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> community of people who have the tools at home and choose to work there because is a great place to collaborate If I have the tools at home, why would I comm
by sokoloff 3y ago
> community of people who have the tools at home and choose to work there because is a great place to collaborate
If I have the tools at home, why would I commute to the makerspace to work? This seems like the remote work thing, only amplified (because I’m probably not commuting to do 8 hours of work on my project, now I’m paying instead of being paid, and I have to drag my project and raw materials with me [with the risk of damage and PITA that entails]).
If RTOffice isn’t desirable, why is RTMakerspace going to be popular?
- samtho 3y agoPeople generally choose to participate in a makerspace and projects there are inherently physical. The remote work movement is predicated on the idea that employees owe less of their life to their employers, orgs that require employees to spend many hours of their week in an unpaid commute, when they could just be at home at not worry about that logistical challenge and at the same time regain control of a huge chunk of their waking hours. Those who have personal or company access to the tools they need and are satisfied with that are not the ones that do not benefit from makerspaces, and makerspaces do not benefit (in the long term) from a bunch of businesses booking our huge blocks of hours of machine time only for them to go home immediately once everything is done. A makerspace should be a social and creative space with access to tools. A makerspace as a community space is successful when people want to be there.