James McCarthy http://thewerks.org.uk
On 31 Mar 2008, at 21:15, David Doolin wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 1:09 PM, Tony Bacigalupo > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I was just going to post something... the direct link to the CNN >> video is >> here: >> http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2008/03/31/ >> labarre.coworking.cnn?iref=videosearch >> >> Chris: I vote for "we've arrived". When a tabloid writes up how >> Paris Hilton >> is "coworking" at a Starbucks, then we're screwed. > > Naw, man, Paris rocks! > > Seriously, the way coworking spaces are structured, they can't be > operationally hijacked. I don't think the meme can be externally > hijacked either, as long as coworking remains sufficiently inclusive > to stay economically self-sufficient. I had started seeing some hi-jacking of wiki pages by traditional "office space" vendors dumping adds on them. A couple of the UK pages got this kind of low level spam for a bit. > > > >> >> Barring celebrity or giant conglomerate hijacking, I'd say it's all >> good :-) >> >> Has anyone seen any uptick in response? They sort of fudged the >> linking at >> the end; sounds like Polly wanted to point out some more links but >> ran out >> of time. >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 4:03 PM, Chris Messina <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> wrote: >> >>> >>> Wow, that's pretty awesome. Except the bonehead male commentator. >>> >>> Heh. Still, does this mean we've arrived or jumped the shark? ;) >>> >>> Chris >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 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-news/ >>>> >>>> spike >>>> www.launchpadcoworking.com >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >>> >> > > > > -- > http://tinobox.org/wordpress/ > linkedin, facebook, twitter, etc. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
