Hey, everyone We just talked to Tina, who expained that Sandbox Columbus was named so as a reference to the tech term 'sandbox' and not as a copycat of our name. Given that we assumed the worst at the start of all this, it was helpful to hear an explanation and a sign of good will to work together instead of against each other.
I hope the discussion of this naming issue was somewhat productive in that it got us all thinking about the issues of sharing vs carving out our individual identities as this community continues to grow. I appreciate everyone's feedback on this! Cheers, Sasha On Jan 22, 9:21 am, Tara Hunt <[email protected]> wrote: > Tina and Dave, > > Thanks for hopping in and the clarification. > > T > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 4:23 PM, hunegnaw <[email protected]> wrote: > > > OK everyone, I am with Sandbox Columbus and just received a link to > > this conversation from our friend Bryce at Corkboard here in Columbus. > > > First things first... we did significant research on ideas for our > > coworking space, traveling to NYC (thanks Whitney), Miami, SF, and > > Philly to IndyHall (many, many thanks to Alex for the insights) and > > after our research, settled in on our idea for Sandbox. Our legal > > (trademarked) name is Sandbox Communities. Our intention is to take > > what we learned from our years of being on the web (as groovejob.com > > which we sold to Internet Brands, easytxtr.com, domedia.com, etc.) and > > formalize our successes and help entrepreneurs here in Columbus by > > creating a cool-ass community called Sandbox. > > > Killer space, fresh fruits and vegetables, coffee/tea, water, > > photography studio, wahser/dryers for our people... anyways... > > > So about a week or so ago, we got an email from Sandbox Suites... very > > agressive with the "legal" language. And think about it, given the > > situation (all legal and threatening and shit), we were forced to > > forward Sasha's email to our attorney. For protection. You think we > > want to be sued? You think we want to sue? Hell no. I wish Sasha would > > just pick up the phone and call us. Email us. Be happy. Shit. This > > sucks. > > > Anyways, I am David and can be reached at 614-282-4450. Or, also call > > Tina Goodman at 614-439-3551. Both of these numbers are our cell phone > > numbers... > > > I could go on and on, however my laptop battery is at 2%... > > > Peace, > > > Tina and Dave > > Sandbox. Cowork. Community. > > > On Jan 21, 6:45 pm, HeatherO <[email protected]> wrote: > > > My 2 cents... > > > > I see businesses all over the place that have similar names and think > > > nothing of it. > > > When it's in the same state, it's one thing, but across the country? > > > > I would think that with the right approach it could actually be a good > > > thing! > > > > the whole idea of coworking is about "sharing" so I wouldn't expect > > people > > > to mind the sharing of good ideas! > > > > I actually discovered today that there is another space w/the name "soco" > > in > > > it that I somehow missed, even though I was in the group! I WILL be > > reaching > > > out to them! :) > > -- > tara 'missrogue' hunt > > Book: The Whuffie Factor (http://twurl.nl/qhe1l0) > Company: Citizen Agency (http://citizenagency.com) > Blog: HorsePigCow: Marketing Uncommon (http://horsepigcow.com) > Twitter:http://www.twitter.com/missrogue > phone: 415-694-1951 > fax: 415-727-5335- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
