[Coworking] Re: Looking into starting a space in Metuchen, NJ

2013-03-11 Thread Fabrizio Tarará
Nice website, we had a similar brain going for our logo when we did a logo for Frontal Lobe. Brainy Space and Frontal Lobe may have to co-laborate sometime in the future! Good luck. Fabrizio On Sunday, March 10, 2013 9:50:50 PM UTC-4, Jason Delia wrote: > > Just starting to see if there is any

[Coworking] GCUC 2013?!?

2013-03-11 Thread Fabrizio Tarará
Hello GCUC'rs, So I was unable to attend the conference this year, and have not attended in the past. Looking to start-up our space Frontal Lobe in the coming weeks! I am just curious what was the overall consensus at GCUC this year? I would really like to attend next year so lets get the excit

[Coworking] Re: Startups are upset with Coworking spaces around NYC!

2013-03-11 Thread Skid Vis
Wow, such a negative article. It reads like it was sponsored by Regus. :P -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from

[Coworking] Re: Looking into starting a space in Metuchen, NJ

2013-03-11 Thread Jason Delia
Thanks. sister spaces, I like it :) On Monday, March 11, 2013 8:41:58 AM UTC-4, Fabrizio Tarará wrote: > > Nice website, we had a similar brain going for our logo when we did a logo > for Frontal Lobe. Brainy Space and Frontal Lobe may have to co-laborate > sometime in the future! Good luck. >

[Coworking] Recommendations on managing drink/snack requests?

2013-03-11 Thread Erica Douglass
Hi! I just opened a coworking space here in Austin, TX (Opportunity Space - http://opportunityspace.com.) We provide all dedicated desks and free drinks and snacks are included as part of the monthly fee. I'm looking for a way to manage requests from our members for drinks, snacks, and things lik

Re: [Coworking] Recommendations on managing drink/snack requests?

2013-03-11 Thread Jerome Chang
try a shared google doc w/ a list of rows of supplies, and columns of dates to purchase. Jerome __ BLANKSPACES "work FOR yourself, not BY yourself" www.blankspaces.com 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) Los Angeles, CA 90036 323.330.9505 (office) On Mar 11, 2013, at 12:0

Re: [Coworking] Recommendations on managing drink/snack requests?

2013-03-11 Thread rachel young
Congrats on opening your space! Interpersonal relations will always trump any sort of tool you implement, but if you still need a tool, I recommend an enterprise network like Hall or Yammer. In Yammer, at least, you can post a poll for members to vote on or ask for replies in a post, and the priva

Re: [Coworking] Recommendations on managing drink/snack requests?

2013-03-11 Thread Alex Hillman
+1 for low tech, especially at the beginning. those interactions are precious, don't design them out! :) -Alex -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Mar 11, 2013, at 3:14 PM, rachel young wrote: > > Congrats on opening your space! > > Interpersonal relations will always trump any

Re: [Coworking] Recommendations on managing drink/snack requests?

2013-03-11 Thread Matthew Arkin
I just saw a cool startup thats using github, requests are created by creating an issue and then people can do there +1s and comments, etc. On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 12:41 PM, Alex Hillman wrote: > +1 for low tech, especially at the beginning. those interactions are > precious, don't design them o

Re: [Coworking] Recommendations on managing drink/snack requests?

2013-03-11 Thread Tom Brandt
github is fine for those of use who are developer geeks, but if your community includes people who haven't a clue what github is, it might be rather intimidating. On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Matthew Arkin < mar...@itligencesolutions.com> wrote: > I just saw a cool startup thats using github,

Re: [Coworking] Recommendations on managing drink/snack requests?

2013-03-11 Thread Mike Pihlman
If it is fatteningthey will eat it. :-) On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 1:23 PM, Tom Brandt wrote: > github is fine for those of use who are developer geeks, but if your > community includes people who haven't a clue what github is, it might be > rather intimidating. > > > On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at

[Coworking] Re: Coworking in Georgetown, Texas?

2013-03-11 Thread Amy - Plug & Play, Austin, TX
Hi there, I own a coworking space in wy North Austin (Anderson Mill & 183). Our unique twist is offering childcare in a completely separate section of the building. You don't need to have a child registered at P&P in order to work there. It's been doing well! If you need to bounce ideas off

[Coworking] Re: GCUC 2013?!?

2013-03-11 Thread Craig Baute - Creative Density Coworking
Hey Fabrizo, GCUC was good with over 300 attendees. DeskMag will put up several updates about the meetings because several of us were busy listening to the panels or partying. We will use the lessons we learned to provide better answers. I would love to stay updated about Frontal Labs in Howell

[Coworking] Re: Recommendations on managing drink/snack requests?

2013-03-11 Thread Craig Baute - Creative Density Coworking
Whiteboard and weekly snack wars! Craig -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+

Re: [Coworking] Re: Recommendations on managing drink/snack requests?

2013-03-11 Thread Alex Hillman
+1 to this. Also, pot lucks & supper clubs have become a pretty big part of our community. Not all facilities have the ability to cook so potlucks are a great standby, but if you don't have members sharing meals…you're missing out! -Alex -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Mar

Re: [Coworking] Re: Startups are upset with Coworking spaces around NYC!

2013-03-11 Thread Gavin Yip
Hi Skid, It depends on whether you see that as a glass half empty or half full. It just means operators have more chance to step up their game. It also serves very well for people like me who is prospecting the right set-up for a space that I can run. Objection brings opportunities - it is far be

Re: [Coworking] Re: Startups are upset with Coworking spaces around NYC!

2013-03-11 Thread Alex Hillman
Also: hyperbole = pageviews. There are a LOT of coworking spaces, and a LOT of startups. In any pool, you're bound to find some people who went in with uninformed expectations and left with a sour taste. One of the upsides to there being so much more usage is the ease of finding a broader rang

Re: [Coworking] Re: Startups are upset with Coworking spaces around NYC!

2013-03-11 Thread Gavin Yip
Great comment, Alex! Being able to reflect the way things done in the industry is a great way to move forward and build an even stronger foundation to reach for greater height! It counts on all of us to work collaboratively and do the right thing. Gavin On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Alex Hil

Re: [Coworking] Re: Startups are upset with Coworking spaces around NYC!

2013-03-11 Thread Tom Brandt
To Alex's point about business schools starting notice of coworking, a PhD student from the Michigan business school became a member of Workantile expressly to research coworking. Besides us, he has visited Seed in Toledo and hopes to visit Indyhall and several other coworking communities. I will

Re: [Coworking] Re: Startups are upset with Coworking spaces around NYC!

2013-03-11 Thread Alex Hillman
Oh, yeah. Graduate research is already ALL over this stuff, and from more fields of study than I could have ever imagined. In fact, one of our core team members joined to get "under the hood point of view" for her anthropology PhD research after studying us and the greater coworking commun

Re: [Coworking] Re: GCUC 2013?!?

2013-03-11 Thread Fabrizio Tarará
Nice, I like the partying or panels comment! One or the other, too funny. Yes, Frontal Lobe is going to be just that. I would be willing to work closely with you to document the progress and hopefully help coworking in small towns on the process. I am also going to be traveling to Denver in a coupl