Re: [Coworking] public liabity insurance

[Jonathan Markwell]

Hi Paul,

The Skiff currently has a policy through http://mislonline.com/ I've also
heard http://www.exportandgeneral.co.uk/ have worked with with some UK
spaces.

Hope this helps,

Jon


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> Can anyone point me to a good insurer for a small UK cowork space to cover
> Public liability insurance please?
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Re: [Coworking] Anyone use Meshwork?

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Swiss Army Knives look great and are extremely useful in an emergency. But
how would you feel depending on one to solve the same series of problems
every day? Switching to using another multitool might improve things a
little but for how long?

Member communication, room bookings, CRM and billing are worlds apart. I
can't imagine any one provider being able to do a good job of all of them
in one go.

Meshwork might be able to put together something that works well for a
small number of spaces. But those spaces would have to work within a very
strict set constraints. If they try to be all things for all coworking
spaces you'll have to put up with ever increasing complexity in the user
experience.

I'm much happier using simple single purpose tools that do a really good
job of solving one or two specific problems

Why not consider different providers for each of the problems you have?

On Tue, 25 Oct 2016 at 16:02, Stacy Kessler  wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> We are thinking of switching coworking software. We currently use Cobot,
> and while there are a lot of great things about that, there are still
> limitations. We have talked many times with product development and
> customer service. While they are open to feedback, there are still things
> we want out of our coworking software that have not come to fruition. For
> example communication with and between members (no need to use Slack),
> doing room bookings and invoicing for non-member revenue, some funky stuff
> with user experience, etc. Just got a Meshwork demo and it seemed pretty
> great. Some of these features aren't live yet, but if they live up to their
> promises, seems they should have most everything we need with a few
> shortages in customization on a few items, but more of the items we are
> currently missing.
>
> Anyone have any experience using Meshwork or any of the other new software
> providers? There was a thread on Nexudus about 3 years ago, but I think
> that was the most recent discussion on it. We want to be able to do all of
> our billing, member communication, CRM, have members be able to manage
> their own membership, etc. all in one place with the ability to customize
> how you want to bill and the limitations you want to be able to set for
> your members.
>
> Thanks for your thoughts!
> Stacy Kessler
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Re: [Coworking] Has anyone else used RoomZilla for conf rooms/phone rooms?

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Sorry Alex - no we haven't. Looking forward to hearing how your pilot goes.

Jon

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> Yo Jon - have you tried RoomZilla though?
>
> -Alex
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>
>> I also prefer picking the best tool for the job rather than putting all
>> our eggs in one super complicated basket.
>>
>> We currently use http://youcanbook.me. It sticks bookings into Google
>> Calendars. We can then use other Google Calendar integrations to keep
>> members informed.
>>
>> Jon
>>
>> On Fri, 20 May 2016 at 19:55, Alex Hillman <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> It took 10 years but we're finally outgrowing our Flintstones-style
>>> approach to conf room reservations. :) We're still looking for ways to keep
>>> the process personal and we have no plans to start charging for our meeting
>>> rooms, but we want an easy way for someone to see if a room is available at
>>> some point in the future and mark it for themselves.
>>>
>>> *Has anyone here used RoomZilla?* http://roomzilla.net
>>>
>>> On my first pass it's by far the best balance of simplicity & robust key
>>> features, including tablet door-side schedules/reservations. I think we're
>>> going to pilot it internally but I was curious if anyone else had hands on
>>> experience with this tool in particular?
>>>
>>> -Alex
>>>
>>> P.s. as I'm looking at a lot of the tools being marketed to coworking
>>> spaces all I can think is BOY these are overengineered kitchen sink messes.
>>> I don't mind paying for a quality tool, but if I have to spend an hour
>>> configuring things before I can make my first reservation...yikes!
>>>
>>> There's still so much room in this industry for simple, opinionated
>>> tools.
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Re: [Coworking] Has anyone else used RoomZilla for conf rooms/phone rooms?

[Jonathan Markwell]

I also prefer picking the best tool for the job rather than putting all our
eggs in one super complicated basket.

We currently use http://youcanbook.me. It sticks bookings into Google
Calendars. We can then use other Google Calendar integrations to keep
members informed.

Jon

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wrote:

> It took 10 years but we're finally outgrowing our Flintstones-style
> approach to conf room reservations. :) We're still looking for ways to keep
> the process personal and we have no plans to start charging for our meeting
> rooms, but we want an easy way for someone to see if a room is available at
> some point in the future and mark it for themselves.
>
> *Has anyone here used RoomZilla?* http://roomzilla.net
>
> On my first pass it's by far the best balance of simplicity & robust key
> features, including tablet door-side schedules/reservations. I think we're
> going to pilot it internally but I was curious if anyone else had hands on
> experience with this tool in particular?
>
> -Alex
>
> P.s. as I'm looking at a lot of the tools being marketed to coworking
> spaces all I can think is BOY these are overengineered kitchen sink messes.
> I don't mind paying for a quality tool, but if I have to spend an hour
> configuring things before I can make my first reservation...yikes!
>
> There's still so much room in this industry for simple, opinionated tools.
>
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Re: [Coworking] Space Utilization Rate

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Hi Eric,

Sorry this is unlikely to be the answer you want to receive: it depends.

Your safest bet would be to find your community members before you lease
the space and ask them how often they expect to use it. They'll only be
marginally better at predicting their own behaviour than any of us are at
trying to guess it. But if you involve them in the decision they'll be more
forgiving if it feels too busy or too quiet.

Hope this helps,

Jon

On Mon, 1 Feb 2016 at 12:52 Eric Wulf  wrote:

> I'm new, cautiously excited about starting a cowering space... and very
> thankful for this resource.
>
> Quick question: As I look to put some basic assumptions together, can you
> tell me how to figure space/capacity utilization? For example, if I were to
> sell 30 memberships that allowed unlimited access (not dedicated desks, but
> unlimited access to the space), *what can I expect in terms of how many
> members might visit each day*?
>
> What I'm trying to get at is my required inventory. If I have 30
> workspaces, can I safely sell 40 memberships for those seats?
>
> Thank you.
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Re: [Coworking] Re: Slack for Coworking

[Jonathan Markwell]

Hi Elizabeth,

It's brilliant that you've managed to get that many of your members into
Slack already. It's not easy getting a 75% success rate on sending
invitations out.

It's also really interesting to see your thoughts on what an ideal system
would include. I see the challenge of getting people to use any new online
system as very similar to that of getting people to use our coworking
spaces in the first place. It can be quite a slow process. It took about a
year for Slack to become the primary means of communication at The Skiff.
And it still doesn't suite everyone.

GroupBuzz continues to be the best service we've ever used for threaded
email based discussions: http://groupbuzz.io I can't imagine Slack ever
getting to the stage where we don't need GroupBuzz too. GroupBuzz has
created a brilliant on boarding process that anyone who is familiar with
email can understand. It's much less of a leap for our less technically
savvy members than Slack is. I also feel much more comfortable with all our
community's most important discussions taking place there. Since GroupBuzz
is bootstrapped (no evil venture capital funding) and owned by Alex Hillman
we can trust that our data and our users are safe.

It would be fantastic for us as community founders to be able to
communicate with all of our members via a single system with a single
message. But I don't believe that's ever going to be possible. Our
communities aren't drawn together by a common interest in a single way to
communicate online. It feels like a bit too much to ask to expect them to
all change all of their communication preferences to match each other. When
we want to reach as many of our members as possible we send email
broadcasts using tools like MailChimp, alongside announcements in Slack and
GroupBuzz. Sometimes we'll even use posters in the space, SMS and/or a
telephone call to make sure.

Here's a process I'd recommend for getting members into a new online system
(I'm probably stealing some of this from GroupBuzz's onboarding process):

1) Identify 10 people who are super keen. Maybe they already use the system
with another community.
2) Invite each of them into the new online system.
3) Ask them (one at a time) something specific that they could each do to
introduce themselves or start a conversation.
4) Once some habits have formed with the first 10 using it regularly you'll
probably have more people asking about joining it.
5) Brief the founding members to be particularly helpful to new joiners.
6) Invite the next 10 people in and give it a week or two for everyone
adjust to the growing community.
7) Continue the process until you've added all your members.

Taking this approach means that most people joining will immediately see
some activity that they can get involved with. But it should also make sure
that you don't have a sudden spike in an off putting amount of activity
that then fizzles out.

Once you have an active community in Slack it makes so many aspects of
running a coworking space easier. Having a way to instantly message members
turns out to be far more effective than email for many little things that
can add up to be annoying.

Slack's integrations make it particularly useful. We're using one (that we
made ourselves) to start solving the member directory problem you
described: http://theskiff.coworker.directory/ It stays up to date with the
profiles members maintain in Slack.

Hope this helps,

Jon


On 12 November 2015 at 23:19, Elizabeth Trice  wrote:

> Hi,
> We just invited everyone to Slack a little over a month ago. We have 60 of
> 80 members on Slack, but we don't have a sense of how many people are
> actually using it, and I'm not sure if it's the right platform, or if so
> how to get it used.
> Ideally, an internal communication system would:
> 1. Provide links to email, phone, photo and bios for each member
> 2. Have threads, so someone can follow specific topics without needing a
> new channel
> 3. Be seen by everyone (we're still resorting to emails for important
> announcements)
> 4. Make it easy for me to post new topics of interest or in-person
> discussions and know everyone has seen it without bombarding them with
> emails.
> Thoughts?
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Re: [Coworking] Pitch for Corporate Sponsors

[Jonathan Markwell]

Hi Ken,

This approach written up by Alex a few years ago is very similar to the
approach we took:
http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2011/09/how-to-fund-your-coworking-space/

Jon


On 8 October 2015 at 16:57, Weebiz Media <weebizme...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Jon,
>
> Haven't much choice but to seek corporate sponsorship of the space -
> Crowdfunding hasn't really taken off in any great way here in Ireland. Our
> planned space is in a relatively small town, and while we'll be investing
> ourselves into it, the funding options after that are fairly limited - Is
> there other funding routes out there you'd suggest?
> Ken
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Re: [Coworking] Re: Google calendars for reserving conference rooms

[Jonathan Markwell]

I recommend trying https://youcanbook.me. It adds a nice layer of user
experience over your existing Google Calendars.

We've been using it for the last year at The Skiff and it's removed all the
manual steps in our room booking process.

Jon

On 8 October 2015 at 10:02, Jeannine van der Linden <
flexkantoorkame...@gmail.com> wrote:

> We also use Google Calendar for reservations and we have the same
> problem.  The less technically fluent coworkers blocak out their time on
> their own Google Calendar and miss the drop down that would ptu it on the
> shared calendar.
>
> Also with Apple users who do the same thing, apparently the integration
> there is truicky.
>
> Either I or one of the Communty Managers usually shows them how to do it
> the first time.  I used Skitch to make a cheat sheet for folks, which I
> give them at that time.  This leaves about 15% who just keep having
> trouble/need some hand holding.  I have tried several things for this but
> int he end mostly they send us an emaila nd we book it in for them.  These
> folks tend not to book in much, after two or three tries everybody else
> catches on.  :-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeannine
>
> On Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at 10:48:40 PM UTC+2, Aloma Loren wrote:
>>
>> We've been using Google calendars to allow our members to reserve the
>> conference rooms and it has worked really well so far.
>> The only issue we've run into is user based with people who aren't
>> familiar with Google calendars. It is really nice because members can just
>> get on and see what's available and add their event.
>>
>> I'm curious how other people manage their conference room reservations?
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Re: [Coworking] Pitch for Corporate Sponsors

[jonathan . markwell]

Two questions I recommend you consider:



Are you sure you need a corporate sponsor?


Are you sure you want a corporate sponsor that needs a pitch doc to make a 
decision?




Sorry this doesn't directly answer your question but I've heard more bad things 
about having corporate sponsors than I have good.




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Re: [Coworking] Can anyone suggest a coworking space with childcare attached to it in Europe or UK??

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Hi Jastine,

Here are two I know of:

http://www.officreche.com/
http://www.third-door.com/

Jon

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 Can anyone suggest a coworking space with childcare attached to it in
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Re: [Coworking] Wifi and LAN Point Setup

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Hi Habib,

I wrote about how we did it at The Skiff here:
http://jonathanmarkwell.com/2014/11/22/best-coworking-wifi/

There's been loads of discussion here on the Google Group since then about
Unifi access points. I recommend having a read through them if you come to
the same conclusion as we did. Here's a link to the search results for
unifi: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/coworking/unifi

Jon

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 Hi Guys,

 Wonder if you can give me some tips on setting up a wifi network and LAN
 points ? Any websites with guides or any example how you guys set it up at
 your coworking spaces?

 Cheers,

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Re: [Coworking] Re: Unifi AP users - to controller or not to controller

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 be the problem? Other ideas?


 I've been searching the Ubiquiti forums until my fingers bleed and have
 yet to find any good answers, so I appreciate any insights.

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Re: [Coworking] Unifi AP users - to controller or not to controller

[Jonathan Markwell]

Specific questions are the best kind of questions :)

We've been using Unifi APs for over 18 months and we've not experienced
problems like that. If you've not already posted to the Ubiquiti forums I'd
encourage you to post there as well.

From what you've described it sounds most likely that the problem is with
your Sonic Wall - could it have run out of IP addresses, be restarting at
that time or upgrading it's firmware? The only time I can think of our APs
behaving anything like that is during a firmware upgrade but I think that's
only possible when they are connected to a controller.

We've had a controller almost the entire time we've had the APs, initially
on a local MacMini and now on a super cheap Amazon EC2 micro instance.
While it's great that the APs don't depend on the controller being
available (I failed to notice when the Mac Mini was turned off for a week)
they do perform better when it is. That's even clearer now that more recent
firmware supports seamless roaming between APs as people move around the
space.

So, while I'm not sure it will directly solve your problem, I would
recommend getting a controller set up and making sure the firmware is up to
date on all your APs.

Hope this is some help.

Jon

On 20 May 2015 at 22:56, Bryan Boyer bryanbo...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi all-

 Apologies for the hyper specific question, but I know a lot (some?) people
 here also use Ubiquiti Unifi access points like the ones we run at
 Makeshift Society Brooklyn. I'm hoping a similar installation at another co
 working space may lend clues.

 We have a simple network with four APs providing wireless service. A Sonic
 Wall creates the network and hands out IPs.

 We've had issues every so often, but seems more frequent now, where the
 APs go offline for a few minutes. Eventually the APs come back and are
 adopted again. During the outages there's no drop in Wifi signal but the
 connectivity to the internet disappears.

 We don't have a permanent controller and don't use any of the features
 that require one. Could the lack of controller be the problem? Other ideas?

 I've been searching the Ubiquiti forums until my fingers bleed and have
 yet to find any good answers, so I appreciate any insights.

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Re: [Coworking] Re: Unifi users - how often do you find yourself needing to restart APs?

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Those tools look great. Thanks for sharing Alex!

Our APs get rebooted about once per month. It's difficult to tell if they
actually needed it, it's the first thing members will do when they
experience any connectivity problems.

We have between 60 and 100 devices per day across 5 access points, two of
which can only get an uplink at 100Mbit due to old wiring. We've left the
configuration to defaults, they adjust their own power levels and channels
as the environment changes.

I'm of the opinion that the easiest way to improve WiFi is simply to buy
more access points (provided they are smart enough to keep their power
levels low and can roam users to their nearest AP). I've already spent too
much of my life trying and failing to optimise WiFi configurations. :)


On 27 April 2015 at 14:51, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com
wrote:

 Interesting - we did a trial with Meraki and for us, the broadcast range
 was terrible in our building.

 I found some tools https://github.com/calmh/unifi-api that work with
 the Unifi API to detect issues and can even trigger an access point reboot,
 I'm considering an experiment to cycle access points regularly to keep them
 fresh and see if that helps.

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 On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 9:18 AM, Aaron Schaap aa...@elevatorup.com
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 We've been using Unifi for awhile now and started having the same issues
 after a few months of usage. I did a lot of the load balancing stuff, along
 with a lot of Channel/Band configuration to deal with problems. We had the
 same issues of needing to reboot and it didn't matter if it was 60+ people
 or only 10. I tried to see if it was a time of day and that didn't seem to
 matter. I thought it was a POE issue for a bit but after playing with
 different things, it didn't seem to be the case.

 We actually just switched everything to Meraki (https://meraki.cisco.com/).
 I manage our infrastructure but also chat quite a bit with the building
 owner that offers WIFI to the rest of the building (4 floors). They had
 Unifi as well and were noticing the same things. The verdict is still out -
 on day 2 right now but I like the additional reporting within Meraki.

 I also like how Meraki handles wireless band selection (2.4GHz vs 5GHz)
 much better as well. Unifi is supposed to do this but doesn't do it well.
 We noticed a lot of users (mostly Mac) could connect to 5GHz but got stuck
 at 2.4GHz often. I ended up broadcasting only 5GHz and created another SSID
 for 2.4GHz for the few users still needing that. Wasn't ideal but everyone
 had a much better experience. Meraki does Band Steering much better by
 detecting clients capable of 5GHz operation and steers them to that
 frequency, while leaving 2.4GHz available for legacy clients.

 I'd be curious if you figure it out but we decided to switch to Meraki
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Re: [Coworking] Locking doors system

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Clay doesn't use our Internet connection/WiFi. It comes with a unit that
communicates via the cell/mobile phone network. I'd be happiest if it used
both, so we had some redundancy. We have had problems when the cell network
goes down and/or is busy. Master Key users (limited to 20 people but soon
increasing to 40) can still get in if it's offline for any reason.

Like Jacob, I wish we could gain complete control over the locks by
bypassing their servers. Clay have used heavy encryption at multiple levels
making that near impossible to do.

On 29 April 2015 at 15:27, Jacob Sayles ja...@officenomads.com wrote:

 Will, it's my concern as well and I'll need to play with one before I know
 for sure. I also want to bypass their servers so the doors don't rely on a
 third party. I'll report back as soon as Ive got my hands on some
 hardware.


 On Wednesday, April 29, 2015, Will Bennis, Locus Workspace 
 wmben...@locusworkspace.com wrote:

 Hi Folks, Jon, Craig,

 For both the Clay device and the Remote Lock: they look great, but...

 Am I misunderstanding something or does this mean that if the wifi link
 between door and internet goes down for some reason, members can't get into
 the space? We've had so much trouble just keeping our printers on the
 (functioning wifi), I'd hate for access to the building to depend on that
 connection always working. Or is my concern unjustified for some reason?

 Will

 On Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at 11:30:43 PM UTC+2, Craig Baute - Creative
 Density Coworking wrote:

 You got it Jacob and thanks for adding the link. It looks like a good
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Re: [Coworking] Locking doors system

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Jerome,

I don't think you can. But Salto do have lock hardware for their large
scale installations so it might not be that long until they are available.

While I've not used any of the US centric systems you do seem to have more
choice and the software seems more mature. I'd be surprised if one of them
wasn't better option for you than Clay.

Jon


On 18 April 2015 at 21:00, Jerome Chang jer...@blankspaces.com wrote:

 So basically, we can’t use these in the U.S.?


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 On Apr 17, 2015, at 3:27 AM, Jonathan Markwell 
 jonathan.markw...@gmail.com wrote:

 We're using Clay by Salto at The Skiff: https://my-clay.com/

 It's been almost a year since we had them installed. We did loads of
 research and it was the only system we could install given the way our door
 frames have been made - the locks work as replacements for standard Euro
 Locks and Yale Locks - I don't think they work with US standard locks.

 Clay take security extremely seriously which has had a negative knock on
 effect on the user experience - lots of different security codes involved
 in administration tasks. But it does the job and everyone's agreed that
 it's far better than how we used to operate with physical keys and leaving
 the door unlocked during busy periods.

 The hardware is rock solid, tried and tested in Hotels and large
 institutions for years under the Salto brand. Clay is the software layer
 that's relatively new and makes it easy administer through web and mobile
 apps.

 Let me know if you have any more questions about them. I've been meaning
 to write up a full review for a while.

 Jon

 On 17 April 2015 at 10:57, Harald Amelung h...@gmx.net wrote:

 Ahoi Ahoy!

 Have you heard about NoKi?
 http://noki.io/de/?gclid=CODZq9SJ_cQCFQrJtAodKAoAHw

 Best regards from Stuttgart
 Harald

 Am 15.04.15 um 15:36 schrieb Ahoy:

 Hi everyone,

 we are Ahoy, coworking space from Berlin - Charlottenburg.
 We are planning to open a new coworking space and at the moment we are
 trying to find the best solution/system for locking doors of the offices
 and main entrance. We want to provide 24/7 entrance. Currently we are
 using keys, but this is a big mess:)

 We are thinking about magnet cards for locking doors (the same most of
 hotels have) and also that would be possible to purchase with them at
 our bar.
 Do anyone have any experiences what is the best system and maybe which
 company can provide us this kind of products, solutions?

 Thank you
 Cheers!
 *
 *
 *Tjaša Jarc*

 Ahoy! Berlin
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Re: [Coworking] Locking doors system

[Jonathan Markwell]

We're using Clay by Salto at The Skiff: https://my-clay.com/

It's been almost a year since we had them installed. We did loads of
research and it was the only system we could install given the way our door
frames have been made - the locks work as replacements for standard Euro
Locks and Yale Locks - I don't think they work with US standard locks.

Clay take security extremely seriously which has had a negative knock on
effect on the user experience - lots of different security codes involved
in administration tasks. But it does the job and everyone's agreed that
it's far better than how we used to operate with physical keys and leaving
the door unlocked during busy periods.

The hardware is rock solid, tried and tested in Hotels and large
institutions for years under the Salto brand. Clay is the software layer
that's relatively new and makes it easy administer through web and mobile
apps.

Let me know if you have any more questions about them. I've been meaning to
write up a full review for a while.

Jon

On 17 April 2015 at 10:57, Harald Amelung h...@gmx.net wrote:

 Ahoi Ahoy!

 Have you heard about NoKi?
 http://noki.io/de/?gclid=CODZq9SJ_cQCFQrJtAodKAoAHw

 Best regards from Stuttgart
 Harald

 Am 15.04.15 um 15:36 schrieb Ahoy:

 Hi everyone,

 we are Ahoy, coworking space from Berlin - Charlottenburg.
 We are planning to open a new coworking space and at the moment we are
 trying to find the best solution/system for locking doors of the offices
 and main entrance. We want to provide 24/7 entrance. Currently we are
 using keys, but this is a big mess:)

 We are thinking about magnet cards for locking doors (the same most of
 hotels have) and also that would be possible to purchase with them at
 our bar.
 Do anyone have any experiences what is the best system and maybe which
 company can provide us this kind of products, solutions?

 Thank you
 Cheers!
 *
 *
 *Tjaša Jarc*

 Ahoy! Berlin
 Windscheidstr. 18
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Re: [Coworking] Re: Fourth Friday Slackathons!

[Jonathan Markwell]

Great idea! I'm interested in this. Please add j...@theskiff.org

See you at 9PM GMT :)

Jon

On 25 February 2015 at 19:51, Tabari Brannon tkbran...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi I am a space owner here in bakersfield, ca. I am interested tkbrannon
 (at) gmail.com


 On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 9:59:00 AM UTC-8, Melissa Geissinger
 wrote:

 A while ago we set up a Slack team for coworking leadership - all the
 folks involved in owning and running a coworking space. Last month we had a
 slackathon where a bunch of us all over the globe met up and talked about
 all sorts of things coworking related. LOTS of QA and sharing of ideas. It
 was so much fun we decided to make it a monthly thing, so introducing...

 *Fourth Friday Coworking Slackathons!*


- 4th Friday of every month
- 1pm Pacific/4pm Eastern - ? (when it's to question mark you know
it's a party)
- https://coworkingleadership.slack.com

 Joining the Slack group is invite only (I wish Slack actually had a
 sign-up option), but every member is set up as an admin so if you leave
 your email address here, anyone who's already in can send you an invite.

 This Friday Feb 27th is our next one. See you there :)

 M

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Re: [Coworking] Anyone been through a move?

[Jonathan Markwell]

When we moved 4.5 years ago we called it a weekend-long comoving party.
It was loads of fun.

We were only moving a few hundred meters down the street. We had almost
enough people turn up to create a human chain passing tables and chairs
from the old space to the new.

I recommend a planning session at least a week before, probably a series of
them. We didn't and it made things much more stressful at times than it
could have been. Either way your members will help make sure that nothing
gets missed. Getting the internet connection ordered and installed as soon
as possible should be your top priority beyond that. It was impossible for
us to get a standard connection in the timeframe we had, we had to start
with a wireless solution instead.

Good luck! :)

On 13 February 2015 at 16:38, Chad Ballantyne c...@thecreativespace.ca
wrote:

 We moved 2 x in 3 years.
 Each time there was a lot of communication and excitement within the
 coworking community and each time we had almost 100% participation.
 One was a move upstairs to a bigger space.  The last move was down the
 street to entire new building.  We threw a party.  We had 3 “Grand
 Openings!”
 Gotta milk it for it’s worth!


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 On Feb 13, 2015, at 11:24 AM, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 *you want the members to be excited about the move and feel like it was
 their move and not your move. The end result being that they're going to be
 the ones excited about the new space, and that energy and excitement is
 going to shine through when you get people coming through the door
 interested in joining.”*

  100x this.

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 On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 10:45 AM, Andy Soell aso...@gmail.com wrote:

 We went through a move in October of 2013 from our initial 450 square
 foot space (!!) to a whopping 1500 square feet. Everything Angel said was
 right on the money—make sure your utilities (most importantly Internet) are
 overlapping in service so you have no downtime, and schedule the move over
 the weekend. If you get your members on board to help out, the only
 expenses you should incur are the pizza and beer, and possibly the moving
 truck. A few of our members had pickup trucks, so we didn't even have to
 worry about that part.

 If I could have changed one thing, it would have been thinking through
 the layout a little better. We didn't put *any* planning into that, and
 just set up desks wherever. It happened to work out ok, but we could have
 definitely laid the space out better with a little initial planning.

 The big takeaway from those two points is this: get the members involved
 in the move. Let them take ownership of it. This is for philosophical
 reasons even more than the practical ones: you want the members to be
 excited about the move and feel like it was *their* move and not *your *move.
 The end result being that they're going to be the ones excited about the
 new space, and that energy and excitement is going to shine through when
 you get people coming through the door interested in joining.

 On Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at 5:18:48 PM UTC-5, Jensen Yancey wrote:

 Hi Everyone,

 I'm curious to know if anyone on here has ever dealt with moving
 locations and wouldn't mind talking a bit about it.  If so, shoot me an
 email at jensen...@gmail.com

 Thanks!

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Re: [Coworking] Re: My morbid curiosity with Coworking Space Closings

[jonathan . markwell]

Many full-time members with permanent desks is absolutely a problem.


We limit to a maximum of 40% of desks for full-timers. If you go too far above 
that there are at least three common problems:

1) Part-time / flexible members don't feel like they have a significant sense 
of ownership of the space. They are more inclined to feel like second class 
citizens using spare desks. They then don't participate in the community as 
much and that magnifies all sorts of other problems.

2) Revenue becomes less predictable. I'd rather have 100 people paying $100 per 
month than 35 people paying $300. 

3) The space becomes less flexible. It's much more difficult moving a permanent 
member's desk for a weekend or evening community activity.




Hope that helps,




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 Too many full time members, not enough flex (or some variation on flex).
 Er... many fulltimers is a *problem*?!?!?
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Re: [Coworking] Re: The best wireless routers for a 3500 sq. ft. space

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Thank you Sajid! Sadly I'm suffering a DNS outage along with thousands of
other sites this evening. It should be back up in 30 minutes or so.

PS It was great hearing about Hubdhaka last week at Coworking Europe. Love
the work you're doing there!

On 1 December 2014 at 21:15, Sajid Islam sa...@hubdhaka.com wrote:

 Hey Jon,

 Your site seems to be down.

 Sajid

 On Saturday, November 22, 2014 3:58:19 PM UTC-5, @jot wrote:

 I've expanded on this with the full story of how we solved our WiFi
 problems at The Skiff here:

 http://jonathanmarkwell.com/2014/11/22/best-coworking-wifi/

 I've tried to make it easy to understand for non-technical people, with
 just enough information for technical people. I'd love to hear any thoughts
 you have on it.

 On Friday, 21 November 2014 21:56:14 UTC, @jot wrote:

 Ruckus APs are worth every penny but there is a great alternative that's
 a little cheaper and much easier to setup.

 You still need a separate router as Alex described but the thing that
 makes the biggest difference to WiFi is more access points. They just need
 to be intelligent enough to regulate their signal strength and work
 together rather than against each other.

 We use 5 Unifi UAP Pro's for a similar size space to yours but depending
 on the layout 3 would probably be plenty. You can get a three pack of them
 for less than $1000. They work best with a computer permanently set up as a
 controller either on your local network or remotely but they're not
 dependent on it. The software is significantly easier to use than most
 domestic router software I've used.

 I was able to set them up within 15 minutes of unboxing them and they
 completely transformed the WiFi. It went from a running joke to one issue
 in six months. That one issue required nothing more than turning the APs
 off and on again.

 Your Internet connection and/or router will become the bottleneck with
 these APs. We'd already switched to a leased line and a high spec router by
 the time we got them so we knew it was the APs causing problems. Now we
 don't have to really think about the Internet connection, everything else
 gets more time. We see around 100 devices per day and I'm confident that we
 could go well above 200 with this set up.

 I'm feeling pretty lucky that they work as well as they do given the
 price difference. Has anyone had a contrasting experience with Unifi kit?

 Jon



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 Coworking bau...@gmail.com wrote:

 I am ready to make the dive off the deep end and go high grade with the
 routers that Alex is talking about. I don't need to fine tune control but I
 want it to be reliable for 100 devices. We often will have 30 people using
 the space at once and with tablets and cell phones that number spikes above
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Re: [Coworking] Re: The best wireless routers for a 3500 sq. ft. space

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Craig, Unifi APs should work with any router. I don't know anything about
Asus in particular. At the very least you'll want to disable any WiFi
currently provided onboard the Asus router.

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Re: [Coworking] Re: The best wireless routers for a 3500 sq. ft. space

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Ruckus APs are worth every penny but there is a great alternative that's a 
little cheaper and much easier to setup.


You still need a separate router as Alex described but the thing that makes the 
biggest difference to WiFi is more access points. They just need to be 
intelligent enough to regulate their signal strength and work together rather 
than against each other.



We use 5 Unifi UAP Pro's for a similar size space to yours but depending on the 
layout 3 would probably be plenty. You can get a three pack of them for less 
than $1000. They work best with a computer permanently set up as a controller 
either on your local network or remotely but they're not dependent on it. The 
software is significantly easier to use than most domestic router software I've 
used.






I was able to set them up within 15 minutes of unboxing them and they 
completely transformed the WiFi. It went from a running joke to one issue in 
six months. That one issue required nothing more than turning the APs off and 
on again.




Your Internet connection and/or router will become the bottleneck with these 
APs. We'd already switched to a leased line and a high spec router by the time 
we got them so we knew it was the APs causing problems. Now we don't have to 
really think about the Internet connection, everything else gets more time. We 
see around 100 devices per day and I'm confident that we could go well above 
200 with this set up.




I'm feeling pretty lucky that they work as well as they do given the price 
difference. Has anyone had a contrasting experience with Unifi kit?




Jon








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 I am ready to make the dive off the deep end and go high grade with the 
 routers that Alex is talking about. I don't need to fine tune control but I 
 want it to be reliable for 100 devices. We often will have 30 people using 
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Re: [Coworking] Re: Coworking Europe 2014 conference to take place in Lisbon on November 24-25-26

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+1


Great group of people. The unconference and coworking tour alone were well 
worth the money last year. They prompted many great conversations that changed 
the way we think about some things at The Skiff.




Looking forward to seeing many of you there!


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 wrote:
 We are very proud of the great lineup we managed to gather for the 
 Coworking Europe 2014 conference (Nov 24-25-26).
 www.coworkingeurope.net
 Again, delegates from more than 40 countries will attend. 
 We hope to see you in Lisbon in two weeks ! 
 Jean-Yves Huwart
 Organizer
 Le mercredi 30 juillet 2014 16:06:30 UTC+2, JeanYves a écrit :

 Only on day left to register to the Coworking Europe 2014 conference 
 (Lisbon, Nov 24-25-26) under Early Bird conditions :-)

 www.coworkingeurope.net 

 Jean-Yves Huwart
 Coworking Europe

 Le vendredi 13 juin 2014 17:12:38 UTC+2, JeanYves a écrit :

 We are happy to announce that the Coworking Europe 2014 conference will 
 take place in Lisbon on November 24-25-26. 

 This year, we partnered with Cowork Lisboa and the Lisbon City Council.

 All information available on www.coworkingeurope.net 

 Early bird registration is open until July 31st. 

 We look forward to see you all in Portugal !

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Re: [Coworking] venue hire/events strategy?

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Hi Anf,


This approach has been the closest thing to a marketing strategy that we've 
ever had at The Skiff. :)




We were regulars at a bunch of local (mostly web/tech) community events for a 
couple of years before we started. The organisers of the events were always 
struggling to find venues they could rely on being regularly available while 
also being free of charge. When we took on a space it was natural for us to 
make some of it available to the organisers. We actually started doing that 
before we started thinking of our space as a coworking space.




This approach can quickly become a massive pain if you feel you have to be at 
every event. We decided to effectively make the organisers of the community 
meetups honoury keyholding members. All we asked is that they return the space 
to the way the found it (or better) when they leave. I do make sure that I've 
personally taken some time to get to know the organisers or get recommendations 
from existing members before giving out keys. If that's not possible we ask for 
an existing member to volunteer to host the event.




Most of the community organisers have gone on to become paying members, and 
advocates, of the community of their own accord.




There have been a few late night calls when they forget how to lock up. There 
have also ocasionally been complaints from members that find the space hasn't 
been returned to its usual state. The organisers are always very apologetic and 
quick to learn after getting it wrong once or twice :)




At the begining at least 60% of new members came directly from learning about 
The Skiff through these events. Now it's probably closer to 40% but I think 
that's an indication that we should support a more diverse range of events.




Hope this helps,




Jon


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On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 6:50 PM, Anfernee Chansamooth
anfernee.chansamo...@hubaustralia.com wrote:

 Hi Coworking Community,
 I'm wondering if any of you have been successful with using venue 
 hire/events as a strategy to bring in potential members? 
 Strategy: partner with a company/organisation to deliver events out of your 
 space - you supply the venue (and staff  resources to set it up and manage 
 it), and the partner brings in the people - ideally a match for the type of 
 people who might eventually become members of your space.
 Has anyone done this? Curious as to how you've managed to make it work, or 
 what challenges you've faced if you couldn't get it working.
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Re: [Coworking] Why do you go coworking?

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Hi Rachel



One of our members surveyed our community a year ago to make this infographic: 
http://www.pureedesign.com/design-portfolio/skiff_brighton_infographic_design/


The top three reasons they found were:




1) Sense of community

2) Getting out of the house

3) Increase in productivity


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 What are you're top three reason for buying a membership to a coworking 
 space?  I know the benefits of coworking but I'd like to hear from people 
 who actually use coworking spaces.  Why do you make the decision to spend 
 your money on coworking?
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Re: [Coworking] Competing Spaces

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Thank you Susan!

I built up to that point rather than putting it first as I've experienced
first-hand how difficult it is to take that kind of leap as an introverted
outsider. :)

Sadly it's even harder for people who have already committed to a lease on
a space of their own.

On 7 October 2014 23:36, Susan Dorsch su...@officenomads.com wrote:

 Great post, Jonathan!

 #4 is a particularly important point that I've seen a lot of people miss
 over the years. We've gotten so much support  great ideas out of the Seattle
 Collaborative Space Alliance http://collaborativespaces.org/ and I know
 others would say the same. Working with other coworking spaces in your area
 is one way to really walk the talk when it comes to coworking. We encourage
 our members to get to know one another and support one another, we can
 easily do the same with our fellow coworking spaces!

 S

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 jonathan.markw...@gmail.com wrote:

 This has been a common question over the years in my relatively small
 city (Brighton, England population 273,400). I've just written about it
 and created a checklist for future community founders to consider here:

 http://jonathanmarkwell.com/2014/10/06/multiple-coworking-spaces/

 On 3 March 2013 18:20, Cameron Goldsmith shreveportcollect...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 Curious how everyone feels about cities that have multiple coworking
 spots Do you think this is generally a good idea? I know competition is
 supposed to be good for the market, but what if the city is small??

 Im asking because I'm looking to relocate soon. The city Im interested
 in, St. Louis, already has a coworking spot. Ive been looking and
 researching to open one for awhile now, but am now hesitant after finding
 out StL has a fairly large spot already.

 Do you think this is something that is sustainable, or do you feel like
 I would be stepping on the toes of a community catalyst by opening a new
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Re: [Coworking] Competing Spaces

[Jonathan Markwell]

Thank you Jeannine!

I'm very happy for it to be reposted to the Coworking Blog.

On 8 October 2014 10:13, Jeannine flexkantoorkame...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hey, Johnathan, I like that blog post a lot!, thank you for writing it.

 When you're done with it, can we put it on the (new and revitalized!)
 Coworking Blog?

 Let me know, here or via email, Jeannine @ OpenCoworking. org

 Thanks again, either way,

 Jeannine

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 This has been a common question over the years in my relatively small
 city (Brighton, England population 273,400). I've just written about it
 and created a checklist for future community founders to consider here:

 http://jonathanmarkwell.com/2014/10/06/multiple-coworking-spaces/

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 Curious how everyone feels about cities that have multiple coworking
 spots Do you think this is generally a good idea? I know competition is
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 Im asking because I'm looking to relocate soon. The city Im interested
 in, St. Louis, already has a coworking spot. Ive been looking and
 researching to open one for awhile now, but am now hesitant after finding
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Re: [Coworking] Competing Spaces

[Jonathan Markwell]

Aaron - that's a good point. I think the numbers are very similar in most
cities.

I'm not sure what critical mass is but after 6 years and around a dozen
coworking spaces created in Brighton I'm still regularly meet people who
have never heard of coworking.


Ashely - I've been wondering if it might be worth pooling resources here
and trying local advertising to spread the word. Can you share more about
what worked for you on that front and what didn't. How much time and money
did you all spend on it?

On 8 October 2014 00:27, Ashley Proctor ash...@foundery.is wrote:

 When we launched our first spaces, there were few others in the market.
 We spent the majority of our time explaining the concept, a lot of effort
 on education and outreach.
 As more and more spaces launched in our city, we definitely all began to
 benefit from the mainstream recognition, as well as the new opportunity to
 collaborate with each other.

 You have a choice to 'compete' or to 'collaborate'.
 I feel our unique coworking communities in Toronto have a lot in common,
 and a lot to offer each other in terms of support, advice and experience.
 I believe our Coworking Toronto http://coworkingtoronto.ca and Coworking
 Ontario http://coworkingontario.ca collectives are similar to this
 google group - we genuinely like each other and want each other to succeed.

 We are all fiercely independent, but I think we all gravitated towards
 participating in a regional collective because were all facing similar
 challenges, and were looking for other like-mided friends, mentors and
 colleagues to connect with in Toronto. The same way our members want to
 connect.
 We can also benefit from collective advertising (the concept rather than
 the space) and our members benefit when we leverage collective bargaining
 power to create programs like COHIP http://coworkingontario.ca/COHIP.
 We might have different missions and mandates and markets, but we can
 agree that we all want our members to be happy and healthy and productive.

 Since coworking spaces in Toronto and Ontario began collaborating, we've
 seen a steady increase in coworking awareness, and community participation
 in our events.
 Since launching a collective website, we've seen more traffic, more tours,
 more media attention and more members.
 Our spaces are all better spaces and our communities are all stronger
 communities because we share best practices.

 And yes, the market is growing along with the number of active spaces.
 It's a beautiful cycle of supply and demand.
 If coworking is truly the future of work as we claim, I can't see a
 saturation point here anytime soon...

 Choose to be a champion and a collaborator rather than a competitor when
 you arrive, and introduce yourself as such.
 Then start to imagine what's possible if you work together.

 Ashley


 Ashley Proctor

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 www.creativeblueprint.ca
 www.foundery.is

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 On 2014-10-07, at 6:50 PM, Aaron Cruikshank wrote:

 One perspective to consider is what is the total addressable market?
 Vancouver has many coworking spaces and I get asked often by the media if I
 think the coworking market in Vancouver is saturated.

 By my math, if you consider every micro entrepreneur as a potential user,
 Vancouver is addressing around 1.5% of the total addressable market. Far
 from saturated, surely.

 Yet some of these spaces are struggling to fill desks. The problem isn't
 the size of the market - it's lack of knowledge in the potential market
 about coworking.

 More spaces = more potential awareness. There must be some critical mass
 in a city or region that pushes coworking from obscurity to mainstream
 recognition.

 Thoughts?

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 This has been a common question over the years in my relatively small
 city (Brighton, England population 273,400). I've just written about it
 and created a checklist for future community founders to consider here:

 http://jonathanmarkwell.com/2014/10/06/multiple-coworking-spaces/

 On 3 March 2013 18:20, Cameron Goldsmith shreveportcollect...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 Curious how everyone feels about cities that have multiple coworking
 spots Do you think this is generally a good idea? I know competition is
 supposed to be good for the market, but what if the city is small??

 Im asking because I'm looking to relocate soon. The city Im interested
 in, St. Louis, already has a coworking spot. Ive been looking and
 researching to open one for awhile now, but am now hesitant after finding
 out StL has a fairly large spot already.

 Do you think this is something that is sustainable, or do you feel like
 I

Re: [Coworking] Competing Spaces

[Jonathan Markwell]

This has been a common question over the years in my relatively small city
(Brighton, England population 273,400). I've just written about it and
created a checklist for future community founders to consider here:

http://jonathanmarkwell.com/2014/10/06/multiple-coworking-spaces/

On 3 March 2013 18:20, Cameron Goldsmith shreveportcollect...@gmail.com
wrote:

 Curious how everyone feels about cities that have multiple coworking
 spots Do you think this is generally a good idea? I know competition is
 supposed to be good for the market, but what if the city is small??

 Im asking because I'm looking to relocate soon. The city Im interested in,
 St. Louis, already has a coworking spot. Ive been looking and researching
 to open one for awhile now, but am now hesitant after finding out StL has a
 fairly large spot already.

 Do you think this is something that is sustainable, or do you feel like I
 would be stepping on the toes of a community catalyst by opening a new
 business doing a very similar thing?


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[Coworking] Dunbar's number at The Skiff, Brighton, UK

[Jonathan Markwell]

It's been a long journey (4 years, 7 months) but we'd like to share with
you that we've just reached 150 active members. With it comes a level of
community and financial stability that should allow us to continue to enjoy
working alongside a wide range of fantastic coworkers in our lovely central
Brighton space for the foreseeable future.

The attached graph charts our growth from our accidental beginnings in a
900 sq ft space at the end of 2008, through to moving to a 1,500 sq ft
space in mid 2010 and then expanding that space to 3,000 sq ft
the beginning of last year. Note we cut things very fine at times with our
income being not much beyond the base cost of our lease. We've found the
rule of thumb of 2.5 x lease cost is about right for achieving break-even.
We wouldn't have got to where we are now if it wasn't for the involvement
of local not-for-profit Wired Sussex (http://wiredsussex.com), they helped
cashflow some of the shortfall.

We were inspired to keep going through the low times by much lurking in
this group and a visit to the Coworking meetup at sxsw in 2010. Thank you
for being such an awesome community!

We feel a little more qualified to answer questions here now so please fire
away. :)

Looking forward to meeting many of you at Coworking Europe, which it turns
out will be a week before The Skiff's 5th birthday.

Best wishes,

Jon  Anna Markwell
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Re: [Coworking] Coworking UK - Collaboration between coworkers coworking spaces

[Jonathan Markwell]

A few of us in the Sussex and Kent area got together a few months ago in
Brighton and we now have around a dozen of us in a UK specific Google
Group: https://groups.google.com/group/coworkinguk

Not a huge amount of traffic on the list but there are a bunch of us who
have been doing this for a while in the UK and we're listening a little
more closely there than we're able to here.

Best,

Jon
Founder of The Skiff
http://theskiff.org

On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 6:49 PM, The Digital Work Hub 
a...@thedigitalworkhub.co.uk wrote:

 Hi everyone,

 I really like what this group is doing and what it is providing to
 coworkers, owners and operators a like.

 Online I've been following the group  steadily increasing my input into
 it so that I contribute as much as I take from it. Over the past few months
 there has also been a steady increase in the contributions from other
 people in the UK whether it be coworkers or space owners/operators. Off the
 back of this I've been working offline to engage with some of these people
 in an attempt to build a network of coworkers  spaces in the UK that will
 share, support and provide advice to each other that is specifically
 tailored to the UK.

 So I'm now putting it out there to the wider UK (and none UK) coworking
 audience, to say that if anyone is interested in these efforts please feel
 free to get involved. A few of us are already working on things in the
 background and it would be great to have more people on board. To this end
 I've set up the Coworking UK LinkedIn group with a couple of sub groups.
 There is also an on going discussion about what platform should be used as
 a repository for all the resources that are being collated. This repository
 doesn't have to be anything more complicated than something that will allow
 everyone to easily  quickly identify the information that they need and
 get at the particular article, tweet, blog, document, spreadsheet, slide
 show etc in question. It's clear what some of the obvious choices for this
 platform are and anyone with additional thoughts on what should be used is
 most welcome to give their pennies worth!!!

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Re: [Coworking] What do you call your coworking community members?

[Jonathan Markwell]

At The Skiff we're called Mates or Skiffmates.

Jon


On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Jeska Dzwigalski
je...@coffeeandpower.com wrote:
 Hiya!

 Jeska from Coffee  Power here, I've been lurking for a bit, first
 (hopefully not-too-controversial!) post.

 I've got a question about words/terms. I've determined that it's
 coworking (not co-working) but I can't seem to find an agreed-upon
 term to describe those who work alongside me within a coworking
 spaces.

 Is there an agreed upon term within the larger coworking community?
 What do you use? Coworkers? (seems the best, but could be
 confusing...) Collaborators? Neighbors?

 Thanks for help!

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Re: [Coworking] Coworking Management Software...Help!

[Jonathan Markwell]

We use http://chargify.com at The Skiff to process around 70
transactions a month. We've been using it for the last 6 months and
are very happy to be free of PayPal's constraints.

http://recurly.com, or http://spreedly.com might be a better fit for others.

We're still looking for a good solution on the meeting rooms front.
We've tried some services like http://bookingbug.com but they all seem
to massively overcomplicate things. At the moment we use a combination
of http://wufoo.com forms and Google Calendar but it's dependent on a
few manual steps.

Best,

Jon

On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Chana chanamor...@gmail.com wrote:
 Help, please! We have outgrown our current (cobbled together)
 coworking space management system.

 I am struggling to find new management software (room reservations,
 member accts, merchant account processing, QB compatible). What is
 working for you? Which software does your coworking space use?  Has
 anyone tried Cobot?

 Your suggestions, advice and time will be greatly appreciated.

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Re: [Coworking] Coworking in the UK

[Jonathan Markwell]

The Skiff (http://theskiff.org) in Brighton is a member of the coworking
visa. You can reach us, and the sunny south coast, in under an hour by train
from central London.

Jon

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 Any great coworking spaces in the UK any one can recommend? Also one that
 participates in the coworking visa would be a plus ;-)

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[Coworking] An update from The Skiff in Brighton, UK

[Jonathan Markwell]

Hi All,

I've not been very active on here but wanted to share some of what
we've been up to over the last year at The Skiff in Brighton, UK. I'm
certain we wouldn't be where we are now without the inspiration we've
gained from what others have shared on this list and at the coworking
meetup at SXSW last year.

This time last year I was actually considering closing the space at
the end of our lease. Now, I don't think the community would let me do
that if I tried, I've finally transfered most of my day-to-day
responsibilities on to others and I'm putting it to the ultimate test
by going travelling for four weeks in just over a week's time.

The Skiff in 2010:

In March we enjoyed our first month of breaking even, operating for
the first time without additional financial support from our founders,
Inuda Community (http://inuda.org). This was about 16 months after the
start of our lease.

In May we spotted a new building, perfect for us to move to and
continue the growth of our booming community.

In June, WiredSussex (http://wiredsussex.com), a local non-profit
supporting the digital sector, agreed to take on a 50% share of The
Skiff, working with Inuda Community to support the move.

In July we moved to our lovely new space, throwing a comoving party
that got everything moved 195 meters down the road in just a few short
hours.

At the start of October we hosted BarCamp Brighton 5, welcoming 90
people from around Europe to the space for a weekend-long
unconference.

At the end of October our most established community group
BuildBrighton, which uses part of our space as a Hacker Space, hosted
a White Night activity (http://www.whitenightnuitblanche.com/),
introducing over 50 people to electronics hacking.

In November we found that we had more than doubled our membership
since the move.

In December we celebrated our second birthday with a fantastic
Skiffmas Party that brought together over 100 of the people that have
been involved in our community.


We've just passed 50 individual members and we also have a couple of
local organisations holding membership that give them regular access
to our meeting rooms. Our members list, which includes alumni, shows
that around 120 people have been a member at some point in the last 2
years. We're expecting to hit our first break even point since the
move in the next couple of months.

Our membership is about 50% made up of software developers with the
rest consisting of writers, journalists, designers, marketers and
entrepreneurs working in all sorts of disciplines, from healthcare and
human rights to music and manufacturing.

Many of our members have been brought into contact with the space
through the free community events and meetups that we have provided
space for in the evenings. Some of them were already established but
struggling to find the right space; others were founded here by our
members and other people in the community. They've included a wide
range of tech user groups covering JavaScript, Python, .net, Flash,
iPhone, robot building, user experience as well as Hackdays, BarCamps,
improv and writers groups. Last year we supported around 75 such
events. If the current momentum continues it's likely to be around 125
in 2011.

On the financial side of things we've found that a 2.5x multiplier
between cost of rent and actual overal running cost has been spot on
for estimating the monthly break even point at both spaces.

I hope this is useful. Please do come and vist if you are in the UK
and thinking of starting a space near you. We're keen to do what we
can to support the growth of the coworking movement in the UK and
Europe.

Best,

Jon

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Re: [Coworking] An update from The Skiff in Brighton, UK

[Jonathan Markwell]

Thank you Alex! It was a conversation with you at SXSW that was the
tipping point for me deciding to grow into a larger space.

Jon.

On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 5:27 PM, Alex Hillman
dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com wrote:
 Awesome summary, Jonathan. Congrats on a successful year, thanks for
 sharing!
 -Alex
 /ah
 indyhall.org
 coworking in philadelphia


 On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Jonathan Markwell
 jonathan.markw...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi All,

 I've not been very active on here but wanted to share some of what
 we've been up to over the last year at The Skiff in Brighton, UK. I'm
 certain we wouldn't be where we are now without the inspiration we've
 gained from what others have shared on this list and at the coworking
 meetup at SXSW last year.

 This time last year I was actually considering closing the space at
 the end of our lease. Now, I don't think the community would let me do
 that if I tried, I've finally transfered most of my day-to-day
 responsibilities on to others and I'm putting it to the ultimate test
 by going travelling for four weeks in just over a week's time.

 The Skiff in 2010:

 In March we enjoyed our first month of breaking even, operating for
 the first time without additional financial support from our founders,
 Inuda Community (http://inuda.org). This was about 16 months after the
 start of our lease.

 In May we spotted a new building, perfect for us to move to and
 continue the growth of our booming community.

 In June, WiredSussex (http://wiredsussex.com), a local non-profit
 supporting the digital sector, agreed to take on a 50% share of The
 Skiff, working with Inuda Community to support the move.

 In July we moved to our lovely new space, throwing a comoving party
 that got everything moved 195 meters down the road in just a few short
 hours.

 At the start of October we hosted BarCamp Brighton 5, welcoming 90
 people from around Europe to the space for a weekend-long
 unconference.

 At the end of October our most established community group
 BuildBrighton, which uses part of our space as a Hacker Space, hosted
 a White Night activity (http://www.whitenightnuitblanche.com/),
 introducing over 50 people to electronics hacking.

 In November we found that we had more than doubled our membership
 since the move.

 In December we celebrated our second birthday with a fantastic
 Skiffmas Party that brought together over 100 of the people that have
 been involved in our community.


 We've just passed 50 individual members and we also have a couple of
 local organisations holding membership that give them regular access
 to our meeting rooms. Our members list, which includes alumni, shows
 that around 120 people have been a member at some point in the last 2
 years. We're expecting to hit our first break even point since the
 move in the next couple of months.

 Our membership is about 50% made up of software developers with the
 rest consisting of writers, journalists, designers, marketers and
 entrepreneurs working in all sorts of disciplines, from healthcare and
 human rights to music and manufacturing.

 Many of our members have been brought into contact with the space
 through the free community events and meetups that we have provided
 space for in the evenings. Some of them were already established but
 struggling to find the right space; others were founded here by our
 members and other people in the community. They've included a wide
 range of tech user groups covering JavaScript, Python, .net, Flash,
 iPhone, robot building, user experience as well as Hackdays, BarCamps,
 improv and writers groups. Last year we supported around 75 such
 events. If the current momentum continues it's likely to be around 125
 in 2011.

 On the financial side of things we've found that a 2.5x multiplier
 between cost of rent and actual overal running cost has been spot on
 for estimating the monthly break even point at both spaces.

 I hope this is useful. Please do come and vist if you are in the UK
 and thinking of starting a space near you. We're keen to do what we
 can to support the growth of the coworking movement in the UK and
 Europe.

 Best,

 Jon

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 Ruby/Rails web applications and JavaScript mobile applications for
 Twitter, Facebook, iPhone, Android and the web at large.
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 Starting, organising and supporting activities at the intersection of
 technology and entrepreneurship in Brighton, London, New York and San
 Francisco.
 http://inuda.org - Inuda Innovations Ltd.

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Re: [Coworking] SXSW Coworking Meetup Announcement

[Jonathan Markwell]

Hi everyone,

This is going to be my first SXSW. Really looking forward to the
opportunity to meet members of the greater coworking community and
share what we've learnt at The Skiff (http://theskiff.org) in
Brighton, UK over the last 18 months.

Jon.

On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 12:08 AM, Cody Marx Bailey superp...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hey everyone,

 On behalf of all the coworking spaces in Texas, I'd like to welcome
 everyone to this years Coworking Meetup during SXSW. In years past, we
 have used the lovely San Jose Hotel, but this year, we'll be having it
 at the newly opened Texas Coworking just blocks away from the Austin
 Convention Center.

 We're doing it a bit earlier than years past, so we don't take away
 from the party atmosphere that happens later in the night. That said,
 here's the skinny:

 Date: March 13th, 2010
 Time: 6PM - 8PM
 Location: 200 E. 6th Street, 3rd Floor -- Austin, TX

 If anyone has any questions, let me know. I'll respond on/off list.

 Cody Marx Bailey
 979-574-9199
 The Creative Space (.org)
 Desired Hearts (.com)
 Hashtags (.org)
 211a West Wm J Bryan Pkwy
 Bryan, Texas 77803

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Re: [Coworking] Twitter Lists for coworking

[Jonathan Markwell]

We've also done something similar at The Skiff with our members here:

http://twitter.com/jot/skiffmates

We've gone a step further and pulled our members' Twitter bios and
most recent tweets into one page on our site using a little
javascript:

http://theskiff.org/crew/

We need to update this to use the lists API but it's already much
easier than maintaining a page of members manually.

Jon.

On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 10:09 PM, Alex Hillman
dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com wrote:
 I put one of these lists together as well for IndyHall members and related
 groups. The main thing I saw it as valuable for was new members who join and
 want to follow other members.

 http://twitter.com/alexknowshtml/indyhall

 We've been doing a list like feed on our homepage since our relaunch in
 the spring. Our hack, at the time, was to create an indyhall_bot twitter
 account that we access for friend updates via the Twitter API. All our
 script does is run every few minutes and grab the latest tweets and publish
 them.

 These days, though Twitter is giving away a list widget:

 http://twitter.com/goodies/widget_list

 That's pretty cool, eh?

 -Alex

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 On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 4:49 PM, mitten mit...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi there! Workantile Exchange in Ann Arbor is about 6 months old now
 and although we're not at full membership capacity yet, we're getting
 closer. One of the things we're trying to tackle is fostering a sense
 of community among the members (40+ right now) and I thought I'd share
 our latest idea, since it might be of interest to others here (and
 it's cheap).

 We set up a Twitter list of all the members who use Twitter:
 http://twitter.com/workantile/workantilers  It doesn't cover everyone
 (since not all members use Twitter), but it's a good start and an easy
 thing to do. Obviously not perfect for every kind of communication,
 but a nice way to get to know the membership at large, as we all come
 and go on quite irregular schedules.

 Anyway, thought I'd share the idea if it hasn't already occurred to
 you.

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[Coworking] The Skiff and The Werks do Roaming Coworking in Brighton, UK

[Jonathan Markwell]

We're very happy to announce that our thriving coworking community in
Brighton, UK just got a little more joined up. :)

The details are here:
http://theskiff.org/2009/10/the-skiff-and-the-werks-do-roaming-coworking/

We also participate in the Coworking Visa so if any of you are
visiting the UK we are two coworking spaces by the sea that you're
very welcome at.

Best wishes,

Jon.
http://twitter.com/jot

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[Coworking] Re: Using paypal with Calendar

[Jonathan Markwell]

Another service worth taking a look at for this is Spreedly: http://spreedly.com

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dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com wrote:
 Ha, small world.
 Far McKon, one of the project owners, is an IndyHall member and a partner in
 our local hacker community, The Hacktory.
 I'll have to reach out to him to get the status of the project. Has anyone
 tried to get this up and running?
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 On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Chris Canney ch...@socostudio.biz wrote:

 Just came across this in twitterverse:
 http://code.google.com/p/hackerspace-os/


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 Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 9:22 PM
 To: Coworking
 Subject: [Coworking] Re: Using paypal with Calendar


 I have a similar question, though mine is about billing for monthly
 charges (a flat, recurring fee)

 I'm looking for a low or no cost way to set-up recurring payments (not
 just recurring invoices that I have to chase down for payment)
 I also want the system to respect the concept of 30-day notice (from
 what I understand, PayPal will do recurring billing, but the customer
 can cancel at any time)

 I'd much prefer to use my own credit card merchant account than PayPal
 or Google. I'm just not into setting up or paying for a shopping cart
 to enable this.
 In a pinch I have emailed a credit card authorization form which they
 then fax in, but it's not a good method.
 I like the idea of a wufoo type form online, but I don't know if it's
 advisable for capturing sensitive (credit card) information. There are
 few enough clients/members that I wouldn't mind manually entering the
 information from the form to complete the payment process, so the
 integration piece is not important.

 I always appreciate your ideas, thanks!



 On May 26, 8:53 am, Mike Strock mike.str...@gmail.com wrote:
  Not sure if this would work, but there is a product called 'EOSTemplate'
  which is mainly for photography, but can be adapted to other uses.  It
 uses
  paypal as it's payment method (one of several).
 
  You might check it out atwww.eostemplate.com
 
  Mike.
 
  On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 6:52 AM, pa...@arbotek.com
 pa...@arbotek.comwrote:
 
 
 
   Would anyone else like to share how they are using paypal to collect
   payments and schedule time in your space.
 
   As you can see from our
   websitehttp://www.businessplayce.com/membership/
   we have 6 different options for our members, ranging from the drop in
   to just use of our conference room.
 
   We currently just take cash/checks.  Most of our memebers would prefer
   to be able to pay online vs: check.  As we are really trying to grow
   the use of our conference rooms, we'd like to tie our Google calendar
   to paypal via API.  What we are seeing is that we have to sign up for
   an upgraded paypal account in order to use the PAYPAL API.
 
   If anyone has a simple calendar/paypal solution that is working for
   you I'd very much appreciate hearing what you're doing.
 
   Thanks,
 
   Paul
 
  www.businessplayce.com





 




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