Sent you a separate email about this so we can carry on convo without weighing down the thread.
On Thursday, 18 April 2013 10:22:36 UTC-7, Jacob Sayles wrote: > > 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 < > mv...@thenetworkhub.ca <javascript:>> 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.
