Hi Christopher, Have you met Matthew Barr or Aaron Garcia at EyeGate Media (http:// eyegatemedia.com/)? EyeGate is a creative collective based in Deep Ellum at the Life in Deep Ellum venue. They've hosted a few Jelly! Dallas events (http://wiki.workatjelly.com/JellyInDallas), and share your passion for coworking and collaborative discovery. Would you like me to send them an e-mail to introduce you? Or you can hit them up yourself via Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/aarongarcia) yourself. I definitely want to stay in touch with what you're doing. It's my desire to start a creative community in my home, Cedar Hill, Texas, with a few informal coworking events (e.g. Jelly!) before attempting to acquire space for a full-time endeavor. Send me a tweet (http:// www.twitter.com/socialtopher) if you're interested in meeting me for lunch or dinner sometime in October to chat.
Blessings, Chris Stewart On Sep 10, 6:23 pm, ChristopherMartin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the reminder about the space Alexander, I saw a post about > your location recently and would love to come by and see it. > > One thing i think would be helpful is if we could have a large space > like yours facilitate the bigger meet and greets and other collab > events that a space like yours seem to be more apt to handle. The goal > of my attempt to get a small space in deep ellum going has a lot to do > with the area, it really is changing right now and with enough good > elements of change it could once again be a real hot spot for the > city. It is kind of a dead zone these days which i like b/c for a > while it was going in some odd directions. There are a few groups > really trying to facilitate a future of creativity and community. its > what only deep ellum and other small historic/older areas ofDallas > offer with a small footprint. There is a big group of people that > really want to see a positive thing happen now that there is so much > vacancy in the area. I am definitely one of those people. > > I am planning on doing occasional workshops for flash and other design > related topics. Im hoping that this space can be a place for geeks > like me that really have a desire to learn as much about the > surrounding fields to what we do. I think the real power of a shared > space like this is the culmination of all the experience that a group > can offer to one another. A few workshops a week are the kind of thing > that really get you out of your "box" and into a new feeling of > rejuvenation in whatever it is you have to do day to day. > > The idea behind this studio is to really have a place you feel like > you can get a good critique on a design comp or a presentation your > going to pitch from a small group of people you know and trust. > > -Christopher > > On Sep 10, 4:43 pm, Alexander Muse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Remember, we have the coworking space the INFOMART. We are about 40% > > full right now, but would love to have a few energetic people join > > us. Here are the > > details:https://coworking.pbwiki.com/Big-in-Japan-Coworking > > > On Sep 10, 3:47 pm, Blake Burris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Christopher, > > > Great to hear this news. I was just about to tweet earlier today about > > > needing a space 3-4 days a week inDallas(ideally further north but I > > > can handle the drive.) > > > > I'm game to check it out next week. Keep me posted when you decide on > > > the open house or whatever. > > > > -Blake > > > > On Sep 10, 1:23 pm, ChristopherMartin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hello All! > > > > > This is an exciting post for me to type. I have been working on a co- > > > > working space and with many co-working spaces/people in san > > > > francisco(the self proclaimed mecca of co-working). I am now back in > > > > my home state/town with a new space ready to be occupied by creatives, > > > > geeks, hackers, makers and artist. > > > > > Collab21 is the space i founded in San Francisco when i asked a few > > > > friends of mine to help with this crazy idea i had called "cured > > > > collaborative"(the name i wanted didn't take over the course of a > > > > democratic vote for name). Over the course of almost 9 months i > > > > learned the business end of a coworking space and how many hurdles a > > > > space has to get going and to get going right. The meetings started to > > > > come together and we built a board within the first few months. We got > > > > a legitimate business up and running out of the apartment of the newly > > > > appointed president of the board and we were off into the great void > > > > of starting a business. The bay area was much more expensive then i > > > > could deal with and i am now back indallaswith the experience of > > > > what it takes to run a company of like minded(and not) people trying > > > > to work alone together. Its a tough tough game. Not as easy as i had > > > > made it out to be in my idealistic mind. But i am ecstatic to see the > > > > challenges i faced in start-up in SF be once again a daily task on my > > > > docket. > > > > > I have a few names i have used for previous attempts at getting a co- > > > > working/collaborative space going in town but i never really had the > > > > experience or the direction to know what i was doing. So the name is > > > > something i finally know is pretty arbitrary but the space is not. The > > > > space is what i have started with this time indallas. Its a small but > > > > well laid out space in Deep Ellum Only 2 blocks from where the new > > > > Dart Station will be finished next year. > > > > > The space will easily accommodate 12-20 collaboraters at any given > > > > time with the layout i have in the works. But thats where you the > > > > reader of this post come in. I will be paying for the space alone > > > > until the business side of the space is up and running so what i ask > > > > of now is that anyone interested would come to a meet and greet next > > > > week to see the space and voice any concerns or request of what they > > > > would be looking to have in a space if they were to share space. > > > > > Check out Collab21.com for a similar take on what i am planning here > > > > at this space and let me know if it sounds like something you are > > > > interested in! > > > > > -Christopher Martin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
