Oh good. I was thinking the of artsy/character thing as well, but thought it might seem dismissive to present it. If Tony's going to suggest it though, I'll definitely back that. The community building stuff had not crossed my mind though.
Really, to me the whole thing sounds like a great "gift from god." To clarify that, I've been doing improvisational theatre for a number of years now, and that's a fairly commonly used term for when something happens in a scene that you couldn't possibly have forseen coming - baby crying, phone ringing, fire truck driving by with sirens blaring... you name it. The idea then with the "gift from god" is to seize upon it as something random which truly makes what you're doing unique; to turn that potential crisis into the biggest advantage you have and make it look as if you'd planned it that way all along. There is now something unique and out of the ordinary involved that can't be created, and I am almost always of the opinion that things completely unique should be embraced and used as an advantage. I would vote that you leave it as is, because more likely than not, if you view it as a positive thing and play it as if it were all intentional, the people coming in to your space will view it as a positive thing and wonder at how you managed to do it. Provided that I'm missing something hugely negative which hasn't been mentioned, I would actually say congratulations, because you've just found one of those pieces that will really make your space yours and impossible to be like any other. Matthew P.S. : Can we get some pics? Cause like Tony said, that sounds pretty cool. On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 4:55 PM, Tony Bacigalupo<[email protected]> wrote: > Liu, > Crisis team assemble! > Three ideas: > 1. The description actuallysounds kind of artsy and cool, is it purely ulgly > or just unprofessional? I hated the concrete floors in my space until I > properly realized how much character it gave. > 2. Call on volunteers to help you do a low-budget, last minute floor > painting job and/or bring rugs. Thus can be a great community-building > exercise anyway. > 3. Maybe even tie it in with the opening. Bring a clean rug, work that day > for free! > These are the sort of opportunities that can be turned to your advantage if > you reshape the problem into an opportunity for the community to come > together and help. > Keep us posted and let us know how it goes! > Best, > Tony > > On Jun 29, 2009, at 5:26 PM, Liu Yan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Tomorrow is our big day and the floor guy called yesterday morning and told > us this bad news: the color of our new cement floor is completely messed up. > It looks like a child smear the mud all over his face, the wildest pattern > design you could ever imagine! > > It is possible to use this space, I figured, because I remember Dave Troy > once told me here " don't impress your coworkers with your hardware", but we > don't want to scare our coworkers off with our hardware, either! Anybody > help me with some tips how to manage these? > > Big thanks! > > Liu Yan > > -- > Liu Yan刘妍 > (+86) 135 2429 5509 > Xindanwei Coworking Playce > Xindanwei Coworking China Network > @theliuyan > @xindanwei > http://xindanwei.com > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
