On Thu, 2010-05-06 at 05:46 -0700, AndrewRoth wrote: > Hey, > > My opinion: Social Networks built for individual groups never works > out like we want it. Despite all of the concerns about social > networks (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, MySpace, etc.) they do have one > major advantage of having a HUGE number of users. So many people are > using it that is is reasonable to assume that if you meet someone on > the street (or a new member comes into your space), they are very > likely to have at least one social network affiliation (most likely > Facebook). > > That said (and more on topic) what specific features do you look for > in an online collaboration tool? >
I also think people here are thinking "black and white", Why does it have to be one or the other. You can build your own home grown solution and still leverage the network ( and networking by proxy ) by linking logins and such to the Facebook API. I dont want to layout a whole design here in this email ( nor could I as I'm typing most of this as I think of it ) but this would allow things like "local collaboration" on a "private" message board for the space but using using your Facebook login and Profile, profiles for the group members could then be looked at via Facebook etc. ( again plug any social media service in where "Facebook" is ) that way you get the best of both world Disclaimer: I'm a freelance web developer so I normally tend to like the "roll your own solution" webapps, but that dosent always mean leave behind all the good ( and bad ) things from large social networks like Facebook. > -Searchable User Bio's (to find people with skills you are looking > for) > -A messaging system (both Instant Messaging and something like email) > -Video and/or Voice chatting (teleconferencing?) > -Shared Workspace (multiple users editing the same document) > -Shared Storage (multiple users accessing the same files) > By the way "Hello All" this is my first email to the list been lurking for a few weeks, I'm in Kansas City Mo, and dont know of any co-working community here in the city so I'm looking to be a catalyst for one here locally. PS. I like this idea of a hybrid co-working website so much I might start to code a bit of it in my "spare time" ( wow , people actually have spare time still? ) -- Brandon Holtsclaw [email protected] http://www.brandonholtsclaw.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]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
