profit-in-the-uk/ Starting a Non-Profit in the UK]		* Russ Garrett: [http://russ.garrett.co.uk/2009/10/25/starting-a-non-profit-in-the-uk/ Starting a Non-Profit in the UK]
	* UK Hackspace Foundation wiki: [http://www.hackspace.org.uk/view/Charitable_status Charitable status]		* UK Hackspace Foundation wiki: [http://www.hackspace.org.uk/view/Charitable_status Charitable status]
	* Mailing list ~~discussion~~: [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/london-hack-space/K6uTZgSoCb0/e8yd9JM2LAAJ LHS won't benefit from reduced business rates]		* Mailing list discussions: [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/london-hack-space/K6uTZgSoCb0/e8yd9JM2LAAJ LHS won't benefit from reduced business rates]
			* UK Hackspaces mailing list: [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/uk-hackspaces/rzLfyIsrsoQ/c91chFSRHkQJ Access to under-18s], [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/uk-hackspaces/qRRNFyleleg/8ooBxpztUBMJ Health & Safety]

	Inspirational:		Inspirational: