And just 'cause I have writers block, I switched on the About page as the landing page on: http://blog.coworking.info/
On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 8:46 PM, Tara Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Odd. I haven't heard anything about egos. I just want to be sensitive to > everyone's needs here. And I want to make sure this is done right (I'm > certainly not upset - just very cautious about moving forward with this). > Anyone who wants to work on this project and would like admin rights on the > blog, where you can change the landing page to a blurb about coworking or a > map or anything you'd like as well as add all of the pages that have been > suggested, I'll upgrade you on the blog to Administrator. I don't have time > to do this right now myself, but I wrote all of the content you specified on > the wiki about a year ago. > > One issue... "Is coworking in your area?" suggestion of a feed from the > wiki just doesn't work - with wiki spam and so many spaces in progress, > we've been using the Google Map (it's already in the sidebar) that everyone > and anyone can add to (also an issue 'cause there are alot of non-coworking > spaces on there - who is gonna manage THAT nightmare? I tried for a spell > then lost track). > > I've been adding the spaces to the sidebar as people request or announce on > the group manually - but that doesn't work well, either. > > Lemme tell you. This is a bit of a mess, but a beautiful one. There are > ALOT of spammers that attack the blog, wiki and google group - and human > spammers, too, who want to promote their expensive execu-offices that don't > quite fit in the 'cafe like environment' we envisioned. So, part of not > making this super easy has been a nice trick to keep these interests at > bay... > > Anyway. Unless people are reading into what I wrote before, there is no ego > stuff here (this is what I hate about email - jokes don't come off as jokes > and you don't hear the caution rather than the pissed-off-ed-ness in my > voice), but to tell ya the truth, the ego comments do bruise my ego. ;) > (that was a joke dammit) > > But caution. That I am definitely feeling here. Cleaning things up and > making static or automatically updating pages create administrative > additions I've tried to avoid from the get-go. Just a caution... > > Tara > > > > > > On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 8:22 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> >> Wow this has become the topic of choice....lol >> >> I think everyone that has posted has posted with thought and good >> intentions. Alex I for the most agree with you, regarding making >> this more complicated then it should be. There are a few people in >> this community that although I've only recently begain contributing >> to...i've been lurking for the last year or so..... Those would be >> Alex and Tara. (and it's kind of natural as one east coast one west >> coast) >> >> Having a general open to the public "Launch Page" only benefits us as >> facilitators, owners, groupies or whatever you like to call yourself. >> My belief is that nobody that's posting here wants to hurt the >> community....so lets move forward and trust each other, not let egos >> or differences in what version 1.0 should look like get in the way. >> We are all trendsetters and I embrace and value what each of you has >> done to move this effort forward. >> >> I'm good with saying Alex & Tara head it up..... task us as you need >> put up coworkination or infocoworking or we bite the bullet and by >> coworking.com...in any case we have to have *******coworking.com 1.0 >> and be open to inputs on 1.001 and 1.002 etc... >> >> I would agree to as stated in here by folks much more eloquent then me >> a site that consists of: >> >> A few pages: >> >> What is coworking >> Why coworking >> Media about coworking (focus on those that have goten video press) >> Most easily accomplished by a feed from the wiki >> Is coworking in your area? (either a feed from wiki or someone commits >> to maintaining a list of locations) >> How to join the coworking movement. 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