Hi everyone, I'm quite embarrassed not to have been here before, it's been one of those things that's slipped through my fingers when my phone rings, e-mail pings or twitter tweets. Mea culpa.
I saw that there was some activity a little while ago - Hi Riccardo & Lars :) I'm jumping in here now because I'm able to give this project some real time at last. To let you know what I'm thinking in a nutshell. I want to create a *social* space in London that is not *entirely* focused on work, but which helps facilitate work taking place. The primary space is a café, a real place in Central London where bloggers, podcasters and other fellow socialmediatistas (and their friends who think they may like to be socialmediatistas), locals and out-of-towners, can come and hang out with each other and with clients, drink coffee, talk and meet each other. A place where you *know* you're going to find a kindred spirit or at least someone who understands a little of what your talking about. Comfort and ease is the name of the game - a place to build offline relationships out of those pesky online relationships. On one side of this space I envision a more private co-working space in the spirit of those described on this group - a place for work, with desks, powerstrips, whiteboards, ethernet cables, printer, scanner, various cables and card-readers etc. I love the idea I've seen for cooperBricolage (and doubtless elsewhere) of freelancers signing up on the wiki and advertising their presence. In addition, I want another room for training and hiring out for events & meetings. A place for blogging masterclasses and micro unconferences as well as press briefings and product launches and perhaps screenings and live performances from our more openly artistic compadres. The story so far is that I blogged about this here: http://tinyurl.com/23jne9 - you can see the further thinking that's gone on on my blog And set up a wiki for discussing: http://londonsocialmediacafe.pbwiki.com/ And a facebook group to gauge interest: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=4068990923 which quickly acquired 250 members, the majority of whom are in or near London - sorry if you're not on facebook you won't be able to see that :( I'm also going to be talking about this at web2open in Berlin next month and at BarCampLondon3 I'm working up the business plan right now and talking to people about funding and sponsorship as well as looking for suitable venues. The nub of it it seems to me is how soon we can find the right place and to what extent the various revenues I envisage from these 3 product areas can exceed the costs of doing business in Central London. I'm interested in building a real business that makes a profit for those who contribute to its success. I'm particularly looking now for local co-conspirators who can give time and energy to really make this happen. All advice, feedback, elephant-trap-warnings are warmly welcomed. Cheers :) Lloyd --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
