I concur with Tara - a common hub, a place of learning, a place of community and a place to grow spaces and launch new ones.
On 2010-02-17, at 1:23 PM, Tara Hunt wrote: > The idea behind a discussion about 3 years ago regarding the THEN > coworking.com, coworkination.com is that the site is used for the following > purposes: > > 1. Information on the movement and how to get involved > 2. An up to date map of the current coworking spaces > 3. That map is generated by signing up with a 'space' (because of spam, those > can be voted off the island) > 4. If you are part of a space (owner, permanent tenant), you can sign up as > an individual under coworkination + a space, if you are nomadic, you sign up > as an individual and 'check in' to spaces you visit. > 5. There was a foursquare-like element with space badges that would appear on > your profile (spaces you visit) > > And...eventually, there was to be a geo-logging element to it. We discussed > using something like Plazes.com (acquired by Nokia since then) to have anyone > who opened a laptop in a space automagically check in. > > But it wasn't meant to be some formal organization. The goals were to: > > 1. Give n00bies information and directions to their nearest coworking space > and for those interested in starting a space, good information. > 2. Give coworking spaces a platform to shine on > 3. Give all of us a more accurate read as to how many real coworking spaces > (there is too much spam on the gMap) there are and who to contact in regards > to those spaces. > > But really nothing else. I am still leaning towards that idea. > > T > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 12:53 PM, TCS <c...@thecreativespace.ca> wrote: > My take: don't form a new entity. > > TCS is a labour of love as most of these space are...we break even most of > the time but as individual companies we've all grown and increased revenues. > coworking.com is just another way for us to help the movement of > relationships, collaboration and creativity (TCS 3 value words) > > coworking.com is worth the investment into our vision. Use the funds, buy > the domain. you'll have to live up to your promises of donation = some > value, but for us, the value is 3 fold. One: we can bring all the > discussions (wiki, group, etc) under one roof and Two: we can loosely own the > term which can help us all on going. and Three: We have a distinct hub for > new spaces to come to and learn. > > Chad > <tcs-sign-1.png> > > > > Chad Ballantyne > Creative Director > www.thecreativespace.ca > 705.252.2423 > > ü Please consider the environment before printing this email. > > > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > > > -- > 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 cowork...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. Chad Ballantyne Creative Director www.thecreativespace.ca 705.252.2423 ü Please consider the environment before printing this email. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
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