Exactly. A lot of software "solutions" try to avoid the more difficult questions and then people are perplexed why a seemingly feature rich tool gets a less then stellar reception. We live with so many tools we don't need... Anyone own a slap-chop? Take this on and you've really got something.
>From the conversations I've had with you Jonathan it sounds like you understand this pretty well and I'm excited to see you working so hard on this. Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 2011/2/1 Alex Hillman <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com> > +10000 to asking "why" vs. "what". > > Harder to ask and answer, but so much more valuable to know! > > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > > 2011/2/1 Jes <jessica.hu...@gmail.com> > > I like the third alternate and really like the idea of having a check >> list of the types of people in a space, though I don't think it >> necessarily is determined by what the people are doing, but also why >> they are choosing to cowork. For example, my (very new, almost-open) >> space is seeming to attract a lot of parents looking for flexible >> office space. When we all get together, whether they be a nurse with a >> health consulting company, an aerospace engineer, or web host, they >> all have a common ground for talking as they understand the >> difficulties of working around the little people's schedules. It seems >> to be one of the things that gets talked about the most and it lends >> itself to creating a supportive environment! >> >> Jes >> >> >> On Feb 1, 9:39 am, Liu Yan <liuyan.dat...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Ha, we tried something similar to "www.threewords.me"with our own team >> > members, the results are very interesting and surprising to the person >> > him/herself! ;) >> > >> > 2011/2/2 Alex Hillman <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com>: >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > Or take a page out of the recent pehnom, "www.threewords.me", and let >> people >> > > choose 3 words to describe a space/community and aggregate the popular >> ones >> > > at the top. >> > > Neat idea. >> > > -Alex >> > > /ah >> > > indyhall.org >> > > coworking in philadelphia >> > >> > > On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Joel Bennett <veelhoe...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > >> Jonathan/Alex- Would there be a possibility to allow them to "tag" >> the >> > >> space with terms that describe it? You could prepopulate some terms >> as part >> > >> of a check box or something ("open", "collaborative", "hip", >> "artistic", >> > >> etc.) but then allow them to choose a few of their own. Or maybe >> them only >> > >> choosing one word to describe the space would be better... "If you >> could >> > >> describe this community in one word/phrase, what would you say?". >> Then >> > >> allow the terms to describe the space as part of a tag cloud based on >> the >> > >> users submissions. >> > >> > >> Just a thought. >> > >> > >> Thanks & God Bless, >> > >> > >> Joel Bennett >> > >> > >> Chief Dreamchaser >> > >> > >> Veel Hoeden, LLC >> > >> > >> veelhoe...@gmail.com >> > >> > >>http://veelhoeden.posterous.com/ >> > >> > >>http://www.twitter.com/veelhoeden >> > >> > >> From: coworking@googlegroups.com [mailto:coworking@googlegroups.com] >> On >> > >> Behalf Of Alex Hillman >> > >> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 9:11 AM >> > >> To: coworking@googlegroups.com >> > >> Subject: Re: [Coworking] Coworking Registry Profile Wireframes >> > >> > >> I agree with Jerome on Alt. 2. >> > >> > >> The biggest thing I continually see missing from directories like >> this is >> > >> a sort of sense of humanity - physical attributes are useful in >> determining >> > >> what you DON'T want, but make it hard to differentiate between one >> space and >> > >> the next once you know what you DO want. >> > >> > >> Is there any room for fields that allow members (and possibly even >> > >> visitors) to describe the space's members (or perhaps an idea of >> industries >> > >> represented), interactions they've had, activities and associations, >> etc? >> > >> I'm trying to think of a listing on this directory more like a >> "dating >> > >> profile" where I can get a sense of the personality of a space and >> its >> > >> members beyond "how many desks it has". >> > >> > >> Maybe comments serves that purpose to begin, but I'm wondering if >> anyone >> > >> has ideas for other ways to elicit these kinds of non-physical >> attributes >> > >> and store them along with the directory listing? >> > >> > >> -Alex >> > >> > >> /ah >> > >> indyhall.org >> > >> coworking in philadelphia >> > >> > >> On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 8:34 PM, Jerome Chang < >> jer...@blankspaces.com> >> > >> wrote: >> > >> > >> Wow - looks great! I like alternate 2 the best - seems to have more >> > >> breathing room. >> > >> > >> What's the tall vertical box between the ads and the space photos >> for? >> > >> > >> 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 Jan 31, 2011, at 5:06 PM, Jonathan Yankovich wrote: >> > >> > >> > I'm working on the profile pages forhttp://coworkingregistry.org, >> which >> > >> > will hilight information specific to a given coworking facility. I >> mocked >> > >> > up 3 wireframes and am looking for feedback from the community >> about how >> > >> > they could be improved. Here are the 3 wireframes: >> > >> > >> > https://skitch.com/tronathan/rc8ae/3-profile-page >> > >> > https://skitch.com/tronathan/rc8aq/4-profile-page-alternate >> > >> > https://skitch.com/tronathan/rc8ax/5-profile-page-alternate-2 >> > >> > >> > Here's a list of the UI elements included on each page. There may >> be >> > >> > some things missing, so let me know if you can think of anything >> else you'd >> > >> > like to see added: >> > >> > >> > Left Sidebar (common to all, same placement) >> > >> > Site name >> > >> > Google Map >> > >> > Text Geo Info (Address/City/State/Zip) >> > >> > Name of Space >> > >> > Mission Statement >> > >> > "Vital Statistics" (basic info, sqft, date founded, etc) >> > >> > Amenities (whats offered) >> > >> > Twitter Feed (Blog? RSS?) >> > >> > Photo List (user-contributable) >> > >> > Comments (user-contributable) >> > >> > >> > Feel free to toss your ideas out in email, or if you use Skitch you >> can >> > >> > mock up one of the posts above and send it back to me. If you >> think >> > >> > anything is missing, feel free to contibute that too. >> > >> > >> > Thanks all, >> > >> > >> > -- >> > >> > -Jonathan Yankovich @tronathan >> > >> > Community Advocate, Madison Coworking >> > >> > Preferred contact: >> > >> > 1. skype: jonathanyankovich >> > >> > 2. twitter: tronathan >> > >> > 3. email: jonathan.yankov...@gmail.com >> > >> > 4. phone: (608) 513 2012 >> > >> > more info:http://coworkingregistry.org >> > >> > more info:http://madisoncoworking.com >> > >> > please follow @tronathan @coworkregistry @coworkmadison >> > >> > >> > -- >> > >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > >> > Groups "Coworking" group. >> > >> > To post to this group, send email to coworking@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 coworking@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 coworking@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 coworking@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 coworking@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. >> > >> > -- >> > Liu Yan 刘妍 >> > CEO/Co-founder >> > Xindanwei 新单位 >> > (+86) 021 3428 0783 >> > 50 Yongjia Rd, Shanghai,CHINA >> > 中国上海徐汇区永嘉路50号http://xindanwei.comhttps://gist.com/theliuyan >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To post to this group, send email to coworking@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 coworking@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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