IWashington DC ayaziwa ngokuba idolobha elenzayo, yingakho ngamangala kakhulu lapho ngiqala ukuzwa ukuthi iTechShop ivula indawo lapha ngeNtwasahlobo ka-2014. Ngenkathi ngiya ohambweni ngangimamatheka ngendlebe nendlebe ngibheke ngamehlo ukungakholwa. Ngabe ngiwine ithikithi legolide? Igcina kanjani le ndlu enkulu yokugcina yemishini yobuchwepheshe be-hi evuleka endaweni ephakeme kangako yokuqasha? Kwakubonakala kukuhle kakhulu ukuba kube yiqiniso. Kwakufana ne-vegan burrito kanye nenqola yekhofi ebandayo eqale ukungilandela ngaphandle kwesizathu. Kwenzeka kanjani futhi kungani lokhu? Ngabe ngisenkabeni ye-prank ebanzi? Linda. Ngifile? Nginqume ukungayihlaziyi ngaphezulu.
Eminyakeni engaphezudlwana kwemibili edlule ngadilizwa okokuqala emsebenzini wami. Ngichithe izinsuku ezimbalwa ezizayo ngenza uvalo lwakudala olwenziwe kabusha ukubuyekeza kanye ne-application blitzkrieg. Ngemuva kwezinsuku ezimbalwa ukwethuka kudlulile, ukuqonda kwahlala, ngacabanga, wenzeni manje?
Faka iTechShop.
I dove in. Ekuqaleni, ngangiyibhizinisi lonke. Kwakuyindawo kimi yokuvuselela amakhono ami futhi ngigcine ingqondo yami (nomzimba) kumatasa. I-TechShop inginikeze ithuba. Lapho ngiya ngaphezulu futhi ngiqala ukuzithatha ngibe lula kancane kimi, ngajwayelana nabantu futhi ngaqala ukuzihlanganisa ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwesitolo. Kwakuyindawo egcwele abantu abapholile, abahehayo nabanomqondo ofanayo. Ekugcineni, yaba eyami cheers, nami I Norm.
Ngathola umsebenzi ezinyangeni ezimbalwa. Ngokuqondana nje, kwakungaphesheya komgwaqo kusuka eTechShop. Emsebenzini wami omusha, ngikwazile ukusebenzisa ngokushesha amakhono namathuluzi amaningi engisanda kuthola ukufinyelela kuwo futhi ngaba nombono omuhle okokuqala. Ngikwazile nokuqhubeka nokuya kuTechShop ngokufunda, ukusebenza amaphrojekthi, nokuzihlalela nje.
Ngenkathi indaba yami ihlukile, ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi kunezindaba eziningi ezifanayo. Ngifundile "I-Manifesto Yomenzi", incwadi ekhuluma ngomlando nesithembiso seTechshop, inhlangano yabenzi, futhi ixoxa izindaba eziningi zamalungu ayo. Njengezindaba zemikhiqizo ethandwayo eyethulwe kusuka ezikhaleni, izinganekwane zabantu abathatha "iholide labenzi", nabanye ababuye bavuselela imisebenzi yabo nezimpilo zabo ngeTechShop.
I-TechShop inomoya.
Omunye umculo uvame ukudlala, amatafula agcwele amaphrojekthi ezifundeni ezahlukahlukene, abanye abantu basebenza ngokuzikhandla, kanti abanye bakhuluma esitolo noma bathwebula umoya. Zonke zizungezwe inhlanganisela yephunga eliyingqayizivele ezihamba emoyeni (njengepopcorn nebala lamapulangwe). Ngomqondo owodwa, kufana negumbi elikhulu lokulala. Izimpawu ezisemthethweni zenza abasebenzisi bazi ngezingozi zomshini ngenkathi abanye bexwayisa ngamarobhothi kanye / noma ama-raptors. Kukhona umuzwa wenjabulo yobusha, kepha hhayi ngendlela ebingangicasula ngokwejwayelekile. Ngangizosebenza kwaTechShop esikhundleni sehhovisi lami (ngaphansi kokuqapha ukuphrinta okungu-3d) ngoba ngangikhuthazwa wukuzikhukhumeza nomoya onempilo.
Ngisebenze kuzo zonke izinhlobo zamaphrojekthi lapho. Ngenze amaphrojekthi amakhulu wokulungisa kabusha ikhaya lami, imiklamo yomkhiqizo ohlangothini, izipho, nobuciko ngaphandle kwesizathu ngaphandle kokuthi benginemibono okufanele ngiyiphume. Ngaze (ngayibusisa inhliziyo yakhe) ngathatha usuku lapho ngenza imihlobiso yamaholide ngomsiki we-laser.
Manje ngicela ungivumele ngigxeke.
Kwakunezinto eziningi ezazingathuthukiswa futhi ngikholelwa ngokuqinile ukuthi iTechShop bekufanele ngabe ikwenzile. Inkinga bekuwukuthi: abazisebenzisanga izindlela ezenziwa phansi ze-DIY abazikhuthaze ekwenzeni kwabo ibhizinisi.
Kwakungewona umthombo ovulekile. Zintathu izinto ezazibonakala zisobala kimi kodwa zazingekho. Babengaba no-1) basebenzisane nabenzi nemakethe ukuze bathengise izimpahla zabo 2) uhlelo lokukhokha oluhlangene kulabo abangadingi ukufinyelela okugcwele kuzithameli ezibanzi ngokuthola indlela yokwenza ukuthi izwakale ingesabi futhi ingavumi.
Uhlelo lokubhuka lwalungabazeki nakancane. Okuwukuphela kwendlela, ekukhungathekeni okukhulu kwamalungu nabasebenzi, ukwenza ukubhuka kwemishini bekuwukungena. Ukube bebevumele (noma okungcono kodwa kube inselelo) umphakathi ukuxazulula lokhu ngiyaqinisekisa ukuthi bebengaba nakho, mahhala uhlelo lokubhuka oluku-inthanethi nohlelo lokusebenza… okungenzeka ukuthi bekuqukethe i-space unicorn. Kepha ifilosofi yabonakala iyilapho umphakathi wamukelekile khona ukuthi ube nobuciko ngaphakathi kwemingcele emile futhi echaziwe ababeyibekile.
Babenebutho elithembekile labalandeli ngesikhathi sabo futhi babiza. Umphakathi wabantu obuza ngokwemvelo ngesimo se-quo futhi uqhutshwa ukuya ebangeni elingavamile lapho bebona izidingo ezingafinyelelwa. Abasisebenzisanga isimo sengqondo se-prototyping ku-iterate empumelelweni nokwehluleka. Umlayezo wami oya kumakerspaces wesikhathi esizayo ulula: vumela abantu abanothando, abanethalente, nabanobuciko abathanda le ndawo ukuthi banikele ekuyithuthukiseni nasekuyivezeni.
Iningi labantu abasebenza lapho bebemangalisa. Babebonakala beqhubeka njalo futhi bewusizo yize kungasebenzi kahle. Lapho ngihlangana nabasebenzi babo (ababonisi bamaphupho), ngangizwa ukuhlukahluka kwemizwa yokuthi okuwukuphela kwesizathu sokuhlala kwabo, yize bekwazi ukwenza imali ethe xaxa kwenye indawo, kwenzelwa abantu nemvelo.
Yebo. Ngidabukile mina.
Ngeke ngisaba nale ndawo yobumnandi nenika ugqozi. Isikhathi nemali engiyisebenzisile ukuthola isitifiketi emishinini ethile kulahlekile kakhulu. I-TechShop kwakuwuhlelo lwami lokulondoloza, uma ngangizolahlekelwa umsebenzi wami futhi, futhi yanginikeza umuzwa wokuphepha ukwazi nje ukuthi ikhona. Kimina, njengabanye abasebenzisa isikhala, inani lalikade lingakaze libonwe. Ngangikwazi ukufinyelela kumathuluzi wokubonisana nomsebenzi noma ukuklama, ukuthengisa imikhiqizo noma ukwakha kabusha umsebenzi lapho umsebenzi ulahlekile.
Yebo. Ngicasukile kwabanye.
Abasebenzi, labo ababethembele kumathuluzi weTechShop wokuqhuba amabhizinisi abo, labo abazama ukwethula okuthile okusha, abantu okwakuyikhaya labo lesibili, nabo bonke labo bantu besikhathi esizayo abangatholi inkundla yokudlala yobuciko eyayiyiTechShop. I-TechShop yayiyindawo emangalisayo yosomabhizinisi, abasunguli, kanye neziqalo. Iphinde yamukela izinhlobonhlobo zama-eccentrics ngentambo efanayo yothando lokwenza, yenza okuningi ngesikhathi sabo samahhala kunokuhlala phansi.
Kukhona ezinye izindawo zabenzi, futhi ezintsha zizovuka ukuvala igebe. Sizoqhubeka nokudala. Sizobuyela emagumbini ethu angaphansi, ezitolo zegaraji nasemakamelweni okulala bese sisebenzisa amaphrinta wethu we-3D namathuluzi eDremel ukwenza. Kepha ukwehluleka kwesikhala esaziwa kakhulu, esasakazwayo nesine-hyped kuzonikeza labo abangabazayo ubuqiniso nekusasa lomnyakazo okuthile abangakukhomba. Lokhu ukubuyela emuva okukhulu ekunyakazeni komenzi.
Sengiphetha, i-TechShop ibiwumthombo ongenakubuyiseleka wabadali bazo zonke izinhlobo, enikeza ukufinyelela kumathuluzi kanye nomphakathi wabantu abanomqondo ofanayo. Ukuvalwa kwayo kumelela ukulahlekelwa okukhulu kwabo bobabili abathembele kuyo ngokomsebenzi kanye nalabo abebevele bethanda ukubhuqa nokudala. Kodwa-ke, ukuvalwa kwe-TechShop kuphinde kwasebenza njengocingo lokuvusa umphakathi wabakhi ukuthi uqhubeke nokweseka nokutshala imali ezindaweni zokwakha.
Ngaphezu kwezinzuzo zokusebenzisana nokufinyelela ezinsizeni ezishiwo ngenhla, i-makerspaces ingazuza futhi ekusetshenzisweni kwesofthiwe ye-warehouse. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ungumenzi ongumakadebona noma usaqala, cabanga ukuvakashela iwebhusayithi kanye nokubona ukuthi ubuchwepheshe bungathuthukisa kanjani ulwazi lwakho lokwenza. Ngokusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe ukwenza lula ukusebenza, i-makerspaces ingagxila ekuhlinzekeni indawo yokwamukela nekhiqizayo kumalungu abo. Kuvele izikhala eziningi ezintsha ngemuva kokuvalwa kwe-TechShop, futhi izikhala ezikhona seziyiphindaphinde imizamo yazo yokuhlinzeka ukufinyelela kumathuluzi, imfundo, kanye nomphakathi.
Yiba ngumdali, hhayi isibukeli.
