Alex, & Spike et al, Sounds awesome. A wiki page would be great to compile a list of things to talk about and who will be there.
Spike, I'd love to talk to you about accommodations! I just booked my flight and am tackling a place to stay now. Great to hear about LaunchPad's progress! Tony On Jan 17, 2008 2:35 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Alex, > Glad you'll be here for SXSW. I've attended and/or participated in the > festival since the early nineties and was lucky enough to be a > panelist for the first SXSW interactive. I hope y'all will keep > LaunchPad Coworking in the loop (we're opening a coworking space in > Austin later this year). You can let me know directly. I'll help with > housing if I can. And we'd love to get together with other coworkers > during your visit to share a meal and ideas. Also, I'm sure you'll be > busy with SXSW itself, but if you need any pointers on how to get > around, where to eat, and what to do, just let me know. > Thanks, > Spike > www.launchpadcoworking.com > > On Jan 17, 7:36am, "Alex Hillman" < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Hey Coworking Peeps! > > > > Wondering how many people will be at SXSW in 2008? > > > > Last year, Chris and Tara arranged a meetup during Barcamp Austin and we > had > > a really nice turnout. This year, our community has grown and our > movement > > has a great deal of strength. > > > > As I mentioned on the coworking blog, back in July, Patrick Tanguay > > (Station-C - Coworking Montreal - Opening Feb08) and I worked on a SXSW > > panel submission with the crew from Citizen Space (as well as some input > > > from Eva @ Cubespace and support from Brian Oberkirch as a possible > > moderator). "Unfortunately", our panel slipped into the standby pile > (still > > respectable) as far as panels, but last week I emailed the conference > event > > coordinator to get a pulse on the status of our submission, and he clued > me > > in to the new "Core Conversations" model that's been added to the SXSW > > Interactive conference. Not so unfortunate after all! > > > > For those of you familiar with BarCamp (many of you are, since the > barcamp > > movement and the coworking movement have woven themselves into one > > another...for those who aren't, see barcamp.org), this trial run of a > new > > format for the SXSW team reads > > (http://2008.sxsw.com/interactive/programming/core_conversations/ > ) a whole > > lot like that conversational presentation medium that I know I love, and > > think is a MUCH better fit for the "sharing" type of presentation I'd > like > > this to end up being! > > > > There's also an opportunity to continue (or start, depending on the > timing) > > anything from the Core Conversations session at BarcampAustinIII, which, > I > > believe, is taking place right around the corner from the conference > center. > > > > The session itself is a BIT more general than coworking, as the topic we > > submitted for general appeal: > > *Coworking and the Evolution of the Independent Worker > > > > *So we have an opportunity to discuss some worker/workplace issues, and > why > > coworking is important for exploring them. > > > > If you're involved in coworking at ANY stage: interested in coworking, a > > space catalyst, a space owner, or an active coworker...drop me a line. > I'd > > like to get a portion of the coworking wiki actively discussing topics > that > > we should bring up during our session, and use that information to best > > drive the 1 hour slot that we get. > > > > I DONT know yet which day, or time slot, we'll recieve but as soon as I > > know, I'll be happy to share. > > > > I'm so excited for SXSW, and hope to meet many of my fellow coworkers > there! > > > > Cheers, > > Alex, IndyHall, Philadelphia > > > > -- > > ----- > > -- > > ----- > > Alex Hillman > > web.developer.innovation.consultant > > vocal: 484.597.6256 > > digital: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | skype: dangerouslyawesome > > visual:www.weknowhtml.com|www.dangerouslyawesome.com > > local:www.indyhall.org > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
