Thanks for the kind words. I wrote this during the peak of the coworking.com buy and big "what is coworking" debate earlier this year. I was simply trying to embrace the obvious fact that it's hard to define, and easy to know when you see it.
Jacob On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Alex Hillman <[email protected]>wrote: > I'm digging on this loose association approach for the region, and the > simple website. > > In fact, the language on the homepage about "what is coworking" is among > the best I've seen: > > Coworking means different things to different people although one pattern > remains true. Coworking is about making the personal choice to work along > side other people instead of in isolation. For some, coworking is all > about the accelerated serendipity that comes from individuals intermixing in > person as opposed to online. For others it’s the motivation and > accountability gained from working within a set of peers. And sometimes > it’s just a reason to put on some pants and get out of the house in the > morning. Regardless of the definition, coworking is a powerful and exciting > way to work, and it’s making some big waves. What started as a simple > idea by Brad > Neuberg<http://codinginparadise.org/weblog/2005/08/coworking-community-for-developers-who.html> > back > in 2005 has grown into an inspiring movement that is spreading throughout > the world <http://coworking.com/>. > > > Would love to see a new design for coworking.com's one-pager emerge to > display this content without losing the current informational elements that > are there. :) > > -Alex > > > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > > On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Jacob Sayles <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Ooops, wrong group. As you can see, we are combining marketing efforts >> here in Seattle and taking out an ad together. Since it's out there, what >> do you think of what we came up with? It directs to a very simple website >> that pushes the discussion over to our Coworking Seattle google group and a >> listing of spaces which is just the Coworking Seattle wiki page on the >> international wiki. >> >> Jacob >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Jacob Sayles <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> How does this look guys? >>> >>> Jacob >>> >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: Katie Phoenix <[email protected]> >>> Date: Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 1:07 PM >>> Subject: Fwd: CHBP: office nomads- CHANGE 2 >>> To: Jacob Sayles <[email protected]> >>> >>> Hi Jacob, >>> Hooray! How's this? >>> >>> >>> >> -- >> 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]<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.
