Wow. That's one gorgeous space. I love the floors, actually! T 2009/6/30 Liu Yan <[email protected]>
> Mike, There are simply just so many abandoned factory in the downtown area, > the regeneration to the old industrial grey area is the trend all around the > world. Artists and creative people love old buildings because of their > unique identities, high ceiling, cheap rent and the stories hidden in the > cement. lol > > I have just uploaded the photos of Xindanwei Coworking Playce to our > website: http://xindanwei.com. Please check them out if you are > interested: > > greetings, Liu Yan > > > 2009/6/30 Mike Schinkel <[email protected]> > > Liu: >> >> That's the culture in China like today? In the 1950's in the USA everyone >> wanted shiny and new(-looking) because they were emerging from the >> depression. Today in the US we want weathered and old(-looking, even if new) >> because we've had some many mass-produced new items we want to get back to >> the perceived-quality or something with longevity and character. Do Chinese >> people value the "loft look" (an example: >> http://www.carolinarealtyguide.com/images/lofts9.jpg) or do they prefer >> for things to be new and spotless? >> >> (BTW, there's no judgment here; everyone's current culture is their own >> and it goes in cycles typically differenting from what they had in the >> somewhat recent past.) >> >> -Mike Schinkel >> Organizer; Atlanta Web Entrepreneurs >> http://atlantawebentrepreneurs.org >> http://twitter.com/mikeschinkel >> http://twitter.com/atlantaweb >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Liu Yan" <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 5:26:32 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern >> Subject: [Coworking] Crisis management: One day to the opening and the >> floor is totally messed up. >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Liu Yan刘妍 > (+86) 135 2429 5509 > @theliuyan > www.we-need-money-not-art.com/activist > www.xindanwei.com > > > > > -- tara 'missrogue' hunt Book: The Whuffie Factor (http://www.thewhuffiefactor.com) Blog: HorsePigCow: Marketing Uncommon (http://horsepigcow.com) Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/missrogue phone: 415-694-1951 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
