Agreed. She caught so much perspective and used so many of our terms and explanations. It was excellent!
-Alex On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Tara Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just finally got to watch it! (in client meetings, etc. all yesterday) > > She does SUCH an awesome job of describing it! Good job Tony and crew for > explaining coworking so well to her! > > Tara > > > On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 8:43 AM, David Doolin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 8:32 AM, ATusler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > [] > > > > > I must admit I worry about being co-opted by corporate entities. I've > > > > It's a high quality problem. > > > > > been a part of, and helped organize a number of different social and > > > political movements over the past 40 years. I'm continually surprised > > > at how quickly and effectively money-making entities, helped by > > > national media, are able to dilute and capitalize on our vision and > > > work. The silver lining is that the world changes a little bit for > > the > > > better when it happens. > > > > Yes, it does. > > > > It's too easy to sneer at this process, but it's very > > difficult to mobilize people without making sure they > > can pay the rent. And that requires lots of really > > boring stuff like handling taxes, licenses, insurance > > and all the other accoutrements of success. > > > > > > > Let's see how Time or Newsweek portray coworking. That used to be the > > > bellwether for co-option. Now it's probably ABC/CBS/NBC nightly news. > > > > I've been waiting 30 years for this: > > http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,1101080324,00.html > > > > > It's fun and worthwhile no matter how it goes. I'm impressed that > > much > > > of the vision gets understood in these news stories. It's a good sign > > > for the future. > > > > > > It *is* a good sign for the future. > > > > > > Once coworking has been "diluted" and "capitalized" > > coworking pioneers will undoubtedly be moving on to > > something equally relevant, with as much potential > > to influence culture to the better. I certainly have > > no doubt about this. > > > > > > > > > > > > Anthony > > > > > > On Mar 31, 12:58 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > for those of you who missed it, CNN did a piece on coworking today. > > > > the female anchor did a great job describing coworking. her > > co-anchor > > > > likened coworking to frat boys with a big bong listening to led > > > > zeppelin. > > > > > > > > julie blogged about it here-- there's a link to the video: > > > > > > > > > > http://blog.launchpadcoworking.com/2008/03/31/coworking-as-breaking-n... > > > > > > > > spikewww.launchpadcoworking.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > http://tinobox.org/wordpress/ > > linkedin, facebook, twitter, etc. > > > > > > > > > -- > tara 'miss rogue' hunt > coFounder > Citizen Agency (www.citizenagency.com) > blog: www.horsepigcow.com > phone: 415-694-1951 > fax: 415-727-5335 > > > > -- -- ----- -- ----- Alex Hillman round(3)media new! ask me about it digital: [EMAIL PROTECTED] visual: www.round3media.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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
