Chiming in on the idea of a coworking conference...count me in as a vote for the pre-SXSW timeline. I am another person who has dreamed a whole bunch (and even started planning at one point) about a coworking meetup for us all to sit down and chat face-to-face. I'd love to see this happen on a bigger scale than has ever happened before at SXSW. I'm pretty sure if I head out there this year I'm not getting a badge. Just going to hang out with all of you fine folks!
As Tony said, count me in for attending, but for the time being, count me out for planning. :) We're working on some stuff out in Seattle. More on that in a moment. S __ Office Nomads officenomads.com 206-484-5859 On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 9:42 AM, Julian @PariSoMa <[email protected]>wrote: > I'd be interested in talking about the coworking conference before > SXSW. > > Talked with Nathaniel who runs La Cantine Paris and in Europe they are > going forward with Coworking Europe 2010, > http://coworkingeu.wordpress.com/, > a two-day conference on coworking. They've gotten some sponsors and > looks like a great schedule. > > Could be a good model to follow. > > Cheers, > > Julian > > On Oct 13, 12:55 pm, Anne Kirby <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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.uswhichis 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.comandhelpraiseteen 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 > > > > ... > > > > read more » > > -- > 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.
