Nice work. So far i've found around 19 different maps (some not on google) of "co-working space"... none are complete, and almost all the google one's suffer from either spam, irregular listing types (i.e no name, just the location, or just the address but not name, etc..) or other bugs, as well as 4 lists (with yours being the largest + most recent).
A couple days ago I wanted to start playing around with HTML5 and well, decided to finally consolidate everything in a way that people could add their own co-working space as well as be provided with an additional section to highlight specifics regarding the location (similar to the hackerlabs project but also includes the ability to hide/find the nearest resource for various services I find most folks at coworking locations look for). Anyhow, to make a long story short I'm almost done with the project, it's just down to some minor athetic tweaking but should be up soon (I'll make a post once it is actually up and running). If you want i'd love to have a chat with you about some of the different things I've discovered whe researching not only the project but how people go about learning, searching, and finding co-working or even hackerlab type locations and see if you have any additional insight to add as you've definitely been looking into these areas for a lot longer than I have. Ohh and before the inevitable question gets asked: YES THIS IS A 100% FREE SERVICE. in fact it's not really a service, just I wanted to create a self-substainable, user managed portal that actually could grow with the increasing availability of coworking spots (really i was just messing around with html5 and then got carried away... by the time i realized that I remembered that I had promised a good friend (Angel) who runs Cohere out in Fort Collins, CO an article on my co- working experiences but then never delivered. This is my peace offering to her as it's something she's attempted but more importantly is the one who I consistently see being a shining beacon of hope/ inspiration for others in this industry. So i guess back to you Steve - if you're up for a chat (i'm talking even just a quicky via instant messenger) just shoot me an email with contact info + when you're avail. :) -brent On Sep 3, 12:51 pm, "sk...@emergentresearch.com" <sk...@emergentresearch.com> wrote: > As part of our coworking research, we've developed a draft list of US > coworking facilities. The list (Excel file) can be found > at:http://db.tt/jNpKyiV > > As of the end of August, we had found 224 office-based coworking > facilities in the US. We also found 28 shared hacker/maker spaces > that met our coworking criteria. > > We included a facility if: (1) the facility self-identifies as > providing coworking space or equivalent; (2) it offers a range of > membership options (daily, weekly, monthly, etc.) consistent with > traditional coworking spaces (does not need to provide all); (3) it > offers some form of community space and/or activities (this is > subjective based on our assessment); (4) coworking appears to be a > important part of the facility offering (subjective); (5) the > facility is active; (6) the facility caters, at least in part, to > those using the space for work-related purposes. > > As I mentioned in a prior post, this task proved harder - and more > subjective - than we expected. Although this estimate meets our > research needs, the list is likely not complete and there may be > disagreements with facilities we included or excluded. > > We would welcome any and all feedback and in particular we are looking > for facilities we may have missed. My email is > sk...@emergentresearch.com or just post here. > > The list is not copyrighted. Please keep in mind it is a draft. > > Thanks for all the help. > > Steve -- 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.
