Exactly. I'm excited to see you've put a good amount of thought and effort into this. Keeping the data clean and up to date is the tricky part, not building a tool. That's why when we didn't raise enough money last year I focused on building the wiki team before I tackled any technology. Also having a team is essential for handing things off and keeping them going when the initial volunteers want to move on to other projects. If you are interested in working with us I'd love to have you guys on the team. You seem to be doing a great job on your own but projects like this are exactly why I worked to build this team.
Also, I think it's time I visited. You are only three hours away but it's been years since I've seen you guys. Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 12:03 AM, Minna Van | TheNetworkHub.ca < m...@thenetworkhub.ca> wrote: > Hey ya Jacob! :) > > We edited a template in Wordpress using Google Map API, built our own > simple dashboard to enter/edit/delete data. > > We used Coworking Visa Wiki as the primary data source with minor editing > since a few spaces have gone out of business (with their site still online) > so I had to reference website and twitter/facebook to ensure current > activities. Building the back-end/front-end was the simple piece of the > puzzle - the more mysterious piece is the data integrity. We had to add the > coworking spaces ourselves (by we, I mean me, there's no intern or > assistant) to preserve data integrity. > > We looked at scraping Coworking Visa Wiki data but that means we wouldn't > be able to filter the active from inactive, plus from this thread it seems > like we missed quite few spaces from the list AND the list isn't as up to > date as we hope. With regard to meta-data, a few spaces that were closed > also had a live site which may be a hindrance to the integrity issue. Right > now, our low-tech solution is to monitor twitter accounts and maybe do a > clean up every few months of inactive space. > > > > On Wednesday, 17 April 2013 11:23:31 UTC-7, Jacob Sayles wrote: > >> Using the wiki as the primary data source is a great idea. I'm curious >> to know how you're converting the data. Oren Salomon and I have been >> talking quite a bit about the Open Coworking Map idea I was pushing a year >> ago as part of the Coworking Wiki Project. We didn't' raise enough money >> to do the project then but I've continued to see a lot of interest in this >> area. Perhaps we should combine efforts. >> >> The idea behind the OCM is to facilitate spaces to put meta-data on their >> websites and aggregate all of it into a central, open repository (GitHub >> actually). This would mean that when spaces close the data would be >> removed automatically. No one ever remembers to take down their listing >> when they close their doors. Go figure. >> >> Jacob >> >> --- >> Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation >> http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Jay | TheNetworkHub.ca < >> jayca...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Just want to reiterate what Jeannine and Rachel mentioned, that if you >>> haven't added your space onto the Visa page of the Coworking Wiki, please >>> do so now. This helps us have a central repository of all the spaces, >>> including the necessary steps you would like travelling coworkers to take >>> when they visit your space. >>> >>> The posts we request here are only for those on the wiki that we may >>> have missed, as we had to manually enter a lot of this data, and for brand >>> new spaces that haven't had a chance to get in the wiki yet. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> - jay >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sunday, 14 April 2013 18:56:27 UTC-7, Jay | TheNetworkHub.ca wrote: >>> >>>> Hey everyone, >>>> >>>> We recently updated our website and decided to embed a google maps page >>>> of other spaces that participate in the Coworking Visa program. We found >>>> that a visual representation of coworking spaces globally generates a lot >>>> of excitement for those that are brand new to coworking, especially our >>>> more mobile members. The thought of being able to travel across the world, >>>> have a desk waiting for you, and be able to connect to a local community of >>>> likeminded people is a revolutionary idea, one that we should probably >>>> promote more often. >>>> >>>> We used the info from the coworking wiki to generate the list of >>>> coworking visa participants, but if your space is new or we missed adding >>>> your space, please let us know and we'd love to add you onto the page: >>>> >>>> http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/**fr**ee-workspace/<http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/free-workspace/> >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> jay >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Coworking" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to coworking+...@**googlegroups.com. >>> >>> For more options, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>> . >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
