Re: [Coworking] Cheap hanging system

2011-02-16 Thread S.N. Nelson
Very cool Susan. I do similar to that at home actually. Picked up the style from living in Ukraine. DigiCafe will also use that concept. :) On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 12:10 AM, Jessica Hulse jessica.hu...@gmail.comwrote: Great! Thanks for sharing! I've been playing around with different ideas in

[Coworking] Re: Any problem with multilevel workers in a coworking center?

2011-02-16 Thread basterrak
Interesting visions... I think I need be careful with coworkers I accept. Thanks. On 15 feb, 23:50, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com wrote: It's not just a metaphor, Phil, it's reality. :) /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 5:44 PM, Phil Wolff

[Coworking] Re: coworking + quora = ?

2011-02-16 Thread IDEA REPUBLIC
same thoughts here in germany! http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/browse_thread/thread/df5b5f0c881e01b6/c567884e1064580d?lnk=gstq=quora#c567884e1064580d Since i discovered http://www.quora.com a couple of weeks ago ( i must say that i am still not in the using-mode) and read this article

[Coworking] Let's talk about coworking on Twitter?

2011-02-16 Thread Cadu de Castro Alves
Hello, coworkers! How are you, my friends? =) We are starting a conversation on Twitter to talk about coworking. Most people doesn't know or understand how it works, so we'll help them. If you'd like to participe, ask people to tweet questions using the #coworkingtalk hashtag. Let's go? Abs,

Re: [Coworking] Re: Any problem with multilevel workers in a coworking center?

2011-02-16 Thread Alex Hillman
Accepting coworking is a slippery slope to exclusion - instead, try to focus on seeking out a really strong core (~10 people) who share the vision for the community and space that you do. They'll invariably have their own versions of the vision but the main stated purpose should be shared. If the

Re: [Coworking] Re: coworking + quora = ?

2011-02-16 Thread Alex Hillman
I wouldn't put all of your eggs into the new hotness just yet. Quora and stuff like it is a MASSIVE time sink. Just go out there and get to know YOUR communities better and stop worrying so much about other peoples'. Besides, new hotness trends towards yesterdays news :) -Alex /ah indyhall.org

[Coworking] Re: Any members of the Coworking group who speak Polish?

2011-02-16 Thread Kasia Polanska
Hello, I am not sure what this relates to, but I speak Polish. Msg me if I could help somehow. On Feb 12, 9:45 am, erich13 eric...@gmail.com wrote: I found some people here: http://coworking.jottit.com/zainteresowani which translates to this:

Re: [Coworking] Multilevel workers in a coworking center? ( MLM )

2011-02-16 Thread Dave Bunnell
Hi, The acronym your searching for is MLM. And with a sense of humor, it is embarrassing how Wikipedia practically DOES have the answer to almost anything, but they do pretty-much nail-it on this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-level_marketing. I wouldn't be too harsh to judge. For

[Coworking] Multi-Level Marketers

2011-02-16 Thread Joshua Marpet
Basterrak, you asked about MLM workers in a co-working space. Not trying to step on anyone's toes here, especially since I'm a newbie to the scene, and have been lurking for a little bit. I used to work for a scam artist. Literal scam artist. If you ever get involved in something and it feels

Re: [Coworking] Re: Any problem with multilevel workers in a coworking center?

2011-02-16 Thread Bianca Rico
Agreed, this happens to us often as well. Our space is attractive for most businesses like marketing and financial investors that require long daily meetings and have several people in and out which can be slightly disruptive to other members. We really haven't had an issue because when these

[Coworking] Re: Nerd Fort Accidentally Opens in the San Fernando Valley

2011-02-16 Thread Chris
Second lesson: If you're marketing to nerds, include zombie references. Every good fort must serve to stand against the ZA! I'd love to come by sometime. You're in my old 'hood. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this

Re: [Coworking] Announcing DigiCafe

2011-02-16 Thread Jacob Sayles
Welcome to the group! There are verious levels of commerce going on in this community. We've worked really hard at Office Nomads to find the right balance for our members. It's not an easy thing to do and even harder to talk about since every community has different elements they are working

[Coworking] Re: Need an Inexpensive Business/ Marketing Plan for your Coworking Space?

2011-02-16 Thread EcoHub
Wow - these are all great questions. Although I cannot disclose certain information as we are a privately held, C corporation, nor do I have clearance to do so, I can clarify a few details. I also support your statement that a pro forma is really important. Please note: I wrote this off the cuff,

[Coworking] remove me please

2011-02-16 Thread sheila sookram
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Re: [Coworking] remove me please

2011-02-16 Thread Andrew Badera
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Re: [Coworking] remove me please

2011-02-16 Thread Tara Hunt
Sheila, This is google groups...you can remove yourself...please see the signature line below every email. On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 5:13 PM, sheila sookram sheilasookram122...@yahoo.com wrote: please remove this email from this group it is overloading my account... Sheila -- You

Re: [Coworking] remove me please

2011-02-16 Thread Chris Foote (Spike)
Interesting subtle change in the way that listervs have been run over the years. In the past when a subscriber to a list sent a please get me off this list one of the admins would deal with it and contact the individual *off list*. These days it seems to be the norm to send messages to

Re: [Coworking] remove me please

2011-02-16 Thread Jacob Sayles
Chris, Interesting social commentary, and interesting that you chose to call it out. Nothing is easy with a community of 3000+ people and there is always a better way to do it. It's a challenge to balance everything out and with such a broad group it's hard to know how to be nice or be helpful.