A great discussion and I agree with most of the previous points, but it reminds me of the countless times I have listed to programmers argue over differing approaches to product design, completely missing the point that the discussion is much bigger than the bits, the features or the packaging.
This is, as many have stated very passionately, about building and serving a community. In some cities, the tech / creative community is an open and identifiable entity where people are always coming together to collaborate and socialize. Jelly-like sessions just make those collaborations a little bigger and more social. Sometimes the community comes together organically; sometimes the community needs a kick in the ass and someone is needed facilitate (build and fill the pool.) Either way, the “customer” gets what they need, the community benefits and the concept of coworking is credited with the win. The noun vs. verb discussion is akin to trying to put the genie back in to bottle. Use the momentum we have to get more people aware of coworking and we all win regardless of the topic, the venue or the motives. On Jun 5, 7:05 am, qotu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The coworking concept has so much power that it occupies all parts of > speech. This thread celebrates that. We are evolving the basic service > economy business model because technology has empowered us to work > from anywhere - and we're boldly deciding where we want that somewhere > to be. > > "Space" got to be so important to me as regards coworking because like > many others here, my work life evolved like this: > > 1. Chew myself free of a corporate job. > 2. Start a business. > 3. Work from home most of the time, using remote tools. > 4. Rediscover the importance of face-to-face interactions. > 5. Meet clients and colleagues in wi-fi coffeeshops and borrowed > spaces. Find that limiting. > 6. Create our own space for our team. > 7. Share our space for coworking. > > Coworking (the movement, distinct from the kind of coworking I did > with coworkers in the corporate environment) has never made sense to > me outside the context of the ubiquitous, robust remote teaming now > possible over the web. > > Is that an important difference to anyone else? So Dusty, I think the > difference we love is, corporate "coworkers" are forced to cowork > inside the salt mine, and we Coworkers have freedom to do it when and > where we want :) Empowerment being the difference. > > I'm reading this in the cold predawn, so feeling expansive and not > defensive. Just remember people, it's ALL good; take a moment to look > where we are and celebrate the extent to which we control our own > destinies :) > > Best regards to you all, > > -Susan Price --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
