[Coworking] Re: Co-working the work model of the future

2009-05-06 Thread WHERE MMM
Welcome to the community! If you find yourself in Los Angeles, please give me a head's up. We are in Silverlake which is near downtwon LA / California (USA). As for your project there are a lot of interesting books and articles that relate to the social trend of coworking and the psychological ne

[Coworking] Re: Co-working the work model of the future

2009-05-29 Thread Ralf Lippold
Hello, This morning I have learned about the GoogleWave project (http:// wave.google.com/) in the FutureChat. Seems to be that some of our questions about ways of co-working are moving to the next stage. What could you bring to that new connection age? How important is the physical meeting of

[Coworking] Re: Co-working the work model of the future

2009-05-29 Thread Alex Hillman
If technology was so great for facilitating communication, there wouldn't be a multi-billion dollar conference industry. Physical meeting space is incredibly important for humans. Physical points of references, clubhouses, are even more important for cultural development. Technology will continue

[Coworking] Re: Co-working the work model of the future

2009-05-29 Thread Chris Conrey
On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 6:59 AM, Alex Hillman wrote: > If technology was so great for facilitating communication, there wouldn't > be a multi-billion dollar conference industry. > Physical meeting space is incredibly important for humans. Physical points > of references, clubhouses, are even more

[Coworking] Re: Co-working the work model of the future

2009-05-29 Thread Mike Pihlman
My industry (videoconferencing and collaboration) would have not taken this long to gain relatively minor acceptance if technology was the end all. Buttechnology can enhance what we already have. My 2 cents Mike Chris Conrey wrote: > > > On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 6:59 AM, Alex Hillman >