Mike, I’ve always appreciated your insights in this discussion group as I’m one of those few along w/ Jacob who have been around just as long. I look forward to hearing about your next endeavor.
JEROME CHANG WEST: Santa Monica 1450 2nd Street (@Broadway) | Santa Monica CA 90401 ph: (310) 526-2255 CENTRAL: Mid-Wilshire 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) | Los Angeles CA 90036 ph: (323) 330-9505 EAST: Downtown 529 S. Broadway, Suite 4000 (@Pershing Square) | Los Angeles CA 90013 ph: (213) 550-2235 On Nov 17, 2014, at 10:52 AM, Jacob Sayles <ja...@officenomads.com> wrote: > Thank you for everything Mike! You have been a great addition to the > conversation here and I hope we cross paths again soon. > > On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 12:39 PM, Mike Pihlman <altamontcow...@gmail.com> > wrote: > I wrote this on my Facebook page. But, before I paste it here I would like > to thank ALL of those among you who helped me TREMENDOUSLY over the years > (you know who you are from private conversations). You are my inspirations, > and, please keep up the fight for collaborative, open, work! I became too > old (at 63) to continue the fight from this direction, but, I will continue > from another (you will have to read my pasted posting to the end!). > > To all the new people here (by new those who came after May 2009)...good luck > and do not ever give up, or change the values that you believe in.... > > COWORKING (without a hyphen) ROCKS!!! > > ---- > AFTER 67 months of trying (65 of those at a loss), we will closing > AltamontCowork on Dec 31, 2014. > > COWORKING in Tracy, CA WILL happen sometime in the future; when the CULTURE > changes sufficiently to understand the beauty of, and embrace: Open, > Collaborative, Work. > > When will that happen???? I suspect 5 to 20 years. > > Why that long??? > > Here is the clue: Those accepting, and fully embracing, this kind of work > environment are just NOW 25 years old or YOUNGER. It will take 5 to 20 years > for the oldest of them to "grow" sufficiently (and for us old farts to die > off so they have the road ahead free of us) to have a major impact in the > world. > > THEN the world of collaborative work will change, but, only then. The circle > of life. The youngsters of today will embrace collaborative work in the > future....hail to them! > > Tracy, CA Residents: When you see that next COWORKING location open up > here....all I ask is that you have a fleeting memory of AltamontCowork....as > we will ALWAYS be the first! > > We have met many wonderful people and made some wonderful, lifelong, friends. > There have been fun times and hard times. But, I appreciate each and every > one who supported AltamontCowork (or Tracy Virtual Office...who remembers?) > over the years. > > The very very special people among you know who you are. (Yes, Tom Gardner > knew....) > > BUT....Like in Harry Potter: The Phoenix rises. > > On Jan 1, 2015, YeOldeTechy (does anyone remember?) will rise again as: > TechyMike > > http://TechyMike.com/ > > Cue the music from "Jaws".....haha > > > ------ > > -- > Buy From Amazon and help ForCarol.com. Click on this link: > http://smile.amazon.com/ch/45-1499304 > -- > Mike Pihlman > AltamontCowork / ForCarol.com (501c3) > 95 W. 11th Street, Suite 205 > Tracy, CA 95376 > Phone: 209-608-4340 > Web: http://AltamontCowork.com > > > -- > 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/d/optout. > > > -- > 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
