As well, 'Coworking' was being used by Brad Neuberg for his one day a week space in the Mission in SF and when Chris and him met, it really gelled what Chris had been thinking around 'Civic spaces' for people to gather and share ideas and be able to work independently within a community. "Communal working" is an overall term, but 'Coworking' is this particular movement, which is:
1. About the spaces that organize themselves around the core idea of 'coworking' as laid out in the coworking.info site. 2. About the international small pieces loosely joined organization of support that we share through this mailing list, the wiki and the site - this is unique to Coworking as a community mark, not 'communal working' as a concept 3. Was started (as Jacob says) in San Francisco, but has been taken up, much like BarCamp to be owned around the world in unique ways in each location T. On Jan 8, 2008 11:47 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > thanks for the feedback y'all. i think "coworking" will wind up being > the word. > > On Jan 8, 12:46pm, "Jacob Sayles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Even though the idea is fairly universal, and shared offices have been > > around for decades, in my opinion the movement started when the term > > "coworking" formed in San Francisco and started to spread. I had been > > fantasizing about creating such a space for years, but when I found > > "coworking" and the online community behind it, everything accelerated > and I > > went from dream to open-for-business in 6-8 months. > > As for research, M. Scott Peck is a great start. > > > > Jacob Sayles > > Co-founder & Janitorhttp://officenomads.com > > > > On Jan 8, 2008 9:29 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > The same day the NYT article came out, I pitched a piece to NYT about > > > coworking (I write for NYT sometimes). I hadn't seen that article yet, > > > and a search of the site for "coworking" and "co-working" yielded no > > > results. So then, I saw the article (and the related goofiness about > > > the $350,000 home office) and my boss was noting how interesting it > > > was that not once did the article use the word "coworking" though that > > > was being described. "Communal working" was their preferred term. So I > > > guess maybe time will tell what the most preferred word/s to describe > > > this are. Meanwhile, I'm always on the lookout for articles and books > > > tackling the topic, whether they call it coworking or not. So I'll > > > check here but if you have any back files of links/research, I'd > > > appreciate you sharing with me. > > > Thanks, > > > Spike Gillespie > > > bloggerwww.launchpadcoworking.com > > > > -- tara 'miss rogue' hunt coFounder Citizen Agency (www.citizenagency.com) blog: www.horsepigcow.com phone: 415-694-1951 fax: 415-727-5335 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
