It's important to note that the files section will be disabled on January 13th. Google is cleaning up and removing this from all groups starting early next year.
http://groups-announcements.blogspot.com/2010/09/notice-about-pages-and-files.html?hl=en Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Erik Osmond <erikosm...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. 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