[Coworking] Re: Fe: Connecting to co-workers
RE: "I'll try to make this a bit more coherent and post it on the coworking blog." Please do! That's awesome! Tara On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 9:43 PM, felicity at cubes < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Brian > > An ENORMOUS thank you to you for your tips. I love them. > We have had two great articles, but like you have had trouble > converting that casual > buzz into clients. I love the open house idea. We have been doing > them > monthly and allowing tours, but definitely going to try the critical > mass concept of > once a week. > > Will keep you and the community posted. > > -Felicity > > On Mar 3, 11:49 am, "Brian Del Vecchio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Felicity, > > > > We're enjoying some growth in community here at betahouse, and here > > are some quick observations on success factors. I hope you find some > > of this useful. > > > > We got major press early last Fall with a front page story in the > > Boston Globe. It led to a lot of interest both from people we already > > knew, and new folks discovering coworking. But how do you convert > > buzz into community? > > > > After the Globe article, we had a hard time keeping up with all the > > casual interest, so we instituted a weekly Open House. It's really > > just a casual social time where we serve beer and snacks, turn up the > > music, and make sure that we can give visitors a warm welcome. When > > people inquire about space, we invite them to Open House. It makes > > for a very different impression than "walk quietly around the space > > and try not to disturb the busy coworking people." And as Raines > > said, coworking is about the people: if visitors have time to bond > > with people they meet when they visit, they'll leave thinking of more > > than cost per sq ft and the discomfort of sharing space with > > strangers. > > > > But more importantly: we built betahouse to serve a community (web > > entrepreneurs), and nearly everyone who has come join us at betahouse > > has come from this community. People come to betahouse not for the > > cheap office space, but to be around other people with similar > > interests and challenges. > > > > We regularly attend community events where we tell everyone who will > > listen about betahouse, and remind everyone we see that they're > > welcome to stop by and visit during open house, or come work for a > > day. > > > > We even go so far as to follow our friends on Twitter, and respond to > > the frequent complaints about nomadic cafe life with invitations to > > come work at betahouse. > > > > More seriously, we try to make betahouse a center for the community we > > serve. We have invited the community in to betahouse for special > > events, like the all-day hackfests we call DevHouse Boston. Several > > of our resident coworkers discovered us through these events. > > > > We've also held a series of big parties (beer by the keg, endless > > food, and live DJs). These are tons of work, but it's always a > > pleasure when I see two people meet and recognize each other from our > > parties. > > > > I'll conclude by saying that we've done all this without a blog. Of > > course we know we should have one, and everything that Raines says is > > completely right. But connecting to the community has been our main > > strategy. > > > > I'll try to make this a bit more coherent and post it on the coworking > blog. > > > > -- > > Brian Del Vecchio | Virosity, Inc. | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > 617-899-0798 > > > -- tara 'miss rogue' hunt coFounder Citizen Agency (www.citizenagency.com) blog: www.horsepigcow.com phone: 415-694-1951 fax: 415-727-5335 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: Fe: Connecting to co-workers
Hi Brian An ENORMOUS thank you to you for your tips. I love them. We have had two great articles, but like you have had trouble converting that casual buzz into clients. I love the open house idea. We have been doing them monthly and allowing tours, but definitely going to try the critical mass concept of once a week. Will keep you and the community posted. -Felicity On Mar 3, 11:49 am, "Brian Del Vecchio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Felicity, > > We're enjoying some growth in community here at betahouse, and here > are some quick observations on success factors. I hope you find some > of this useful. > > We got major press early last Fall with a front page story in the > Boston Globe. It led to a lot of interest both from people we already > knew, and new folks discovering coworking. But how do you convert > buzz into community? > > After the Globe article, we had a hard time keeping up with all the > casual interest, so we instituted a weekly Open House. It's really > just a casual social time where we serve beer and snacks, turn up the > music, and make sure that we can give visitors a warm welcome. When > people inquire about space, we invite them to Open House. It makes > for a very different impression than "walk quietly around the space > and try not to disturb the busy coworking people." And as Raines > said, coworking is about the people: if visitors have time to bond > with people they meet when they visit, they'll leave thinking of more > than cost per sq ft and the discomfort of sharing space with > strangers. > > But more importantly: we built betahouse to serve a community (web > entrepreneurs), and nearly everyone who has come join us at betahouse > has come from this community. People come to betahouse not for the > cheap office space, but to be around other people with similar > interests and challenges. > > We regularly attend community events where we tell everyone who will > listen about betahouse, and remind everyone we see that they're > welcome to stop by and visit during open house, or come work for a > day. > > We even go so far as to follow our friends on Twitter, and respond to > the frequent complaints about nomadic cafe life with invitations to > come work at betahouse. > > More seriously, we try to make betahouse a center for the community we > serve. We have invited the community in to betahouse for special > events, like the all-day hackfests we call DevHouse Boston. Several > of our resident coworkers discovered us through these events. > > We've also held a series of big parties (beer by the keg, endless > food, and live DJs). These are tons of work, but it's always a > pleasure when I see two people meet and recognize each other from our > parties. > > I'll conclude by saying that we've done all this without a blog. Of > course we know we should have one, and everything that Raines says is > completely right. But connecting to the community has been our main > strategy. > > I'll try to make this a bit more coherent and post it on the coworking blog. > > -- > Brian Del Vecchio | Virosity, Inc. | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > 617-899-0798 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: Fe: Connecting to co-workers
This is fantastic. Really great tips for people starting out on coworking space initiatives themselves.This message is a "star" for me ;) cheers On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 8:49 PM, Brian Del Vecchio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Felicity, > > We're enjoying some growth in community here at betahouse, and here > are some quick observations on success factors. I hope you find some > of this useful. > > We got major press early last Fall with a front page story in the > Boston Globe. It led to a lot of interest both from people we already > knew, and new folks discovering coworking. But how do you convert > buzz into community? > > After the Globe article, we had a hard time keeping up with all the > casual interest, so we instituted a weekly Open House. It's really > just a casual social time where we serve beer and snacks, turn up the > music, and make sure that we can give visitors a warm welcome. When > people inquire about space, we invite them to Open House. It makes > for a very different impression than "walk quietly around the space > and try not to disturb the busy coworking people." And as Raines > said, coworking is about the people: if visitors have time to bond > with people they meet when they visit, they'll leave thinking of more > than cost per sq ft and the discomfort of sharing space with > strangers. > > But more importantly: we built betahouse to serve a community (web > entrepreneurs), and nearly everyone who has come join us at betahouse > has come from this community. People come to betahouse not for the > cheap office space, but to be around other people with similar > interests and challenges. > > We regularly attend community events where we tell everyone who will > listen about betahouse, and remind everyone we see that they're > welcome to stop by and visit during open house, or come work for a > day. > > We even go so far as to follow our friends on Twitter, and respond to > the frequent complaints about nomadic cafe life with invitations to > come work at betahouse. > > More seriously, we try to make betahouse a center for the community we > serve. We have invited the community in to betahouse for special > events, like the all-day hackfests we call DevHouse Boston. Several > of our resident coworkers discovered us through these events. > > We've also held a series of big parties (beer by the keg, endless > food, and live DJs). These are tons of work, but it's always a > pleasure when I see two people meet and recognize each other from our > parties. > > I'll conclude by saying that we've done all this without a blog. Of > course we know we should have one, and everything that Raines says is > completely right. But connecting to the community has been our main > strategy. > > I'll try to make this a bit more coherent and post it on the coworking > blog. > > -- > Brian Del Vecchio | Virosity, Inc. | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > 617-899-0798 > > > > -- Ride/Drive Genealogy: '70 BridgeStone City Cycle | '95 Murray Mountain Bike | '96 Yezdi CL2 | '02 Palio 1.2 Sport | '03 Palio S10 | '59 Willy's 4WD Venkat Ramana | Mobile: +91 99 800 33 335 | Bangalore, India | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: Planning on starting a space in Halifax, NS
Rob, The reason you describe for wanting to connect the local community and using coworking as a venue to do so is EXACTLY how we approached creating IndyHall. After an unfortunate series of circumstances kept me from taking an opportunity to move to the Valley, I reflected on why I even considered leaving in the first place. The short answer was that I was going to get to work with Chris and Tara, but the longer answer is that I hungered for community. Realizing you can create a community instead of leaving friends and family is so valuable, and it thrills me to hear you say that. Best of luck, and let us know if we can ever be of any help! Cheers, Alex, IndyHall, Philadelphia On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 3:50 PM, Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My girlfriend and I discussed moving to San Francisco recently - I > love where I am from (glad you heart the region as well), but > sometimes the region`s relative smallness presents barriers that I > feel may not be so prevalent in a place like California (which makes > sense seeing as how there are more people in that state than Canada - > or close to it). > > I am hoping even something as simple as a coworking space will help > connect us to others that want to stay here and make things happen > though - so I am hopeful. > Should things not work out, you may very well see me walking through > your door someday. > But it would definitely be nice to flip that and you walk through our > door someday for a visit! > > Cheers > > P.S. I was so excited to announce my plans in my last post I never > introduced myself, my name is Rob MacArthur - I love music and will > push the ideas of entrepreneurship, innovation and creative > destruction on anyone willing to listen (I will also push local music > if given the chance - see: http://www.aquietrevolution.com/). > > > On Mar 3, 2:28 am, "Tara Hunt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Way cool! I heart the maritimes! > > > > T > > > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 6:29 PM, Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I currently own a rehearsal space for bands so I don't foresee too > > > many issues going from scheduling rooms for bands to scheduling desks > > > for you(?). > > > > > I also run an indie label and manage a few bands. Plans to grow that > > > business means we will have to find an office and as a tech loving > > > entrepreneur the idea of surrounding myself with other entrepreneurs, > > > programmers and creative types is pretty exciting - hence the > > > coworking route. > > > > > I have some interest from potential users including programmers, > > > another entrepreneur and a small office staff needing a new space who > > > find the idea of coworking very exciting also. > > > > > My hope for the space is that it becomes a networking hub for > business/ > > > creative types much in the same way as my rehearsal spaces have become > > > a hub for musicians. > > > > > I would like to eventually have the space host regular evening or > > > weekend events covering everything from user show and tell nights, to > > > talks on maintaining work-life balance [I probably need to join a > > > workaholics group] to presentations on the latest online services/time > > > stealers to wine and art appreciation sessions. > > > > > Beyond simply providing a space to work I hope it turns people onto > > > new ideas and interests. I also hope for a space that will allow for > > > simple things such as a podcast recording or interview room/booth. A > > > space allowing for a library/quiet room, and a nice sized conference > > > room would be ideal. > > > > > I am currently looking for spaces on the peninsula and am posting > > > around online to see what other input I receive, see if anyone else is > > > lurking around here from Halifax and maybe find some additional > > > potential users. > > > > > Anyone interested in any aspect of this can get in touch via: > > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > phone:902-404-7007 > > > skype: from.here.to.there > > > > > Cheers! > > > > -- > > tara 'miss rogue' hunt > > coFounder > > Citizen Agency (www.citizenagency.com) > > blog:www.horsepigcow.com > > phone:415-694-1951 > > fax: 415-727-5335 > > > -- - -- - Alex Hillman web.developer.innovation.consultant vocal: 484.597.6256 digital: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | skype: dangerouslyawesome visual: www.weknowhtml.com | www.dangerouslyawesome.com local: www.indyhall.org --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: questions about Crowdsourcing
Definitions of crowd sourcing tend to vary and be quite broad. Because of this there are a lot of potential examples - it depends on what you are looking for - but here are a few: Although they are rarely mentioned in this area, I think the best example is Google. Their search algorithm uses information generated from internet crowds (links, traffic, etc) to help decide which pages are most relevant to search requests. They've built an amazing business using crowdsourcing. The usual product examples in this area are: Wikipedia, Firefox, Linux and most other open source software. Innocentive and P&G's Connect and Develop program are often used for examples of crowd source innovation. Yahoo Answers and Amazon's Mechanical Turk are often used when talking about services. YouTube is often used as an example. Crowds contribute videos and YouTube sells ads against them. Craigslist and eBay also do this and are also used. The Audobon society has eBird which uses crowdsourcing to count bird populations, and the USGS uses crowdsourcing to help measure the range and impact of earthquakes. One of my favorites is Nvohk, which is using crowd funding to raise money for their business. A couple of resources: Wired has a crowdsourcing blog: http://crowdsourcing.typepad.com/cs/ Open Innovators has a list: http://www.openinnovators.net/list-open-innovation-crowdsourcing-examples/ Steve On Mar 3, 1:15 pm, Scotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there I am doing a 20 min webcast group project on crowdsourcing > and I need to profile a company or product that has been sucessful > throught the medium of Crowdsourcing. Will you please send some ideas. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: Adding to the Google Map
The Google Map is self-editable. Tara On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 2:15 PM, Suzi Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all - > > group88 (Simsbury, CT) is about 2 weeks away from final construction! > Can't wait. We're launching our website this week (fingers crossed) > and I'd like to have our space pushpinned on the Google map, even if > it's marked as pending right now, so I can link to the map and other > coworking info from our site. > > Tara, Alex or anyone - how can I set this up? I also don't see > Soundview Coworking posted on the map (they're in Stamford, CT) and it > would be good to have those guys posted as well. > > BTW - we're having an Open House April 2 from 4-7. More info on that > to come. > > Thanks for all your help! > Suzi E > > group88 > 88 Hopmeadow Street (Route 10) > Simsbury, CT 06089 > +1.860.384.4480 > > > > > -- tara 'miss rogue' hunt coFounder Citizen Agency (www.citizenagency.com) blog: www.horsepigcow.com phone: 415-694-1951 fax: 415-727-5335 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Adding to the Google Map
Hi all - group88 (Simsbury, CT) is about 2 weeks away from final construction! Can't wait. We're launching our website this week (fingers crossed) and I'd like to have our space pushpinned on the Google map, even if it's marked as pending right now, so I can link to the map and other coworking info from our site. Tara, Alex or anyone - how can I set this up? I also don't see Soundview Coworking posted on the map (they're in Stamford, CT) and it would be good to have those guys posted as well. BTW - we're having an Open House April 2 from 4-7. More info on that to come. Thanks for all your help! Suzi E group88 88 Hopmeadow Street (Route 10) Simsbury, CT 06089 +1.860.384.4480 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] questions about Crowdsourcing
Hi there I am doing a 20 min webcast group project on crowdsourcing and I need to profile a company or product that has been sucessful throught the medium of Crowdsourcing. Will you please send some ideas. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: Christian Science Monitor on Coworking
Hi Bryce, Miami still doesn't have a coworking location yet, everything's still in early planning stages. What days will you be here? Please send me an email directly to spare the group. :) -Alex Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -Original Message- From: Bryce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 09:59:25 To:Coworking Subject: [Coworking] Re: Christian Science Monitor on Coworking On Mar 3, 12:20 pm, "Alex de Carvalho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alex, thanks for the great presentation on coworking you gave at > BarCampMiami, it really helps our community. We had just started > talking about coworking on the RefreshMiami list and the learning and > tips you shared will guide our efforts. Alex(es) -- I'll be in Miami (w/a free day to spare, even!) in April and would love to spend a half-day in any available spaces down there. I checked the wiki but don't see anything active in Miami.. Do you have a space yet, or still in early planning? - bryce --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: Planning on starting a space in Halifax, NS
My girlfriend and I discussed moving to San Francisco recently - I love where I am from (glad you heart the region as well), but sometimes the region`s relative smallness presents barriers that I feel may not be so prevalent in a place like California (which makes sense seeing as how there are more people in that state than Canada - or close to it). I am hoping even something as simple as a coworking space will help connect us to others that want to stay here and make things happen though - so I am hopeful. Should things not work out, you may very well see me walking through your door someday. But it would definitely be nice to flip that and you walk through our door someday for a visit! Cheers P.S. I was so excited to announce my plans in my last post I never introduced myself, my name is Rob MacArthur - I love music and will push the ideas of entrepreneurship, innovation and creative destruction on anyone willing to listen (I will also push local music if given the chance - see: http://www.aquietrevolution.com/). On Mar 3, 2:28 am, "Tara Hunt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Way cool! I heart the maritimes! > > T > > > > On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 6:29 PM, Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I currently own a rehearsal space for bands so I don't foresee too > > many issues going from scheduling rooms for bands to scheduling desks > > for you(?). > > > I also run an indie label and manage a few bands. Plans to grow that > > business means we will have to find an office and as a tech loving > > entrepreneur the idea of surrounding myself with other entrepreneurs, > > programmers and creative types is pretty exciting - hence the > > coworking route. > > > I have some interest from potential users including programmers, > > another entrepreneur and a small office staff needing a new space who > > find the idea of coworking very exciting also. > > > My hope for the space is that it becomes a networking hub for business/ > > creative types much in the same way as my rehearsal spaces have become > > a hub for musicians. > > > I would like to eventually have the space host regular evening or > > weekend events covering everything from user show and tell nights, to > > talks on maintaining work-life balance [I probably need to join a > > workaholics group] to presentations on the latest online services/time > > stealers to wine and art appreciation sessions. > > > Beyond simply providing a space to work I hope it turns people onto > > new ideas and interests. I also hope for a space that will allow for > > simple things such as a podcast recording or interview room/booth. A > > space allowing for a library/quiet room, and a nice sized conference > > room would be ideal. > > > I am currently looking for spaces on the peninsula and am posting > > around online to see what other input I receive, see if anyone else is > > lurking around here from Halifax and maybe find some additional > > potential users. > > > Anyone interested in any aspect of this can get in touch via: > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > phone:902-404-7007 > > skype: from.here.to.there > > > Cheers! > > -- > tara 'miss rogue' hunt > coFounder > Citizen Agency (www.citizenagency.com) > blog:www.horsepigcow.com > phone:415-694-1951 > fax: 415-727-5335 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: SXSW Rollcall?
Ok, I'm in. I get into town Thursday evening and am staying with friends of friends in the south central area. I fly out Monday afternoon. I'm coming alone and don't know anyone in Austin so this should be interesting. I'm looking forward to meeting everyone at Hotel San Jose on Friday night. Jacob Sayles Co-founder & Janitor http://officenomads.com On Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Julie Gomoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Consider the reins taken. Hunting for an appropriate spot... > > SXSWi is Friday-Tuesday, March 7-11. How many of you will be around > Thursday nightd? That would certainly be the easiest evening to find a > location at this late date. > > Julie > > On Jan 18, 2008 4:53 PM, Alex Hillman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Most of my energy will be going into the Core Conversations session...if > > you'd like to take the reins on a meetup/meal of some sort, rock out! > > > > -Alex > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Fe: Connecting to co-workers
Hi Felicity, We're enjoying some growth in community here at betahouse, and here are some quick observations on success factors. I hope you find some of this useful. We got major press early last Fall with a front page story in the Boston Globe. It led to a lot of interest both from people we already knew, and new folks discovering coworking. But how do you convert buzz into community? After the Globe article, we had a hard time keeping up with all the casual interest, so we instituted a weekly Open House. It's really just a casual social time where we serve beer and snacks, turn up the music, and make sure that we can give visitors a warm welcome. When people inquire about space, we invite them to Open House. It makes for a very different impression than "walk quietly around the space and try not to disturb the busy coworking people." And as Raines said, coworking is about the people: if visitors have time to bond with people they meet when they visit, they'll leave thinking of more than cost per sq ft and the discomfort of sharing space with strangers. But more importantly: we built betahouse to serve a community (web entrepreneurs), and nearly everyone who has come join us at betahouse has come from this community. People come to betahouse not for the cheap office space, but to be around other people with similar interests and challenges. We regularly attend community events where we tell everyone who will listen about betahouse, and remind everyone we see that they're welcome to stop by and visit during open house, or come work for a day. We even go so far as to follow our friends on Twitter, and respond to the frequent complaints about nomadic cafe life with invitations to come work at betahouse. More seriously, we try to make betahouse a center for the community we serve. We have invited the community in to betahouse for special events, like the all-day hackfests we call DevHouse Boston. Several of our resident coworkers discovered us through these events. We've also held a series of big parties (beer by the keg, endless food, and live DJs). These are tons of work, but it's always a pleasure when I see two people meet and recognize each other from our parties. I'll conclude by saying that we've done all this without a blog. Of course we know we should have one, and everything that Raines says is completely right. But connecting to the community has been our main strategy. I'll try to make this a bit more coherent and post it on the coworking blog. -- Brian Del Vecchio | Virosity, Inc. | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 617-899-0798 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: Christian Science Monitor on Coworking
On Mar 3, 12:20 pm, "Alex de Carvalho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alex, thanks for the great presentation on coworking you gave at > BarCampMiami, it really helps our community. We had just started > talking about coworking on the RefreshMiami list and the learning and > tips you shared will guide our efforts. Alex(es) -- I'll be in Miami (w/a free day to spare, even!) in April and would love to spend a half-day in any available spaces down there. I checked the wiki but don't see anything active in Miami.. Do you have a space yet, or still in early planning? - bryce --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Christian Science Monitor on Coworking
Alex, thanks for the great presentation on coworking you gave at BarCampMiami, it really helps our community. We had just started talking about coworking on the RefreshMiami list and the learning and tips you shared will guide our efforts. -Alex Scrapblog.com / BarCampMiami / @alexdc (cross-posted to RefreshMiami group) On 3/2/08, Alex Hillman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tony B (or someone), > Could you please publish this in the "best of" section of the google > group/wiki? Maybe on the blog, too? I think having clarity of this story as > more and more people are looking at this an researching it would be > beneficial. > > Mostly related, I was SO happy to have Brad a the coworking session that I > led at Barcamp Miami this weekend. I got some really great response all > weekend long and the Miami scene is looking like it's going to really > explode very soon. I like interacting with communities when cool things > happen that feel "familiar". > > -Alex, IndyHall, Philadelphia > > > > > On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 6:45 PM, Tara Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There have been many good stories on coworking in many newspapers across > the US, the best one is probably coming out soon. > > > > The story we've told a zillion reporters: > > > > Chris blogged about the need for civic spaces back in early 2005? Chris > will have the reference to that...then he met Brad N who was doing the one > day a week coworking thing at Spiral Muse. The two of them talked. Brad, of > course, wanted to see coworking grow, but he was having a tough time getting > it off the ground. Chris asked if it was okay to take it and run with it and > Brad said, "Of course!" > > > > Chris first started helping promote Coworking at spiral muse by throwing a > Mashpit there. It was successful, but Chris wanted something bigger. So, we > posted an event on Upcoming for a coworking meetup and a whole bunch of > people showed up! Ryanne and Jay were all over it and we started hunting for > a space, all the time, posting photos, progress, budgets, blog posts, etc. > Brad was really busy at the time, so he actually wasn't involved in the > search, but he did join us as an anchor at The Hat Factory. > > > > Chris and I made the deal at The Hat Factory with Schlomo and we ran that > as a collective. Didn't work too well and we decided to open Citizen Space, > once again, using an open process. We were also communicating with many > others interested in opening their spaces at the time, traveling in some > cases to meet with them. We would go to BarCamps around the world and talk > about how we were setting up our space. > > > > When we opened CS, we asked the HF peeps if we could make the coworking > google group (this one) more public. There was a bit of a rouse, but it all > ended fine and they started their own separate list. It really started to > grow from there and soon, we were taking phonecalls and directing people to > this list almost weekly. We wanted to encourage everyone to develop openly. > > > > Now Alex Hillman, one of the people we helped early on, has taken a huge > leadership role as has Patrick Tanquay as has Jacob Sayles as has many great > people from other spaces. It's no longer a 'Tara and Chris' project, really. > It belongs to anyone, but the growth wasn't accidental. It was very much > deliberate and driven by our passion for spreading it. > > > > The article makes it sound like there was none of that. > > > > Tara > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 3:26 PM, Geoff DiMasi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > How did it happen? > > > > > > I probably should know that. > > > > > > Geoff > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mar 2, 2008, at 5:45 PM, Chris Messina wrote: > > > > > > > > > > >> 'Every morning, Mr. Neuberg set up tables and waited for coworkers. > > > >> > > > >> '"For the first two months, no one showed up," he says, laughing at > > > >> his > > > >> initial hubris. "But people started trickling in and the word > > > >> spread." Soon > > > >> enough, he had started a movement.' > > > > > > > > Heh. > > > > > > > > Well, that's not how it happened, but it's nice prose. ;) > > > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Tara Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > >> Talk about historical revision! Still...any article promoting the > > > >> movement > > > >> is good. > > > >> > > > >> Tara > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 1:29 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> At: > http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0303/p13s03-wmgn.html > > > >>> > > > >>> Steve > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> -- > > > >> tara 'miss rogue' hunt > > > >> coFounder > > > >> Citizen Agency (www.citizenagency.com) > > > >> blog: www.horsepigcow.com > > > >> phone: 415-694-19
[Coworking] Re: Christian Science Monitor on Coworking
My view is if an article is positive and more than 50% correct, I am very happy. Also, myths often play a big role in spreading the news. For example, the myth that Pierre Omidyar started eBay to help his girl friend buy and sell Pez dispensers was very powerful for them. eBay even has a Pez dispenser display in their lobby. The image of Brad setting up tables and waiting for people to show up is a good one. Sort of a "Maytag repairman" image. I also like the hubris laugh line. Steve On Mar 3, 8:30 am, Brad Neuberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I need to practice my initial hubris laugh. I've got the evil cackle > down though. > > Sent from my cell phone > > On Mar 3, 2008, at 5:35 AM, "Raines Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I dunno, accuracy may be overrated. ;-) It's worth it to be able to > > see phrases like "laughing at his initial hubris". Powerful imagery. > > Brad, maybe we could record a video of you laughing at your initial > > hubris? I think it would make the charts at YouTube, and be a > > strange insider-reference promo for the movement. > > > So what else is wrong with the article, besides singularizing Office > > Nomads? (and what Tara/Chris said) > > > There's the emphasis in the YourStreet CEO quote, implying that > > coworking is implicitly temporary, always followed by graduation to > > a real office. Although this may be the path for some (any > > documented examples yet?), I'd find it hard to imagine giving up the > > benefits of coworking as a business grows; I'd expect that some > > coworkers would rather create new spaces with larger capacities or > > different mixes if they outgrow existing spaces. > > > The Dublin reference could be read to imply that the place there is > > the main location internationally, but I think it's mostly resolved > > by context by the end of the paragraph. > > > Interesting that it mentions that there are several websites for > > coworking, but only lists coworking.ie; sometimes this is a sign > > that there's a sidebar in the print edition that didn't translate to > > the web version of the article. > > > While the website doesn't allow comments, there is a convenient > > "Letter to the Editor" button up top that can make it easy to set > > the record straight, in print and online; it seems like some of the > > principals here would be in a good position to do so. > > > Raines, Coworking Coach > > L: near Washington, DC for another 24 hours after eDemocracyCamp > > > P.S. I liked the phrase "laptop bedouins" so much that I registered > > laptopbedouins.com. I'll redirect it to coworking.info pending > > better ideas for a site/project. And "regular denizens" has > > potential, too... > > > P.P.S. This article seems like a good one to add to the WIkipedia > > article on coworking at > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/coworking > > > On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 4:40 PM, Tara Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > Talk about historical revision! Still...any article promoting the > > movement is good. > > > Tara > > > On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 1:29 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > wrote: > > > At: http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0303/p13s03-wmgn.html > > > Steve > > > -- > > tara 'miss rogue' hunt > > coFounder > > Citizen Agency (www.citizenagency.com) > > blog:www.horsepigcow.com > > phone: 415... > > fax: 415-727-5335- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: Christian Science Monitor on Coworking
Hi Ray! Long time no chat. Ray was the first person to join the first coworking space in San Francisco. How are you? Sent from my cell phone On Mar 2, 2008, at 6:16 PM, Ray Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Small correction: Coworking at Spiral Muse was two days a week. > Monday and Tuesday. > > Ray > > > Tara Hunt wrote: >> There have been many good stories on coworking in many newspapers >> across the US, the best one is probably coming out soon. >> >> The story we've told a zillion reporters: >> >> Chris blogged about the need for civic spaces back in early 2005? >> Chris will have the reference to that...then he met Brad N who was >> doing the one day a week coworking thing at Spiral Muse. The two of >> them talked. Brad, of course, wanted to see coworking grow, but he >> was having a tough time getting it off the ground. Chris asked if >> it was okay to take it and run with it and Brad said, "Of course!" >> >> Chris first started helping promote Coworking at spiral muse by >> throwing a Mashpit there. It was successful, but Chris wanted >> something bigger. So, we posted an event on Upcoming for a >> coworking meetup and a whole bunch of people showed up! Ryanne and >> Jay were all over it and we started hunting for a space, all the >> time, posting photos, progress, budgets, blog posts, etc. Brad was >> really busy at the time, so he actually wasn't involved in the >> search, but he did join us as an anchor at The Hat Factory. >> >> Chris and I made the deal at The Hat Factory with Schlomo and we >> ran that as a collective. Didn't work too well and we decided to >> open Citizen Space, once again, using an open process. We were also >> communicating with many others interested in opening their spaces >> at the time, traveling in some cases to meet with them. We would go >> to BarCamps around the world and talk about how we were setting up >> our space. >> >> When we opened CS, we asked the HF peeps if we could make the >> coworking google group (this one) more public. There was a bit of a >> rouse, but it all ended fine and they started their own separate >> list. It really started to grow from there and soon, we were taking >> phonecalls and directing people to this list almost weekly. We >> wanted to encourage everyone to develop openly. >> >> Now Alex Hillman, one of the people we helped early on, has taken a >> huge leadership role as has Patrick Tanquay as has Jacob Sayles as >> has many great people from other spaces. It's no longer a 'Tara and >> Chris' project, really. It belongs to anyone, but the growth wasn't >> accidental. It was very much deliberate and driven by our passion >> for spreading it. >> >> The article makes it sound like there was none of that. >> >> Tara >> >> >> On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 3:26 PM, Geoff DiMasi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >> How did it happen? >> >> I probably should know that. >> >> Geoff >> >> >> On Mar 2, 2008, at 5:45 PM, Chris Messina wrote: >> >> > >> >> 'Every morning, Mr. Neuberg set up tables and waited for >> coworkers. >> >> >> >> '"For the first two months, no one showed up," he says, laughing >> at >> >> his >> >> initial hubris. "But people started trickling in and the word >> >> spread." Soon >> >> enough, he had started a movement.' >> > >> > Heh. >> > >> > Well, that's not how it happened, but it's nice prose. ;) >> > >> > Chris >> > >> > On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Tara Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > wrote: >> >> Talk about historical revision! Still...any article promoting the >> >> movement >> >> is good. >> >> >> >> Tara >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 1:29 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> At: http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0303/p13s03-wmgn.html >> >>> >> >>> Steve >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> tara 'miss rogue' hunt >> >> coFounder >> >> Citizen Agency (www.citizenagency.com) >> >> blog: www.horsepigcow.com >> >> phone: 415-694-1951 >> >> fax: 415-727-5335 >> >> >> >> >> >>> >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Chris Messina >> > Citizen-Participant & >> > Open Source Advocate-at-Large >> > Work: http://citizenagency.com >> > Blog: http://factoryjoe.com/blog >> > Cell: 412.225.1051 >> > IM: factoryjoe >> > This email is: [ ] bloggable[X] ask first [ ] private >> > >> > > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> tara 'miss rogue' hunt >> coFounder >> Citizen Agency (www.citizenagency.com) >> blog: www.horsepigcow.com >> phone: 415-694-1951 >> fax: 415-727-5335 >> > > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: Connecting to co-workers
Great feedback! Brad Sent from my cell phone On Feb 29, 2008, at 1:37 PM, "Raines Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Welcome back, Felicity; I'm glad the earlier website feedback didn't > scare you away. > > Some things that may help include: > > - Make it clearer that non-parents are equally welcome; the whole > site promotes primarily the benefits of the childcare/workspace > connection. Like Hillary said, video could help make it clearer that > it's not one shared space with kid noise, but a combination of > professional-feeling kid-care and office spaces that happen to be > interlinked and adjacent. > > - Make the events more visible on the home page, plus co-list them > on outside calendars like upcoming, eventful, Craig's List, et al, > not to mention local papers. You might think about doing more free > events, not just the workshops with admission fees that could be a > barrier to participation/engagement. > > - Make the website more bloggy (bloggish?), i.e. with changing > content, current info, and sharings from your members' experience... > what's the highlight of their last visit, what's fun around the > space, etc. > > - With any space (cohousing or coworking), while the location is > important, and the space sells itself, it's really the people that > are the main attraction. Check out yesterday's NYT article on the > women-only space in NYC and you'll see that the main focus is the > interesting folks there, and the bundled consulting services from > more cool people. So get pictures and profiles of your members and > rotate them through the home page and scatter 'em throughout... and > encourage them to micro-blog, add little notes about what's going on > for them, their favorite parts of the Cubes & Crayons experience. > > - Do more outbound linking as a part of an outreach campaign to get > more folks to link to you. The site is pretty "invisible" when I do > a search for inbound links, with some limited sets of places where > folks link to you. > > - Get your members to review you on Yelp and other sites. I was > encouraged to do this for Sandbox Suites while I was visiting there, > and it makes sense for all community resources that want to be more > visible. > > Raines, your neighborhood Coworking Coach, Cohousing Coach, and > *Camp Counselor > > wishing you a Happy Leap Year Day, whatever that event at your space > is this morning > > On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 11:12 AM, felicity at cubes <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > Alright all my brilliant fellow co-workers, how do co-workers get > connected to co-working spaces? We have fantastic space but it is > sometimes empty and I would love to get connected to all the co- > workers looking for a great space to work. I want people to get this > connection and am sad to see it not being used. Ideas? Thoughts? > > We are located in Menlo Park www.cubesandcrayons.com > > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: Christian Science Monitor on Coworking
I find that mainstream newspapers don't like urls in general - editors seem to constantly mangle them, and they don't print them in places you'd expect and want them. Maybe this will change as new journalists come out of college. Sent from my cell phone On Mar 3, 2008, at 5:35 AM, "Raines Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I dunno, accuracy may be overrated. ;-) It's worth it to be able to > see phrases like "laughing at his initial hubris". Powerful imagery. > Brad, maybe we could record a video of you laughing at your initial > hubris? I think it would make the charts at YouTube, and be a > strange insider-reference promo for the movement. > > So what else is wrong with the article, besides singularizing Office > Nomads? (and what Tara/Chris said) > > There's the emphasis in the YourStreet CEO quote, implying that > coworking is implicitly temporary, always followed by graduation to > a real office. Although this may be the path for some (any > documented examples yet?), I'd find it hard to imagine giving up the > benefits of coworking as a business grows; I'd expect that some > coworkers would rather create new spaces with larger capacities or > different mixes if they outgrow existing spaces. > > The Dublin reference could be read to imply that the place there is > the main location internationally, but I think it's mostly resolved > by context by the end of the paragraph. > > Interesting that it mentions that there are several websites for > coworking, but only lists coworking.ie; sometimes this is a sign > that there's a sidebar in the print edition that didn't translate to > the web version of the article. > > While the website doesn't allow comments, there is a convenient > "Letter to the Editor" button up top that can make it easy to set > the record straight, in print and online; it seems like some of the > principals here would be in a good position to do so. > > Raines, Coworking Coach > L: near Washington, DC for another 24 hours after eDemocracyCamp > > P.S. I liked the phrase "laptop bedouins" so much that I registered > laptopbedouins.com. I'll redirect it to coworking.info pending > better ideas for a site/project. And "regular denizens" has > potential, too... > > P.P.S. This article seems like a good one to add to the WIkipedia > article on coworking at > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/coworking > > On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 4:40 PM, Tara Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > Talk about historical revision! Still...any article promoting the > movement is good. > > Tara > > > On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 1:29 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > > At: http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0303/p13s03-wmgn.html > > Steve > > > > > -- > tara 'miss rogue' hunt > coFounder > Citizen Agency (www.citizenagency.com) > blog: www.horsepigcow.com > phone: 415-694-1951 > fax: 415-727-5335 > > > > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: Christian Science Monitor on Coworking
Hi Chris; the spiral muse space did have two months where no one showed up and I had to hold the space myself. How is that historical revisionism? Sent from my cell phone On Mar 2, 2008, at 5:26 PM, Geoff DiMasi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How did it happen? > > I probably should know that. > > Geoff > > > On Mar 2, 2008, at 5:45 PM, Chris Messina wrote: > >> >>> 'Every morning, Mr. Neuberg set up tables and waited for coworkers. >>> >>> '"For the first two months, no one showed up," he says, laughing at >>> his >>> initial hubris. "But people started trickling in and the word >>> spread." Soon >>> enough, he had started a movement.' >> >> Heh. >> >> Well, that's not how it happened, but it's nice prose. ;) >> >> Chris >> >> On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Tara Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>> Talk about historical revision! Still...any article promoting the >>> movement >>> is good. >>> >>> Tara >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 1:29 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> At: http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0303/p13s03-wmgn.html Steve >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> tara 'miss rogue' hunt >>> coFounder >>> Citizen Agency (www.citizenagency.com) >>> blog: www.horsepigcow.com >>> phone: 415-694-1951 >>> fax: 415-727-5335 >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Chris Messina >> Citizen-Participant & >> Open Source Advocate-at-Large >> Work: http://citizenagency.com >> Blog: http://factoryjoe.com/blog >> Cell: 412.225.1051 >> IM: factoryjoe >> This email is: [ ] bloggable[X] ask first [ ] private >> >>> > > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: Christian Science Monitor on Coworking
I need to practice my initial hubris laugh. I've got the evil cackle down though. Sent from my cell phone On Mar 3, 2008, at 5:35 AM, "Raines Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I dunno, accuracy may be overrated. ;-) It's worth it to be able to > see phrases like "laughing at his initial hubris". Powerful imagery. > Brad, maybe we could record a video of you laughing at your initial > hubris? I think it would make the charts at YouTube, and be a > strange insider-reference promo for the movement. > > So what else is wrong with the article, besides singularizing Office > Nomads? (and what Tara/Chris said) > > There's the emphasis in the YourStreet CEO quote, implying that > coworking is implicitly temporary, always followed by graduation to > a real office. Although this may be the path for some (any > documented examples yet?), I'd find it hard to imagine giving up the > benefits of coworking as a business grows; I'd expect that some > coworkers would rather create new spaces with larger capacities or > different mixes if they outgrow existing spaces. > > The Dublin reference could be read to imply that the place there is > the main location internationally, but I think it's mostly resolved > by context by the end of the paragraph. > > Interesting that it mentions that there are several websites for > coworking, but only lists coworking.ie; sometimes this is a sign > that there's a sidebar in the print edition that didn't translate to > the web version of the article. > > While the website doesn't allow comments, there is a convenient > "Letter to the Editor" button up top that can make it easy to set > the record straight, in print and online; it seems like some of the > principals here would be in a good position to do so. > > Raines, Coworking Coach > L: near Washington, DC for another 24 hours after eDemocracyCamp > > P.S. I liked the phrase "laptop bedouins" so much that I registered > laptopbedouins.com. I'll redirect it to coworking.info pending > better ideas for a site/project. And "regular denizens" has > potential, too... > > P.P.S. This article seems like a good one to add to the WIkipedia > article on coworking at > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/coworking > > On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 4:40 PM, Tara Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > Talk about historical revision! Still...any article promoting the > movement is good. > > Tara > > > On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 1:29 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > > At: http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0303/p13s03-wmgn.html > > Steve > > > > > -- > tara 'miss rogue' hunt > coFounder > Citizen Agency (www.citizenagency.com) > blog: www.horsepigcow.com > phone: 415-694-1951 > fax: 415-727-5335 > > > > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: Coworking: Soon in Bangalore/India
Sorry 'bout that Tara. My coworking initiative/community in India is christened OpenCommune, and a blog/website will soon be up and running on www.opencommune.com. How do you like the name? Was a mid-nighter eureka moment really. cheers On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 7:30 PM, Tara Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What is the URL for your coworking initiative? All I see is your company > below... > > Tara > > > On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 8:13 AM, Venkat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi guys, > > > > How are you all doing. See a fairly active group around here. I just > > came across coworking on a magazine article and it set me off thinking > > and like a few other venture I am grinding out, decided to start this > > one too. I checked quick within this group if there was anyone else > > from the land of a billion people, but sadly :( > > > > As for me, I am Venkat (when-cat) and I co-founded and now run an > > outsourcing services (oh, what else) start-up with a small-ish > > functional office in India and operations/ virtual offices in Norway, > > Sweden, the UK, and Colombia. If you found us interesting this far, > > look us up on www.outsmart360.com. Working on a few others too. > > > > Funding is hard to come by in India, and like the rest of the world - > > money talks. And real estate has gone through the roof. After working > > through two apartments, a highly expensive, yet very functional > > business centre (like a regus), I finally managed to set up an office. > > This is a 30 seater, but I only have 10 people on board now, so I > > figured why not let other people who want to start-up or are free- > > lancing step on board and have access to real infrastructure for as > > less as maybe 50$ a month? Yeah, thats how low I would love to go, > > lets see if my accountant allows it ;) Sounds killer though. > > > > And since I like calling people names, I decided to name this > > "movement" around here OpenCommune - and I would love other people > > around here in India to join me as well. Yep, just booked the domain > > name. So since I have the space and the infrastructure, I should just > > start going about getting it a bit conducive for people to use (but > > heck, we already have wireless, beanbags/chairs, functional tables, a > > lounge with coffee and green tea + snacks, a mega sized white board, a > > nice little loo like the one you find around the local pub - but > > doesn't stink as much, satellite radio, air conditioning, and 24/7 > > security and access...and yeah - lots of grafitti on the walls done by > > the creative cooks who work with me). > > > > I am going to spend the next couple of days running through all the > > information you guys have out here and on the web. Gonna have a lot of > > questions (many will be operational) and will post up when I have > > them. > > > > I am really kicked about starting this initiative out here in > > Bangalore/India! If any of you are visiting, you are welcome to drop > > in for the day! > > > > Sorry about the long story. Like most Indians, I like rambling too ;) > > Cheers! > > > > > > > > > -- > tara 'miss rogue' hunt > coFounder > Citizen Agency (www.citizenagency.com) > blog: www.horsepigcow.com > phone: 415-694-1951 > fax: 415-727-5335 > > > > -- Ride/Drive Genealogy: '70 BridgeStone City Cycle | '95 Murray Mountain Bike | '96 Yezdi CL2 | '02 Palio 1.2 Sport | '03 Palio S10 | '59 Willy's 4WD Venkat Ramana | Mobile: +91 99 800 33 335 | Bangalore, India | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: Intro / Working through starting a space
Doylestown. About 1 hour north of Philadelphia. On Mar 1, 9:49 pm, Bart Mroz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jason, > Where in PA ? > > -- > Bart Mroz > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 215.605.9779 > > On Mar 1, 2008, at 8:55 PM, Jason wrote: > > > > > Hi All, > > > I'm Jason and am working with a small group of people to start a > > space. I am owner and operator of a one person company that provides > > IT services and programming to entrepreneurial companies in my > > region. A group of friends and I are looking to open a space in > > eastern Pennsylvania. I'll be looking through this group and the > > wikis for information and advice. I'm sure I'll have some questions > > and hopefully be able to share my experience with anyone who is > > interested as well. > > > Cheers, > > > Jason --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: Connecting to co-workers
Hi Tara. Thanks. Will do. Coming up to SF next week. I will let you know when I will be stopping by Citizen Space. Look forward to checking it out and meeting you if you are around. -Felicity Founder Cubes&Crayons (www.cubesandcrayons.com) On Mar 2, 10:29 am, "Tara Hunt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Felicity, > > I also changed your role on the coworking blog to be able to post as an > author if you would like to do that. :) > > Tara > > On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 9:48 AM, felicity at cubes < > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Thanks, Alex. We started real world and most of our clients came > > us from that method. Between Starbucks, newspaper stories, and > > word of mouth we have gained the majority of our users. Still, always > > nice to have a reminder. > > > All the best, > > Felicity > > > On Mar 2, 7:38 am, "Alex Hillman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > Felicity, > > > Don't underestimate the value of real world social recruiting. You > > should be > > > out in the field, talking to everyone and interacting with user groups > > and > > > other people who may be potential users. Asking them how they work > > (home, > > > cafe, office, etc) and then finding out what they like and dont like > > about > > > it is usually a good bridge to explain to them how coworking might help > > them > > > do whatever they do, better. > > > > In addition to all of Raines' suggestions, I cannot emphasize enough the > > > power of simply asking people what they want. > > > > Good luck! > > > > -Alex, IndyHall, Philadelphia > > > > On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 11:48 PM, felicity at cubes < > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > HI Raines, > > > > > Fabulous feedback! We have been getting more feedback on the > > > > website and are working on the "rework." Always great to have some > > > > other ideas as we do that. > > > > > I will work on above and keep you posted. > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Felicity > > > > > On Feb 29, 11:37 am, "Raines Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Welcome back, Felicity; I'm glad the earlier website feedback didn't > > > > scare > > > > > you away. > > > > > Some things that may help include: > > > > > > - Make it clearer that non-parents are equally welcome; the whole > > site > > > > > promotes primarily the benefits of the childcare/workspace > > connection. > > > > Like > > > > > Hillary said, video could help make it clearer that it's not one > > shared > > > > > space with kid noise, but a combination of professional-feeling > > kid-care > > > > and > > > > > office spaces that happen to be interlinked and adjacent. > > > > > > - Make the events more visible on the home page, plus co-list them > > on > > > > > outside calendars like upcoming, eventful, Craig's List, et al, not > > to > > > > > mention local papers. You might think about doing more free events, > > not > > > > just > > > > > the workshops with admission fees that could be a barrier to > > > > > participation/engagement. > > > > > > - Make the website more bloggy (bloggish?), i.e. with changing > > content, > > > > > current info, and sharings from your members' experience... what's > > the > > > > > highlight of their last visit, what's fun around the space, etc. > > > > > > - With any space (cohousing or coworking), while the location is > > > > important, > > > > > and the space sells itself, it's really the people that are the main > > > > > attraction. Check out yesterday's NYT article on the women-only > > space in > > > > NYC > > > > > and you'll see that the main focus is the interesting folks there, > > and > > > > the > > > > > bundled consulting services from more cool people. So get pictures > > and > > > > > profiles of your members and rotate them through the home page and > > > > scatter > > > > > 'em throughout... and encourage them to micro-blog, add little notes > > > > about > > > > > what's going on for them, their favorite parts of the Cubes & > > Crayons > > > > > experience. > > > > > > - Do more outbound linking as a part of an outreach campaign to get > > more > > > > > folks to link to you. The site is pretty "invisible" when I do a > > search > > > > for > > > > > inbound links, with some limited sets of places where folks link to > > you. > > > > > > - Get your members to review you on Yelp and other sites. I was > > > > encouraged > > > > > to do this for Sandbox Suites while I was visiting there, and it > > makes > > > > sense > > > > > for all community resources that want to be more visible. > > > > > > Raines, your neighborhood Coworking Coach, Cohousing Coach, and > > *Camp > > > > > Counselor > > > > > > wishing you a Happy Leap Year Day, whatever that event at your space > > is > > > > this > > > > > morning > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 11:12 AM, felicity at cubes < > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Alright all my brilliant fellow co-workers, how do co-workers get > > > > > > connected to co-working spaces? We have fantastic space but
[Coworking] Re: Christian Science Monitor on Coworking
I dunno, accuracy may be overrated. ;-) It's worth it to be able to see phrases like "laughing at his initial hubris". Powerful imagery. Brad, maybe we could record a video of you laughing at your initial hubris? I think it would make the charts at YouTube, and be a strange insider-reference promo for the movement. So what else is wrong with the article, besides singularizing Office Nomads? (and what Tara/Chris said) There's the emphasis in the YourStreet CEO quote, implying that coworking is implicitly temporary, always followed by graduation to a real office. Although this may be the path for some (any documented examples yet?), I'd find it hard to imagine giving up the benefits of coworking as a business grows; I'd expect that some coworkers would rather create new spaces with larger capacities or different mixes if they outgrow existing spaces. The Dublin reference could be read to imply that the place there is the main location internationally, but I think it's mostly resolved by context by the end of the paragraph. Interesting that it mentions that there are several websites for coworking, but only lists coworking.ie; sometimes this is a sign that there's a sidebar in the print edition that didn't translate to the web version of the article. While the website doesn't allow comments, there is a convenient "Letter to the Editor" button up top that can make it easy to set the record straight, in print and online; it seems like some of the principals here would be in a good position to do so. Raines, Coworking Coach L: near Washington, DC for another 24 hours after eDemocracyCamp P.S. I liked the phrase "laptop bedouins" so much that I registered laptopbedouins.com. I'll redirect it to coworking.info pending better ideas for a site/project. And "regular denizens" has potential, too... P.P.S. This article seems like a good one to add to the WIkipedia article on coworking at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/coworking On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 4:40 PM, Tara Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Talk about historical revision! Still...any article promoting the movement > is good. > > Tara > > On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 1:29 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > At: http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0303/p13s03-wmgn.html > > > > Steve > > > > > > > -- > tara 'miss rogue' hunt > coFounder > Citizen Agency (www.citizenagency.com) > blog: www.horsepigcow.com > phone: 415-694-1951 > fax: 415-727-5335 > > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
