For all operating spaces...don't forget to add them to the map! Tara :)
On 12/15/07, Christoph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey Paul, > > just recognized your comment on that today. Yeah. We had a meeting > with lots of people today in betalab and last week we met Stefan from > Vienna, who is running already 3 places that make it very easy and > cheap having an office plus they put an effort on creating a community > there and it is a business for him. Anyway, what I wanted to say is, > that I exactly understand what you mean by "institutional". What we do > is basically about the intrinsic wish of living in a nice work/life > ecosystem ourselves and since we didn't find it anywhere, where we > could join, we just started to create one ourselves. Sometimes we are > very close to what yoga schools offer as the effect of their courses. > Anyway, that takes time and energy and should generate revenues. Could > be in well-being or synergie or elsewhere, maybe also revenues. But > this is a multidimensional game and can end up somewhere else. Well, > we love what we do, even cooler if we can make a living out of that. > But this is not in first place... > > arghh. It is already late in Berlin. I try to get away from my > computer now and find a party 1.0 > > Rock on... > > chris > > P.S.: Ah, just come over to Berlin then and start coworking with us in > betahaus.. ;) > > On Nov 18, 11:24 pm, pabcas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Christoph, > > > > Sounds amazing. Half planning on shifting myself toBerlinaround > > this time next year. The vibe of not concentrating on the economic > > outlay/monetisation of the space itself, but on what's going on within-- > > that's something that's been eating at my imagination lately. > > > > There are lots of places that offer business incubation in Ireland, > > but my sense is that they are ... quite institutional. I think > > there's a need to nurture big ideas in a more agora / open atmosphere. > > > > But best of luck getting it going, > > > > Paulhttp://www.pabcas.com > > > > On Nov 14, 8:56 am, Christoph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi there, > > > > > this is Christoph form BetaHausBerlin. We figured out, that we are on > > > the coworking wave, too. Funny thing is that I coincidentally > > > contacted Tara early this year while our ideas where pretty > > > rudimentary. Some month later the grand design and the worldwide > > > coworking network got more accessible for us. During the last 4 months > > > we met a lot of people and got connected. Peter Schreck (peteschreck) > > > from Cologne became part of our core team, we involved the local > > > government, that is very interested in digital boheme - stuff(that is > > > a term for coworkers down here in germany). > > > Last week suddenly Lloyd Davis from Social Media Café in London sat in > > > front of me during a presentation by Rod Beckstrom inBerlinduring > > > Web 2.0 Expo and we had a short chat. We are in contact with the > > > tribeminds guys from amsterdam also, and so on and so forth. > > > Regarding the coworking landscape in Europe I guess it works a bit > > > different here, at least in Germany. I have actually not a clue how > > > this situation is in the US but we got already a lot of sponsored > > > places for cultural activities in germany. If you need space to work > > > and for collaboration as an artist or an architect, etc... you > > > probably get it easily and cheap. that is how civil society is getting > > > bigger project done. Especially inBerlinrenting a space is so cheap > > > that economic reasons are nothing to care about. Let's say: It is not > > > the price that make coworking attractive inBerlin. The other factors > > > are more important. Anyway, I'd like to discuss that later on. > > > > > No some facts to keep it short: We are opening up kind of a coworking > > > laboratory in december to find out more about that whole thing and how > > > it is working. > > > A Facebook Group can be found over > here:http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7086631329 > > > Blog and wiki are coming up. > > > I will do a short video of the place now and post it on facebook, that > > > finally this place gets a physical face (and us, too) That's it for > > > today. > > > > > Big hug to everybody, I really enjoyed reading you the last month. ;) > > > > > Christoph > > > -- tara 'miss rogue' hunt coFounder Citizen Agency (www.citizenagency.com) blog: www.horsepigcow.com phone: 415-694-1951 fax: 415-727-5335 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
