You have any screencaps of the early flock pages? I swear this just came out of my head! :)
/ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:59 PM, Tara Hunt <horsepig...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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<coworking%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > -- 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.
