[Coworking] Re: Chairs

[Jeannine]

I literally walked into my conference room chairs and table at the
local version of the Goodwill -- they were offloading them from a
truck and had just picked them up.  They also had some desks and so
forth in the truck.  The woman who runs the place was mumbling to
herself about it.  So I asked her what she wanted for the chairs and
she said she would sell me whatever was in the truck for a flat price
and deliver it, too if I would take it right then.  Nowhere to put it
apparently.  So I took it and what I did not need I sold off on the
local version of ebay.

The office chairs I got from an auction site: a large office went
bankrupt and flooded the market with upscale secondhand furniture.

However they appear, it seems that the adage "People with no money
need to be prepared to put time in instead" appears to apply, at least
for me.  I went to the local Goodwill equivalent every week for a long
time, until they knew me and knew more or less what I wanted.
Nowadays they call me if something is coming in and I am talking to
them about setting up a page on my website to notify people about
things coming in -- because my website gets visited by starters and
businesses in transition.   The people at the auction site sent me an
email about the auction because I had been contacting them
regularly.

Some of it is just pure dumb luck; but in my experience pure dumb luck
happens more often when I am working at something.  Opportunities
appear as they are seized. :-)

Jeannine
On Feb 21, 10:53 pm, Ann Kingman  wrote:
> We're in the process of putting together a budget for the initial furnishing
> of our space.
> We are hung up on chairs.
> I think good office chairs are very important, and probably key for member
> retention. However, the cost of these chairs is freaking me out a bit. It's
> not so bad when you think about buying one, but we're looking at probably 20
> to start, between the conference room and work desks.
>
> Any recommendations for sourcing? I hate to cheap out here, but I also don't
> want this to be the thing that makes the space an unworkable concept.
>
> Thanks,
> Ann
> CoWork508 (right now just a concept)
> Attleboro, MA

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Re: [Coworking] Re: Chairs

[Joshua Marpet]

Jeannine,

Funny, and well said.  Serendipity happens, but it happens more often when
it has your phone number.  :)

Joshua Marpet
DataDevastation

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 3:26 AM, Jeannine wrote:

> I literally walked into my conference room chairs and table at the
> local version of the Goodwill -- they were offloading them from a
> truck and had just picked them up.  They also had some desks and so
> forth in the truck.  The woman who runs the place was mumbling to
> herself about it.  So I asked her what she wanted for the chairs and
> she said she would sell me whatever was in the truck for a flat price
> and deliver it, too if I would take it right then.  Nowhere to put it
> apparently.  So I took it and what I did not need I sold off on the
> local version of ebay.
>
> The office chairs I got from an auction site: a large office went
> bankrupt and flooded the market with upscale secondhand furniture.
>
> However they appear, it seems that the adage "People with no money
> need to be prepared to put time in instead" appears to apply, at least
> for me.  I went to the local Goodwill equivalent every week for a long
> time, until they knew me and knew more or less what I wanted.
> Nowadays they call me if something is coming in and I am talking to
> them about setting up a page on my website to notify people about
> things coming in -- because my website gets visited by starters and
> businesses in transition.   The people at the auction site sent me an
> email about the auction because I had been contacting them
> regularly.
>
> Some of it is just pure dumb luck; but in my experience pure dumb luck
> happens more often when I am working at something.  Opportunities
> appear as they are seized. :-)
>
> Jeannine
> On Feb 21, 10:53 pm, Ann Kingman  wrote:
> > We're in the process of putting together a budget for the initial
> furnishing
> > of our space.
> > We are hung up on chairs.
> > I think good office chairs are very important, and probably key for
> member
> > retention. However, the cost of these chairs is freaking me out a bit.
> It's
> > not so bad when you think about buying one, but we're looking at probably
> 20
> > to start, between the conference room and work desks.
> >
> > Any recommendations for sourcing? I hate to cheap out here, but I also
> don't
> > want this to be the thing that makes the space an unworkable concept.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ann
> > CoWork508 (right now just a concept)
> > Attleboro, MA
>
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[Coworking] About the Unconference: Who's for virtual attendance?

[Jeannine]

There are some noises coming from this side of the ocean about EU
folks wanting to come to the unconference in a virtual way:  I know I
would like to, I know the folks in Dresden would, I feel sure that
Wuppertal would like to as well.  Possibly the folks in Asia as well.

I already have one trip stateside planned in July and another one is
just not in my budget nor would my family appreciate it much.  I can
dump any input for the unconference on the incomparable Jean-Yves,
but it's not all that fair to ask him to represent all of our
(sometimes conflicting) notions, and besides it would be so much more
fun!

Can we use this thread to explore how to make it happen?  Pretty
please?  I'll send you chocolate.  From Belguim.  Come on, it doesn't
get any better than that.

Jeannine

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Re: [Coworking] About the Unconference: Who's for virtual attendance?

[Chad Ballantyne]

We'll throw in some Maple Syrup from Canada if we can "V-there."  Hey I think I 
came up with the newest tech term!

Chad

On 2011-02-22, at 8:43 AM, Jeannine wrote:

> There are some noises coming from this side of the ocean about EU
> folks wanting to come to the unconference in a virtual way:  I know I
> would like to, I know the folks in Dresden would, I feel sure that
> Wuppertal would like to as well.  Possibly the folks in Asia as well.
> 
> I already have one trip stateside planned in July and another one is
> just not in my budget nor would my family appreciate it much.  I can
> dump any input for the unconference on the incomparable Jean-Yves,
> but it's not all that fair to ask him to represent all of our
> (sometimes conflicting) notions, and besides it would be so much more
> fun!
> 
> Can we use this thread to explore how to make it happen?  Pretty
> please?  I'll send you chocolate.  From Belguim.  Come on, it doesn't
> get any better than that.
> 
> Jeannine
> 
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[Coworking] Re: Cheap hanging system

[Jamie Kutner]

Neat! I like the square peg approach! We also rotate art exhibitions
regularly, and had similar concerns about the walls. When we were
getting ThincSavannah ready for our first art show this past
September, we decided to go with AS Hanging Systems (ashanging.com).
Their cable system is very discreet, and super easy to use.

Jamie

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[Coworking] Marketing

[SouthEnd CoWorking Charlotte, NC]

Southend Coworking, Charlotte, NC

We are a new coworking site located close to downtown in a great
location in Charlotte, NC along the light rail line.  We are trying to
reach out to the coworking market and would like to know your thought
on finding interesting and committed people for our coworking space.
I have visited many coworking sites in N.C.  New York City and thank
those spaces for their input.  I am sure there is a vein of people who
are the key users of this type of space and would love to hear any of
your input.

Our website is up and and the space is ready for members.  What do you
suggest?

Richard Zelickson
Southend Coworking
z...@southendcoworking.com

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Re: [Coworking] Marketing

[Alex Hillman]

Hi Richard,

There's many, many threads on this topic in the group, I'd go ahead and give
it (and the blog!) a search and come back with some more specific questions
if you have them once you've done some research within the existing
conversations that've taken place.

-Alex

/ah
indyhall.org
coworking in philadelphia


On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:40 AM, SouthEnd CoWorking Charlotte, NC <
rzelick...@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Southend Coworking, Charlotte, NC
>
> We are a new coworking site located close to downtown in a great
> location in Charlotte, NC along the light rail line.  We are trying to
> reach out to the coworking market and would like to know your thought
> on finding interesting and committed people for our coworking space.
> I have visited many coworking sites in N.C.  New York City and thank
> those spaces for their input.  I am sure there is a vein of people who
> are the key users of this type of space and would love to hear any of
> your input.
>
> Our website is up and and the space is ready for members.  What do you
> suggest?
>
> Richard Zelickson
> Southend Coworking
> z...@southendcoworking.com
>
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[Coworking] Re: About the Unconference: Who's for virtual attendance?

[Anne Kirby]

I'd be all about it as well. Can't make it in person this year, hope
to next year but would love to be there virtually if possible.

On Feb 22, 8:53 am, Chad Ballantyne  wrote:
> We'll throw in some Maple Syrup from Canada if we can "V-there."  Hey I think 
> I came up with the newest tech term!
>
> Chad
>
> On 2011-02-22, at 8:43 AM, Jeannine wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > There are some noises coming from this side of the ocean about EU
> > folks wanting to come to the unconference in a virtual way:  I know I
> > would like to, I know the folks in Dresden would, I feel sure that
> > Wuppertal would like to as well.  Possibly the folks in Asia as well.
>
> > I already have one trip stateside planned in July and another one is
> > just not in my budget nor would my family appreciate it much.  I can
> > dump any input for the unconference on the incomparable Jean-Yves,
> > but it's not all that fair to ask him to represent all of our
> > (sometimes conflicting) notions, and besides it would be so much more
> > fun!
>
> > Can we use this thread to explore how to make it happen?  Pretty
> > please?  I'll send you chocolate.  From Belguim.  Come on, it doesn't
> > get any better than that.
>
> > Jeannine
>
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> Chad Ballantyne
> The Creative Space Director
>
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Re: [Coworking] Re: About the Unconference: Who's for virtual attendance?

[Kim Slawson]

Perhaps a skype conference call?

mid|coast   *Kim Slawson*   The Way Work Should Be

 co|working(207)370-7401 Coworking in Midcoast Maine

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On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 1:04 PM, Anne Kirby <
creativehouseoflancas...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'd be all about it as well. Can't make it in person this year, hope
> to next year but would love to be there virtually if possible.
>
> On Feb 22, 8:53 am, Chad Ballantyne  wrote:
> > We'll throw in some Maple Syrup from Canada if we can "V-there."  Hey I
> think I came up with the newest tech term!
> >
> > Chad
> >
> > On 2011-02-22, at 8:43 AM, Jeannine wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > There are some noises coming from this side of the ocean about EU
> > > folks wanting to come to the unconference in a virtual way:  I know I
> > > would like to, I know the folks in Dresden would, I feel sure that
> > > Wuppertal would like to as well.  Possibly the folks in Asia as well.
> >
> > > I already have one trip stateside planned in July and another one is
> > > just not in my budget nor would my family appreciate it much.  I can
> > > dump any input for the unconference on the incomparable Jean-Yves,
> > > but it's not all that fair to ask him to represent all of our
> > > (sometimes conflicting) notions, and besides it would be so much more
> > > fun!
> >
> > > Can we use this thread to explore how to make it happen?  Pretty
> > > please?  I'll send you chocolate.  From Belguim.  Come on, it doesn't
> > > get any better than that.
> >
> > > Jeannine
> >
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[Coworking] Re: About the Unconference: Who's for virtual attendance?

[Anne Kirby]

I'd be game as well. Can't make it in person this year and would love
to be there virtually if possible.

On Feb 22, 8:53 am, Chad Ballantyne  wrote:
> We'll throw in some Maple Syrup from Canada if we can "V-there."  Hey I think 
> I came up with the newest tech term!
>
> Chad
>
> On 2011-02-22, at 8:43 AM, Jeannine wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > There are some noises coming from this side of the ocean about EU
> > folks wanting to come to the unconference in a virtual way:  I know I
> > would like to, I know the folks in Dresden would, I feel sure that
> > Wuppertal would like to as well.  Possibly the folks in Asia as well.
>
> > I already have one trip stateside planned in July and another one is
> > just not in my budget nor would my family appreciate it much.  I can
> > dump any input for the unconference on the incomparable Jean-Yves,
> > but it's not all that fair to ask him to represent all of our
> > (sometimes conflicting) notions, and besides it would be so much more
> > fun!
>
> > Can we use this thread to explore how to make it happen?  Pretty
> > please?  I'll send you chocolate.  From Belguim.  Come on, it doesn't
> > get any better than that.
>
> > Jeannine
>
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Re: [Coworking] Re: About the Unconference: Who's for virtual attendance?

[Tony Bacigalupo]

Doing it well might be logistically very difficult: the space is a lounge /
bar, so it's not a traditional event venue. That means things like cameras /
mics / lighting / bandwidth may be hard to come by.

Is there anyone here who's attending the event who would like to try and
tackle getting a decent livestream up?



On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Kim Slawson  wrote:

> Perhaps a skype conference call?
>
> mid|coast   *Kim Slawson*   The Way Work Should Be
>
>  co|working(207)370-7401 Coworking in Midcoast Maine
>
> *mid*|*co* w...@midco.org  Come Work with Us!
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 1:04 PM, Anne Kirby <
> creativehouseoflancas...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'd be all about it as well. Can't make it in person this year, hope
>> to next year but would love to be there virtually if possible.
>>
>> On Feb 22, 8:53 am, Chad Ballantyne  wrote:
>> > We'll throw in some Maple Syrup from Canada if we can "V-there."  Hey I
>> think I came up with the newest tech term!
>> >
>> > Chad
>> >
>> > On 2011-02-22, at 8:43 AM, Jeannine wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > > There are some noises coming from this side of the ocean about EU
>> > > folks wanting to come to the unconference in a virtual way:  I know I
>> > > would like to, I know the folks in Dresden would, I feel sure that
>> > > Wuppertal would like to as well.  Possibly the folks in Asia as well.
>> >
>> > > I already have one trip stateside planned in July and another one is
>> > > just not in my budget nor would my family appreciate it much.  I can
>> > > dump any input for the unconference on the incomparable Jean-Yves,
>> > > but it's not all that fair to ask him to represent all of our
>> > > (sometimes conflicting) notions, and besides it would be so much more
>> > > fun!
>> >
>> > > Can we use this thread to explore how to make it happen?  Pretty
>> > > please?  I'll send you chocolate.  From Belguim.  Come on, it doesn't
>> > > get any better than that.
>> >
>> > > Jeannine
>> >
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>> >
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[Coworking] Re: About the Unconference: Who's for virtual attendance?

[Jeannine]

That's what I feared, maybe a schedule, or indeed a livestream.  Or I
looked at tokbox/opentok (http://www.tokbox.com/opentok/showcase) when
we were talking about a wormhole and thought it had real
possibilities.

I guess first an inventory of what we have, then on to what we need?

Jeannine

On Feb 22, 7:19 pm, Tony Bacigalupo  wrote:
> Doing it well might be logistically very difficult: the space is a lounge /
> bar, so it's not a traditional event venue. That means things like cameras /
> mics / lighting / bandwidth may be hard to come by.
>
> Is there anyone here who's attending the event who would like to try and
> tackle getting a decent livestream up?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Kim Slawson  wrote:
> > Perhaps a skype conference call?
>
> > mid|coast       *Kim Slawson*           The Way Work Should Be
>
> >  co|working    (207)370-7401     Coworking in Midcoast Maine
>
> > *mid*|*co*         w...@midco.org              Come Work with Us!
>
> > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 1:04 PM, Anne Kirby <
> > creativehouseoflancas...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> I'd be all about it as well. Can't make it in person this year, hope
> >> to next year but would love to be there virtually if possible.
>
> >> On Feb 22, 8:53 am, Chad Ballantyne  wrote:
> >> > We'll throw in some Maple Syrup from Canada if we can "V-there."  Hey I
> >> think I came up with the newest tech term!
>
> >> > Chad
>
> >> > On 2011-02-22, at 8:43 AM, Jeannine wrote:
>
> >> > > There are some noises coming from this side of the ocean about EU
> >> > > folks wanting to come to the unconference in a virtual way:  I know I
> >> > > would like to, I know the folks in Dresden would, I feel sure that
> >> > > Wuppertal would like to as well.  Possibly the folks in Asia as well.
>
> >> > > I already have one trip stateside planned in July and another one is
> >> > > just not in my budget nor would my family appreciate it much.  I can
> >> > > dump any input for the unconference on the incomparable Jean-Yves,
> >> > > but it's not all that fair to ask him to represent all of our
> >> > > (sometimes conflicting) notions, and besides it would be so much more
> >> > > fun!
>
> >> > > Can we use this thread to explore how to make it happen?  Pretty
> >> > > please?  I'll send you chocolate.  From Belguim.  Come on, it doesn't
> >> > > get any better than that.
>
> >> > > Jeannine
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[Coworking] Human element of space directories

[Angel Kwiatkowski]

When Alex said, "The biggest thing I continually see missing from
directories like this is a
sort of sense of humanity - physical attributes are useful in
determining
what you DON'T want, but make it hard to differentiate between one
space and
the next once you know what you DO want."

I've been reading up on the coworking registry database and whatnot
but again as a member just told me, "I don't want to know where the
desks/spaces are, I want to know where my people are." I think that as
a community of community-minded people-centric people we missed the
boat. Big time. As a matter of fact, we're in the wrong boat going the
wrong direction on the wrong river.

Idea: what if we have a place where coworkers can tell their stories?
That's it. Tell your story about how you found coworking, why you
cowork, where you cowork and how it has changed your life. Tag those
posts with city names and space names and let the wider community of
prospective coworkers find their tribe there.

*Question: as a space owner do you think you could inspire your
communities to contribute their stories online?*

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Re: [Coworking] Human element of space directories

[Jacob Sayles]

Angel,

Yes yes yes!  This has been the direction I've been working towards all
along and there are some significant challenges to incorporate.

First, our members mostly just want a great place to work and they think
it's neat that there are a number of other spaces around the world, but they
are more interested in the work they are doing.  It's the space owners that
are more invested in the larger coworking movement so they are the people
who are putting in the work.  They want to talk about their space mostly,
what they build, etc.  I talk up our members and their incredible
storiesall the time but
I wouldn't be able to keep individual profiles up to date.
 It's enough work to highlight them on our
website.


I have lots of thoughts on the Coworking Registry and where it fits in the
wider vision.  Mostly it starts with how difficult it is to "organize" the
coworking wiki which is currently mostly used to list spaces.  If we could
get that buttoned up in a simple, central, neutral, way, and make it all
free and open data, then there is a lot we can do with that.  It's only one
piece of the puzzle though.

I could go in so many directions from here but I'll leave it at that.  The
conversation is going to be great in Austin.  :)

Jacob

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On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Angel Kwiatkowski wrote:

> When Alex said, "The biggest thing I continually see missing from
> directories like this is a
> sort of sense of humanity - physical attributes are useful in
> determining
> what you DON'T want, but make it hard to differentiate between one
> space and
> the next once you know what you DO want."
>
> I've been reading up on the coworking registry database and whatnot
> but again as a member just told me, "I don't want to know where the
> desks/spaces are, I want to know where my people are." I think that as
> a community of community-minded people-centric people we missed the
> boat. Big time. As a matter of fact, we're in the wrong boat going the
> wrong direction on the wrong river.
>
> Idea: what if we have a place where coworkers can tell their stories?
> That's it. Tell your story about how you found coworking, why you
> cowork, where you cowork and how it has changed your life. Tag those
> posts with city names and space names and let the wider community of
> prospective coworkers find their tribe there.
>
> *Question: as a space owner do you think you could inspire your
> communities to contribute their stories online?*
>
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Re: [Coworking] Chinese Mainstream Media writes about coworking

[Liu Yan]

Another article about HomeShop in Beijing, very interesting:

http://www.artslant.com/cn/articles/show/21840

Liu Yan

> Liu Yan 刘妍
> CEO/Co-founder
> Xindanwei 新单位
> (+86) 021 3428 0783
> 50 Yongjia Rd, Shanghai,CHINA
> 中国上海徐汇区永嘉路50号
> http://xindanwei.com
> https://gist.com/theliuyan


On 2011-2-21, at 下午2:57, Robert Loo wrote:

> Hi Mike,
> Wow, good job!! Nice photo...!!
> Amazing that Homeshop got a space like that in that area!!
> Can't wait to hear about your visits over this week!
> Take care,
> Robert
> 
> 2011/2/21 Michael P. Daugherty 
> Thanks, Liu Yan!  It was actually really great, because it also introduced me 
> to the HomeShop people, whom I hadn't heard of before - I went to visit on 
> Saturday, and it turns out they have a really nice location.
> 
> -Mike
> 
> 2011/2/21 Liu Yan 
> 
> An article appeared in yesterday's CHINA DAILY, the biggest Chinese official 
> newspaper in English, about coworking and the growth of coworking spaces in 
> Beijing, briefly mentioned us - Xindanwei in Shanghai.
> 
> http://sinaurl.cn/h5TMBC
> 
> Really happy for the folks in Beijing to be exposed in the main stream media! 
> Congrats! 
> 
> cheers, 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Re: [Coworking] Human element of space directories

[Alex Hillman]

>
> First, our members mostly just want a great place to work and they think
> it's neat that there are a number of other spaces around the world, but they
> are more interested in the work they are doing.


Jacob, you know I love you, but this sounds shortsighted. Just because they
don't have an expanded worldview doesn't mean that they shouldn't be given
the chance to see what it could do.

I can contrast that sentiment that most of our members, while not
necessarily aware of the big picture at first or its sheer scale, are
extremely excited to be a part of it (and in many cases, contribute to it),
*given the opportunity*. They love the fact that in places all around the
world, people are experiencing something similar to them. We keep the local
focus, but think it's important to have a global perspective. That's not
just an attribute of a better coworker, or business owner/leader, that's an
attribute of a better *citizen*.

Without being presented with the possibility of being a part of the bigger
world just outside their doors, I don't blame them for "not wanting to".
They don't even know that they "could want to" let alone that they "should
want to".

The trick is to give them the opportunity without also giving them a *
completely* blank page to work from.

Like any interview, the key to this is knowing how to ask good questions,
and look for prompts for asking yet more questions. This is hard to
automate, but some more in-depth interviews being conducted by the members
who want to know more about and be known more in the global community is
something that I firmly believe that many members will do if they're given
the opportunity.

Personally, I'd love to see Angel's idea turn into a brainstorm of the kinds
of questions and answers that members have with each other and coworking
space catalyst, founders, leaders, etc have with them as well.

>From there, I think we can put together some queues for conversation to get
over "blank page syndrome" and simply provide enough context for the stories
- and the broader worldview that our members deserve to be able to have for
themselves - to emerge. What we do with those stories could go in a million
directions, let's worry about that once we have figured out a good way to
capture them.


-Alex

/ah
indyhall.org
coworking in philadelphia


On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 7:32 PM, Jacob Sayles wrote:

> Angel,
>
> Yes yes yes!  This has been the direction I've been working towards all
> along and there are some significant challenges to incorporate.
>
> First, our members mostly just want a great place to work and they think
> it's neat that there are a number of other spaces around the world, but they
> are more interested in the work they are doing.  It's the space owners that
> are more invested in the larger coworking movement so they are the people
> who are putting in the work.  They want to talk about their space mostly,
> what they build, etc.  I talk up our members and their incredible 
> storiesall the time but I 
> wouldn't be able to keep individual profiles up to date.
>  It's enough work to highlight them on our 
> website.
>
>
> I have lots of thoughts on the Coworking Registry and where it fits in the
> wider vision.  Mostly it starts with how difficult it is to "organize" the
> coworking wiki which is currently mostly used to list spaces.  If we could
> get that buttoned up in a simple, central, neutral, way, and make it all
> free and open data, then there is a lot we can do with that.  It's only one
> piece of the puzzle though.
>
> I could go in so many directions from here but I'll leave it at that.  The
> conversation is going to be great in Austin.  :)
>
> Jacob
>
> ---
> Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation
> http://www.officenomads.com -  (206) 323-6500
>
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Angel Kwiatkowski 
> wrote:
>
>> When Alex said, "The biggest thing I continually see missing from
>> directories like this is a
>> sort of sense of humanity - physical attributes are useful in
>> determining
>> what you DON'T want, but make it hard to differentiate between one
>> space and
>> the next once you know what you DO want."
>>
>> I've been reading up on the coworking registry database and whatnot
>> but again as a member just told me, "I don't want to know where the
>> desks/spaces are, I want to know where my people are." I think that as
>> a community of community-minded people-centric people we missed the
>> boat. Big time. As a matter of fact, we're in the wrong boat going the
>> wrong direction on the wrong river.
>>
>> Idea: what if we have a place where coworkers can tell their stories?
>> That's it. Tell your story about how you found coworking, why you
>> cowork, where you cowork and how it has changed your life. Tag those
>> posts with city names and space names and let the wider community of
>> prospective coworkers find their

[Coworking] Re: Human element of space directories

[Angel Kwiatkowski]

I'm not a big fan of getting everything figured out first and acting
later. Let's be honest, coworking is a baby. We don't know what size
shoes she's going to need in 3 years let alone in the next 2 months. I
don't want to get hung up in planning it to death or putting a hundred
parameters around it. What we do need is a solution NOW where
coworkers can tell their stories where other coworkers can search by
space or city name (it doesn't even need to bolt on to a database--I'd
just google a space I was interested in anyway)---be it a facilitated
q&a format or multimedia (upload a video or paint a picture) I don't
care, I just want them to be able to share!

We're going to do this with the next in the ebook series and unveil
the Cohere members' stories in a book at our 1 year anniversary party
in April. Beth and I had the planning meeting for this TODAY and we'll
produce the thing in less than 10 weeks.

My goal is to have 2012 coworkers' stories by 2012. Let's make it
happen.

Angel

On Feb 22, 7:22 pm, Alex Hillman  wrote:
> > First, our members mostly just want a great place to work and they think
> > it's neat that there are a number of other spaces around the world, but they
> > are more interested in the work they are doing.
>
> Jacob, you know I love you, but this sounds shortsighted. Just because they
> don't have an expanded worldview doesn't mean that they shouldn't be given
> the chance to see what it could do.
>
> I can contrast that sentiment that most of our members, while not
> necessarily aware of the big picture at first or its sheer scale, are
> extremely excited to be a part of it (and in many cases, contribute to it),
> *given the opportunity*. They love the fact that in places all around the
> world, people are experiencing something similar to them. We keep the local
> focus, but think it's important to have a global perspective. That's not
> just an attribute of a better coworker, or business owner/leader, that's an
> attribute of a better *citizen*.
>
> Without being presented with the possibility of being a part of the bigger
> world just outside their doors, I don't blame them for "not wanting to".
> They don't even know that they "could want to" let alone that they "should
> want to".
>
> The trick is to give them the opportunity without also giving them a *
> completely* blank page to work from.
>
> Like any interview, the key to this is knowing how to ask good questions,
> and look for prompts for asking yet more questions. This is hard to
> automate, but some more in-depth interviews being conducted by the members
> who want to know more about and be known more in the global community is
> something that I firmly believe that many members will do if they're given
> the opportunity.
>
> Personally, I'd love to see Angel's idea turn into a brainstorm of the kinds
> of questions and answers that members have with each other and coworking
> space catalyst, founders, leaders, etc have with them as well.
>
> From there, I think we can put together some queues for conversation to get
> over "blank page syndrome" and simply provide enough context for the stories
> - and the broader worldview that our members deserve to be able to have for
> themselves - to emerge. What we do with those stories could go in a million
> directions, let's worry about that once we have figured out a good way to
> capture them.
>
> -Alex
>
> /ah
> indyhall.org
> coworking in philadelphia
>
> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 7:32 PM, Jacob Sayles wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Angel,
>
> > Yes yes yes!  This has been the direction I've been working towards all
> > along and there are some significant challenges to incorporate.
>
> > First, our members mostly just want a great place to work and they think
> > it's neat that there are a number of other spaces around the world, but they
> > are more interested in the work they are doing.  It's the space owners that
> > are more invested in the larger coworking movement so they are the people
> > who are putting in the work.  They want to talk about their space mostly,
> > what they build, etc.  I talk up our members and their incredible 
> > storiesall the time but I 
> > wouldn't be able to keep individual profiles up to date.
> >  It's enough work to highlight them on our 
> > website.
>
> > I have lots of thoughts on the Coworking Registry and where it fits in the
> > wider vision.  Mostly it starts with how difficult it is to "organize" the
> > coworking wiki which is currently mostly used to list spaces.  If we could
> > get that buttoned up in a simple, central, neutral, way, and make it all
> > free and open data, then there is a lot we can do with that.  It's only one
> > piece of the puzzle though.
>
> > I could go in so many directions from here but I'll leave it at that.  The
> > conversation is going to be great in Austin.  :)
>
> > Jacob
>
> > ---
> > Office Nomads - In

Re: [Coworking] Re: Human element of space directories

[Alex Hillman]

I don't think I was looking to introduce parameters or anything complicated,
I was genuinely curious what questions people ask in order to get the
stories worth telling.

That's valuable to share here (and document together) so that the goal of
2012 stories by 2012 isn't just a numbers game, but is tracking quality
stories from more places that have stories worth sharing.

There's nothing wrong with running ahead with something and it sounds like
you've got your mind made up on your this project, which is great. My point
was to make this something that could inspire others so you're not the only
one collecting stories, and let it live on beyond your e-book series.

Of course it'll change as we go, that's how this whole thing works, but
creating some constraints so that people know HOW to contribute is what's
going to allow this to take off. Remember, not everyone's as comfortable at
writing, interviewing, storytelling, etc.

-Alex

/ah
indyhall.org
coworking in philadelphia


On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:10 PM, Angel Kwiatkowski
wrote:

> I'm not a big fan of getting everything figured out first and acting
> later. Let's be honest, coworking is a baby. We don't know what size
> shoes she's going to need in 3 years let alone in the next 2 months. I
> don't want to get hung up in planning it to death or putting a hundred
> parameters around it. What we do need is a solution NOW where
> coworkers can tell their stories where other coworkers can search by
> space or city name (it doesn't even need to bolt on to a database--I'd
> just google a space I was interested in anyway)---be it a facilitated
> q&a format or multimedia (upload a video or paint a picture) I don't
> care, I just want them to be able to share!
>
> We're going to do this with the next in the ebook series and unveil
> the Cohere members' stories in a book at our 1 year anniversary party
> in April. Beth and I had the planning meeting for this TODAY and we'll
> produce the thing in less than 10 weeks.
>
> My goal is to have 2012 coworkers' stories by 2012. Let's make it
> happen.
>
> Angel
>
> On Feb 22, 7:22 pm, Alex Hillman  wrote:
> > > First, our members mostly just want a great place to work and they
> think
> > > it's neat that there are a number of other spaces around the world, but
> they
> > > are more interested in the work they are doing.
> >
> > Jacob, you know I love you, but this sounds shortsighted. Just because
> they
> > don't have an expanded worldview doesn't mean that they shouldn't be
> given
> > the chance to see what it could do.
> >
> > I can contrast that sentiment that most of our members, while not
> > necessarily aware of the big picture at first or its sheer scale, are
> > extremely excited to be a part of it (and in many cases, contribute to
> it),
> > *given the opportunity*. They love the fact that in places all around the
> > world, people are experiencing something similar to them. We keep the
> local
> > focus, but think it's important to have a global perspective. That's not
> > just an attribute of a better coworker, or business owner/leader, that's
> an
> > attribute of a better *citizen*.
> >
> > Without being presented with the possibility of being a part of the
> bigger
> > world just outside their doors, I don't blame them for "not wanting to".
> > They don't even know that they "could want to" let alone that they
> "should
> > want to".
> >
> > The trick is to give them the opportunity without also giving them a *
> > completely* blank page to work from.
> >
> > Like any interview, the key to this is knowing how to ask good questions,
> > and look for prompts for asking yet more questions. This is hard to
> > automate, but some more in-depth interviews being conducted by the
> members
> > who want to know more about and be known more in the global community is
> > something that I firmly believe that many members will do if they're
> given
> > the opportunity.
> >
> > Personally, I'd love to see Angel's idea turn into a brainstorm of the
> kinds
> > of questions and answers that members have with each other and coworking
> > space catalyst, founders, leaders, etc have with them as well.
> >
> > From there, I think we can put together some queues for conversation to
> get
> > over "blank page syndrome" and simply provide enough context for the
> stories
> > - and the broader worldview that our members deserve to be able to have
> for
> > themselves - to emerge. What we do with those stories could go in a
> million
> > directions, let's worry about that once we have figured out a good way to
> > capture them.
> >
> > -Alex
> >
> > /ah
> > indyhall.org
> > coworking in philadelphia
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 7:32 PM, Jacob Sayles  >wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > Angel,
> >
> > > Yes yes yes!  This has been the direction I've been working towards all
> > > along and there are some significant challenges to incorporate.
> >
> > > First, our members mostly just want a great place to work and the

[Coworking] Re: Human element of space directories

[Angel Kwiatkowski]

I agree--we'd need some serious buy-in to get enough storiesI
imagine that stories beget stories. No one wants to be the only person
with their story out there! To some extent, yes- "I have my mind made
up about this project" but my mind is made up insofar as I think it
needs to happen. In order for me to summon the energy to catalyze
something like this, I need to know if other space owners can get
behind it to spread the word. "Community first, stories second :)" I
also don't think we need a custom solution that's built from the
ground up. Can it really be as simple as a blog-like site that accepts
contributions and is easily searchable?

On Feb 22, 9:07 pm, Alex Hillman  wrote:
> I don't think I was looking to introduce parameters or anything complicated,
> I was genuinely curious what questions people ask in order to get the
> stories worth telling.
>
> That's valuable to share here (and document together) so that the goal of
> 2012 stories by 2012 isn't just a numbers game, but is tracking quality
> stories from more places that have stories worth sharing.
>
> There's nothing wrong with running ahead with something and it sounds like
> you've got your mind made up on your this project, which is great. My point
> was to make this something that could inspire others so you're not the only
> one collecting stories, and let it live on beyond your e-book series.
>
> Of course it'll change as we go, that's how this whole thing works, but
> creating some constraints so that people know HOW to contribute is what's
> going to allow this to take off. Remember, not everyone's as comfortable at
> writing, interviewing, storytelling, etc.
>
> -Alex
>
> /ah
> indyhall.org
> coworking in philadelphia
>
> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:10 PM, Angel Kwiatkowski
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > I'm not a big fan of getting everything figured out first and acting
> > later. Let's be honest, coworking is a baby. We don't know what size
> > shoes she's going to need in 3 years let alone in the next 2 months. I
> > don't want to get hung up in planning it to death or putting a hundred
> > parameters around it. What we do need is a solution NOW where
> > coworkers can tell their stories where other coworkers can search by
> > space or city name (it doesn't even need to bolt on to a database--I'd
> > just google a space I was interested in anyway)---be it a facilitated
> > q&a format or multimedia (upload a video or paint a picture) I don't
> > care, I just want them to be able to share!
>
> > We're going to do this with the next in the ebook series and unveil
> > the Cohere members' stories in a book at our 1 year anniversary party
> > in April. Beth and I had the planning meeting for this TODAY and we'll
> > produce the thing in less than 10 weeks.
>
> > My goal is to have 2012 coworkers' stories by 2012. Let's make it
> > happen.
>
> > Angel
>
> > On Feb 22, 7:22 pm, Alex Hillman  wrote:
> > > > First, our members mostly just want a great place to work and they
> > think
> > > > it's neat that there are a number of other spaces around the world, but
> > they
> > > > are more interested in the work they are doing.
>
> > > Jacob, you know I love you, but this sounds shortsighted. Just because
> > they
> > > don't have an expanded worldview doesn't mean that they shouldn't be
> > given
> > > the chance to see what it could do.
>
> > > I can contrast that sentiment that most of our members, while not
> > > necessarily aware of the big picture at first or its sheer scale, are
> > > extremely excited to be a part of it (and in many cases, contribute to
> > it),
> > > *given the opportunity*. They love the fact that in places all around the
> > > world, people are experiencing something similar to them. We keep the
> > local
> > > focus, but think it's important to have a global perspective. That's not
> > > just an attribute of a better coworker, or business owner/leader, that's
> > an
> > > attribute of a better *citizen*.
>
> > > Without being presented with the possibility of being a part of the
> > bigger
> > > world just outside their doors, I don't blame them for "not wanting to".
> > > They don't even know that they "could want to" let alone that they
> > "should
> > > want to".
>
> > > The trick is to give them the opportunity without also giving them a *
> > > completely* blank page to work from.
>
> > > Like any interview, the key to this is knowing how to ask good questions,
> > > and look for prompts for asking yet more questions. This is hard to
> > > automate, but some more in-depth interviews being conducted by the
> > members
> > > who want to know more about and be known more in the global community is
> > > something that I firmly believe that many members will do if they're
> > given
> > > the opportunity.
>
> > > Personally, I'd love to see Angel's idea turn into a brainstorm of the
> > kinds
> > > of questions and answers that members have with each other and coworking
> > > space catalyst, founders, leaders, etc

Re: [Coworking] Re: Human element of space directories

[Alex Hillman]

I totally agree that we don't need a custom solution. We can build a Wufoo
form in minutes that asks a few good open ended questions and provide that
to coworking space owners and community leaders - and see what comes back.
The data will be structured and we can do just about anything we want with
it later when Jacob's magic system is ready :)

That's why I was suggesting some brainstorm around the types of questions we
ask to elicit good stories.

We've been working on interviews with a number of our members as well and
they're structured in such a way to help them tell an important coworking
story on their own.

Things I like to ask:


   - where did you first hear about coworking?
   - what made you decide to come in for the first time?
   - what were some of your preconceived notions or expectations?
   - what's one thing you experienced that was unexpected?
   - who's the first coworker you remember meeting, and what happened?
   - how do you talk about coworking/indyhall to others?
   - what's one thing that you'd like to do but haven't yet? why?
   - what would you tell someone considering coworking/indyhall membership?


-Alex

/ah
indyhall.org
coworking in philadelphia


On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:19 PM, Angel Kwiatkowski
wrote:

> I agree--we'd need some serious buy-in to get enough storiesI
> imagine that stories beget stories. No one wants to be the only person
> with their story out there! To some extent, yes- "I have my mind made
> up about this project" but my mind is made up insofar as I think it
> needs to happen. In order for me to summon the energy to catalyze
> something like this, I need to know if other space owners can get
> behind it to spread the word. "Community first, stories second :)" I
> also don't think we need a custom solution that's built from the
> ground up. Can it really be as simple as a blog-like site that accepts
> contributions and is easily searchable?
>
> On Feb 22, 9:07 pm, Alex Hillman  wrote:
> > I don't think I was looking to introduce parameters or anything
> complicated,
> > I was genuinely curious what questions people ask in order to get the
> > stories worth telling.
> >
> > That's valuable to share here (and document together) so that the goal of
> > 2012 stories by 2012 isn't just a numbers game, but is tracking quality
> > stories from more places that have stories worth sharing.
> >
> > There's nothing wrong with running ahead with something and it sounds
> like
> > you've got your mind made up on your this project, which is great. My
> point
> > was to make this something that could inspire others so you're not the
> only
> > one collecting stories, and let it live on beyond your e-book series.
> >
> > Of course it'll change as we go, that's how this whole thing works, but
> > creating some constraints so that people know HOW to contribute is what's
> > going to allow this to take off. Remember, not everyone's as comfortable
> at
> > writing, interviewing, storytelling, etc.
> >
> > -Alex
> >
> > /ah
> > indyhall.org
> > coworking in philadelphia
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:10 PM, Angel Kwiatkowski
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > I'm not a big fan of getting everything figured out first and acting
> > > later. Let's be honest, coworking is a baby. We don't know what size
> > > shoes she's going to need in 3 years let alone in the next 2 months. I
> > > don't want to get hung up in planning it to death or putting a hundred
> > > parameters around it. What we do need is a solution NOW where
> > > coworkers can tell their stories where other coworkers can search by
> > > space or city name (it doesn't even need to bolt on to a database--I'd
> > > just google a space I was interested in anyway)---be it a facilitated
> > > q&a format or multimedia (upload a video or paint a picture) I don't
> > > care, I just want them to be able to share!
> >
> > > We're going to do this with the next in the ebook series and unveil
> > > the Cohere members' stories in a book at our 1 year anniversary party
> > > in April. Beth and I had the planning meeting for this TODAY and we'll
> > > produce the thing in less than 10 weeks.
> >
> > > My goal is to have 2012 coworkers' stories by 2012. Let's make it
> > > happen.
> >
> > > Angel
> >
> > > On Feb 22, 7:22 pm, Alex Hillman  wrote:
> > > > > First, our members mostly just want a great place to work and they
> > > think
> > > > > it's neat that there are a number of other spaces around the world,
> but
> > > they
> > > > > are more interested in the work they are doing.
> >
> > > > Jacob, you know I love you, but this sounds shortsighted. Just
> because
> > > they
> > > > don't have an expanded worldview doesn't mean that they shouldn't be
> > > given
> > > > the chance to see what it could do.
> >
> > > > I can contrast that sentiment that most of our members, while not
> > > > necessarily aware of the big picture at first or its sheer scale, are
> > > > extremely excited to be a part of it (and 

[Coworking] Re: Human element of space directories

[Angel Kwiatkowski]

My intern found some pretty fun questions on a "would you rather"
site. Now, mind you, these aren't soul bearing questions about
coworking but I do think that people's responses really let
personality shine through. For example, would you rather have a pencil
sharpening nostril or a ketchup dispensing navel?" Why?  (feel free to
answer this question in this discussion thread) I chose the nostril
sharpener--mainly because I don't eat a lot of ketchup and I think it
might ruin my shirts.

-Angel

On Feb 22, 9:49 pm, Alex Hillman  wrote:
> I totally agree that we don't need a custom solution. We can build a Wufoo
> form in minutes that asks a few good open ended questions and provide that
> to coworking space owners and community leaders - and see what comes back.
> The data will be structured and we can do just about anything we want with
> it later when Jacob's magic system is ready :)
>
> That's why I was suggesting some brainstorm around the types of questions we
> ask to elicit good stories.
>
> We've been working on interviews with a number of our members as well and
> they're structured in such a way to help them tell an important coworking
> story on their own.
>
> Things I like to ask:
>
>    - where did you first hear about coworking?
>    - what made you decide to come in for the first time?
>    - what were some of your preconceived notions or expectations?
>    - what's one thing you experienced that was unexpected?
>    - who's the first coworker you remember meeting, and what happened?
>    - how do you talk about coworking/indyhall to others?
>    - what's one thing that you'd like to do but haven't yet? why?
>    - what would you tell someone considering coworking/indyhall membership?
>
> -Alex
>
> /ah
> indyhall.org
> coworking in philadelphia
>
> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:19 PM, Angel Kwiatkowski
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > I agree--we'd need some serious buy-in to get enough storiesI
> > imagine that stories beget stories. No one wants to be the only person
> > with their story out there! To some extent, yes- "I have my mind made
> > up about this project" but my mind is made up insofar as I think it
> > needs to happen. In order for me to summon the energy to catalyze
> > something like this, I need to know if other space owners can get
> > behind it to spread the word. "Community first, stories second :)" I
> > also don't think we need a custom solution that's built from the
> > ground up. Can it really be as simple as a blog-like site that accepts
> > contributions and is easily searchable?
>
> > On Feb 22, 9:07 pm, Alex Hillman  wrote:
> > > I don't think I was looking to introduce parameters or anything
> > complicated,
> > > I was genuinely curious what questions people ask in order to get the
> > > stories worth telling.
>
> > > That's valuable to share here (and document together) so that the goal of
> > > 2012 stories by 2012 isn't just a numbers game, but is tracking quality
> > > stories from more places that have stories worth sharing.
>
> > > There's nothing wrong with running ahead with something and it sounds
> > like
> > > you've got your mind made up on your this project, which is great. My
> > point
> > > was to make this something that could inspire others so you're not the
> > only
> > > one collecting stories, and let it live on beyond your e-book series.
>
> > > Of course it'll change as we go, that's how this whole thing works, but
> > > creating some constraints so that people know HOW to contribute is what's
> > > going to allow this to take off. Remember, not everyone's as comfortable
> > at
> > > writing, interviewing, storytelling, etc.
>
> > > -Alex
>
> > > /ah
> > > indyhall.org
> > > coworking in philadelphia
>
> > > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:10 PM, Angel Kwiatkowski
> > > wrote:
>
> > > > I'm not a big fan of getting everything figured out first and acting
> > > > later. Let's be honest, coworking is a baby. We don't know what size
> > > > shoes she's going to need in 3 years let alone in the next 2 months. I
> > > > don't want to get hung up in planning it to death or putting a hundred
> > > > parameters around it. What we do need is a solution NOW where
> > > > coworkers can tell their stories where other coworkers can search by
> > > > space or city name (it doesn't even need to bolt on to a database--I'd
> > > > just google a space I was interested in anyway)---be it a facilitated
> > > > q&a format or multimedia (upload a video or paint a picture) I don't
> > > > care, I just want them to be able to share!
>
> > > > We're going to do this with the next in the ebook series and unveil
> > > > the Cohere members' stories in a book at our 1 year anniversary party
> > > > in April. Beth and I had the planning meeting for this TODAY and we'll
> > > > produce the thing in less than 10 weeks.
>
> > > > My goal is to have 2012 coworkers' stories by 2012. Let's make it
> > > > happen.
>
> > > > Angel
>
> > > > On Feb 22, 7:22 pm, Alex Hillman  wrote:
> > > >

Re: [Coworking] Re: Human element of space directories

[Alex Hillman]

I'm working with some guys from Baltimore on an internal member directory
app (imagine a wall of polaroids so you can easily track down faces to
names).

Rather than encourage members categorize themselves by arbitrary industries,
I'm heading in the direction of asking these sorts of questions for a
one-two line profile or bio. If your intern found good questions on a
particular site, I'd love a source!

-Alex

/ah
indyhall.org
coworking in philadelphia


On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:59 PM, Angel Kwiatkowski
wrote:

> My intern found some pretty fun questions on a "would you rather"
> site. Now, mind you, these aren't soul bearing questions about
> coworking but I do think that people's responses really let
> personality shine through. For example, would you rather have a pencil
> sharpening nostril or a ketchup dispensing navel?" Why?  (feel free to
> answer this question in this discussion thread) I chose the nostril
> sharpener--mainly because I don't eat a lot of ketchup and I think it
> might ruin my shirts.
>
> -Angel
>
> On Feb 22, 9:49 pm, Alex Hillman  wrote:
> > I totally agree that we don't need a custom solution. We can build a
> Wufoo
> > form in minutes that asks a few good open ended questions and provide
> that
> > to coworking space owners and community leaders - and see what comes
> back.
> > The data will be structured and we can do just about anything we want
> with
> > it later when Jacob's magic system is ready :)
> >
> > That's why I was suggesting some brainstorm around the types of questions
> we
> > ask to elicit good stories.
> >
> > We've been working on interviews with a number of our members as well and
> > they're structured in such a way to help them tell an important coworking
> > story on their own.
> >
> > Things I like to ask:
> >
> >- where did you first hear about coworking?
> >- what made you decide to come in for the first time?
> >- what were some of your preconceived notions or expectations?
> >- what's one thing you experienced that was unexpected?
> >- who's the first coworker you remember meeting, and what happened?
> >- how do you talk about coworking/indyhall to others?
> >- what's one thing that you'd like to do but haven't yet? why?
> >- what would you tell someone considering coworking/indyhall
> membership?
> >
> > -Alex
> >
> > /ah
> > indyhall.org
> > coworking in philadelphia
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:19 PM, Angel Kwiatkowski
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > I agree--we'd need some serious buy-in to get enough storiesI
> > > imagine that stories beget stories. No one wants to be the only person
> > > with their story out there! To some extent, yes- "I have my mind made
> > > up about this project" but my mind is made up insofar as I think it
> > > needs to happen. In order for me to summon the energy to catalyze
> > > something like this, I need to know if other space owners can get
> > > behind it to spread the word. "Community first, stories second :)" I
> > > also don't think we need a custom solution that's built from the
> > > ground up. Can it really be as simple as a blog-like site that accepts
> > > contributions and is easily searchable?
> >
> > > On Feb 22, 9:07 pm, Alex Hillman  wrote:
> > > > I don't think I was looking to introduce parameters or anything
> > > complicated,
> > > > I was genuinely curious what questions people ask in order to get the
> > > > stories worth telling.
> >
> > > > That's valuable to share here (and document together) so that the
> goal of
> > > > 2012 stories by 2012 isn't just a numbers game, but is tracking
> quality
> > > > stories from more places that have stories worth sharing.
> >
> > > > There's nothing wrong with running ahead with something and it sounds
> > > like
> > > > you've got your mind made up on your this project, which is great. My
> > > point
> > > > was to make this something that could inspire others so you're not
> the
> > > only
> > > > one collecting stories, and let it live on beyond your e-book series.
> >
> > > > Of course it'll change as we go, that's how this whole thing works,
> but
> > > > creating some constraints so that people know HOW to contribute is
> what's
> > > > going to allow this to take off. Remember, not everyone's as
> comfortable
> > > at
> > > > writing, interviewing, storytelling, etc.
> >
> > > > -Alex
> >
> > > > /ah
> > > > indyhall.org
> > > > coworking in philadelphia
> >
> > > > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:10 PM, Angel Kwiatkowski
> > > > wrote:
> >
> > > > > I'm not a big fan of getting everything figured out first and
> acting
> > > > > later. Let's be honest, coworking is a baby. We don't know what
> size
> > > > > shoes she's going to need in 3 years let alone in the next 2
> months. I
> > > > > don't want to get hung up in planning it to death or putting a
> hundred
> > > > > parameters around it. What we do need is a solution NOW where
> > > > > coworkers can tell their stories where other coworker

[Coworking] Opening kleverdog coworking in Highland Park, CA

[kleverdog]

Getting so much valuable info in this group and I'm excited that I'm
getting closer to opening up a coworking space in Highland Park, CA.
There was and still is a ton of things to work out and it's so helpful
to read other people's posts and see similar issues being discussed. I
wanted to jump into the conversation rather than just being a lurker.
We're supposed to move into the space on March 1st and we hope to be
open before the end of the month. I know I will have more questions as
this journey continues

Thanks!

David Oshima
kleverdog coworking
Highland Park, CA

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Re: [Coworking] Re: Human element of space directories

[Alex Hillman]

>
> That app sounds awesome. Would it be shareable for other spaces to
> use internally?


I can't speak for the guys who are primarily responsible for it (we're their
first non-internal test case) but I think that's the plan!

/ah
indyhall.org
coworking in philadelphia


On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 12:32 AM, Angel Kwiatkowski
wrote:

> Cohere has member profiles (a little more formal though some are
> pretty hilarious and utterly fictional) on our website under the
> Community tab and then we're also kicking it old school and the intern
> has created a physical wall o' members with actual Polaroids, contact
> info and a 1 line niche statement. I'll send a pic of the wall. It's
> pretty cool and only possible because the intern takes care of it!
>
> That app sounds awesome. Would it be shareable for other spaces to use
> internally?
>
> On Feb 22, 10:20 pm, Alex Hillman 
> wrote:
> > I'm working with some guys from Baltimore on an internal member directory
> > app (imagine a wall of polaroids so you can easily track down faces to
> > names).
> >
> > Rather than encourage members categorize themselves by arbitrary
> industries,
> > I'm heading in the direction of asking these sorts of questions for a
> > one-two line profile or bio. If your intern found good questions on a
> > particular site, I'd love a source!
> >
> > -Alex
> >
> > /ah
> > indyhall.org
> > coworking in philadelphia
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:59 PM, Angel Kwiatkowski
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > My intern found some pretty fun questions on a "would you rather"
> > > site. Now, mind you, these aren't soul bearing questions about
> > > coworking but I do think that people's responses really let
> > > personality shine through. For example, would you rather have a pencil
> > > sharpening nostril or a ketchup dispensing navel?" Why?  (feel free to
> > > answer this question in this discussion thread) I chose the nostril
> > > sharpener--mainly because I don't eat a lot of ketchup and I think it
> > > might ruin my shirts.
> >
> > > -Angel
> >
> > > On Feb 22, 9:49 pm, Alex Hillman  wrote:
> > > > I totally agree that we don't need a custom solution. We can build a
> > > Wufoo
> > > > form in minutes that asks a few good open ended questions and provide
> > > that
> > > > to coworking space owners and community leaders - and see what comes
> > > back.
> > > > The data will be structured and we can do just about anything we want
> > > with
> > > > it later when Jacob's magic system is ready :)
> >
> > > > That's why I was suggesting some brainstorm around the types of
> questions
> > > we
> > > > ask to elicit good stories.
> >
> > > > We've been working on interviews with a number of our members as well
> and
> > > > they're structured in such a way to help them tell an important
> coworking
> > > > story on their own.
> >
> > > > Things I like to ask:
> >
> > > >- where did you first hear about coworking?
> > > >- what made you decide to come in for the first time?
> > > >- what were some of your preconceived notions or expectations?
> > > >- what's one thing you experienced that was unexpected?
> > > >- who's the first coworker you remember meeting, and what
> happened?
> > > >- how do you talk about coworking/indyhall to others?
> > > >- what's one thing that you'd like to do but haven't yet? why?
> > > >- what would you tell someone considering coworking/indyhall
> > > membership?
> >
> > > > -Alex
> >
> > > > /ah
> > > > indyhall.org
> > > > coworking in philadelphia
> >
> > > > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:19 PM, Angel Kwiatkowski
> > > > wrote:
> >
> > > > > I agree--we'd need some serious buy-in to get enough storiesI
> > > > > imagine that stories beget stories. No one wants to be the only
> person
> > > > > with their story out there! To some extent, yes- "I have my mind
> made
> > > > > up about this project" but my mind is made up insofar as I think it
> > > > > needs to happen. In order for me to summon the energy to catalyze
> > > > > something like this, I need to know if other space owners can get
> > > > > behind it to spread the word. "Community first, stories second :)"
> I
> > > > > also don't think we need a custom solution that's built from the
> > > > > ground up. Can it really be as simple as a blog-like site that
> accepts
> > > > > contributions and is easily searchable?
> >
> > > > > On Feb 22, 9:07 pm, Alex Hillman 
> wrote:
> > > > > > I don't think I was looking to introduce parameters or anything
> > > > > complicated,
> > > > > > I was genuinely curious what questions people ask in order to get
> the
> > > > > > stories worth telling.
> >
> > > > > > That's valuable to share here (and document together) so that the
> > > goal of
> > > > > > 2012 stories by 2012 isn't just a numbers game, but is tracking
> > > quality
> > > > > > stories from more places that have stories worth sharing.
> >
> > > > > > There's nothing wrong with running ahead with something and

[Coworking] Re: Human element of space directories

[Angel Kwiatkowski]

Cohere has member profiles (a little more formal though some are
pretty hilarious and utterly fictional) on our website under the
Community tab and then we're also kicking it old school and the intern
has created a physical wall o' members with actual Polaroids, contact
info and a 1 line niche statement. I'll send a pic of the wall. It's
pretty cool and only possible because the intern takes care of it!

That app sounds awesome. Would it be shareable for other spaces to use
internally?

On Feb 22, 10:20 pm, Alex Hillman 
wrote:
> I'm working with some guys from Baltimore on an internal member directory
> app (imagine a wall of polaroids so you can easily track down faces to
> names).
>
> Rather than encourage members categorize themselves by arbitrary industries,
> I'm heading in the direction of asking these sorts of questions for a
> one-two line profile or bio. If your intern found good questions on a
> particular site, I'd love a source!
>
> -Alex
>
> /ah
> indyhall.org
> coworking in philadelphia
>
> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:59 PM, Angel Kwiatkowski
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > My intern found some pretty fun questions on a "would you rather"
> > site. Now, mind you, these aren't soul bearing questions about
> > coworking but I do think that people's responses really let
> > personality shine through. For example, would you rather have a pencil
> > sharpening nostril or a ketchup dispensing navel?" Why?  (feel free to
> > answer this question in this discussion thread) I chose the nostril
> > sharpener--mainly because I don't eat a lot of ketchup and I think it
> > might ruin my shirts.
>
> > -Angel
>
> > On Feb 22, 9:49 pm, Alex Hillman  wrote:
> > > I totally agree that we don't need a custom solution. We can build a
> > Wufoo
> > > form in minutes that asks a few good open ended questions and provide
> > that
> > > to coworking space owners and community leaders - and see what comes
> > back.
> > > The data will be structured and we can do just about anything we want
> > with
> > > it later when Jacob's magic system is ready :)
>
> > > That's why I was suggesting some brainstorm around the types of questions
> > we
> > > ask to elicit good stories.
>
> > > We've been working on interviews with a number of our members as well and
> > > they're structured in such a way to help them tell an important coworking
> > > story on their own.
>
> > > Things I like to ask:
>
> > >    - where did you first hear about coworking?
> > >    - what made you decide to come in for the first time?
> > >    - what were some of your preconceived notions or expectations?
> > >    - what's one thing you experienced that was unexpected?
> > >    - who's the first coworker you remember meeting, and what happened?
> > >    - how do you talk about coworking/indyhall to others?
> > >    - what's one thing that you'd like to do but haven't yet? why?
> > >    - what would you tell someone considering coworking/indyhall
> > membership?
>
> > > -Alex
>
> > > /ah
> > > indyhall.org
> > > coworking in philadelphia
>
> > > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:19 PM, Angel Kwiatkowski
> > > wrote:
>
> > > > I agree--we'd need some serious buy-in to get enough storiesI
> > > > imagine that stories beget stories. No one wants to be the only person
> > > > with their story out there! To some extent, yes- "I have my mind made
> > > > up about this project" but my mind is made up insofar as I think it
> > > > needs to happen. In order for me to summon the energy to catalyze
> > > > something like this, I need to know if other space owners can get
> > > > behind it to spread the word. "Community first, stories second :)" I
> > > > also don't think we need a custom solution that's built from the
> > > > ground up. Can it really be as simple as a blog-like site that accepts
> > > > contributions and is easily searchable?
>
> > > > On Feb 22, 9:07 pm, Alex Hillman  wrote:
> > > > > I don't think I was looking to introduce parameters or anything
> > > > complicated,
> > > > > I was genuinely curious what questions people ask in order to get the
> > > > > stories worth telling.
>
> > > > > That's valuable to share here (and document together) so that the
> > goal of
> > > > > 2012 stories by 2012 isn't just a numbers game, but is tracking
> > quality
> > > > > stories from more places that have stories worth sharing.
>
> > > > > There's nothing wrong with running ahead with something and it sounds
> > > > like
> > > > > you've got your mind made up on your this project, which is great. My
> > > > point
> > > > > was to make this something that could inspire others so you're not
> > the
> > > > only
> > > > > one collecting stories, and let it live on beyond your e-book series.
>
> > > > > Of course it'll change as we go, that's how this whole thing works,
> > but
> > > > > creating some constraints so that people know HOW to contribute is
> > what's
> > > > > going to allow this to take off. Remember, not everyone's as
> > comfortable
> > > > at
> > >