I wanted to snapshot my memories of this last week as I remembered it, and share it.
I wrote this last night. As I said on Twitter, I'm sure I left out something Juicy, but: http://www.dangerouslyawesome.com/2010/02/18/coworking-com-the-next-generation/ <http://www.dangerouslyawesome.com/2010/02/18/coworking-com-the-next-generation/> -Alex /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 9:25 AM, TCS <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > We realize there's more users - I wasn't counting users, rather considering > the overall expandability and multifunctional use of a website tool. It's > not the easiest to use as a developer, but once you get it, it is robust! > Just thinking if you want to create a community environment and build on a > more robust tool, Drupal's great. We love Wordpress too! Either way, we'll > help. > > Chad > > > On 2010-02-19, at 12:48 AM, Mike Schinkel wrote: > > We're a Drupal studio. If planned well the site can be both aesthetically > pleasing and self sustained. (Drupal is the # 1 opensourse CMS) > > > Sorry to hijack the thread *but only for a bit;* I just can't let that > assertion stand unchallenged! :-) Drupal is not the #1 opensource CMS, > WordPress is! It's got far more users than Drupal! ;-) > > > Anyway, I'm a former Drupal guy who after 2 years finally realized how much > pain Drupal was causing me and switched to WordPress, never been happier! > :) > > > -Mike Schinkel > Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking > http://ignitionalley.com > > p.s. OTOH, my partner in Ignition Alley is a Drupal guy so there you go! > > > On Feb 18, 2010, at 7:55 PM, TCS wrote: > > We're a Drupal studio. If planned well the site can be both aesthetically > pleasing and self sustained. (Drupal is the # 1 opensourse CMS) We're > willing to help develop the site if y'all wanna do the leg work on > Information Architecture, finalize a content outline and navigation > schematic, name the taxonomy terms and design. ;o) We can do design as > well, but thought that could be another studio if they want to help. Don't > know if there's funds available to offer to help build, but we're willing to > do whatever for the cause of coworking! > > Chad > > The Creative Space - Canada > www.thecreativespace.ca > 705-252-2423 > > On 2010-02-18, at 7:29 PM, Alex Hillman wrote: > > Over the last several hours, I've finalized the transactions with Bernie > and Gerrit, transferred the domain, configured the DNS, and set up a simple > static homepage to display the community core values and point them to the > three communal resources that we have, just like intended by the proposal > sent out earlier this week. > > The new coworking.com points to the google group, the wiki, and the blog. > It defines some explicit activities that people can do at each of those > places to get involved. > > http://coworking.com > > It does not attempt to define coworking any more than is already defined on > the landing page of the google group. It does not express any commercial or > even organizational intent. It just says "we're here, and we're not going > anywhere". I think this stake in the ground is extremely representative and > lets us go ANY direction we want. > > The design is the product of...well...an hour of my time put in to > copywriting and CSS. I'd be just as happy to throw it away if something else > came along and the group suggests that, so long as the general concept stays > clear. > > I'd also be willing to take design/copy tips/tweaks to heart. You can't > hurt my feelings too bad, I'm not a designer and I know it :) > > There are still a number of other matters to sort out that have come up > since we started down this fun journey this week, and they can be dealt with > one at a time. > > I'll be following up with all of the contributors, as well as the list, to > discuss the next steps in managing the remaining funds. > > *I'd really like the next discussion on this list* to help find a more > sustainable mechanism for allowing people to contribute to the website fund > without raising money that we simply don't need. Right now the fund raise is > spread out over ~20 people. That de-risked the initial purchase, and let > this happen at all. In the next phase, I think the objective should be to > spread the fund wider and, as Chris Messina said, put the focus on > individual supporters instead of business supporters, giving everyone more > equal access to the resources that come with having the domain. > > Let's brainstorm! > > I also want to publicly thank Bernie and Gerrit for being so awesome during > the transaction. They asked me to share this retrospective they posted last > night on the last 10 years with the domain. > http://www.smartmobs.com/2010/02/17/coworking-past-and-future/ > > -Alex > > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > -- > 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. > > > <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 [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. > > > > -- > 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. > > > * > > > * > 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 [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<coworking%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. 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