Tara: Thanks for the bit of history and the link! The video you made was my guide and inspiration. "Serendipity" has become THE word at the TVO :-)
Re: "Coworking should be described as a 'movement', not just a way of working. The way of working is not new." For everyone, this is my take on: Way back in the 70's and 80's the concept of Neighborhood Telework Centers took shape. I was heavily involved in Telecommuting back then at LLNL (I co-wrote the first Telecommuting Plan there). But, I had hoped one day to open a Neighborhood TeleWork center in Tracy...but: 1.I did not have the nerve and 2. no $$. Years later (with nerve and a few $$)....I happened upon the "coworking" concept. It took me several months to digest the concept and merge it with what I already knew....The result: Here I am, typing away in the Tracy Virtual Office. WhooHoo! :-) I'd be more than happy to help with the WikiPedia effort....hmmm, Google Wave may be a good media for document collaboration??? Mike Tara Hunt wrote: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coworking > > Usually I wouldn't point this out, but wikipedia is supposed to be the > authority. In the history, it says Brad Neuberg set up the Hat > Factory, but he set up Coworking in the Spiral Muse house in the > mission (2005) and a group of five (stakeholders): > > Tara Hunt/Chris Messina > Ryanne Hodson/Jay Dedman > Brad Neuberg > Neil Drumm > Ted Tagami (I think he was the fifth) > > Set up The Hat Factory in 2006 (Chris and I went and signed the deal > with Schlomo on our way out to Wine Camp in May of 2006 - the location > was suggested by Jay & Ryanne who were friends with Schlomo). > > I also think Coworking should be described as a 'movement', not just a > way of working. The way of working is not new. The movement is. > > Either way, it needs a great deal of work and I'm not a 'wikipedian' > (and have a personal stake in it), so I'd probably be chopped. Any > volunteers? Maybe we could craft the text/references here as a group, > then have a trusted editor enter it? > > Tara > > -- > 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: 514-679-2951 > > -- > > 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. -- Mike Pihlman TracyVirtualOffice "A Coworking Community" 95 W. 11th Street, Suite 203 Tracy, CA 95376 Mobile: 209-608-4340 Web: TracyVirtualOffice.com Twitter: @TracyVirtOffice Skype: tracyvirtualoffice1 -- 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.
