Hi Michelle,
Good to see you here :-)
I think it's interesting to look at coworking in the context of an academic
setting, and how the existing study groups might intersect with coworking
principles. Who knows what will come of it!
As for how to explore it further, let's start with this:
We have our own mini community among a few of us ("work parties"), but I
> feel like talking with and being around people who care about the same
> things that we care about, but come at it from different angles, would
> really help.
>
This is fantastic. Having an existing community already gets you past a a
hurdle others who have to start from scratch have to jump.
Start with this group. If you (and, more importantly, if they) want to
explore working/studying alongside a more diverse set of people, set up an
event and email everyone in your current little community-- and ask them to
bring one person who isn't involved in the same field.
Put the word out in the channels you have direct access to, and also try to
reach out of other groups/people who you think would dig it.
If you pick a space and a date and a catchy name (or start a Jelly and use
that name), and put it out to the Coworking group here and to others, see
what the heck happens. And then evolve it from there.
Just a couple of basic thoughts. What am I missing?
Anyway, you rock :-) Can't wait to see how this progresses.
Best,
Tony
CoworkingNY
On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Michelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm a graduate student in Chicagoland who is broadly interested in
> computers and education, and was wondering if anyone had advice or
> experience with coworking communities that mix, for example,
> researchers and businessfolks/entrepeneurs/interesting people, or
> something of that sort. I and my colleagues are interested in
> developing and democratizing (so making - and more importantly,
> teaching kids how to make their own) technologies in schools, but I
> feel like just an occasional chat with someone who isn't caught up in
> the academic jargon, and who really understands the pragmatic issues
> around software development, or consumers, or any of that business
> stuff we know very little about (or can just keep me up to date with
> the tech stuff that's available out there... why did it take me so
> long to learn about django?) could really help. We have our own mini
> community among a few of us ("work parties"), but I feel like talking
> with and being around people who care about the same things that we
> care about, but come at it from different angles, would really help.
> At this point I'm just wondering how to find out whether there are
> people interested in working around and chatting with others who are
> passionate about similar topics so that we can stay excited and fresh
> about our work, and how to find them. I've noticed that the sr-grad-
> student slump... working alone at home or in that familiar corner of
> Bros K (as great as that place is) can get really tough for people
> (especially when you really just want to geek out or show off some
> code and no one knows what you're talking about!)... and that just
> remembering that people are interested can really motivate people to
> do great things.
>
> -Michelle
>
> >
>
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