Hi All, Thanks for the support. Ilana at the Chronicle did a great article and I love that she included Sandbox Suites, Hatbox, and Citizen Space as other Bay Area coworking spaces. Each one has its own personality and appeals to different co-workers, I think.
I will definitely post a comment. And on a side note on the "onramping" bit, I have worked a bit with YourOnRamp.com and the people doing this onramping are really seeking flexibility. They have taken time off their careers for various reasons and want to create their own job style. They are definitely potential co-workers as well as those looking to "offramp." The offrampers need to know coworking spaces exist so they can create the work environment they need/want. Absolutely important for all of us to find ways to reach out to both of these groups and "educate" them on the coworking communities around the world. -Felicity www.cubesandcrayons.com On Apr 6, 4:55 am, "Raines Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Congratulations, Felicity & co. > > All, don't pass up opportunities like this to add comments on the > paper's website that will help the online readers go beyond what's in > the story and make personal connections, more likely to get involved > in the movement. > > Personal stories are great, anecdotes of how coworking has changed > your life (or at least your work), the challenges of life-work > integration (with or without kids), why your coworking space doesn't > include childcare or other "take it for granted" services that W-2 > corporate salaried folks rely on and need to be ready to take care of > on their own as they prepare to make the leap from Working for the Man > to blissful independence/independents. > > For best results, avoid touting your own space... even if it is a > groovy not-for-profit cooperative, it can come across as > commercial/spammy. No links. Longer than a tweet, shorter than a > mailing list message. Don't rely on paragraph breaks for formatting in > SF Chron comments, they all go away upon posting. > > One of the phenomenons the Cubes & Crayons site references is > "onramping," helping parents re-enter the workforce; it seems to me > that we have a role to play in building "offramps," helping people > escape and realize they can take control of their career, their work, > their future. The more we can make it clear that coworking has some > "easy" "managed" options, the more folks I think we'll find crossing > over. > > You can also think of it as our job to hang out on streetcorners, > dispensing red pills. (#TheMatrix reference) > > Raineshttp://www.CoworkingCoach.com/ > back to Durham (NC) for a couple of weeks; interested in > coworking/Jelly happenings in the tri-cities, or perhaps an evening > MeetUp. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
