I think we're gonna install an iPad with Skype. ;) just kidding. Maybe?
/ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 8:20 PM, Pat Ramsey <[email protected]> wrote: > "Keep calm and don't blink" > > I'd love to see a Tardis replica at a coworking space. > > Alex, awesome job with the phone booth. Any pics or details on its setup > with an actual phone? Are you going with just a place where someone can use > their cell? > > Cheers! > > Pat > > On Mar 30, 2010, at 10:13 PM, Matthew Wettergreen wrote: > > speaking of worth the wait, we're holding out for a TARDIS replica. > > On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 9:34 PM, Alex Hillman < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> $600, plus $100 for renting the UHaul and associated moving goodies. >> >> >> /ah >> indyhall.org >> coworking in philadelphia >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Tara Hunt <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> That is frigging fantastic! I'm drooling! >>> >>> Do you mind sharing what you paid? >>> >>> typed choppily on my Nexus One.... >>> >>> On Mar 30, 2010 10:15 PM, "Alex Hillman" <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Some of you may have seen this on Twitter, but I thought it'd be fun to >>> share here too. >>> >>> We've long had a very practical problem of the fact that Indy Hall just >>> isn't designed for people who spend all day on the phone. Which is fine, >>> people can work around that...but ultimately you need to take or make a call >>> once in a while! >>> >>> We've got a few conference rooms, social spaces, and even our balcony >>> where people step out to take a call that's more than a few minutes. >>> >>> In our current space, we've even set up a couple of makeshift "phone >>> booths" in closets and bathrooms that people reserve for conference calls. >>> >>> But...me being me...I've always wanted a real phone booth. >>> >>> Now, I did a fair amount of calling around to see if we could score one >>> of the old 90's Verizon booths, since they scrapped all of them in the early >>> 2000's, I figured they' end up in a junk yard somewhere in New Jersey. But >>> nobody at Verizon could locate that junk yard for me. >>> >>> Luckily, there's Craigslist. >>> >>> Having mentioned on more than one occasion my obsession with a phone >>> booth, one of our members spotted a vintage Bell Telephone booth on >>> Craigslist and sent it to our internal e-mail list. WAY better than those >>> janky metal and plastic Verizon ones, this one was WOOD and GLASS, pressed >>> tin interior, and even the vintage ad still in its sign holder. >>> >>> The price was right, and despite the need to carefully birth the 500+ >>> pound beast from a very narrow basement stairwell it's been sitting in for >>> what was presumably most of its life, she was was worth the wait. >>> >>> Check her out in all her glory: >>> http://twitpic.com/1bcoml With original Bell Telephone decals >>> http://twitpic.com/1bcomm Folding door open, from the side >>> http://twitpic.com/1bcoqh That awesome vintage sign (OMG long distance!? >>> Dial by Number!?) >>> http://twitpic.com/1bcvui And of course, her new home at Indy Hall >>> >>> > -- > [email protected] > Pat Ramsey > @pat_ramsey > > Code that works,… beautifully > http://slash25.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]<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. 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.
