Re: [Coworking] cabin fever

[Paul Robinson]

On 10 Feb 2010, at 03:45, Barbra wrote:

> i've been looking for a situation where i can share space with others
> in the milwaukee area, but there doesn't seem to be anyone renting/
> sharing, strangely enough.


Sounds like you need to start a co-working space to me. :-)

Why not start by - right now, today - putting something up on craigslist, or 
other forums people in your line of work locally might be hanging out? A group 
of you can then meet up for a coffee, perhaps find somewhere to work together 
for a day and see how it works out.

If you get on with each other, go and start looking for a space to rent 
together.

It might seem like a giant hurdle - and for me it took years between idea and 
actually moving in - but each journey of a thousand miles starts with the first 
step, so don't delay!

Also to counter the lonely problem whilst you wait for that, consider seeking 
out or starting networking events. Here in Manchester in the UK we have groups 
like:

http://geekup.org/
http://www.manchestergirlgeekdinners.co.uk/
http://www.northerndigitals.com/
http://socialmediamanchester.ning.com/
http://techcelerate.org/

So, work out what kind of event you'd like to go to, find it, and if it doesn't 
exist then go and start it. :-)

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[Coworking] Re: Coworking Study

[sk...@emergentresearch.com]

Thanks for the responses and emails.

Chris:  I wouldn't use "exhaustive" to describe our research plan, but
we try to do a good job:).  We would make as much of our data public
as possible.  We will likely do this work jointly with the non-profit
Society for New Communications Research (I'm a senior fellow there)
and will be bound by their disclosure rules.  Shouldn't be an issue,
but they have very strong rules around data privacy.

Ryan:  Thanks for the pointer.  Interesting study.  We've done a lot
of work on home-based businesses and remote work, and we've also seen
the growing role of "hidden tech."

Susan:  Thanks, will do.

Steve

On Feb 17, 10:17 am, Susan Evans  wrote:
> Hi Steve,
>
> Sounds interesting!  You might want to get in touch with the crew at
> La Cantine (www.lacantine.org), as they were working on a coworking
> survey and report as far as I know.
>
> Try contacting Dilara - she's at dil...@siliconsentier.org.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Susan
>
> On Feb 15, 10:29 am, "sk...@emergentresearch.com"
>
>
>
>  wrote:
> > Hi:  My name is Steve King and I am a long time lurker and occasional
> > poster on this group:).  I'm a partner at a research firm - Emergent
> > Research (www.emergentresearch.com) - that focuses on the small
> > business sector of the US and global economy.
>
> > We've been following coworking for several years and are thinking it
> > might be time for a more formal study on this topic.  I'm curious to
> > see if the members of this group agree.
>
> > What we are thinking of is:
>
> > 1.  A more in-depth look at the number of coworking facilities in the
> > US today.  We keep an informal count, but it is for directional
> > purposes only and probably not too accurate.
>
> > 2.  A survey of coworking facility owners/managers focused on the size
> > and scope (number of facility users, how often they visit, etc.) of
> > the industry.
>
> > 3.  Possibly a survey of coworking facility users to see what they
> > think.
>
> > 4.  Interviews with both coworking facility owners/managers and
> > users.
>
> > 5.  Possibly a forecast of where this heading.  We won't know if we
> > can do this until we are farther along.
>
> > If we go forward with this study, we would make our full results
> > publically available.
>
> > As you can tell, we are just starting to scope this study.  Some
> > questions I have for this group are:
>
> > 1.  Would this be useful and would you be willing to fill out our
> > survey?
>
> > 2.  Is anyone else already doing this?  No need to reinvent the
> > wheel.
>
> > 3.  Do you have some suggestions as to what we might cover or include
> > in the survey/research?
>
> > Thanks for the help.
>
> > Steve- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

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[Coworking] Introduction

[Joy Parisi]

Hello all,

I wanted to say hello to the group. I'm one of the owners of
Paragraph, a workspace for writers in downtown Manhattan. We've been
around close to five years now. Paragraph is a coworking space, but a
little different because members are all writers and the majority of
the workspace is kept completely quiet to facilitate the writing
process. There's also a kitchen/lounge area where people hang out and
socialize, and events every month, so there is a definite community
and lots of connection happening despite (or because of?) the isolated
nature of writing.

Anyway, I'm excited that this board exists and am looking forward to
participating.

Cheers,

Joy

http://www.paragraphny.com
35 West 14th Street, 3rd Fl, NY, NY 10011
646.216.8407 | 646.526.8794

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[Coworking] Coworking Holidays

[Matthias]

Hello everyone,

my name's Matthias and I am currently working on opening a coworking
space in Istanbul, Turkey.

As Istanbul is not only a huge city with many residing freelancers,
but also a top tourist sight (Cultural Capital of Europe 2010), I am
thinking to combine this and partly offer my coworking space to people
from abroad as a "coworking holiday space"

Just get out of wherever you are, hop in one of the many cheap-airline
jets from Central Europe and spend a week or a month working here in
the historic city of Istanbul.
Enjoy the warm weather, the sea and the oriental wonders that the city
offers as well as connect with residing freelancers and build a
network in Turkey that might offer possibilities in the near future.

So far so good, but now I would like to get an idea if coworkers are
interested. Leave us a comment and answer the following question on
doodle (just one question, just one click away :-)

http://doodle.com/v4hgx4qh57ti4n3u

Would you spend some time in Istanbul for coworking & exploring the
city as a "coworking holiday"?

Thanks a lot for your help, I am looking forward to welcoming you in
Istanbul!

Matt

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Re: [Coworking] Introduction

[Alex Hillman]

Everyone,

I met Joy on Monday while at New Work City and her and her partner at
Paragraph have some awesome stories and insights to share. Welcome, Joy!

-Alex

/ah
indyhall.org
coworking in philadelphia


On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 9:37 AM, Joy Parisi  wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I wanted to say hello to the group. I'm one of the owners of
> Paragraph, a workspace for writers in downtown Manhattan. We've been
> around close to five years now. Paragraph is a coworking space, but a
> little different because members are all writers and the majority of
> the workspace is kept completely quiet to facilitate the writing
> process. There's also a kitchen/lounge area where people hang out and
> socialize, and events every month, so there is a definite community
> and lots of connection happening despite (or because of?) the isolated
> nature of writing.
>
> Anyway, I'm excited that this board exists and am looking forward to
> participating.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Joy
>
> http://www.paragraphny.com
> 35 West 14th Street, 3rd Fl, NY, NY 10011
> 646.216.8407 | 646.526.8794
>
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[Coworking] Re: Clarification

[Chris Stewart]

Hi Everyone,

It's been far too long since I've checked in with the group, and
I'm glad to see the pace of discussion hasn't slowed down a bit. As
someone "in, but not of," coworking, as I'm not a space owner (yet),
I've championed the concept of coworking to a number of audiences in
my neck of the woods (south Dallas County, Texas), and the first
speedbump I always hit with people is the definition of the movement
in terms they understand. Unlocking the value of coworking in the
minds of non-coworkers is a marketing issue, and marketing the
movement is driven by the largest elephant in the room.

It's my belief that the core issue at stake is this: control.
Every other issue dances around the question of control. For a while
last year, I was throwing the term "federated coworking" as something
between "no walls" coworking and "evil empire" Coworking USA
Incorporated. Every starfish needs a center, or else all you have is a
bunch of floating arms. For some, this group and the wiki is the only
core that we need; for myself, there is a perceived value in creating
 (brackets meaning I'm not going there on legal
formalities, etc.) beyond the group and wiki that can serve as a
center for spaces. I'm leaning toward the idea of a regional
, since the economic and social climates differ between
Dallas, Seattle, Philadelphia, and New York, etc. The regional
 and individual spaces could people to an inter/national
.

For the space owners, I have a question that may warrant its own
thread: what's your core? Whether internal or external, online or
offline, written down or in your mind alone, there is something that
drives your unique implementation of coworking, and I'm curious to see
what it is.

May the introspection begin :)

- Chris
On Feb 17, 12:16 pm, Mike Schinkel 
wrote:
> On Feb 17, 2010, at 12:49 PM, Jacob Sayles wrote:
>
> > That's a far cry from putting together a blanket coalition for all of 
> > coworking.  Danger!  Danger Will Robinson!
>
> I don't get the fear that this instills in some.  It would be what we'd 
> define it, not a "blanket coalition."
>
> Then by the assertion that it can't be defined is this definition by 
> definition wrong?  
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coworking
>
> On Feb 17, 2010, at 12:58 PM, Susan Evans wrote:
>
> > Todd, I meant the exact opposite of protectionism - you CANNOT draw
> > hard lines around coworking which is what I think is so beautiful
> > about it.
>
> If it's too hard to define then most of the population will never understand 
> it. I think that fear of defining it is an assurance that what we all 
> individually know and love about coworking will be relegated to the fringes 
> as others define its meaning to be something different for the majority of 
> the population.  Frankly, I'd like to see more people "get" it, not less.
>
> Anyway, it seems that I'm one of the few that would prefer a bit more 
> definition so without the majority support I'll drop it and spend my energies 
> elsewhere.
>
> -Mike Schinkel
> Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworkinghttp://ignitionalley.com

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Re: [Coworking] Re: Clarification

[Tara Hunt]

"Every starfish needs a center..." Technically that is untrue. Cut off a
floating leg and it'll grow another core and four more legs. ;)

That's why we use the metaphor!

But I get what you mean...for me it is the Google group. Please don't move
it!

T

On Feb 18, 2010 3:36 PM, "Chris Stewart"  wrote:

Hi Everyone,

   It's been far too long since I've checked in with the group, and
I'm glad to see the pace of discussion hasn't slowed down a bit. As
someone "in, but not of," coworking, as I'm not a space owner (yet),
I've championed the concept of coworking to a number of audiences in
my neck of the woods (south Dallas County, Texas), and the first
speedbump I always hit with people is the definition of the movement
in terms they understand. Unlocking the value of coworking in the
minds of non-coworkers is a marketing issue, and marketing the
movement is driven by the largest elephant in the room.

   It's my belief that the core issue at stake is this: control.
Every other issue dances around the question of control. For a while
last year, I was throwing the term "federated coworking" as something
between "no walls" coworking and "evil empire" Coworking USA
Incorporated. Every starfish needs a center, or else all you have is a
bunch of floating arms. For some, this group and the wiki is the only
core that we need; for myself, there is a perceived value in creating
 (brackets meaning I'm not going there on legal
formalities, etc.) beyond the group and wiki that can serve as a
center for spaces. I'm leaning toward the idea of a regional
, since the economic and social climates differ between
Dallas, Seattle, Philadelphia, and New York, etc. The regional
 and individual spaces could people to an inter/national
.

   For the space owners, I have a question that may warrant its own
thread: what's your core? Whether internal or external, online or
offline, written down or in your mind alone, there is something that
drives your unique implementation of coworking, and I'm curious to see
what it is.

May the introspection begin :)

- Chris
On Feb 17, 12:16 pm, Mike Schinkel 
wrote:

> On Feb 17, 2010, at 12:49 PM, Jacob Sayles wrote:
>
> > That's a far cry from putting together a b...
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[Coworking] Re: Community Acquisition of Coworking.com

[coworking]

Steven, I like you wonder why the urgency of the sell/buy on the
website name and who the other "almost" purchaser was/is? I am
thrilled to get caught up today on the collaboration taking place to
solidify the collective group of coworkers. Our local coworking
community is slowly growing and building awareness in the Chattanooga,
TN business community. We're holding bi-weekly Jelly! Chattanooga
events that are also growing in attendance. We are very interested in
networking with more coworking communities and collaborating to
promote coworking to the general working public.

Alex, we appreciate your rally on this. Each coworking community is
unique in its member demographics and ability to "instantaneously"
raise funds. This line of thought brought up by Danielle Nicoli shines
some interesting issues to consider as we push forward toward a more
"common ground" for coworking communities.

I think these issues should be brought up at SXSW. Forgive me, but is
anyone going to stream online any of the coworking "discussion." I
would be v-e-r-y interested along with the other coworking communities
to participate in the "conversation." With all the geeks among us I
would hope this would be possibledreaming of being there.

At your service,
Denise Reed
www.theconciergelevel.com
600 Republic Centre
633 Chestnut Street
Chattanooga, TN 37450

On Feb 15, 8:45 pm, Steven Heath  wrote:
> Last point I have been pondering who is this group that wanted to come> 
> in and make this buy? Why did they want it and why now? What was the
> > urgency?
>
> 'We' had 3 days to decide if we could make an offer and buy this name. Alex
> emailed about a dozen people which resulted in enough interest to 1, fund a
> good hunk of the price and 2, allow a public post to secure the rest of the
> monies.
>
> No one, and I mean no one, expected this money to be agreed and 70%
> collected in 36 hours!
>
> The initial off list discussions resulted in messages about 'legal entity'
> and 'value for money' and 'what the heck, better than some sleaze ball
> having it'.
>
> Once it was decided to go after this name we (really Alex) had little time
> to lose to get the pledges, put the offer in and then secure funds.
>
> I think the reason it worked is that we believe in the 'cause' and each
> could afford a share of the funds to secure the domain name. Alex had the
> idea, bunch of us agreed with him, agreed to support him in the approach and
> here we are!
>
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> Founder, AltSpace
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[Coworking] Hello from Germany, anyone heading to SXSW?

[Missm Moss]

Hello all,
just droping by to say hi. The people from Cititzen Space pointed this
group out to me. I contacted them because I am currently looking into
getting a coworking space started in the Rhein-Neckar area here in
Germany.

Next stop on the list SXSW. I heard there will be a Coworking meetup
and I would love to pass by and find out more about your spaces and
experiences. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Looking forward to being part of this group.
Einen schönen Abend wünsche ich Euch allen

Jenny

Miss Moss
multimedia design
B7 2, 68159 Mannheim, Germany
Phone:  +49 (0)621 - 1 67 71 44
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Mobil:  +49(0)177 - 71 38 208
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[Coworking] coworking.com: the next generation

[Alex Hillman]

Over the last several hours, I've finalized the transactions with Bernie and
Gerrit, transferred the domain, configured the DNS, and set up a simple
static homepage to display the community core values and point them to the
three communal resources that we have, just like intended by the proposal
sent out earlier this week.

The new coworking.com points to the google group, the wiki, and the blog. It
defines some explicit activities that people can do at each of those places
to get involved.

http://coworking.com

It does not attempt to define coworking any more than is already defined on
the landing page of the google group. It does not express any commercial or
even organizational intent. It just says "we're here, and we're not going
anywhere". I think this stake in the ground is extremely representative and
lets us go ANY direction we want.

The design is the product of...well...an hour of my time put in to
copywriting and CSS. I'd be just as happy to throw it away if something else
came along and the group suggests that, so long as the general concept stays
clear.

I'd also be willing to take design/copy tips/tweaks to heart. You can't hurt
my feelings too bad, I'm not a designer and I know it :)

There are still a number of other matters to sort out that have come up
since we started down this fun journey this week, and they can be dealt with
one at a time.

I'll be following up with all of the contributors, as well as the list, to
discuss the next steps in managing the remaining funds.

*I'd really like the next discussion on this list* to help find a more
sustainable mechanism for allowing people to contribute to the website fund
without raising money that we simply don't need. Right now the fund raise is
spread out over ~20 people. That de-risked the initial purchase, and let
this happen at all. In the next phase, I think the objective should be to
spread the fund wider and, as Chris Messina said, put the focus on
individual supporters instead of business supporters, giving everyone more
equal access to the resources that come with having the domain.

Let's brainstorm!

I also want to publicly thank Bernie and Gerrit for being so awesome during
the transaction. They asked me to share this retrospective they posted last
night on the last 10 years with the domain.
http://www.smartmobs.com/2010/02/17/coworking-past-and-future/

-Alex

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indyhall.org
coworking in philadelphia

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Re: [Coworking] coworking.com: the next generation

[TCS]

We're a Drupal studio.  If planned well the site can be both aesthetically 
pleasing and self sustained.  (Drupal is the # 1 opensourse CMS)  We're willing 
to help develop the site if y'all wanna do the leg work on Information 
Architecture, finalize a content outline and navigation schematic, name the 
taxonomy terms and design.  ;o)  We can do design as well, but thought that 
could be another studio if they want to help. Don't know if there's funds 
available to offer to help build, but we're willing to do whatever for the 
cause of coworking!

Chad

The Creative Space - Canada
www.thecreativespace.ca
705-252-2423

On 2010-02-18, at 7:29 PM, Alex Hillman wrote:

> Over the last several hours, I've finalized the transactions with Bernie and 
> Gerrit, transferred the domain, configured the DNS, and set up a simple 
> static homepage to display the community core values and point them to the 
> three communal resources that we have, just like intended by the proposal 
> sent out earlier this week.
> 
> The new coworking.com points to the google group, the wiki, and the blog. It 
> defines some explicit activities that people can do at each of those places 
> to get involved. 
> 
> http://coworking.com
> 
> It does not attempt to define coworking any more than is already defined on 
> the landing page of the google group. It does not express any commercial or 
> even organizational intent. It just says "we're here, and we're not going 
> anywhere". I think this stake in the ground is extremely representative and 
> lets us go ANY direction we want. 
> 
> The design is the product of...well...an hour of my time put in to 
> copywriting and CSS. I'd be just as happy to throw it away if something else 
> came along and the group suggests that, so long as the general concept stays 
> clear.
> 
> I'd also be willing to take design/copy tips/tweaks to heart. You can't hurt 
> my feelings too bad, I'm not a designer and I know it :) 
> 
> There are still a number of other matters to sort out that have come up since 
> we started down this fun journey this week, and they can be dealt with one at 
> a time. 
> 
> I'll be following up with all of the contributors, as well as the list, to 
> discuss the next steps in managing the remaining funds. 
> 
> I'd really like the next discussion on this list to help find a more 
> sustainable mechanism for allowing people to contribute to the website fund 
> without raising money that we simply don't need. Right now the fund raise is 
> spread out over ~20 people. That de-risked the initial purchase, and let this 
> happen at all. In the next phase, I think the objective should be to spread 
> the fund wider and, as Chris Messina said, put the focus on individual 
> supporters instead of business supporters, giving everyone more equal access 
> to the resources that come with having the domain. 
> 
> Let's brainstorm!
> 
> I also want to publicly thank Bernie and Gerrit for being so awesome during 
> the transaction. They asked me to share this retrospective they posted last 
> night on the last 10 years with the domain. 
> http://www.smartmobs.com/2010/02/17/coworking-past-and-future/
> 
> -Alex
> 
> /ah
> indyhall.org
> coworking in philadelphia
> 
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Re: [Coworking] coworking.com: the next generation

[Tara Hunt]

I think it's great for now (reminds me of an early FLOCK page, h?)! And
THANK YOU Alex for doing this! You rawk!

p.s. I hope we can revisit Coworkination mockups in the future (please
please please?):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/missrogue/sets/72157600017335084/

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:29 PM, Alex Hillman
wrote:

> Over the last several hours, I've finalized the transactions with Bernie
> and Gerrit, transferred the domain, configured the DNS, and set up a simple
> static homepage to display the community core values and point them to the
> three communal resources that we have, just like intended by the proposal
> sent out earlier this week.
>
> The new coworking.com points to the google group, the wiki, and the blog.
> It defines some explicit activities that people can do at each of those
> places to get involved.
>
> http://coworking.com
>
> It does not attempt to define coworking any more than is already defined on
> the landing page of the google group. It does not express any commercial or
> even organizational intent. It just says "we're here, and we're not going
> anywhere". I think this stake in the ground is extremely representative and
> lets us go ANY direction we want.
>
> The design is the product of...well...an hour of my time put in to
> copywriting and CSS. I'd be just as happy to throw it away if something else
> came along and the group suggests that, so long as the general concept stays
> clear.
>
> I'd also be willing to take design/copy tips/tweaks to heart. You can't
> hurt my feelings too bad, I'm not a designer and I know it :)
>
> There are still a number of other matters to sort out that have come up
> since we started down this fun journey this week, and they can be dealt with
> one at a time.
>
> I'll be following up with all of the contributors, as well as the list, to
> discuss the next steps in managing the remaining funds.
>
> *I'd really like the next discussion on this list* to help find a more
> sustainable mechanism for allowing people to contribute to the website fund
> without raising money that we simply don't need. Right now the fund raise is
> spread out over ~20 people. That de-risked the initial purchase, and let
> this happen at all. In the next phase, I think the objective should be to
> spread the fund wider and, as Chris Messina said, put the focus on
> individual supporters instead of business supporters, giving everyone more
> equal access to the resources that come with having the domain.
>
> Let's brainstorm!
>
> I also want to publicly thank Bernie and Gerrit for being so awesome during
> the transaction. They asked me to share this retrospective they posted last
> night on the last 10 years with the domain.
> http://www.smartmobs.com/2010/02/17/coworking-past-and-future/
>
> -Alex
>
> /ah
> indyhall.org
> coworking in philadelphia
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Re: [Coworking] coworking.com: the next generation

[Alex Hillman]

Without having even having a clear vision of what the website can/should do,
I have a hard time picking ANY platform. We've also had offers from
Apostrophe (http://apostrophenow.com) to host and manage the content.

Either which way, your offer is generous, but picking platforms now would be
premature given there isn't a clear path for the functionality of the site,
if any, beyond the landing page pointing to the pre-existing properties.

Let's keep ideas high level for now, and define *benefits* instead of *
features*!

-Alex

/ah
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On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:55 PM, TCS  wrote:

> We're a Drupal studio.  If planned well the site can be both aesthetically
> pleasing and self sustained.  (Drupal is the # 1 opensourse CMS)  We're
> willing to help develop the site if y'all wanna do the leg work on
> Information Architecture, finalize a content outline and navigation
> schematic, name the taxonomy terms and design.  ;o)  We can do design as
> well, but thought that could be another studio if they want to help. Don't
> know if there's funds available to offer to help build, but we're willing to
> do whatever for the cause of coworking!
>
> Chad
>
> The Creative Space - Canada
> www.thecreativespace.ca
> 705-252-2423
>
> On 2010-02-18, at 7:29 PM, Alex Hillman wrote:
>
> Over the last several hours, I've finalized the transactions with Bernie
> and Gerrit, transferred the domain, configured the DNS, and set up a simple
> static homepage to display the community core values and point them to the
> three communal resources that we have, just like intended by the proposal
> sent out earlier this week.
>
> The new coworking.com points to the google group, the wiki, and the blog.
> It defines some explicit activities that people can do at each of those
> places to get involved.
>
> http://coworking.com
>
> It does not attempt to define coworking any more than is already defined on
> the landing page of the google group. It does not express any commercial or
> even organizational intent. It just says "we're here, and we're not going
> anywhere". I think this stake in the ground is extremely representative and
> lets us go ANY direction we want.
>
> The design is the product of...well...an hour of my time put in to
> copywriting and CSS. I'd be just as happy to throw it away if something else
> came along and the group suggests that, so long as the general concept stays
> clear.
>
> I'd also be willing to take design/copy tips/tweaks to heart. You can't
> hurt my feelings too bad, I'm not a designer and I know it :)
>
> There are still a number of other matters to sort out that have come up
> since we started down this fun journey this week, and they can be dealt with
> one at a time.
>
> I'll be following up with all of the contributors, as well as the list, to
> discuss the next steps in managing the remaining funds.
>
> *I'd really like the next discussion on this list* to help find a more
> sustainable mechanism for allowing people to contribute to the website fund
> without raising money that we simply don't need. Right now the fund raise is
> spread out over ~20 people. That de-risked the initial purchase, and let
> this happen at all. In the next phase, I think the objective should be to
> spread the fund wider and, as Chris Messina said, put the focus on
> individual supporters instead of business supporters, giving everyone more
> equal access to the resources that come with having the domain.
>
> Let's brainstorm!
>
> I also want to publicly thank Bernie and Gerrit for being so awesome during
> the transaction. They asked me to share this retrospective they posted last
> night on the last 10 years with the domain.
> http://www.smartmobs.com/2010/02/17/coworking-past-and-future/
>
> -Alex
>
> /ah
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[Coworking] CoLoft is now open :)

[Avesta]

Hey everyone,

Just wanted to update you all that the CoLoft officially opened this
past Monday in Santa Monica, CA. We are really excited about this, and
already have a handful of people coworking away :)

Feel free to take a look at our site and the pictures, and let us know
what you guys think! We love to hear feedback from those more
experienced than us :)

Hope everyone is having a great week!

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Re: [Coworking] coworking.com: the next generation

[Alex Hillman]

You have any screencaps of the early flock pages? I swear this just came out
of my head! :)

/ah
indyhall.org
coworking in philadelphia


On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:59 PM, Tara Hunt  wrote:

> I think it's great for now (reminds me of an early FLOCK page, h?)! And
> THANK YOU Alex for doing this! You rawk!
>
> p.s. I hope we can revisit Coworkination mockups in the future (please
> please please?):
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/missrogue/sets/72157600017335084/
>
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:29 PM, Alex Hillman <
> dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Over the last several hours, I've finalized the transactions with Bernie
>> and Gerrit, transferred the domain, configured the DNS, and set up a simple
>> static homepage to display the community core values and point them to the
>> three communal resources that we have, just like intended by the proposal
>> sent out earlier this week.
>>
>> The new coworking.com points to the google group, the wiki, and the blog.
>> It defines some explicit activities that people can do at each of those
>> places to get involved.
>>
>> http://coworking.com
>>
>> It does not attempt to define coworking any more than is already defined
>> on the landing page of the google group. It does not express any commercial
>> or even organizational intent. It just says "we're here, and we're not going
>> anywhere". I think this stake in the ground is extremely representative and
>> lets us go ANY direction we want.
>>
>> The design is the product of...well...an hour of my time put in to
>> copywriting and CSS. I'd be just as happy to throw it away if something else
>> came along and the group suggests that, so long as the general concept stays
>> clear.
>>
>> I'd also be willing to take design/copy tips/tweaks to heart. You can't
>> hurt my feelings too bad, I'm not a designer and I know it :)
>>
>> There are still a number of other matters to sort out that have come up
>> since we started down this fun journey this week, and they can be dealt with
>> one at a time.
>>
>> I'll be following up with all of the contributors, as well as the list, to
>> discuss the next steps in managing the remaining funds.
>>
>> *I'd really like the next discussion on this list* to help find a more
>> sustainable mechanism for allowing people to contribute to the website fund
>> without raising money that we simply don't need. Right now the fund raise is
>> spread out over ~20 people. That de-risked the initial purchase, and let
>> this happen at all. In the next phase, I think the objective should be to
>> spread the fund wider and, as Chris Messina said, put the focus on
>> individual supporters instead of business supporters, giving everyone more
>> equal access to the resources that come with having the domain.
>>
>> Let's brainstorm!
>>
>> I also want to publicly thank Bernie and Gerrit for being so awesome
>> during the transaction. They asked me to share this retrospective they
>> posted last night on the last 10 years with the domain.
>> http://www.smartmobs.com/2010/02/17/coworking-past-and-future/
>>
>> -Alex
>>
>> /ah
>> indyhall.org
>> coworking in philadelphia
>>
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Re: [Coworking] coworking.com: the next generation

[TCS]

Cool.  Apostrophe can host and manage fer sure!

On 2010-02-18, at 7:59 PM, Alex Hillman wrote:

> Without having even having a clear vision of what the website can/should do, 
> I have a hard time picking ANY platform. We've also had offers from 
> Apostrophe (http://apostrophenow.com) to host and manage the content. 
> 
> Either which way, your offer is generous, but picking platforms now would be 
> premature given there isn't a clear path for the functionality of the site, 
> if any, beyond the landing page pointing to the pre-existing properties.
> 
> Let's keep ideas high level for now, and define benefits instead of features!
> 
> -Alex 
> 
> /ah
> indyhall.org
> coworking in philadelphia
> 
> 
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:55 PM, TCS  wrote:
> We're a Drupal studio.  If planned well the site can be both aesthetically 
> pleasing and self sustained.  (Drupal is the # 1 opensourse CMS)  We're 
> willing to help develop the site if y'all wanna do the leg work on 
> Information Architecture, finalize a content outline and navigation 
> schematic, name the taxonomy terms and design.  ;o)  We can do design as 
> well, but thought that could be another studio if they want to help. Don't 
> know if there's funds available to offer to help build, but we're willing to 
> do whatever for the cause of coworking!
> 
> Chad
> 
> The Creative Space - Canada
> www.thecreativespace.ca
> 705-252-2423
> 
> On 2010-02-18, at 7:29 PM, Alex Hillman wrote:
> 
>> Over the last several hours, I've finalized the transactions with Bernie and 
>> Gerrit, transferred the domain, configured the DNS, and set up a simple 
>> static homepage to display the community core values and point them to the 
>> three communal resources that we have, just like intended by the proposal 
>> sent out earlier this week.
>> 
>> The new coworking.com points to the google group, the wiki, and the blog. It 
>> defines some explicit activities that people can do at each of those places 
>> to get involved. 
>> 
>> http://coworking.com
>> 
>> It does not attempt to define coworking any more than is already defined on 
>> the landing page of the google group. It does not express any commercial or 
>> even organizational intent. It just says "we're here, and we're not going 
>> anywhere". I think this stake in the ground is extremely representative and 
>> lets us go ANY direction we want. 
>> 
>> The design is the product of...well...an hour of my time put in to 
>> copywriting and CSS. I'd be just as happy to throw it away if something else 
>> came along and the group suggests that, so long as the general concept stays 
>> clear.
>> 
>> I'd also be willing to take design/copy tips/tweaks to heart. You can't hurt 
>> my feelings too bad, I'm not a designer and I know it :) 
>> 
>> There are still a number of other matters to sort out that have come up 
>> since we started down this fun journey this week, and they can be dealt with 
>> one at a time. 
>> 
>> I'll be following up with all of the contributors, as well as the list, to 
>> discuss the next steps in managing the remaining funds. 
>> 
>> I'd really like the next discussion on this list to help find a more 
>> sustainable mechanism for allowing people to contribute to the website fund 
>> without raising money that we simply don't need. Right now the fund raise is 
>> spread out over ~20 people. That de-risked the initial purchase, and let 
>> this happen at all. In the next phase, I think the objective should be to 
>> spread the fund wider and, as Chris Messina said, put the focus on 
>> individual supporters instead of business supporters, giving everyone more 
>> equal access to the resources that come with having the domain. 
>> 
>> Let's brainstorm!
>> 
>> I also want to publicly thank Bernie and Gerrit for being so awesome during 
>> the transaction. They asked me to share this retrospective they posted last 
>> night on the last 10 years with the domain. 
>> http://www.smartmobs.com/2010/02/17/coworking-past-and-future/
>> 
>> -Alex
>> 
>> /ah
>> indyhall.org
>> coworking in philadelphia
>> 
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Re: [Coworking] coworking.com: the next generation

[Tara Hunt]

I'm sure it did! I can't find it. I'm sure Messina has a few kicking around.

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 8:02 PM, Alex Hillman
wrote:

> You have any screencaps of the early flock pages? I swear this just came
> out of my head! :)
>
>
> /ah
> indyhall.org
> coworking in philadelphia
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:59 PM, Tara Hunt  wrote:
>
>> I think it's great for now (reminds me of an early FLOCK page, h?)!
>> And THANK YOU Alex for doing this! You rawk!
>>
>> p.s. I hope we can revisit Coworkination mockups in the future (please
>> please please?):
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/missrogue/sets/72157600017335084/
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:29 PM, Alex Hillman <
>> dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Over the last several hours, I've finalized the transactions with Bernie
>>> and Gerrit, transferred the domain, configured the DNS, and set up a simple
>>> static homepage to display the community core values and point them to the
>>> three communal resources that we have, just like intended by the proposal
>>> sent out earlier this week.
>>>
>>> The new coworking.com points to the google group, the wiki, and the
>>> blog. It defines some explicit activities that people can do at each of
>>> those places to get involved.
>>>
>>> http://coworking.com
>>>
>>> It does not attempt to define coworking any more than is already defined
>>> on the landing page of the google group. It does not express any commercial
>>> or even organizational intent. It just says "we're here, and we're not going
>>> anywhere". I think this stake in the ground is extremely representative and
>>> lets us go ANY direction we want.
>>>
>>> The design is the product of...well...an hour of my time put in to
>>> copywriting and CSS. I'd be just as happy to throw it away if something else
>>> came along and the group suggests that, so long as the general concept stays
>>> clear.
>>>
>>> I'd also be willing to take design/copy tips/tweaks to heart. You can't
>>> hurt my feelings too bad, I'm not a designer and I know it :)
>>>
>>> There are still a number of other matters to sort out that have come up
>>> since we started down this fun journey this week, and they can be dealt with
>>> one at a time.
>>>
>>> I'll be following up with all of the contributors, as well as the list,
>>> to discuss the next steps in managing the remaining funds.
>>>
>>> *I'd really like the next discussion on this list* to help find a more
>>> sustainable mechanism for allowing people to contribute to the website fund
>>> without raising money that we simply don't need. Right now the fund raise is
>>> spread out over ~20 people. That de-risked the initial purchase, and let
>>> this happen at all. In the next phase, I think the objective should be to
>>> spread the fund wider and, as Chris Messina said, put the focus on
>>> individual supporters instead of business supporters, giving everyone more
>>> equal access to the resources that come with having the domain.
>>>
>>> Let's brainstorm!
>>>
>>> I also want to publicly thank Bernie and Gerrit for being so awesome
>>> during the transaction. They asked me to share this retrospective they
>>> posted last night on the last 10 years with the domain.
>>> http://www.smartmobs.com/2010/02/17/coworking-past-and-future/
>>>
>>> -Alex
>>>
>>> /ah
>>> indyhall.org
>>> coworking in philadelphia
>>>
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[Coworking] Re: coworking.com: the next generation

[Avesta]

You did an awesome job handling all of this Alex, and the page looks
great!

Avesta and Cameron
Founders
CoLoft
Coloft.com

On Feb 18, 5:17 pm, Tara Hunt  wrote:
> I'm sure it did! I can't find it. I'm sure Messina has a few kicking around.
>
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 8:02 PM, Alex Hillman
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > You have any screencaps of the early flock pages? I swear this just came
> > out of my head! :)
>
> > /ah
> > indyhall.org
> > coworking in philadelphia
>
> > On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:59 PM, Tara Hunt  wrote:
>
> >> I think it's great for now (reminds me of an early FLOCK page, h?)!
> >> And THANK YOU Alex for doing this! You rawk!
>
> >> p.s. I hope we can revisit Coworkination mockups in the future (please
> >> please please?):
> >>http://www.flickr.com/photos/missrogue/sets/72157600017335084/
>
> >> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:29 PM, Alex Hillman <
> >> dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>> Over the last several hours, I've finalized the transactions with Bernie
> >>> and Gerrit, transferred the domain, configured the DNS, and set up a 
> >>> simple
> >>> static homepage to display the community core values and point them to the
> >>> three communal resources that we have, just like intended by the proposal
> >>> sent out earlier this week.
>
> >>> The new coworking.com points to the google group, the wiki, and the
> >>> blog. It defines some explicit activities that people can do at each of
> >>> those places to get involved.
>
> >>>http://coworking.com
>
> >>> It does not attempt to define coworking any more than is already defined
> >>> on the landing page of the google group. It does not express any 
> >>> commercial
> >>> or even organizational intent. It just says "we're here, and we're not 
> >>> going
> >>> anywhere". I think this stake in the ground is extremely representative 
> >>> and
> >>> lets us go ANY direction we want.
>
> >>> The design is the product of...well...an hour of my time put in to
> >>> copywriting and CSS. I'd be just as happy to throw it away if something 
> >>> else
> >>> came along and the group suggests that, so long as the general concept 
> >>> stays
> >>> clear.
>
> >>> I'd also be willing to take design/copy tips/tweaks to heart. You can't
> >>> hurt my feelings too bad, I'm not a designer and I know it :)
>
> >>> There are still a number of other matters to sort out that have come up
> >>> since we started down this fun journey this week, and they can be dealt 
> >>> with
> >>> one at a time.
>
> >>> I'll be following up with all of the contributors, as well as the list,
> >>> to discuss the next steps in managing the remaining funds.
>
> >>> *I'd really like the next discussion on this list* to help find a more
> >>> sustainable mechanism for allowing people to contribute to the website 
> >>> fund
> >>> without raising money that we simply don't need. Right now the fund raise 
> >>> is
> >>> spread out over ~20 people. That de-risked the initial purchase, and let
> >>> this happen at all. In the next phase, I think the objective should be to
> >>> spread the fund wider and, as Chris Messina said, put the focus on
> >>> individual supporters instead of business supporters, giving everyone more
> >>> equal access to the resources that come with having the domain.
>
> >>> Let's brainstorm!
>
> >>> I also want to publicly thank Bernie and Gerrit for being so awesome
> >>> during the transaction. They asked me to share this retrospective they
> >>> posted last night on the last 10 years with the domain.
> >>>http://www.smartmobs.com/2010/02/17/coworking-past-and-future/
>
> >>> -Alex
>
> >>> /ah
> >>> indyhall.org
> >>> coworking in philadelphia
>
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Re: [Coworking] Re: coworking.com: the next generation

[Alex Hillman]

One more fun, kinda geeky idea I had:

http://github.com/alexknowshtml/Coworking.com

I've now posted the very
first iteration of the website to github for anybody to fork and contribute
back to. Bug fixes, UI ideas, copywriting...whatever you like. You can
submit a pull request to me and we can use true open source to evolve the
website.

For those who don't now what Git or Github is, I apologize for the last 4
sentences of what must have appeared to be Klingon to you.

-Alex

/ah
indyhall.org
coworking in philadelphia


On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 8:21 PM, Avesta <2bave...@gmail.com> wrote:

> You did an awesome job handling all of this Alex, and the page looks
> great!
>
> Avesta and Cameron
> Founders
> CoLoft
> Coloft.com
>
> On Feb 18, 5:17 pm, Tara Hunt  wrote:
> > I'm sure it did! I can't find it. I'm sure Messina has a few kicking
> around.
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 8:02 PM, Alex Hillman
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > You have any screencaps of the early flock pages? I swear this just
> came
> > > out of my head! :)
> >
> > > /ah
> > > indyhall.org
> > > coworking in philadelphia
> >
> > > On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:59 PM, Tara Hunt 
> wrote:
> >
> > >> I think it's great for now (reminds me of an early FLOCK page,
> h?)!
> > >> And THANK YOU Alex for doing this! You rawk!
> >
> > >> p.s. I hope we can revisit Coworkination mockups in the future (please
> > >> please please?):
> > >>http://www.flickr.com/photos/missrogue/sets/72157600017335084/
> >
> > >> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:29 PM, Alex Hillman <
> > >> dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >>> Over the last several hours, I've finalized the transactions with
> Bernie
> > >>> and Gerrit, transferred the domain, configured the DNS, and set up a
> simple
> > >>> static homepage to display the community core values and point them
> to the
> > >>> three communal resources that we have, just like intended by the
> proposal
> > >>> sent out earlier this week.
> >
> > >>> The new coworking.com points to the google group, the wiki, and the
> > >>> blog. It defines some explicit activities that people can do at each
> of
> > >>> those places to get involved.
> >
> > >>>http://coworking.com
> >
> > >>> It does not attempt to define coworking any more than is already
> defined
> > >>> on the landing page of the google group. It does not express any
> commercial
> > >>> or even organizational intent. It just says "we're here, and we're
> not going
> > >>> anywhere". I think this stake in the ground is extremely
> representative and
> > >>> lets us go ANY direction we want.
> >
> > >>> The design is the product of...well...an hour of my time put in to
> > >>> copywriting and CSS. I'd be just as happy to throw it away if
> something else
> > >>> came along and the group suggests that, so long as the general
> concept stays
> > >>> clear.
> >
> > >>> I'd also be willing to take design/copy tips/tweaks to heart. You
> can't
> > >>> hurt my feelings too bad, I'm not a designer and I know it :)
> >
> > >>> There are still a number of other matters to sort out that have come
> up
> > >>> since we started down this fun journey this week, and they can be
> dealt with
> > >>> one at a time.
> >
> > >>> I'll be following up with all of the contributors, as well as the
> list,
> > >>> to discuss the next steps in managing the remaining funds.
> >
> > >>> *I'd really like the next discussion on this list* to help find a
> more
> > >>> sustainable mechanism for allowing people to contribute to the
> website fund
> > >>> without raising money that we simply don't need. Right now the fund
> raise is
> > >>> spread out over ~20 people. That de-risked the initial purchase, and
> let
> > >>> this happen at all. In the next phase, I think the objective should
> be to
> > >>> spread the fund wider and, as Chris Messina said, put the focus on
> > >>> individual supporters instead of business supporters, giving everyone
> more
> > >>> equal access to the resources that come with having the domain.
> >
> > >>> Let's brainstorm!
> >
> > >>> I also want to publicly thank Bernie and Gerrit for being so awesome
> > >>> during the transaction. They asked me to share this retrospective
> they
> > >>> posted last night on the last 10 years with the domain.
> > >>>http://www.smartmobs.com/2010/02/17/coworking-past-and-future/
> >
> > >>> -Alex
> >
> > >>> /ah
> > >>> indyhall.org
> > >>> coworking in philadelphia
> >
> > >>> --
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> >
> > >>> .
> > >>> For more options, visit this group at
> > >>>http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
> >
> > >> --
> > >> tara 'missrogue' hunt
> >
> > >> Book: The Whuffie Factor (http://www.thewhuffiefactor

Re: [Coworking] Re: coworking.com: the next generation

[j. p. sweeney]

Alex-

Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.

J.P.


On 18 Feb 2010, at 21:46, Alex Hillman wrote:

> One more fun, kinda geeky idea I had:
> 
> http://github.com/alexknowshtml/Coworking.com
> 
> I've now posted the very first iteration of the website to github for anybody 
> to fork and contribute back to. Bug fixes, UI ideas, copywriting...whatever 
> you like. You can submit a pull request to me and we can use true open source 
> to evolve the website.
> 
> For those who don't now what Git or Github is, I apologize for the last 4 
> sentences of what must have appeared to be Klingon to you.
> 
> -Alex
> 
> /ah
> indyhall.org
> coworking in philadelphia
> 
> 
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 8:21 PM, Avesta <2bave...@gmail.com> wrote:
> You did an awesome job handling all of this Alex, and the page looks
> great!
> 
> Avesta and Cameron
> Founders
> CoLoft
> Coloft.com
> 
> On Feb 18, 5:17 pm, Tara Hunt  wrote:
> > I'm sure it did! I can't find it. I'm sure Messina has a few kicking around.
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 8:02 PM, Alex Hillman
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > You have any screencaps of the early flock pages? I swear this just came
> > > out of my head! :)
> >
> > > /ah
> > > indyhall.org
> > > coworking in philadelphia
> >
> > > On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:59 PM, Tara Hunt  wrote:
> >
> > >> I think it's great for now (reminds me of an early FLOCK page, h?)!
> > >> And THANK YOU Alex for doing this! You rawk!
> >
> > >> p.s. I hope we can revisit Coworkination mockups in the future (please
> > >> please please?):
> > >>http://www.flickr.com/photos/missrogue/sets/72157600017335084/
> >
> > >> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:29 PM, Alex Hillman <
> > >> dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >>> Over the last several hours, I've finalized the transactions with Bernie
> > >>> and Gerrit, transferred the domain, configured the DNS, and set up a 
> > >>> simple
> > >>> static homepage to display the community core values and point them to 
> > >>> the
> > >>> three communal resources that we have, just like intended by the 
> > >>> proposal
> > >>> sent out earlier this week.
> >
> > >>> The new coworking.com points to the google group, the wiki, and the
> > >>> blog. It defines some explicit activities that people can do at each of
> > >>> those places to get involved.
> >
> > >>>http://coworking.com
> >
> > >>> It does not attempt to define coworking any more than is already defined
> > >>> on the landing page of the google group. It does not express any 
> > >>> commercial
> > >>> or even organizational intent. It just says "we're here, and we're not 
> > >>> going
> > >>> anywhere". I think this stake in the ground is extremely representative 
> > >>> and
> > >>> lets us go ANY direction we want.
> >
> > >>> The design is the product of...well...an hour of my time put in to
> > >>> copywriting and CSS. I'd be just as happy to throw it away if something 
> > >>> else
> > >>> came along and the group suggests that, so long as the general concept 
> > >>> stays
> > >>> clear.
> >
> > >>> I'd also be willing to take design/copy tips/tweaks to heart. You can't
> > >>> hurt my feelings too bad, I'm not a designer and I know it :)
> >
> > >>> There are still a number of other matters to sort out that have come up
> > >>> since we started down this fun journey this week, and they can be dealt 
> > >>> with
> > >>> one at a time.
> >
> > >>> I'll be following up with all of the contributors, as well as the list,
> > >>> to discuss the next steps in managing the remaining funds.
> >
> > >>> *I'd really like the next discussion on this list* to help find a more
> > >>> sustainable mechanism for allowing people to contribute to the website 
> > >>> fund
> > >>> without raising money that we simply don't need. Right now the fund 
> > >>> raise is
> > >>> spread out over ~20 people. That de-risked the initial purchase, and let
> > >>> this happen at all. In the next phase, I think the objective should be 
> > >>> to
> > >>> spread the fund wider and, as Chris Messina said, put the focus on
> > >>> individual supporters instead of business supporters, giving everyone 
> > >>> more
> > >>> equal access to the resources that come with having the domain.
> >
> > >>> Let's brainstorm!
> >
> > >>> I also want to publicly thank Bernie and Gerrit for being so awesome
> > >>> during the transaction. They asked me to share this retrospective they
> > >>> posted last night on the last 10 years with the domain.
> > >>>http://www.smartmobs.com/2010/02/17/coworking-past-and-future/
> >
> > >>> -Alex
> >
> > >>> /ah
> > >>> indyhall.org
> > >>> coworking in philadelphia
> >
> > >>> --
> > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google 
> > >>> Groups
> > >>> "Coworking" group.
> > >>> To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com.
> > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
> > >>> coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
> > >>> .
> > >>> For more options, visit this group at
> > >>>h

Re: [Coworking] Re: coworking.com: the next generation

[Alex Hillman]

That was awesome.

/ah
indyhall.org
coworking in philadelphia


On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 9:48 PM, j. p. sweeney <
james.swee...@workantileexchange.com> wrote:

> Alex-
>
> Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.
>
> J.P.
>
>
> On 18 Feb 2010, at 21:46, Alex Hillman wrote:
>
> One more fun, kinda geeky idea I had:
>
> http://github.com/alexknowshtml/Coworking.com
>
> I've now posted the very
> first iteration of the website to github for anybody to fork and contribute
> back to. Bug fixes, UI ideas, copywriting...whatever you like. You can
> submit a pull request to me and we can use true open source to evolve the
> website.
>
> For those who don't now what Git or Github is, I apologize for the last 4
> sentences of what must have appeared to be Klingon to you.
>
> -Alex
>
> /ah
> indyhall.org
> coworking in philadelphia
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 8:21 PM, Avesta <2bave...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> You did an awesome job handling all of this Alex, and the page looks
>> great!
>>
>> Avesta and Cameron
>> Founders
>> CoLoft
>> Coloft.com
>>
>> On Feb 18, 5:17 pm, Tara Hunt  wrote:
>> > I'm sure it did! I can't find it. I'm sure Messina has a few kicking
>> around.
>> >
>> > On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 8:02 PM, Alex Hillman
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > > You have any screencaps of the early flock pages? I swear this just
>> came
>> > > out of my head! :)
>> >
>> > > /ah
>> > > indyhall.org
>> > > coworking in philadelphia
>> >
>> > > On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:59 PM, Tara Hunt 
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > >> I think it's great for now (reminds me of an early FLOCK page,
>> h?)!
>> > >> And THANK YOU Alex for doing this! You rawk!
>> >
>> > >> p.s. I hope we can revisit Coworkination mockups in the future
>> (please
>> > >> please please?):
>> > >>http://www.flickr.com/photos/missrogue/sets/72157600017335084/
>> >
>> > >> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:29 PM, Alex Hillman <
>> > >> dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > >>> Over the last several hours, I've finalized the transactions with
>> Bernie
>> > >>> and Gerrit, transferred the domain, configured the DNS, and set up a
>> simple
>> > >>> static homepage to display the community core values and point them
>> to the
>> > >>> three communal resources that we have, just like intended by the
>> proposal
>> > >>> sent out earlier this week.
>> >
>> > >>> The new coworking.com points to the google group, the wiki, and the
>> > >>> blog. It defines some explicit activities that people can do at each
>> of
>> > >>> those places to get involved.
>> >
>> > >>>http://coworking.com
>> >
>> > >>> It does not attempt to define coworking any more than is already
>> defined
>> > >>> on the landing page of the google group. It does not express any
>> commercial
>> > >>> or even organizational intent. It just says "we're here, and we're
>> not going
>> > >>> anywhere". I think this stake in the ground is extremely
>> representative and
>> > >>> lets us go ANY direction we want.
>> >
>> > >>> The design is the product of...well...an hour of my time put in to
>> > >>> copywriting and CSS. I'd be just as happy to throw it away if
>> something else
>> > >>> came along and the group suggests that, so long as the general
>> concept stays
>> > >>> clear.
>> >
>> > >>> I'd also be willing to take design/copy tips/tweaks to heart. You
>> can't
>> > >>> hurt my feelings too bad, I'm not a designer and I know it :)
>> >
>> > >>> There are still a number of other matters to sort out that have come
>> up
>> > >>> since we started down this fun journey this week, and they can be
>> dealt with
>> > >>> one at a time.
>> >
>> > >>> I'll be following up with all of the contributors, as well as the
>> list,
>> > >>> to discuss the next steps in managing the remaining funds.
>> >
>> > >>> *I'd really like the next discussion on this list* to help find a
>> more
>> > >>> sustainable mechanism for allowing people to contribute to the
>> website fund
>> > >>> without raising money that we simply don't need. Right now the fund
>> raise is
>> > >>> spread out over ~20 people. That de-risked the initial purchase, and
>> let
>> > >>> this happen at all. In the next phase, I think the objective should
>> be to
>> > >>> spread the fund wider and, as Chris Messina said, put the focus on
>> > >>> individual supporters instead of business supporters, giving
>> everyone more
>> > >>> equal access to the resources that come with having the domain.
>> >
>> > >>> Let's brainstorm!
>> >
>> > >>> I also want to publicly thank Bernie and Gerrit for being so awesome
>> > >>> during the transaction. They asked me to share this retrospective
>> they
>> > >>> posted last night on the last 10 years with the domain.
>> > >>>http://www.smartmobs.com/2010/02/17/coworking-past-and-future/
>> >
>> > >>> -Alex
>> >
>> > >>> /ah
>> > >>> indyhall.org
>> > >>> coworking in philadelphia
>> >
>> > >>> --
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>> Groups
>> > 

Re: [Coworking] coworking.com: the next generation

[Mike Schinkel]

> We're a Drupal studio.  If planned well the site can be both aesthetically 
> pleasing and self sustained.  (Drupal is the # 1 opensourse CMS)

Sorry to hijack the thread but only for a bit; I just can't let that assertion 
stand unchallenged! :-) Drupal is not the #1 opensource CMS, WordPress is! It's 
got far more users than Drupal!  ;-)

Anyway, I'm a former Drupal guy who after 2 years finally realized how much 
pain Drupal was causing me and switched to WordPress, never been happier! :) 

-Mike Schinkel
Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking
http://ignitionalley.com

p.s. OTOH, my partner in Ignition Alley is a Drupal guy so there you go! 


On Feb 18, 2010, at 7:55 PM, TCS wrote:

> We're a Drupal studio.  If planned well the site can be both aesthetically 
> pleasing and self sustained.  (Drupal is the # 1 opensourse CMS)  We're 
> willing to help develop the site if y'all wanna do the leg work on 
> Information Architecture, finalize a content outline and navigation 
> schematic, name the taxonomy terms and design.  ;o)  We can do design as 
> well, but thought that could be another studio if they want to help. Don't 
> know if there's funds available to offer to help build, but we're willing to 
> do whatever for the cause of coworking!
> 
> Chad
> 
> The Creative Space - Canada
> www.thecreativespace.ca
> 705-252-2423
> 
> On 2010-02-18, at 7:29 PM, Alex Hillman wrote:
> 
>> Over the last several hours, I've finalized the transactions with Bernie and 
>> Gerrit, transferred the domain, configured the DNS, and set up a simple 
>> static homepage to display the community core values and point them to the 
>> three communal resources that we have, just like intended by the proposal 
>> sent out earlier this week.
>> 
>> The new coworking.com points to the google group, the wiki, and the blog. It 
>> defines some explicit activities that people can do at each of those places 
>> to get involved. 
>> 
>> http://coworking.com
>> 
>> It does not attempt to define coworking any more than is already defined on 
>> the landing page of the google group. It does not express any commercial or 
>> even organizational intent. It just says "we're here, and we're not going 
>> anywhere". I think this stake in the ground is extremely representative and 
>> lets us go ANY direction we want. 
>> 
>> The design is the product of...well...an hour of my time put in to 
>> copywriting and CSS. I'd be just as happy to throw it away if something else 
>> came along and the group suggests that, so long as the general concept stays 
>> clear.
>> 
>> I'd also be willing to take design/copy tips/tweaks to heart. You can't hurt 
>> my feelings too bad, I'm not a designer and I know it :) 
>> 
>> There are still a number of other matters to sort out that have come up 
>> since we started down this fun journey this week, and they can be dealt with 
>> one at a time. 
>> 
>> I'll be following up with all of the contributors, as well as the list, to 
>> discuss the next steps in managing the remaining funds. 
>> 
>> I'd really like the next discussion on this list to help find a more 
>> sustainable mechanism for allowing people to contribute to the website fund 
>> without raising money that we simply don't need. Right now the fund raise is 
>> spread out over ~20 people. That de-risked the initial purchase, and let 
>> this happen at all. In the next phase, I think the objective should be to 
>> spread the fund wider and, as Chris Messina said, put the focus on 
>> individual supporters instead of business supporters, giving everyone more 
>> equal access to the resources that come with having the domain. 
>> 
>> Let's brainstorm!
>> 
>> I also want to publicly thank Bernie and Gerrit for being so awesome during 
>> the transaction. They asked me to share this retrospective they posted last 
>> night on the last 10 years with the domain. 
>> http://www.smartmobs.com/2010/02/17/coworking-past-and-future/
>> 
>> -Alex
>> 
>> /ah
>> indyhall.org
>> coworking in philadelphia
>> 
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> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Chad Ballantyne
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Re: [Coworking] Re: Clarification

[Mike Schinkel]

On Feb 18, 2010, at 3:36 PM, Chris Stewart wrote:
> I'm leaning toward the idea of a regional
> , since the economic and social climates differ between
> Dallas, Seattle, Philadelphia, and New York, etc. The regional
>  and individual spaces could people to an inter/national
> .

Clearly I agree with everything else you said in your comments, and as far as 
any kind of organization regional can make some good sense too. OTOH, we really 
can't have regional definitions of "Coworking" can we?  Not with a global web 
and only one coworking.com.

JMTCW but Alex's implied definition on coworking.com is a great start (isn't 
it?)

-Mike Schinkel
Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking
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Re: [Coworking] Re: Clarification

[Mike Schinkel]

On Feb 18, 2010, at 3:53 PM, Tara Hunt wrote:
>> "Every starfish needs a center..."
>> 
> Technically that is untrue. Cut off a floating leg and it'll grow another 
> core and four more legs. ;)
> 

In the spirit of being pedantic :) while cutting a floating leg off a starfish 
grows another core and four more legs in reality it is, after all, a different 
starfish with a shared leg.   If a group splinters off coworking that 
realistically doesn't make the new group coworking but instead a new thing 
derived from coworking which rightly would get its own name (and if there are 
any true marketers involved trying to promote it, it will.)

-Mike Schinkel
Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking
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Re: [Coworking] CoLoft is now open :)

[PAT CHEUNG]

Hey Avesta, welcome to the "neighborhood"!

I'll definitely keep you guys on the short list of spaces I refer to when
people inquire about coworking on the westside.

--
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On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:04 PM, Avesta <2bave...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey everyone,
>
> Just wanted to update you all that the CoLoft officially opened this
> past Monday in Santa Monica, CA. We are really excited about this, and
> already have a handful of people coworking away :)
>
> Feel free to take a look at our site and the pictures, and let us know
> what you guys think! We love to hear feedback from those more
> experienced than us :)
>
> Hope everyone is having a great week!
>
> Avesta
> Co-Founder
> CoLoft
> www.CoLoft.com
>
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