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'''Anti-Patterns'''
'''Anti-Patterns'''


You can do this stuff, there are no rules, and I'm sure some people will try to be wise guys. But like the idea of letting random people sleep at Noisebridge, break these anti patterns and massive boringness will occur. Your eyes will glaze over. People will fall asleep and become disengaged. There will be girls pretending to be nerds just because they wear glasses. It will be just like all the
''You can do this stuff, there are no rules, and I'm sure some people will try to be wise guys. But like the idea of letting random people sleep at Noisebridge, break these anti patterns and massive boringness will occur. Your eyes will glaze over. People will fall asleep and become disengaged. It will stop being sudo room and become like so many other soulless, empty "tech" events that we encounter in Silicon Valley.''


Pulling in too many readymade projects made by other people in a way that inhibits the creativity of the group
Pulling in too many readymade projects with readymade ideas made by other people in a way that inhibits the creativity of the group


Involving a professional dance troupe ( too often they're just interested in promoting themselves instead of creatively interacting with the artists)
Involving a professional dance troupe ( too often they're just interested in promoting themselves instead of creatively interacting with the artists)


turning this into a free PR event for a Palo Alto start-up who doesn't given back to the community
turning this into a free PR event for a Palo Alto start-up... I've seen this happen a lot.


Involving any corporate fitness "movements" like Zumba, etc  
Involving any corporate fitness "movements" like Zumba, etc =D


Turning this into a media event with lots of speakers and nobody doing anything
Turning this into a media event with lots of speakers ,lots of panels, and nobody doing anything


Pulling in a commercial company to show off their existing LED product


Showcasing platforms from major corporations and pitting them against each other (''oh Android is so much more open source than apple even though android isn't open source deep down inside!'') There's a time and place  
Showcasing platforms from major corporations and pitting them against each other (''oh Android is so much more open source than apple even though android isn't open source deep down inside!'') There's a time and place  
for that and that is corporate trade shows like CES
for that and that is corporate trade shows like CES

Revision as of 07:39, 26 March 2013

Overview

There's a public school modern dance session with a smart, perceptive teacher. She comes in Sundays and I sat in on a dance class with her.

There are LED electronics.

There is an experimental sound meet-up.

Let's mix it up!


Anti-Patterns

You can do this stuff, there are no rules, and I'm sure some people will try to be wise guys. But like the idea of letting random people sleep at Noisebridge, break these anti patterns and massive boringness will occur. Your eyes will glaze over. People will fall asleep and become disengaged. It will stop being sudo room and become like so many other soulless, empty "tech" events that we encounter in Silicon Valley.

Pulling in too many readymade projects with readymade ideas made by other people in a way that inhibits the creativity of the group

Involving a professional dance troupe ( too often they're just interested in promoting themselves instead of creatively interacting with the artists)

turning this into a free PR event for a Palo Alto start-up... I've seen this happen a lot.

Involving any corporate fitness "movements" like Zumba, etc =D

Turning this into a media event with lots of speakers ,lots of panels, and nobody doing anything


Showcasing platforms from major corporations and pitting them against each other (oh Android is so much more open source than apple even though android isn't open source deep down inside!) There's a time and place for that and that is corporate trade shows like CES