All work and no play makes jack a dull boy (and jane a dull girl). Having a lounge, with games and toys and reading material (not just work-related stuff) is important for quality of life, and thats a huge aspect to our community and workspace. It also reflects on the nature of the culture that's been fostered here.
And to David's point, making video games (and a beer fridge) available are absolutely part of the bonding experience between community members. One final point worth making: Coworking offices are different, intrinsically. If an office looks and feels too much like an office, people enter with an office mentality. Worse, they wont enter at all because they've already left the office and aren't looking to go back to the office that they are used to. If it looks and feels different, they are prepared with a new frame of mind and take better advantage of the types of dynamics that a non-traditional office can offer. Games are absolutely a part of that! -- ----- -- ----- Alex Hillman im always developing something digital: [email protected] helpful: www.unstick.me visual: www.dangerouslyawesome.com local: www.indyhall.org On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 6:59 PM, David Kominsky <[email protected]>wrote: > We find the Wii is a way to bring people together for conversation, and > give people a way to blow off steam. I jokingly refer to playing Wii as > "community building." Half jokingly, actually, because it really does > function that way. > > --David > David Kominsky > [email protected] > 503-206-3500 > CubeSpace > 622 SE Grand Avenue > Portland, OR 97214 > > > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 3:57 PM, KC <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> So some of you seem to have game rooms, but most don't. I'd love to >> hear the "why we did" or "why we didn't" stories. >> >> Thx in advance! >> >> Kevin >> >> [email protected] >> 325-280-8680 >> facebook<http://profile.to/kevinchristian/> >> linkedin<http://www.linkedin.com/in/kclegal> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
