I'm with Rodrigo on this one. While there's nothing inherently wrong with coworking with a specific niche focus, you miss out on a lot of the extremely valuable opportunities for serendipity & cross pollination that simply CAN'T happen anywhere else.
I think that is one of the strongest differentiators of coworking, and one that can and should be embraced. Tony and I covered this topic on our very first release of "The Coworkers": http://thecoworkers.com/post/1196656063/the-coworkers-ep-1 I highly recommend giving it a listen if you're interested in the topic. -Alex /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 3:52 AM, Rodrigo Neves <xma...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Just wanted to leave my input on this one very quickly. I do think that an > area specific coworking place is as valid as a generic one, as long as the > base principles still apply. On the other hand, I personally believe that > the advantages of having a diverse group really pay off in terms of > knowledge/work exchange and networking. > > Cheers, > Rodrigo Neves > Coworkin' FAO > > Em 2010/10/13 05:52, "Abner Charles" <abner.char...@gmail.com> escreveu: > > > I just wanted to open this topic and ask for some feedback from the > group. > > Co-working spaces are made to be open to everyone from all fields and > expertise. > Is there any field specific co-working spaces would they be considered > co-working space or fall into the incubator category? > If those spaces do exist what's the selecting process? > Would love to know what everyone thinks. > > -- > 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<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.
