Alex, Oh, I created an linked a page in the other thread-- check it out here: https://coworking.pbwiki.com/Useful-Posts-and-Messages
Feel free to rework as you see fit. The posts you have starred should be a solid start. If one of you would like to add references to this page or otherwise to the Google Group main page or to the blog once it's populated a bit, feel free to do so. I don't have those sorts of admin skills. Tony Bacigalupo CoworkingNY / CooperBricolage / Jelly NYC On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 6:48 PM, Alex Hillman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tony B (or someone), > Could you please publish this in the "best of" section of the google > group/wiki? Maybe on the blog, too? I think having clarity of this story as > more and more people are looking at this an researching it would be > beneficial. > > Mostly related, I was SO happy to have Brad a the coworking session that I > led at Barcamp Miami this weekend. I got some really great response all > weekend long and the Miami scene is looking like it's going to really > explode very soon. I like interacting with communities when cool things > happen that feel "familiar". > > -Alex, IndyHall, Philadelphia > > > > > On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 6:45 PM, Tara Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > There have been many good stories on coworking in many newspapers across > > the US, the best one is probably coming out soon. > > > > The story we've told a zillion reporters: > > > > Chris blogged about the need for civic spaces back in early 2005? Chris > > will have the reference to that...then he met Brad N who was doing the one > > day a week coworking thing at Spiral Muse. The two of them talked. Brad, of > > course, wanted to see coworking grow, but he was having a tough time getting > > it off the ground. Chris asked if it was okay to take it and run with it and > > Brad said, "Of course!" > > > > Chris first started helping promote Coworking at spiral muse by throwing > > a Mashpit there. It was successful, but Chris wanted something bigger. So, > > we posted an event on Upcoming for a coworking meetup and a whole bunch of > > people showed up! Ryanne and Jay were all over it and we started hunting for > > a space, all the time, posting photos, progress, budgets, blog posts, etc. > > Brad was really busy at the time, so he actually wasn't involved in the > > search, but he did join us as an anchor at The Hat Factory. > > > > Chris and I made the deal at The Hat Factory with Schlomo and we ran > > that as a collective. Didn't work too well and we decided to open Citizen > > Space, once again, using an open process. We were also communicating with > > many others interested in opening their spaces at the time, traveling in > > some cases to meet with them. We would go to BarCamps around the world and > > talk about how we were setting up our space. > > > > When we opened CS, we asked the HF peeps if we could make the coworking > > google group (this one) more public. There was a bit of a rouse, but it all > > ended fine and they started their own separate list. It really started to > > grow from there and soon, we were taking phonecalls and directing people to > > this list almost weekly. We wanted to encourage everyone to develop openly. > > > > Now Alex Hillman, one of the people we helped early on, has taken a huge > > leadership role as has Patrick Tanquay as has Jacob Sayles as has many great > > people from other spaces. It's no longer a 'Tara and Chris' project, really. > > It belongs to anyone, but the growth wasn't accidental. It was very much > > deliberate and driven by our passion for spreading it. > > > > The article makes it sound like there was none of that. > > > > Tara > > > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 3:26 PM, Geoff DiMasi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > How did it happen? > > > > > > I probably should know that. > > > > > > Geoff > > > > > > > > > On Mar 2, 2008, at 5:45 PM, Chris Messina wrote: > > > > > > > > > > >> 'Every morning, Mr. Neuberg set up tables and waited for coworkers. > > > >> > > > >> '"For the first two months, no one showed up," he says, laughing at > > > >> his > > > >> initial hubris. "But people started trickling in and the word > > > >> spread." Soon > > > >> enough, he had started a movement.' > > > > > > > > Heh. > > > > > > > > Well, that's not how it happened, but it's nice prose. ;) > > > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Tara Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > >> Talk about historical revision! Still...any article promoting the > > > >> movement > > > >> is good. > > > >> > > > >> Tara > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 1:29 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> At: http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0303/p13s03-wmgn.html > > > >>> > > > >>> Steve > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> -- > > > >> tara 'miss rogue' hunt > > > >> coFounder > > > >> Citizen Agency (www.citizenagency.com) > > > >> blog: www.horsepigcow.com > > > >> phone: 415-694-1951 > > > >> fax: 415-727-5335 > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Chris Messina > > > > Citizen-Participant & > > > > Open Source Advocate-at-Large > > > > Work: http://citizenagency.com > > > > Blog: http://factoryjoe.com/blog > > > > Cell: 412.225.1051 > > > > IM: factoryjoe > > > > This email is: [ ] bloggable [X] ask first [ ] private > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > tara 'miss rogue' hunt > > coFounder > > Citizen Agency (www.citizenagency.com) > > blog: www.horsepigcow.com > > phone: 415-694-1951 > > fax: 415-727-5335 > > > > > > > -- > ----- > -- > ----- > 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. 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