Great idea, Hillary! Always good to remind commuters of the benefits of coworking, particularly when commuting gets a big kink in it like a BART strike. :) We tried to do the same when we had bridge construction over here in Seattle, but didn't see too many results, as we didn't Tweet much about it. I'll send out a message for ya now!
Susan __ Office Nomads http://www.officenomads.com On Aug 15, 9:33 am, Mike Pihlman <m...@telbitconsulting.com> wrote: > Being out here in commuter heaven, I started tweeting like crazy > yesterday (and Facebooking and TracyIsland social networking) to let > everyone out there know that the TracyVirtualOffice is an alternative to > driving in to the Bay Area (now for the BART strike, but, also long term > if their OFB's do not allow them to work at "home".....the TVO is an > office). > > Any Twitter help from you all would be greatly appreciated as well :-) > > Also.....since coworking is really a form of telecommuting which is > telework...is there something we ALL can at a grass roots organized > level? Watching the news..very very little is said about staying at > "home" to work, when there are thousands of people who can. > > Would it make sense for all of us to band together to let whoever needs > to know, know about the benefits of coworking / telecommuting? And not > just during events like this but long term....reduce traffic, reduce > harmful emissions, reduce stress, save time, money, and increase > productivity. All benefits of "telecommuting" and thus, coworking. > > Thanks, Mike > > > > Hillary Hartley wrote: > > Hi everyone. Rumor has it that BART will probably strike next week. > > We're thinking it would be a great time to remind San Franciscans of > > coworking! > > > To that end, if you feel so compelled we'd love it if you could tweet > > or otherwise spread the message. I'm including a couple 140-character- > > friendly messages below. Spread the love! > > > Thanks. > > Hillary and my fellow citizens @ Citizen Space > > > ----- > > > Work out of @citizenspace during the BART strike. Communal table & > > free wifi. Donations are cool but not required.http://citizenspace.us > > > Stuck at home during the BART strike? Try coworking @citizenspace - > > free wifi, fresh coffee, and rad peeps.http://citizenspace.us > > > BART strike got you down? Cowork instead of commute! Work at > > @citizenspace (lots of space & free wifi)http://citizenspace.us > > -- > Mike Pihlman > TracyVirtualOffice > "A Coworking Community" > 95 W. 11th Street, Suite 203 > Tracy, CA 95376 > Mobile: 209-608-4340 > Web: TracyVirtualOffice.com > Twitter: @TracyVirtOffice > Skype: tracyvirtualoffice1 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
