+1 Alex. The Global Coworking Blog just re-launched about a month ago so I'd like to give this system a fighting chance before we change its guts.
On Oct 6, 9:08 pm, Alex Hillman <[email protected]> wrote: > To continue Angel's point, the if the coworking blog were to become an > aggregator, I'd be very disappointed. Aggregation may generate more content, > but the quality becomes instantly diluted. > > Kapost or not, the coworking blog should be a place for thoughtful sharing, > not aggregated activity. We're doing our best to not editorialize anything > that goes on the blog, but at the same time, encourage, curate, and garden a > new and more meaningful place for written content around coworking. > > That's to say, there's nothing wrong with you writing something for your own > blog and then submitting it, asking for attribution to you and the original > post. But I remain strong in my stance that quality will consistently be > rewarded, where quantity benefits nobody. > > I know MANY people on this list who have great ideas and experiences, and I > wish that they'd set aside 30 minutes and write down JUST ONE THING, and > submit it. > > -Alex > > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > > > On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 10:50 PM, Angel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Devin, > > The original impetus for changing the blog was the realization that a > > company called Kapost existed. We've entered in to an agreement > > (albeit a loose one) to use Kapost to help them get the word out about > > their awesome new software and in return we get the service for free > > for as long as we want it. Alex and I plan to have coworking.com > > point to the coworking blog but haven't made the switch yet. > > > Honestly, it would take two seconds to copy blog content using the > > Kapost contribute button. I am hesitant to move to the RSS option > > already since I've already spent hours and hours crimping :) > > > That all being said, if you can make the RSS thing work in WP so that > > it is still lovely and doesn't turn editing into some nightmarish task > > (it takes me about 4 clicks to publish contributions now) then by all > > means! > > -Angel > > > On Oct 6, 9:54 am, Devin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks for the blog. Great crimping! > > > > Instead of lots of petitioning for people to submit great articles to > > > the coworking blog, what if you encouraged them to post great articles > > > to their own coworking space's blogs? Then, ask people to submit > > > their coworking space's RSS feed to the site. We could have a big > > > list coworking space RSS feeds (similar to alltop.com) and as editor > > > you could curate the best articles to go on the homepage. These > > > articles would then link back to the blogs they originated from: > > > writers get traffic to their blogs, coworking.com gets awesome content > > > and everyone gets to see everyone else's RSS feeds in one place. Wins > > > all around! > > > > I also think it would be good to integrate coworking.com with the > > > coworking blog. I uploaded two pages of IA here. > >http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/web/Coworking.com%20Suggesti... > > > > I can build the RSS aggregation page in Joomla but I'd have to do a > > > little research to figure out how to do it in wordpress. What do you > > > think of this idea? > > > > On Oct 5, 4:53 pm, Angel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > I plan to petition you regularly via a variety of venues to elicit > > > > your participation in the Global Coworking Blog. The blog has been > > > > washed, dried and crimped to a new style of awesomeness and now just > > > > needs your content. > > > > > Here are some blog titles you can steal for inspiration. > > > > > 5 lessons that Coworking has taught me > > > > 10 Ways to make coworking work for you! > > > > What I would have done differently when I opened my coworking space > > > > 12 (or 6) reasons to start coworking today > > > > Top 5 ways that coworking changed my life > > > > 3 Reasons to start a coworking space in your town > > > > > ANYONE can contribute to this blog and if my coworking space's blog is > > > > any kind of example---ANYONE can blog. I'll be your editor and I'm > > > > very gentle. Use the Contribute button in the sidebar to submit your > > > > content TODAY!http://blog.coworking.com/ > > > > > Love, Angel > > > -- > > 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%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups > > .com> > > . > > 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.
