[Coworking] Re: Coworking arrives in Sydney, Australia

2010-02-28 Thread and...@co-worka.com.au
Thanks for all your messages of support, much appreciated. Steve your welcome to send me an email about your live show request. Today was a great day at CO-WORKA as a reporter/photographer came over from the regional newspaper (Manly Daily) to write a spread on us. Only 4 days to go now to our Lau

Re: [Coworking] Coworking.com, not an org, instead a "license"

2010-02-28 Thread Mike Schinkel
Hi Alex, I like essence of the idea, but I can't see directly how to apply it. When I look at open source licenses (which is what I assume inspired you) they are licenses that people apply to their software and those licenses are free for anyone to use to apply to their software. The OSI's rol

[Coworking] Intro

2010-02-28 Thread Avdi Grimm
Hi there, At Dave Troy's suggestion I'm joining this list. My name is Avdi Grimm. I'm a software developer living in Southern PA. As someone who works from home by choice in order to be close to my family, and as a member of a fully distributed company, coworking makes a lot of sense for me as a w

Re: [Coworking] Coworking.com, not an org, instead a "license"

2010-02-28 Thread Alex Hillman
> > As you are envisioning it, what exactly would be licensed, and who would be > licensing it? Not sure. It was an idea, not a literal translation of licensing models. My suggestion is that we might look there for cues, not directly port anything that necessarily exists. Learn from what has wor

Re: [Coworking] Coworking.com, not an org, instead a "license"

2010-02-28 Thread Mike Schinkel
On Mar 1, 2010, at 1:24 AM, Alex Hillman wrote: > I'd like to offer the idea that's more lightweight than the organizations > that have been proposed. The thing we've really been talking about is ironing > out the expectations associated with coworking, and largely, tying them back > to core val

[Coworking] Coworking.com, not an org, instead a "license"

2010-02-28 Thread Alex Hillman
I'm still going to close up the brainstorm (since we've had at least a couple of good ideas) at 5pm EST today for the funds redistribution, and will re-post the ideas that I got. If you've got something specifically related to how funds are collected, and how the funders are rewarded, *today's the

[Coworking] SEEKING ROOMIES! - Coworking + Office Share ; Downtown Los Angeles

2010-02-28 Thread Alexandria
HI! My name is Key! I am seeking roomies for my new coworking space in Downtown Los Angeles. If you are interested in cohabitation, please email me back with contact information. Space will be available April 1, 2010 but is limited to 25. Table space, wireless, and office accommodations will

Re: [Coworking] Re: A question...

2010-02-28 Thread David Troy
Devin -- Your approach is spot on and a step forward. Something will emerge structurally as we go forward and rushing into something that doesn't serve a concrete need now is just not helpful or necessary. As much as I support coworking, taking the time to be involved in a non-profit takes time

[Coworking] Re: A question...

2010-02-28 Thread Devin
We need to own coworking so no one can own it. That's my interpretation of this thread so far. I agree with this sentiment but I don't think we should be organizing structures around it. Organizations will naturally emerge around our community's needs and one of them might grow into something th

Re: [Coworking] Intro

2010-02-28 Thread Alex Hillman
Couldn't agree more. Having some people in the room to lead by example helps a lot too. It wasn't until we had a couple of successful collaborations that other people saw that they became more comfortable letting down their guards. -Alex /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Sun, Feb 28

Re: [Coworking] Intro

2010-02-28 Thread rachel young
Welcome Shane, We have some text in our membership agreement (that I think we lifted from some other space's membership agreements) that covers members for confidentiality, and that if invited to work on a project or flesh out an idea then participants are encouraged to start with an understanding

Re: [Coworking] Re: internal microblogging/private network broadcasting

2010-02-28 Thread rachel young
fear my psychic abilities! that was exactly what i was looking for, and i did love yammer when i used it in previous contracts. that's perfect. thanks for posting that, gregg! r. On 26 February 2010 18:05, Gregg Marshall wrote: > Yammer has now opened up to multiple domains > > http://techcr