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== Noisebridge: A Conceptual Timeline ==
== Noisebridge: A Conceptual Timeline ==


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''[[User:Nthmost/Conceptual_Timeline|→ Full timeline on its own page]]''
 
=== 2009-2012: Learning to Be a Good Member ===
 
Became a member in 2009. Founded [[SecWG|Security Working Group]], [[CommunityWorkingGroup|Community Working Group]], and [[FractalWorkingGroup|Fractal Working Group]] to address infrastructure and social dynamics. Learned by doing.
 
(Success metric for Fractal WG: we haven't had a single meeting yet)
 
=== 2012-2013: The Post-Occupy Period ===
 
''[work in progress]''
 
=== 2014: The Reboot ===
 
Major community intervention: [[Reboot|CONTROL-ALT-DELETE]]. Sometimes you need to turn it off and turn it back on again.
 
=== 2015-2017: A Period of Relative Peace and Prosperity ===
 
''[work in progress]''
 
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=== 2018: The Year Mitch Got Bullied Out ===
 
Several members bullied out. Space became eerily quiet. Those responsible also left, but the damage was done.
 
=== 2019-2020: ❄️ Nuclear Winter ===
 
Membership severely depleted. Had to find a new physical space. Saved by anonymous donation of 1 Bitcoin.
 
Created [[Guilds]] concept with [[User:Arity|Mark (Arity)]] to address social fractionation and provide structure for stakes-based ownership of maintenance.
 
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=== 2020-2022: ✨ A New Hope ===
 
[[User:LX|LX]] creates NB Discord. Liz Henry provides leadership as new folks arrive. I decrease involvement due to exhaustion and ongoing grief from 2018, but keep tabs on #bravespace. Discord usage ramps up.
 
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=== 2023-2025: 🌑 The Dark Ages ===
 
My participation drops considerably while attending to multiple losses. [[User:Mcint|Mcint]] creates monastic tradition with infra meetup. Space requires multiple physical and costly social interventions that seriously impede recovery from 2020 move. Much of the glory of 2169 seems lost.
 
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=== 2025-Now: 🌅 Renaissance??? ===
 
With multiple hardships cleared and heroic levels of "holding it down" achieved by those who remain, the way is paved for visionary rebuilding.
 
'''Current work:'''
* [[Rubber Ducky Guild|🦆 Rubber Ducky Guild]] - Flagship guild concept
* [[Restorative_Communication|Restorative Communication]] practices
* Essays documenting patterns: [[Anarchy_Paralysis|Anarchy Paralysis]], [[Excellent_Hacker_Fallacy|Excellent Hacker Fallacy]], [[Nthmosts_Open_Letter_to_Noisebridge|Open Letter]]
 
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== Open Source Work ==
== Open Source Work ==

Revision as of 02:56, 25 March 2026

Naomi Most aka nthmost — Member since August 25, 2009

Contact: nthmost on Discord | Slack | GitHub

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

🦆 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

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

Open Source Work

Python libraries & tools

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)

Community Patterns & Systems

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

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

Subpages

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