I think it's great for now (reminds me of an early FLOCK page, hmmmm?)! And THANK YOU Alex for doing this! You rawk!
p.s. I hope we can revisit Coworkination mockups in the future (please please please?): http://www.flickr.com/photos/missrogue/sets/72157600017335084/ On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:29 PM, Alex Hillman <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com>wrote: > Over the last several hours, I've finalized the transactions with Bernie > and Gerrit, transferred the domain, configured the DNS, and set up a simple > static homepage to display the community core values and point them to the > three communal resources that we have, just like intended by the proposal > sent out earlier this week. > > The new coworking.com points to the google group, the wiki, and the blog. > It defines some explicit activities that people can do at each of those > places to get involved. > > http://coworking.com > > It does not attempt to define coworking any more than is already defined on > the landing page of the google group. It does not express any commercial or > even organizational intent. It just says "we're here, and we're not going > anywhere". I think this stake in the ground is extremely representative and > lets us go ANY direction we want. > > The design is the product of...well...an hour of my time put in to > copywriting and CSS. I'd be just as happy to throw it away if something else > came along and the group suggests that, so long as the general concept stays > clear. > > I'd also be willing to take design/copy tips/tweaks to heart. You can't > hurt my feelings too bad, I'm not a designer and I know it :) > > There are still a number of other matters to sort out that have come up > since we started down this fun journey this week, and they can be dealt with > one at a time. > > I'll be following up with all of the contributors, as well as the list, to > discuss the next steps in managing the remaining funds. > > *I'd really like the next discussion on this list* to help find a more > sustainable mechanism for allowing people to contribute to the website fund > without raising money that we simply don't need. Right now the fund raise is > spread out over ~20 people. That de-risked the initial purchase, and let > this happen at all. In the next phase, I think the objective should be to > spread the fund wider and, as Chris Messina said, put the focus on > individual supporters instead of business supporters, giving everyone more > equal access to the resources that come with having the domain. > > Let's brainstorm! > > I also want to publicly thank Bernie and Gerrit for being so awesome during > the transaction. They asked me to share this retrospective they posted last > night on the last 10 years with the domain. > http://www.smartmobs.com/2010/02/17/coworking-past-and-future/ > > -Alex > > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<coworking%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > -- tara 'missrogue' hunt Book: The Whuffie Factor (http://www.thewhuffiefactor.com) Blog: HorsePigCow: Marketing Uncommon (http://horsepigcow.com) Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/missrogue phone: 514-679-2951 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@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.
