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== What is the purpose of this project? == One of the missions of a hackerspace is to provide the right environment for you to work on your projects.<br> A messy hackerspace is not the right environment;<br> Having to look for tools and materials is time consuming, not having any space to work on your project because of junk lying around is demotivating and a mess just isn't nice to look at.<br> This project is an analysis of how the clutter appears in the first place and the strategies that have been implemented to fix it. == Why does the space become messy? == Well... when observing hackers in their natural habitat, a few behaviours become apparent that seem to contribute: <b>Clutter furniture</b> <blockquote> Participants typically only clean up the mess they recognize as their own.<br> While cleaning up their own mess, participants will sometimes forget an item.<br> When the participant visits the next time they are blissfully unaware of the item.<br> As participants will only clean mess they recognize as their own this item has now become furniture.<br> </blockquote> <b>9001 screwdrivers</b> <blockquote> Participant wants to build stuff.<br> Participant needs tools / materials to build stuff.<br> Participant can't find tool / materials in storage location X due to clutter.<br> Participant buys tool / materials and stores them in location X.<br> Location X is now even more cluttered.<br> Positive feedback loop shows unbound growth consuming the hackerspace and eventually earth itself.<br> </blockquote> <b>For the hoard!</b> <blockquote> Participant acquires stuff:<br> * "We definitely need 100 DB27 cables, I mean what if we need them all at once? And you want to throw them away... for shame!"<br> * "I don't need it but somebody will definitely use this so I will add it to the similar pile of stuff that nobody has touched in 8 years."<br> * "We should keep it, you can't acquire this stuff anymore." / "We should keep it, it's still relevant."<br> * "This might come in handy one day, should we ever need to interface with other old stuff that I will acquire for hacking purposes under the same pretence."<br> </blockquote> == What measures have been taken to keep the space clean? == <b>New rules:</b> * Clean desk policy; no mess is allowed on the tables resulting in a drastic reduction of clutter buildup. * Permission is required to dump stuff in storage. * Participants are allowed max 2 crates but can store whatever they want in these crates. This shifts the responsibility of keeping / discarding stuff from nobody / everybody to one specific person. <b>Projects:</b> * A [[Tool wall]] has been set up to keep the tools better organised. * A new cable rack has been set up in the storage specifically built to sort wires and reduce cable entangling. [TODO: link] <b>Events:</b> * The storage has been cleaned up; ** An entire rack of shelves has been cleared and dedicated to participant crates ** Another rack of shelves has been cleared and now houses the new cable rack system ** All drinking crates are now stacked up against the wall * The soldering corner has been tidied up ** Collection of random crap has been discarded as it only invited to add to the pile of mess ** The drawers have been sorted * Tools have been sorted according to the frequency of their usage and their quality ** Unused and bad tools are now in 'cold storage' <b>What still needs to happen:</b> * <s>Raw material such as wood needs to be stored in a better fashion</s> * <s>The slACKspace needs an overhaul</s> (Couch has been cleaned, I am uninspired to tackle the rest of the slACKspace for now) * <s>Two junk corners in the hACKspace need to be sorted and tidied up.</s> * <s>Materials in the 'consumables' drawer needs to relocate; preferably to a cupboard.</s> * ... ?
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