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Hello!  My name's Naomi.
[[File:Nthmost.png|thumb|right|200px|Naomi at Noisebridge]]
'''Naomi Most''' aka '''nthmost''' — Member since [https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2009_08_25 August 25, 2009]


The "'''I''''s" have it!
Contact: '''nthmost''' on [[Discord]] | [[Slack]] | [https://github.com/nthmost GitHub] | [https://nthmost.com/ nthmost.com]


I became a Noisebridge member on August 25, 2009 [https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2009_08_25 August 25, 2009], and in early 2014, I successfully managed to become entrenched as a high-level administrative member of Noisebridge's elite Board of Directors.<br/>
''I spent my first decade at Noisebridge not writing things down. I didn't think anyone read the wiki, and I didn't know what was worth documenting. I was wrong on both counts. I'm here now trying to right that.''


While I have admittedly not contributed as much direct coding or hardware hacking as I would like to *'''at'''* the Space ever since I joined, I certainly Talk the Talk quite well as far as managing the full gamut of Noisebridge's Processes and Policies.  Most people besides *this* Most-person ;o) will readily recognize that I greatly prefer managing Noisebridge affairs remotely in my own manner of self-deprecating flippancy, as opposed to spending any significant amount of time on-site at the Space, naturally excluding attendance at meetings such as Tuesdays' Weekly.  This is primarily due to my various commitments, including holding down a full time job as well as taking care of my young boy.
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It goes without saying that I will rarely deign to personally show up at the Space for a hands-on event, unless it should attract awesome PR for me personally.
== Currently ==


I have an unhealthy fixation on streaming radio. [http://nthmost.net:8000 Here are some radios I host.]<br/>
Working on [[Guilds|guild structure]] as a model for distributed authority, [[Restorative_Communication|restorative communication]] practices, and helping Noisebridge navigate community dynamics.
Some (like [http://pcrcollective.org Mutiny Radio]) come from live studios and some (like [http://feliznavidadforever.com Feliz Navidad Forever] and [http://tomhiddleston.nthmost.com Radio Loki]) are algorithmically generated.<br/>
I use liquidsoap to sculpt the station, Python to wrap it, and icecast to stream it.


'''Old hacker on a rocking chair sessions:''' 5:55pm every Tuesday until the Tuesday meeting. Hear stories, meet other members, ask all the annoying questions you're too afraid to ask your own anarchist mom or dad.


Want to give me access to something so I can hack away on it at leisure? [http://nthmost.com/effluvia/id_rsa.pub Grab my public RSA key.]
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'''Recent writing:''' [[Anarchy_Paralysis|Anarchy Paralysis]] • [[Excellent_Hacker_Fallacy|Excellent Hacker Fallacy]] • [[Restorative_Communication|Restorative Communication]] • [[Nthmosts_Open_Letter_to_Noisebridge|Open Letter]] • [[User:Nthmost/Create_More_Masters|Create More Masters]]
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Naomi Theora Most<br/>
=== Working On ===
naomi at nthmost.com + pnaomi at gmail.com<br/>
 
+1-415-728-7490<br/><br/>
* '''Noisebridge automations''' — Automatically turning the lights on/off when people open or close the space: Noisebell → HomeAssistant → SmartLights
skype: nthmost<br/><br/>
* '''[https://nthmost.com/w/vikings Kells]''' — Upgrading the Noisebridge Wikimedia server. Named "Kells" as a ward against hordes of AI bot vikings.
http://twitter.com/nthmost<br/>
* '''[https://knob.nthmost.com KNOB panel]''' — Continuing to add Blade Runner-like panel widgets and unnecessary visual alerts to the KNOB panel for [[Beyla]] (the music server)
* '''Meeting notes automation''' — Script to automatically populate meeting notes from the Riseup Pad (work in progress)
* '''[[User:Nthmost/Create_More_Masters|Create More Masters]]''' — Talk given at NB16 (Dec 2025): an unronic anarchist manifesto for Noisebridge
 
== 🦆 Rubber Ducky Guild 🦆 ==
 
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'''The Rubber Ducky Guild''' is my flagship guild concept at Noisebridge.
 
The premise: explaining your problem to a rubber duck (or any patient listener) often reveals the solution. This guild practices:
* '''Listening without fixing''' - Sometimes people just need to talk it through
* '''Question-asking as an art''' - The right question unlocks understanding
* '''Psychological safety''' - No judgment, no mockery, just presence
* '''Debugging life, code, and everything''' - Works for technical problems AND emotional ones
 
'''Status:''' Active concept, seeking interested practitioners
 
'''See also:''' [[wp:Rubber duck debugging|Rubber duck debugging on Wikipedia]]
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== Projects & Work ==
 
=== Industry ===
 
* '''[https://orkes.io Orkes]''' / '''[https://conductor-oss.org Conductor OSS]''' — Currently lead on Conductor, the open-source workflow orchestration engine
* '''[https://streamlit.io Streamlit]''' — Data app framework; early engineer on the core engine, specializing in memory caching and media streaming
 
=== Noisebridge Infrastructure ===
 
* '''[[Guilds]]''' — Distributed authority model for hackerspaces; co-created with [[User:Arity|Mark (Arity)]] during the 2019–2020 nuclear winter
* '''[[KNOB]]''' — Noisebridge's FM radio station, broadcasting at 87.9 MHz
* '''[[Beyla]]''' — The Noisebridge music server powering KNOB: Liquidsoap + Icecast stack, streams to FM and online
 
=== Open Source Code ===
 
{| class="wikitable"
! Project !! Description !! Status
|-
| '''[https://metapub.org metapub]''' || PubMed/NCBI research access library || 100s of ⭐, cited in papers
|-
| '''[https://github.com/nthmost/illuminate illuminate]''' || Bioinformatics toolkit || In use at CDC
|-
| '''[https://pypi.org/project/secureconfig/ secureconfig]''' || Secure configuration management || Active
|-
| '''[https://pypi.org/project/sensate/ sensate]''' || Sensor data toolkit || Active
|}
 
All projects: [https://github.com/nthmost github.com/nthmost] • [https://pypi.org/user/nthmost/ pypi.org/user/nthmost]
 
'''Tech I like:''' AMQP • liquidsoap + icecast • Asterisk PBX • Raspberry Pi • Python (obviously)
 
=== Hardware Hacks ===
 
'''[https://github.com/nthmost/rb3_keytar rb3_keytar]''' — Rock Band 3 keytar repurposed as a wireless MIDI controller. Because why not.
 
{{#ev:youtube|TwV7fXDEKZQ|480||Goonies theme on the RB3 keytar}}
 
== Background ==
 
'''Languages:''' Irish/Gaeilge 🇮🇪 (fluent) • French (business fluent) • Japanese/日本語 (conversational) • English (native)
 
'''Academic:''' Math & Linguistics • Bioinformatics • Data Analysis
 
== Noisebridge: A Conceptual Timeline ==
 
''[[User:Nthmost/Conceptual_Timeline|→ Full timeline on its own page]]''
 
== Community Patterns & Systems ==
 
Documenting what I've learned about how hackerspaces work (and don't work):
 
* [[HackerspaceCommunityDynamics|Hackerspace Community Dynamics]] - General patterns
* [[Guilds]] - Distributed authority as solution to recurring problems
* [[Anarchy_Paralysis|Anarchy Paralysis]] - Why communities fail to act on harm
* [[Excellent_Hacker_Fallacy|Excellent Hacker Fallacy]] - Why technical brilliance doesn't justify harmful behavior
* [[Restorative_Communication|Restorative Communication]] - Framework for addressing conflicts before they become crises
 
== On Anarchy ==
 
I've been writing about anarchism and Noisebridge since 2010. The best of it:
 
* [[User:Nthmost/Anarchy_Is_Not_No_Control|Anarchy Is Not "No Control, Man"]] — on using "anarchist space" as a get-out-of-accountability card (2015)
* [[User:Nthmost/Membership_as_Trust_Architecture|Membership as Anarchist Trust Architecture]] — why Membership is a tool for anarchist governance, not a contradiction of it (2019)
* [[User:Nthmost/Executive_Functioning_Under_an_Anarchist_Flag|Executive Functioning under an Anarchist Flag]] — can an anarchist organization develop collective executive function without hierarchy? (2019)
* [[User:Nthmost/On_Blocking|On Blocking]] — a consensus block doesn't mean "I will leave"; it means two very different things and you can't tell which (2020)
* [[User:Nthmost/Guilds_and_AnarchoSyndicalism|Guilds and Anarcho-Syndicalism]] — the guild model as syndicalism, and why property ownership is the wrong direction (ongoing)
 
''Full archive: [[User:Nthmost/Things_I_Said]]''
 
== Project Graveyard ==
 
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'''Projects past but not forgotten''' 🪦
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=== Streaming Radios ===
 
[http://nthmost.net:8000 Hosted various internet radio stations]
 
'''Live studios:'''
* [http://pcrcollective.org Mutiny Radio]
 
'''Algorithmic stations:'''
* [http://feliznavidadforever.com Feliz Navidad Forever]
* [http://tomhiddleston.nthmost.com Radio Loki]
 
Stack: liquidsoap to sculpt the station, Python to wrap it, icecast to stream it.
 
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== Miscellaneous ==
 
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'''Voluntary Public Embarrassment'''
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE1oFJ9Ce6I&index=29&list=PLF7EFE57DDF6BDEE9
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy6VSrdQZ8U&index=30&list=PLF7EFE57DDF6BDEE9
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'''Public Keys'''
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[http://nthmost.com/effluvia/id_rsa.pub My public RSA key.]


==== <tt>/etc/passwd</tt> entry ====
==== <tt>/etc/passwd</tt> entry ====


  $ sudo adduser --gecos 'Naomi Most' --shell /bin/bash nthmost
  $ sudo adduser --gecos 'Naomi Most' --shell /bin/bash nthmost
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== Crimes Against Wiki ==
* [[86_Speedrun]]
== Badges ==
Badges? Badges? We don't need no stinking badges.
== Guestbook ==
Leave a note! <code>[your message] --[[User:Nthmost|Nthmost]] ([[User talk:Nthmost|talk]]) 08:12, 25 March 2026 (PDT)</code>
== Subpages ==
{{Special:PrefixIndex/User:Nthmost/}}
''[[User:Nthmost/WhatLinksHere|What links here →]]''


[[Category:Members]]
[[Category:Members]]
[[Category:Council]]
[[Category:Maintainers]]

Latest revision as of 23:00, 25 March 2026

Naomi at Noisebridge

Naomi Most aka nthmost — Member since August 25, 2009

Contact: nthmost on Discord | Slack | GitHub | nthmost.com

I spent my first decade at Noisebridge not writing things down. I didn't think anyone read the wiki, and I didn't know what was worth documenting. I was wrong on both counts. I'm here now trying to right that.

Currently

Working on guild structure as a model for distributed authority, restorative communication practices, and helping Noisebridge navigate community dynamics.

Old hacker on a rocking chair sessions: 5:55pm every Tuesday until the Tuesday meeting. Hear stories, meet other members, ask all the annoying questions you're too afraid to ask your own anarchist mom or dad.

Recent writing: Anarchy Paralysis • Excellent Hacker Fallacy • Restorative Communication • Open Letter • Create More Masters

Working On

  • Noisebridge automations — Automatically turning the lights on/off when people open or close the space: Noisebell → HomeAssistant → SmartLights
  • Kells — Upgrading the Noisebridge Wikimedia server. Named "Kells" as a ward against hordes of AI bot vikings.
  • KNOB panel — Continuing to add Blade Runner-like panel widgets and unnecessary visual alerts to the KNOB panel for Beyla (the music server)
  • Meeting notes automation — Script to automatically populate meeting notes from the Riseup Pad (work in progress)
  • Create More Masters — Talk given at NB16 (Dec 2025): an unronic anarchist manifesto for Noisebridge

🦆 Rubber Ducky Guild 🦆

The Rubber Ducky Guild is my flagship guild concept at Noisebridge.

The premise: explaining your problem to a rubber duck (or any patient listener) often reveals the solution. This guild practices:

  • Listening without fixing - Sometimes people just need to talk it through
  • Question-asking as an art - The right question unlocks understanding
  • Psychological safety - No judgment, no mockery, just presence
  • Debugging life, code, and everything - Works for technical problems AND emotional ones

Status: Active concept, seeking interested practitioners

See also: Rubber duck debugging on Wikipedia

Projects & Work

Industry

  • Orkes / Conductor OSS — Currently lead on Conductor, the open-source workflow orchestration engine
  • Streamlit — Data app framework; early engineer on the core engine, specializing in memory caching and media streaming

Noisebridge Infrastructure

  • Guilds — Distributed authority model for hackerspaces; co-created with Mark (Arity) during the 2019–2020 nuclear winter
  • KNOB — Noisebridge's FM radio station, broadcasting at 87.9 MHz
  • Beyla — The Noisebridge music server powering KNOB: Liquidsoap + Icecast stack, streams to FM and online

Open Source Code

Project Description Status
metapub PubMed/NCBI research access library 100s of ⭐, cited in papers
illuminate Bioinformatics toolkit In use at CDC
secureconfig Secure configuration management Active
sensate Sensor data toolkit Active

All projects: github.com/nthmost • pypi.org/user/nthmost

Tech I like: AMQP • liquidsoap + icecast • Asterisk PBX • Raspberry Pi • Python (obviously)

Hardware Hacks

rb3_keytar — Rock Band 3 keytar repurposed as a wireless MIDI controller. Because why not.

Goonies theme on the RB3 keytar

Background

Languages: Irish/Gaeilge 🇮🇪 (fluent) • French (business fluent) • Japanese/日本語 (conversational) • English (native)

Academic: Math & Linguistics • Bioinformatics • Data Analysis

Noisebridge: A Conceptual Timeline

→ Full timeline on its own page

Community Patterns & Systems

Documenting what I've learned about how hackerspaces work (and don't work):

On Anarchy

I've been writing about anarchism and Noisebridge since 2010. The best of it:

Full archive: User:Nthmost/Things_I_Said

Project Graveyard

Projects past but not forgotten 🪦

Streaming Radios

Hosted various internet radio stations

Live studios:

Algorithmic stations:

Stack: liquidsoap to sculpt the station, Python to wrap it, icecast to stream it.

Miscellaneous

Voluntary Public Embarrassment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE1oFJ9Ce6I&index=29&list=PLF7EFE57DDF6BDEE9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy6VSrdQZ8U&index=30&list=PLF7EFE57DDF6BDEE9

Public Keys

My public RSA key.

/etc/passwd entry

$ sudo adduser --gecos 'Naomi Most' --shell /bin/bash nthmost

Crimes Against Wiki

Badges

Badges? Badges? We don't need no stinking badges.

Guestbook

Leave a note! [your message] --Nthmost (talk) 08:12, 25 March 2026 (PDT)

Subpages

What links here →

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