Awesome awesome - huge amount of work and commensurate thanks to Stephanie!
Jerome ______________ BLANKSPACES "work FOR yourself, not BY yourself" www.blankspaces.com 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) Los Angeles, CA 90036 323.330.9505 (office) On Nov 16, 2010, at 9:39 AM, Stephanie Wiegand wrote: > Hello Coworkers, > > I am pleased to announce that I have finished categorizing every > thread on the Google Group. I compartmentalized the information into > about 20 topics to make it easier for everyone to find answers to > FAQs. The spreadsheet is meant to be an alternative to Google's search > function by facilitating navigation by category through past threads > on the Coworking Google Group. > > We've posted a spreadsheet called Categorized Group Threads in the > files section of this Google Group. It's intended to be 1) a primary > research tool for anyone interested in coworking, and 2) an ever- > improving document. If you find you can add to or improve the > document, please feel free to edit it and share your work with the > community. > > Here are some trends that I have noticed that I have been asked to > share. > > 1) Some space owners who have had a space for years did not even > realize that they were coworking. This makes me assume that the number > of coworking spaces in the world is significantly larger than I > originally thought. > > 2) People wanting to startup his or her own coworking space. The > overwhelming majority of introductions are from people wanting to > venture into coworking. This can be seen in the amount of > “Introduction: Individual” and “Introduction: Prospective Space” tags. > > 3) People willing to share personal commentary and stories regarding > their space and/or what has led them to coworking. On the topic of > sustainability, many of the same individuals dispense the same > paraphrased advise. > > 4) Media coverage has become another trend. In the last year of so > there seems to be a fair amount of media coverage by some reputable > sources such as Business Week, NY Times, CNN, The Guardian, etc. > > > This spreadsheet was the first step in creating the Coworking > Handbook. We hope that in a matter of weeks the Coworking Handbook > will be published to the group and used as the go-to guide for > everyone interested in coworking, from new comers, to people looking > to answer a few specific questions. The intention is not to reduce > coworking related chatter, but simply to reduce redundancy, give > people a strong fundamental understanding of the movement, and allow > the conversations to continue to evolve into some of the more > interesting threads that are being created. > > Thanks and Enjoy > > Stephanie Wiegand > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
