yea, I got the whole sales pitch from Regus when I was looking for some office space. "Coworking" (at least in Fort Lauderdale) = sharing a bigger office with 2 or 3 people for quite a lot of money with a contract and security deposit.
On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 5:29 PM, Jordan Running <jrunn...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't know if this is new, but I thought others might be interested that > Regus is advertising against "coworking" on Google search results. See > attached screenshot. The ad links to this page: > http://www.regus.com/zsys/ncms/en-us/landing/searchengine/default-office-coworking.aspx?keyword=Coworking > > Jordan Running > Busy Coworking > Iowa City, IA > > > On Thursday, December 8, 2011 12:40:38 AM UTC-6, Will Bennis, Locus > Workspace wrote: >> >> Go New Work City, getting a rise out of the Man: >> http://realbusiness.co.uk/**news/lets-work-together<http://realbusiness.co.uk/news/lets-work-together> >> >> The defensive undercurrent of the article aside, however, part of me >> agrees with Dixon: Coworking isn't a new invention, it's been going on >> for millenia, no doubt, and in many stellar examples in ways that many >> coworking spaces can only long for. Arguing that coworking didn't >> begin until 2005 because that's when the word was first used to >> describe a particular set of values about how to cowork seems to me to >> be a bit off the mark and to focus on labels over content (especially >> since there are so many self-identified coworking spaces that have not >> yet achieved their lofty ideals, my own space included). >> >> That said, Regus is clearly not one of those venues where coworking >> (between independent workers or members of different organizations) >> tends to happen. And if their way of "coworking" counts, then they >> clearly aren't the first, since there have been business lounges since >> long-before Regus was founded in 1989, I'm sure some airport or dozens >> of hotel chains could make better claims to being the first. :) >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/coworking/-/0kotVhUK3PcJ. > To post to this group, send email to coworking@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. > -- 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. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
