We get anywhere between 1 - 15 or so people, but that isn't as yet an issue as we have the capacity, but come the day it is, we have been working on a side project so that people can just ping us (probably via twitter) to see who is there and if there is space.
James McCarthy http://thewerks.org.uk On 28 Mar 2008, at 23:46, Chris Messina wrote: > > We've never had too many people since we've been open. In some ways, > this is why the reservation system proved to be unnecessary once we > got underway. I was sure that having a reservation system would be > necessary to "assure" people that they wouldn't be wasting their time > if they showed up... turned out that we typically have 2-3 people > most of the time, maybe up to 5, but rarely more than that. > > It could be because we don't do any promotion and people find out > about us through the web or word or mouth, but it's just not been an > issue. > > Now, *were* it to become an issue and we became insanely popular with > 15-20 dropins showing up, that's different, but that would radically > change our business, and make it worthwhile to invest in some kind of > scheduling or charging scenario. One thing we've learned though, given > how easy it is to build a custom Rails app these days, is to not > prematurely optimize or to invest in behavior that may never > materialize. It's almost as though you want to reach a pain threshold > where you *must* take action... taking action in advance of something > is a risk that a bootstrapped project probably should avoid, if only > to limit wasting resources. > > Y'know? Now, that isn't to say that you *can't* build something like > this, maybe to attract new folks, but we've seen personal connections > and community tend to be *much* ways to build interest. Anyway...! ;) > > Chris > > On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 11:40 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Thanks everyone, some food for thought there. A few of the models you >> mention I hadn't heard of. I'm wondering though, how are you planning >> to manage overcrowding on some days? If you have no schedule or >> booking and people are free to drop by any day, some days you'll have >> "too many" people no? >> >> Most of us are not running at full capacity yet but it will come and >> I'm wondering if these loose systems will work as well. >> >> Not that hour banks will fix that but wetter we change systems or >> not, >> we plan on a booking site so people can confirm a desk before heading >> here. The bigger advantage you mention for the day or half day >> systems >> is less management which, again, I'm afraid will lead to too many >> people on some days. >> >> >> Patrick >> >> >>> >> > > > > -- > Chris Messina > Citizen-Participant & > Open Source Advocate-at-Large > Work: http://citizenagency.com > Blog: http://factoryjoe.com/blog > Cell: 412.225.1051 > IM: factoryjoe > This email is: [ ] bloggable [X] ask first [ ] private > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
