WEBVTT 00:00:00.664 --> 00:00:03.371 Hello. Welcome to Noisebridge. 00:00:03.371 --> 00:00:06.079 This is a hackerspace in San Francisco, 00:00:06.079 --> 00:00:10.645 and I'm going to give you the tour that I give to everyone who's new here. 00:00:10.645 --> 00:00:15.298 So, first off, the physical tour. There's bike racks here. 00:00:15.298 --> 00:00:21.495 You can hang your bikes, and have a safe space to put them. 00:00:24.110 --> 00:00:28.329 We have a bunch of tables here where you can hang out and compute. 00:00:28.329 --> 00:00:35.620 The desks are reasonably wide. There's plenty of electrical sockets. 00:00:35.620 --> 00:00:40.787 Right here are a couple pads to nap on. They're not meant for sleeping. 00:00:40.787 --> 00:00:42.688 Sleeping is not allowed at Noisebridge. 00:00:42.688 --> 00:00:44.354 But sometimes you do need to take a nap. 00:00:44.354 --> 00:00:46.355 This is actually a very recent addition. 00:00:48.092 --> 00:00:54.545 We have a bunch of things where you can make stuff out of plastic, so, 00:00:54.545 --> 00:01:00.538 this, for instance, is a large-platform-style machine. 00:01:00.538 --> 00:01:04.537 It's all made out of PVC and other kinds of plastic. 00:01:04.537 --> 00:01:07.771 Here you see several other machines. 00:01:07.771 --> 00:01:10.537 Here, for instance, is a laser cutter. 00:01:12.859 --> 00:01:15.018 So here's a laser cutter. 00:01:15.018 --> 00:01:17.517 You can do things like simple signs. 00:01:17.517 --> 00:01:19.661 And you can also do more complex stuff. 00:01:19.661 --> 00:01:22.827 So, for instance, this engraving of this wood. 00:01:22.827 --> 00:01:26.517 That's all stuff you can easily do on the laser cutter. 00:01:26.517 --> 00:01:28.287 And if you want to learn how to do that, 00:01:28.287 --> 00:01:30.952 just come here and someone will teach you. 00:01:30.952 --> 00:01:35.120 Over here we have sewing equipment. 00:01:35.120 --> 00:01:40.951 So we have everything from sewing machines, to a serger, to more sewing machines, 00:01:40.951 --> 00:01:45.704 to random scrap cloth, and you're welcome to use all of it. 00:01:45.704 --> 00:01:48.828 This actually used to be a sewing manufacturing plant, 00:01:48.828 --> 00:01:53.538 until we took it over and repaved the whole place. 00:01:53.538 --> 00:01:56.619 These are member shelves. 00:01:56.619 --> 00:02:01.705 So, generally speaking, everyone is welcome to use and hack and 00:02:01.705 --> 00:02:05.684 reuse everything that's in Noisebridge, whether or not they're a member. 00:02:05.684 --> 00:02:09.685 There are a couple exceptions. One of them is maker shelves. 00:02:09.685 --> 00:02:11.495 They are not yours. They do belong to someone. 00:02:11.495 --> 00:02:14.078 Don't touch, please. 00:02:14.078 --> 00:02:17.684 Ditto for everything that you find on the tables. 00:02:17.684 --> 00:02:20.705 Those all generally belong to someone specific. 00:02:20.705 --> 00:02:23.704 Like it's someone's laptop, or someone's project that they're working on. 00:02:23.704 --> 00:02:26.370 Please don't mess with it without asking. 00:02:26.370 --> 00:02:29.186 However, there is stuff you can mess with without asking. 00:02:34.678 --> 00:02:38.453 So, over here, we have the hacker's alley, 00:02:38.453 --> 00:02:42.377 which is essentially a whole bunch of electronics. 00:02:44.746 --> 00:02:47.329 People donate all sorts of electronics to us, 00:02:47.329 --> 00:02:52.118 and you are welcome to take them apart, break them, remake them, 00:02:52.118 --> 00:02:58.495 turn them into a robot, do anything creative you like with any of this stuff. 00:02:58.495 --> 00:03:03.628 And in order to do that, we actually have quite a lot of tools. 00:03:03.628 --> 00:03:07.460 So here, for example, we have a pretty fully equipped toolbox 00:03:07.460 --> 00:03:15.878 that's got, more or less, everything you could want to do electrical engineering. 00:03:15.878 --> 00:03:18.578 There is soldering equipment down here, 00:03:18.578 --> 00:03:21.996 there is more stuff that you can hack on right here, 00:03:21.996 --> 00:03:27.878 there's third hands to make it easier to solder, 00:03:27.878 --> 00:03:32.377 there's literally a whole ton of soldering irons 00:03:32.377 --> 00:03:35.376 which you can burn in. 00:03:35.376 --> 00:03:37.579 We have oscilloscopes, 00:03:37.579 --> 00:03:41.496 including fancy electronic oscilloscopes over here, 00:03:41.496 --> 00:03:44.628 we have all sorts of tiny electrical supplies 00:03:44.628 --> 00:03:48.244 that are relatively well labeled. 00:03:48.244 --> 00:03:49.544 What else? 00:03:49.544 --> 00:03:53.495 We have a pretty good library of all sorts of stuff. 00:03:53.495 --> 00:03:57.995 Everything from hardcore computer science, 00:03:57.995 --> 00:04:01.793 to stuff about hacking, 00:04:01.793 --> 00:04:05.878 to stuff about politics, et cetera. 00:04:05.878 --> 00:04:09.579 You're welcome to come and read any of it. If you have contributions, please bring it by. 00:04:09.579 --> 00:04:13.788 Please categorize them and help stack them. 00:04:13.788 --> 00:04:20.961 Yeah, so, free for use, but not for the taking necessarily. 00:04:20.961 --> 00:04:25.538 T-shirts. You're welcome to just take a t-shirt. 00:04:25.538 --> 00:04:30.370 We do ask that you donate at least $15 to compensate for the cost. 00:04:30.370 --> 00:04:34.079 Noisebridge operates entirely on donations and on trust. 00:04:34.079 --> 00:04:38.245 There's no lock. You can just take the shirt, donate your money. 00:04:38.245 --> 00:04:40.495 It's a trust-based system. 00:04:40.495 --> 00:04:44.347 So, over here we have the machine shop. 00:04:46.871 --> 00:04:50.037 It's mostly a wood shop. 00:04:50.037 --> 00:04:53.487 We have here safety equipment, 00:04:53.487 --> 00:05:05.037 we have saws, pliers, vices, hacksaws, handsaws, bandsaws, 00:05:05.037 --> 00:05:10.579 random really large machinery. I don't even know what that is. 00:05:10.579 --> 00:05:11.827 It's a metal mill. 00:05:11.827 --> 00:05:13.452 A metal mill. Okay. 00:05:13.452 --> 00:05:16.231 So we're not that well equipped for metal. 00:05:16.231 --> 00:05:19.496 Some places are, like TechShop, but we're really well equipped for wood, 00:05:19.496 --> 00:05:25.244 and you can get a decent amount done with metal here as well. 00:05:25.244 --> 00:05:29.245 A simple rule is please clean up after yourself, please be safe, 00:05:29.245 --> 00:05:37.365 and close the door when you're working so that the noise and the dust doesn't go out into the general area. 00:05:43.328 --> 00:05:47.370 So, next, we have a couple classrooms. 00:05:47.370 --> 00:05:51.204 One of them is the Turing classroom, where is here. 00:05:51.204 --> 00:05:54.788 It's used for some classes, 00:05:54.788 --> 00:05:59.371 and also, if you want a quieter work environment, you can sit there. 00:05:59.371 --> 00:06:01.953 It has a little bit of noise isolation. 00:06:01.953 --> 00:06:05.327 Here's a green screen. It folds out. 00:06:05.327 --> 00:06:09.078 If you want to make green screen videos, you can just fold it out, 00:06:09.078 --> 00:06:12.494 stand there, shoot the video. Very useful. 00:06:12.494 --> 00:06:16.911 Speaking of video, we also have a fully equipped darkroom and optics lab. 00:06:16.911 --> 00:06:18.703 So it has everything you might expect. 00:06:18.703 --> 00:06:21.246 Enlargers, chemicals, everything. 00:06:21.246 --> 00:06:23.545 If you see that red light on, 00:06:23.545 --> 00:06:28.660 please don't go in. Or knock really hard before entering. 00:06:28.660 --> 00:06:31.349 But, yeah, you're welcome to use it. 00:06:31.349 --> 00:06:36.287 What else? We have first aid equipment in case anybody gets hurt. 00:06:36.287 --> 00:06:39.537 That doesn't happen very often, but it's there just in case. 00:06:39.537 --> 00:06:42.849 Behind this door is a supplies closet. 00:06:42.849 --> 00:06:49.119 It's got things like toilet paper and extra medicine and whatnot. 00:06:49.119 --> 00:06:52.393 We have a fully equipped kitchen, 00:06:52.393 --> 00:06:55.802 including industrial dish washers and stuff like that. 00:06:55.802 --> 00:06:58.868 Working ovens, et cetera. 00:06:58.868 --> 00:07:03.683 The way Noisebridge works for food is generally people just bring food by, 00:07:03.683 --> 00:07:05.203 bring ingredients by. 00:07:05.203 --> 00:07:08.329 Like here for example, we have some carrots, some apples, 00:07:08.329 --> 00:07:15.995 I don't even know what else we have around here. Some limes. 00:07:15.995 --> 00:07:21.579 And people volunteer to make food for others. 00:07:21.579 --> 00:07:25.099 If you see food on this counter that's prepared, 00:07:25.099 --> 00:07:27.413 generally that means it's free to eat. 00:07:27.413 --> 00:07:28.789 You're welcome to enjoy. 00:07:28.789 --> 00:07:32.120 We do ask for donations, but donations are not required. 00:07:32.120 --> 00:07:37.505 That applies to everything, and I'll get to that in a sec. 00:07:37.505 --> 00:07:44.371 Back here we have some more supplies, mostly for art-making. 00:07:44.371 --> 00:07:51.536 And, by the way, over by the sewing supplies, we also have screenprinting equipment. 00:07:51.536 --> 00:07:55.953 We have two bathrooms, one of them is ADA-accessible, the other one is not. 00:07:55.953 --> 00:08:02.539 We of course have recycling, and compost, and garbage, please sort accordingly. 00:08:02.539 --> 00:08:07.515 Here is one of the other classrooms. 00:08:07.515 --> 00:08:09.266 This is the larger classroom. It has a projector. 00:08:09.266 --> 00:08:11.162 As you can see, there is a class going on right now. 00:08:11.162 --> 00:08:13.204 We're not going to disturb them too much, 00:08:13.204 --> 00:08:15.849 but if you want to run a class, 00:08:15.849 --> 00:08:18.914 just post on the mailing list, post on the wiki. 00:08:18.914 --> 00:08:22.661 People show up, and you get to run a class. That's really pretty simple. 00:08:22.661 --> 00:08:25.369 Up there, we have some microscopes, 00:08:25.369 --> 00:08:28.786 including a functional scanning electron microscope. 00:08:28.786 --> 00:08:30.414 If you want to learn how to use that, 00:08:30.414 --> 00:08:33.119 just ask on the discussion list and someone will teach you. 00:08:33.119 --> 00:08:38.349 So yeah, that's the tour of the space. 00:08:38.349 --> 00:08:42.871 The way that Noisebridge operates is pretty much on a "trust, but verify" system. 00:08:42.871 --> 00:08:46.432 We operate entirely on donations. 00:08:46.432 --> 00:08:53.208 If you want to donate, there is a box at the front where you can donate money. 00:08:53.208 --> 00:08:57.301 You don't have to be a member to use any of the space. 00:08:57.301 --> 00:09:02.203 Membership is a process that takes about a month to do. 00:09:02.203 --> 00:09:04.620 You fill out a membership application, 00:09:04.620 --> 00:09:11.464 then that's read in meetings once a week for four weeks. 00:09:11.464 --> 00:09:17.547 After four weeks, and after you've gotten two members to sign off on you 00:09:17.547 --> 00:09:20.120 saying they know who you are, they know you've done cool stuff, 00:09:20.120 --> 00:09:25.494 and they think you're a fit for the community, you get to become a member. 00:09:25.494 --> 00:09:27.579 Oh, here is an EEG machine, by the way. 00:09:27.579 --> 00:09:32.954 Yes, it works, more or less. There is a whole list for that. 00:09:32.954 --> 00:09:38.328 Here's some cubbies, where you can store stuff temporarily while you're here. 00:09:38.328 --> 00:09:41.163 There's also games like Go and so forth. 00:09:41.163 --> 00:09:46.373 If you want to donate, there's a box right here. 00:09:46.373 --> 00:09:49.385 Put your money in the box. 00:09:51.646 --> 00:09:53.823 Put your money in here, please. 00:09:53.823 --> 00:09:58.663 You can also PayPal us, you can also send us money via Bitcoin. 00:09:58.663 --> 00:10:01.201 The links are all on the website. 00:10:01.201 --> 00:10:05.700 If you want to become a member, that requires a consensus process. 00:10:05.700 --> 00:10:13.784 Noisebridge works on two somewhat competing processes of how we do things. 00:10:13.784 --> 00:10:15.868 The formal process is called consensus, 00:10:15.868 --> 00:10:19.828 which means that members get to meet every Tuesday. 00:10:19.828 --> 00:10:22.201 Non-members can participate too. 00:10:22.201 --> 00:10:24.994 But they all get to talk; they don't get a block. 00:10:24.994 --> 00:10:29.785 And if we need to make a formal decision on behalf of Noisebridge, 00:10:29.785 --> 00:10:34.747 things like adding a new member, using official Noisebridge funds, stuff like that, 00:10:34.747 --> 00:10:37.496 that requires consensus. 00:10:37.496 --> 00:10:40.849 Anyone who is a member can block consensus. 00:10:40.849 --> 00:10:44.411 And that's pretty much how it goes. 00:10:44.411 --> 00:10:52.534 However, the vast majority of what happens at Noisebridge operates on "do-ocracy", 00:10:52.534 --> 00:10:55.035 which is pretty simple. 00:10:55.035 --> 00:10:57.700 If you want to do it, please do it. 00:10:57.700 --> 00:10:59.327 Please do something awesome. 00:10:59.327 --> 00:11:02.535 You are welcome to use all of our tools, you don't have to be a member. 00:11:02.535 --> 00:11:05.867 You're welcome to use pretty much everything here 00:11:05.867 --> 00:11:08.700 except something that belongs to some individual, 00:11:08.700 --> 00:11:11.034 in that case you really should please ask. 00:11:11.034 --> 00:11:17.201 And if you don't like what someone else has done, you can undo it. 00:11:17.201 --> 00:11:19.912 But please follow just one rule. 00:11:19.912 --> 00:11:25.495 If someone has undone something that you did, don't do it again. Bring it up for consensus. 00:11:25.495 --> 00:11:28.367 'Cause that's an indication that there's some disagreement, 00:11:28.367 --> 00:11:32.994 and that's something that we need to decide upon as a group. 00:11:32.994 --> 00:11:35.746 Otherwise, welcome to Noisebridge. 00:11:35.746 --> 00:11:39.201 You're encouraged to use the space however you like. 00:11:39.201 --> 00:11:42.618 The one rule here is "be excellent to each other". 00:11:42.618 --> 00:11:47.225 And, yep! Welcome. See you later. 00:11:47.225 --> 00:11:49.370 So, there is one other rule. 00:11:49.370 --> 00:11:54.163 Which is, people here are pretty protective of their privacy, 00:11:54.163 --> 00:11:58.795 so if you're going to take pictures, video, or anything like this, 00:11:58.795 --> 00:12:00.708 like the video I'm taking here, 00:12:00.708 --> 00:12:06.579 please make sure that you first ask everybody who is going to be in the frame 00:12:06.579 --> 00:12:09.370 whether or not they're okay with being in the frame. 00:12:09.370 --> 00:12:14.620 If they're not okay, you are not allowed to take pictures of them at Noisebridge. 00:12:14.620 --> 00:12:16.943 Just make sure you clear it with everyone. 00:12:16.943 --> 00:12:20.204 It's not that hard, I did it with everyone here. 00:12:20.204 --> 00:12:24.162 There were about four people who preferred not to be in the frame, and we avoided having them. 00:12:24.162 --> 00:12:28.000 So, yeah, be cool.