Hello Everyone As this is my first post, will briefly introduce myself. I have been avidly reading this Coworking Google Group for well over a year now and have also been researching the possibility of opening a coworking space in Brooklyn, New York on behalf of the Sarapis Foundation, the organization with which Stephanie and I are involved. You can see more at sarapisfoundation.org
You can see from this spreadsheet that Stephanie is able to put together some really great work. She is now working hard on drafting the Coworking Handbook, and based on the results so far, we are all very excited to release v1.0 in the coming weeks. Consider the spreadsheet that was posted today yours. It belongs to the community. If you want to download it locally, put it up on google docs, or change the file format, we encourage that. We only ask that any improvements that are made are then shared with the community. The document, in its current .ods format, has the thread topics in column A as live links that direct you to the original thread on the google group with a single click. You can also use the auto filter function to view threads as they relate to each category, one at a time. These two features are extremely useful for doing research. We first tried to start the project in Google Docs to facilitate its collaborative effort, but we could not get the threads to stay as live links when we copied and pasted them into a Google spreadsheet. The amount of data was also presenting some lagging issues on Google's platform. If anyone can find a way to maintain the linked threads as it transfers to Google Docs, that would be great. If you are having trouble opening the file, you can download Open Office at http://www.openoffice.org/ . Open Office is a powerful open source productivity suite that is available for free. Open Office is but one of many open source programs that supports open document standards such as .ods. Best Erik Osmond On Nov 16, 1:45 pm, Alex Hillman <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com> wrote: > Impressive, a million thanks, Stephanie! > > I'll echo what Tony has said and request that we move this to a google doc > so we can contribute/edit. > > -Alex > > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Tony Bacigalupo > <tonybacigal...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > Holy wow Stephanie, this is incredible! > > > This is a great resource that can be extremely useful for researchers, > > first timers, and veterans. > > > How about posting this to Google Docs and making it publicly editable, so > > it can be kept up to date? Google is also discontinuing the Files section of > > Google Groups, so it should make more sense in the long term anyway. > > > Congrats and thanks! > > > Cheers, > > Tony > > ------ > > New Work City - Community Center for Independents. > > Web: http://nwc.co > > Blog: http://blog.nwc.co > > Twitter:http://twitter.com/nwc > > Phone: (347) 559-1437 > > Address: 412 Broadway, Floor 2, NY NY 10013 > > > On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Jerome Chang > > <jer...@blankspaces.com>wrote: > > >> Awesome awesome - huge amount of work and commensurate thanks to > >> Stephanie! > > >> Jerome > >> ______________ > >> BLANKSPACES > >> "work FOR yourself, not BY yourself" > > >>www.blankspaces.com > >> 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) > >> Los Angeles, CA 90036 > >> 323.330.9505 (office) > > >> On Nov 16, 2010, at 9:39 AM, Stephanie Wiegand wrote: > > >> > Hello Coworkers, > > >> > I am pleased to announce that I have finished categorizing every > >> > thread on the Google Group. I compartmentalized the information into > >> > about 20 topics to make it easier for everyone to find answers to > >> > FAQs. The spreadsheet is meant to be an alternative to Google's search > >> > function by facilitating navigation by category through past threads > >> > on the Coworking Google Group. > > >> > We've posted a spreadsheet called Categorized Group Threads in the > >> > files section of this Google Group. It's intended to be 1) a primary > >> > research tool for anyone interested in coworking, and 2) an ever- > >> > improving document. If you find you can add to or improve the > >> > document, please feel free to edit it and share your work with the > >> > community. > > >> > Here are some trends that I have noticed that I have been asked to > >> > share. > > >> > 1) Some space owners who have had a space for years did not even > >> > realize that they were coworking. This makes me assume that the number > >> > of coworking spaces in the world is significantly larger than I > >> > originally thought. > > >> > 2) People wanting to startup his or her own coworking space. The > >> > overwhelming majority of introductions are from people wanting to > >> > venture into coworking. This can be seen in the amount of > >> > “Introduction: Individual” and “Introduction: Prospective Space” tags. > > >> > 3) People willing to share personal commentary and stories regarding > >> > their space and/or what has led them to coworking. On the topic of > >> > sustainability, many of the same individuals dispense the same > >> > paraphrased advise. > > >> > 4) Media coverage has become another trend. In the last year of so > >> > there seems to be a fair amount of media coverage by some reputable > >> > sources such as Business Week, NY Times, CNN, The Guardian, etc. > > >> > This spreadsheet was the first step in creating the Coworking > >> > Handbook. We hope that in a matter of weeks the Coworking Handbook > >> > will be published to the group and used as the go-to guide for > >> > everyone interested in coworking, from new comers, to people looking > >> > to answer a few specific questions. The intention is not to reduce > >> > coworking related chatter, but simply to reduce redundancy, give > >> > people a strong fundamental understanding of the movement, and allow > >> > the conversations to continue to evolve into some of the more > >> > interesting threads that are being created. > > >> > Thanks and Enjoy > > >> > Stephanie Wiegand > > >> > -- > >> > 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<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. 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