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'''The Rubber Ducky Guild''' is | '''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 | * '''Listening without fixing''' - Sometimes people just need to talk it through | ||
* '''Question-asking as an art''' - The right question unlocks understanding | * '''Question-asking as an art''' - The right question unlocks understanding | ||
* '''Psychological safety''' - No judgment, no mockery, just presence | * '''Psychological safety''' - No judgment, no mockery, just presence | ||
* '''Debugging life, code, and everything''' - Works for technical problems AND emotional ones | * '''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]] | '''See also:''' [[wp:Rubber duck debugging|Rubber duck debugging on Wikipedia]] | ||
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== Open Source Work == | == Open Source Work == | ||
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All projects: [https://github.com/nthmost github.com/nthmost] • [https://pypi.org/user/nthmost/ pypi.org/user/nthmost] | 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) | |||
== Background == | |||
'''Languages:''' Irish/Gaeilge 🇮🇪 (fluent) • French (business fluent) • Japanese/日本語 (conversational) • English (native) | |||
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'''Academic:''' Math & Linguistics • Bioinformatics • Data Analysis | |||
== Noisebridge: A Conceptual Timeline == | |||
''[[User:Nthmost/Conceptual_Timeline|→ Full timeline on its own page]]'' | |||
== Community Patterns & Systems == | == Community Patterns & Systems == | ||
Revision as of 03:04, 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
Open Source Work
| 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)
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):
- Hackerspace Community Dynamics - General patterns
- Guilds - Distributed authority as solution to recurring problems
- Anarchy Paralysis - Why communities fail to act on harm
- Excellent Hacker Fallacy - Why technical brilliance doesn't justify harmful behavior
- Restorative Communication - Framework for addressing conflicts before they become crises
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
Public Keys
Subpages
- Nthmost/Anarchy Is Not No Control
- Nthmost/Charters And The Shining
- Nthmost/Conceptual Timeline
- Nthmost/Create More Masters
- Nthmost/Executive Functioning Under an Anarchist Flag
- Nthmost/Guilds and AnarchoSyndicalism
- Nthmost/Meeting Notes 2026 02 24
- Nthmost/Meeting Notes 2026 03 03
- Nthmost/Meeting Notes 2026 03 10
- Nthmost/Meeting Notes 2026 03 17
- Nthmost/Meeting Notes 2026 03 24
- Nthmost/Membership as Trust Architecture
- Nthmost/On Blocking
- Nthmost/Sandbox
- Nthmost/Things I Said
- Nthmost/WhatLinksHere