+2. I think diversity is absolutely essential to the work and communities that I involve myself in.
A couple relevant links: http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/09/15/the-future-of-white-boy-clubs/ http://barcamp.org/Diversity Chris On 8/21/07, Berislav Lopac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Aug 21, 12:11 am, Chris Messina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you want to hang out in sterile, corporate-ville executive suite > > style cubicles you're more than welcome. In fact I think your needs > > are already being well served. For those of us who want a choice and > > some influence on the environments in which we work, I think coworking > > is providing ideas and tactics for meeting that need. ;) > > You noted the smiley, I reckon. :) > > Anyway, my personal opinion is that a co-working environment -- with > people from all kinds of backgrounds and with all kinds of interests > do their own work while intercommunicating and sharing ideas -- can > only bring benefits to everyone. The most important strength of such > environments is this diversity itself, and I loathe any kind of forced > ideology of *any* kind, however benevolent, to tenants and coworkers. > > Nota bene: I'm not implying that anyone here is doing that, my > original comment was simply a joke. But I've lived for too long in a > forcedly single-minded society, and I'm wary of anything remotely > resembling it. > > Best regards to all, > > Berislav. > > > > > -- Chris Messina Citizen Provocateur & Open Source Advocate-at-Large Work: http://citizenagency.com Blog: http://factoryjoe.com/blog Cell: 412 225-1051 Skype: factoryjoe This email is: [ ] bloggable [X] ask first [ ] private --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
