Well thanks Ryan, I'm happy to inform you that I'm very familiar with South by Southwest but thanks for the other links and suggestions.
Maybe we will host something here in Lancaster - details coming soon. Cheers, Anne On Oct 13, 3:47 pm, Ryan Price <[email protected]> wrote: > Anne, you've officially started the "Coworking Conference" discussion > three months early. You win! :) > > The Coworking US conference is called South by Southwest. It happens > in Austin, Texas in March and it is the one place I know where the > most coworking catalysts are all in one room. > > OK, so there are also tens of thousands of people in Austin who aren't > there just to talk about coworking, but it's a pretty good start. > > Honestly, I think if you want to host something in Lancaster, you > should. I will do something in Orlando on the same day, and we could > convince others to do the same. I know of someone who recently did a > big US tour of coworking spaces for hishttp://gwob.orgtour, ending > with a "simulcast" event in several spaces all over the world. That > would be a cool coworking party. > > See also: Dave Winer's HyperCamp concept:http://go.hypercamp.org/#background > > See also: FourSquare Day, a grassroots event started in Tampa, > thousands of miles away from 4sq headquarters, sydicated to 250 > cities:http://4sqday.com/ > > See also: Likemindhttp://likemind.uswhich is a monthly meetup, on > the same day, in 60+ cities across the globe. > > Peace, > Ryan Price > [email protected] > @liberatr > 407-484-8528 > > FloridaCreatives.com > Next Likemind: October 15th @ Drunken Monkey > Orlando Happy Hour: October 18th @ Crooked Bayou > > On Oct 13, 2010, at 3:31 PM, Anne Kirby wrote: > > > > > Well I'm all about doing Ryan. > > > It would be great to plan a conference on coworking like Coworking > > Europe but I'm not sure how many people would head to Lancaster, PA. > > Maybe this is a way for us all to get to know each other better? > > >http://coworkingeu.wordpress.com/ > > > On Oct 13, 3:16 pm, Ryan Price <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The motto of the Drupal community: > >> "Talk is Silver, Code is Gold." > > >> In this case Code == participation, or a thing you made, instead of > >> talking about it (AKA Bikeshedding).http://www.bikeshed.com > > >> Not accusing anyone of bikeshedding, but it's one of those concepts > >> that just needs to circulate more, as well as "Does Coworking Have a > >> Hyphen?" > > >> Peace, > >> Ryan Price > >> [email protected] > >> @liberatr > >> 407-484-8528 > > >> FloridaCreatives.com > >> Next Likemind: October 15th @ Drunken Monkey > >> Orlando Happy Hour: October 18th @ Crooked Bayou > > >> On Oct 13, 2010, at 3:01 PM, Alex Hillman wrote: > > >>> Understood, and sorry if I came across as a little harsh. :) > > >>> Discussion, as always, is great and 2nd only to action! Obviously, > >>> since we're practically neighbors, you and I should be getting > >>> together soon anyway :) > > >>> -Alex > > >>> /ah > >>> indyhall.org > >>> coworking in philadelphia > > >>> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Anne Kirby > >>> <[email protected] > >>>> wrote: > >>> Thanks Alex, I'll definitely look into your suggestions. > > >>> I think things got a little out of control. Really want I would love > >>> to see is the community getting to know each other better and if > >>> collaboration is born from that great! If not that's fine as well. > >>> I'm > >>> not for excluding anyone and a committee is not the answer, I was > >>> just > >>> trying to clarify my thoughts. Sorry if it came across the wrong > >>> way. > >>> Maybe it's a gathering of those involved and or interested in > >>> coworking to discuss coworking and all the elements. > > >>> Cheers, > >>> Anne > > >>> On Oct 13, 2:47 pm, TelBitConsulting <[email protected]> > >>> wrote: > >>>> "Uh oh. Not the 'c' word...committee. As in "death by..." > > >>>> Chocolate? :-) > > >>>> Mike > > >>>> Visithttp://ForCarol.comandhelpraise teen awareness about unsafe > >>> driving > >>>> and encourage parents to enforce curfews! Would you rather argue > >>> with your > >>>> teen...or bury them? > > >>>> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Tara Hunt > >>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>> Uh oh. Not the 'c' word...committee. As in "death by..." > > >>>>> I don't want to discourage the passion and momentum here and I, > >>> too, want > >>>>> to see coworking be a household word (well, maybe not household, > >>> but a > >>>>> well-known concept that people see as a great alternative to > >>> working from an > >>>>> office, home or coffee shop - that isn't for everyone). I just > >>> want to > >>>>> encourage us to think about proceeding in a manner that is true > >>> to the small > >>>>> pieces loosely joined ethos of this movement. > > >>>>> T > > >>>>> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Anne Kirby < > >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: > > >>>>>> Kind of like an organized face to the movement. It could be > >>> made up of > >>>>>> a committee of coworking spaces. :) > > >>>>>> On Oct 13, 1:40 pm, Anne Kirby > >>> <[email protected]> > >>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>> WOW - Great conversation! > > >>>>>>> I'm not suggesting we do away with the wiki or google or move > >>> that > >>>>>>> content, they are great and they serve a purpose. I'm also not > >>>>>>> suggesting we put all this information out to the masses on > >>> facebook. > >>>>>>> Just thinking of ways to encourage more communication between > >>> spaces > >>>>>>> but also educate the public in what we're doing and > >>> highlighting all > >>>>>>> the great businesses involved. > > >>>>>>> Alex, if more spaces collaborated maybe the press would get > >>> better? > > >>>>>>> My post was to start a discussion on how we could do this, > >>> with the > >>>>>>> suggestion of a Facebook page. More like a collaborative > >>> public face > >>>>>>> to all of the fantastic things happing in the world of > >>> coworking. > > >>>>>>> I'd be happy to spear head it and know a few spaces who might > >>> be > >>>>>>> willing to get involved. > > >>>>>>> Thanks for the discussion. > > >>>>>>> Cheers, > >>>>>>> Anne > > >>>>>>> On Oct 13, 12:36 pm, Ryan Price <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>>>>>> Hear Hear! > > >>>>>>>> Starting a new group on a website should be just as hard as > >>> starting a > > >>>>>>>> second coworking space in the same city - it requires a > >>> gardener (or > >>>>>>>> two) to really bring things to life, get people talking to > >>> each other. > > >>>>>>>> Broadcast is different from discussion, and this list is > >>> one of the > >>>>>>>> best I know for discussion - on any subject. > > >>>>>>>> My experience with FB and LinkedIn have been very similar > >>> to what Tara > > >>>>>>>> is describing. They require lots of attention, and weeding. > >>> This > >>>>>>>> community noticed the same thing with the Wiki over the > >>> summer, and > >>>>>>>> now there are people paying more attention there, the world > >>> is a > >>>>>>>> better place for it. > > >>>>>>>> Peace, > >>>>>>>> Ryan Price > >>>>>>>> [email protected] > >>>>>>>> @liberatr > >>>>>>>> 407-484-8528 > > >>>>>>>> FloridaCreatives.com > >>>>>>>> Next Likemind: October 15th @ Drunken Monkey > >>>>>>>> Orlando Happy Hour: October 18th @ Crooked Bayou > > >>>>>>>> On Oct 13, 2010, at 12:29 PM, Tara Hunt wrote: > > >>>>>>>>> Thank you for saying this Ryan. > > >>>>>>>>> We've had a gabillion suggestions over the years to > >>> 'move' from this > > >>>>>>>>> Google Group to something else. And each time, the action > >>>>>>>>> cannibalizes our discussions somewhat. LinkedIN group, > >>> Facebook > >>>>>>>>> page, Blogs, new networks, chat spaces, etc. > > >>>>>>>>> This group and all of our discussions are public, indexed > >>> on Google > > >>>>>>>>> and incredibly valuable. Look at the history of growth! The > >>>>>>>>> maturation of discussion! > > >>>>>>>>> I'm not against promoting coworking in whatever way we > >>> can, but the > > >>>>>>>>> issue we've faced with scattering groups here and there > >>> is that it > >>>>>>>>> becomes yet another place to manage. For instance...the > >>> LinkedIN > >>>>>>>>> group. Loads of people request to join and post questions > >>> there, but > > >>>>>>>>> I miss them and there are so many self-promoters in there > >>> that have > > >>>>>>>>> nothing to do with Coworking that it turns those people > >>> off. > >>>>>>>>> Thinking that the LinkedIN group IS THE coworking > >>> discussion group, > > >>>>>>>>> they go away thinking this movement is dead or a waste of > >>> time. Not > > >>>>>>>>> a great way to promote coworking at all. > > >>>>>>>>> So we can start groups and someone can take the helm of > >>> each of them > > >>>>>>>>> and there can be discussions over hither and yon that > >>> replicate the > > >>>>>>>>> discussions here. Or, we can continue to try to get > >>> people to gather > > >>>>>>>>> here. In a really great useful space. Personally, I'm > >>> glad that > >>>>>>>>> there isn't very much activity on that Facebook group. > >>> I'm thinking > > >>>>>>>>> of sending a message out to everyone that is on it to > >>> come here and > > >>>>>>>>> introduce themselves then shutting it down (or at least > >>> putting the > > >>>>>>>>> link to this group up there). > > >>>>>>>>> T > > >>>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 12:17 PM, Ryan Price > >>> <[email protected]> > > >>>>>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>>>> Really? More email from Facebook? > > >>>>>>>>> Anne, > > >>>>>>>>> I would say the Facebook pages are not too active because > >>> this list > > >>>>>>>>> is SO active. I'd hate to splinter this discussion, and > >>> have to > >>>>>>>>> follow in 5 places. > > >>>>>>>>> Peace, > >>>>>>>>> Ryan Price > >>>>>>>>> [email protected] > > >>>>>>>>> @liberatr > >>>>>>>>> 407-484-8528 > > >>>>>>>>> FloridaCreatives.com > >>>>>>>>> Next Likemind: October 15th @ Drunken Monkey > >>>>>>>>> Orlando Happy Hour: October 18th @ Crooked Bayou > > >>>>>>>>> On Oct 13, 2010, at 12:09 PM, Anne Kirby wrote: > > >>>>>>>>> Thanks! > > >>>>>>>>> On Oct 13, 12:06 pm, Alex Hillman > >>> <[email protected]> > >>>>>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>>>> John Erik from Conjunctured set this up last night, using > >>> Facebook's > > >>>>>>>>> new > >>>>>>>>> groups feature. > > >>>>>>>>> I'm hesitant to put tons of energy into this because, > >>> frankly, > >>>>>>>>> Facebook > >>>>>>>>> changes their mind all the time. > > >>>>>>>>> But if you're looking to settle on one, I think the latest > >>>>>>>>> incarnation is > >>>>>>>>> probably the most ideal. > > ... > > read more » -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. 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