Completely agreed, Nick. The uninitiated should be the first priority. The blog and this list serve the people who know what's going on, for now.
Sorry to jump the gun, but Tara's whiteboard excited a part of my brain that tends to run away with those solutions. I just want to list my support, and for what it's worth, my time. Peace, Ryan On Nov 7, 2008, at 3:28 AM, nickf wrote: > > Ok, my apologies. Somehow this thread got turned into "defining what > coworking is" and "what features the website should have"... don't get > me wrong, those are all great discussion that should happen, however, > I want to take this thread back to my original point of a simple > website that helps communicate coworking to the media and first time > visitors, etc. People who don't have any idea what "coworking" is and > want to learn just the basics. > > How we write the actual definition and content that goes onto the site > is another discussion in it's entirety.. same can be said about what > features or tools should exist for coworking... tho I would argue that > those tools are not specifically something that should be introduced > to first time visitors and the press. What we're starting to do here, > I am afraid, is solutioneer... putting the solution before we fully > explore the problem. The problem here has two parts 1) clarity in the > concept to non versed individuals and 2) ease of use in finding that > information. > > If we look at those problems in detail we'll get a little further > along to defining the goals of such a website, then, and only then can > we bring various solutions to the table for consideration and vet them > against the goals of the site. If they don't match up then we need to > consider a different solution. This will help us keep whatever > solution we come up with down to a manageable and achievable size. We > don't need to over engineer this or have some grandiose site with the > worlds most perfect definition of what coworking is.. we just need a > site that media and the first time users can use, read and understand. > > - Nick > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
