+10000 to asking "why" vs. "what". Harder to ask and answer, but so much more valuable to know!
/ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia 2011/2/1 Jes <[email protected]> > I like the third alternate and really like the idea of having a check > list of the types of people in a space, though I don't think it > necessarily is determined by what the people are doing, but also why > they are choosing to cowork. For example, my (very new, almost-open) > space is seeming to attract a lot of parents looking for flexible > office space. When we all get together, whether they be a nurse with a > health consulting company, an aerospace engineer, or web host, they > all have a common ground for talking as they understand the > difficulties of working around the little people's schedules. It seems > to be one of the things that gets talked about the most and it lends > itself to creating a supportive environment! > > Jes > > > On Feb 1, 9:39 am, Liu Yan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ha, we tried something similar to "www.threewords.me"with our own team > > members, the results are very interesting and surprising to the person > > him/herself! ;) > > > > 2011/2/2 Alex Hillman <[email protected]>: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Or take a page out of the recent pehnom, "www.threewords.me", and let > people > > > choose 3 words to describe a space/community and aggregate the popular > ones > > > at the top. > > > Neat idea. > > > -Alex > > > /ah > > > indyhall.org > > > coworking in philadelphia > > > > > On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Joel Bennett <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > >> Jonathan/Alex- Would there be a possibility to allow them to "tag" the > > >> space with terms that describe it? You could prepopulate some terms > as part > > >> of a check box or something ("open", "collaborative", "hip", > "artistic", > > >> etc.) but then allow them to choose a few of their own. Or maybe them > only > > >> choosing one word to describe the space would be better... "If you > could > > >> describe this community in one word/phrase, what would you say?". > Then > > >> allow the terms to describe the space as part of a tag cloud based on > the > > >> users submissions. > > > > >> Just a thought. > > > > >> Thanks & God Bless, > > > > >> Joel Bennett > > > > >> Chief Dreamchaser > > > > >> Veel Hoeden, LLC > > > > >> [email protected] > > > > >>http://veelhoeden.posterous.com/ > > > > >>http://www.twitter.com/veelhoeden > > > > >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On > > >> Behalf Of Alex Hillman > > >> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 9:11 AM > > >> To: [email protected] > > >> Subject: Re: [Coworking] Coworking Registry Profile Wireframes > > > > >> I agree with Jerome on Alt. 2. > > > > >> The biggest thing I continually see missing from directories like this > is > > >> a sort of sense of humanity - physical attributes are useful in > determining > > >> what you DON'T want, but make it hard to differentiate between one > space and > > >> the next once you know what you DO want. > > > > >> Is there any room for fields that allow members (and possibly even > > >> visitors) to describe the space's members (or perhaps an idea of > industries > > >> represented), interactions they've had, activities and associations, > etc? > > >> I'm trying to think of a listing on this directory more like a "dating > > >> profile" where I can get a sense of the personality of a space and its > > >> members beyond "how many desks it has". > > > > >> Maybe comments serves that purpose to begin, but I'm wondering if > anyone > > >> has ideas for other ways to elicit these kinds of non-physical > attributes > > >> and store them along with the directory listing? > > > > >> -Alex > > > > >> /ah > > >> indyhall.org > > >> coworking in philadelphia > > > > >> On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 8:34 PM, Jerome Chang <[email protected] > > > > >> wrote: > > > > >> Wow - looks great! I like alternate 2 the best - seems to have more > > >> breathing room. > > > > >> What's the tall vertical box between the ads and the space photos for? > > > > >> 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 Jan 31, 2011, at 5:06 PM, Jonathan Yankovich wrote: > > > > >> > I'm working on the profile pages forhttp://coworkingregistry.org, > which > > >> > will hilight information specific to a given coworking facility. I > mocked > > >> > up 3 wireframes and am looking for feedback from the community about > how > > >> > they could be improved. Here are the 3 wireframes: > > > > >> > https://skitch.com/tronathan/rc8ae/3-profile-page > > >> > https://skitch.com/tronathan/rc8aq/4-profile-page-alternate > > >> > https://skitch.com/tronathan/rc8ax/5-profile-page-alternate-2 > > > > >> > Here's a list of the UI elements included on each page. There may be > > >> > some things missing, so let me know if you can think of anything > else you'd > > >> > like to see added: > > > > >> > Left Sidebar (common to all, same placement) > > >> > Site name > > >> > Google Map > > >> > Text Geo Info (Address/City/State/Zip) > > >> > Name of Space > > >> > Mission Statement > > >> > "Vital Statistics" (basic info, sqft, date founded, etc) > > >> > Amenities (whats offered) > > >> > Twitter Feed (Blog? RSS?) > > >> > Photo List (user-contributable) > > >> > Comments (user-contributable) > > > > >> > Feel free to toss your ideas out in email, or if you use Skitch you > can > > >> > mock up one of the posts above and send it back to me. If you think > > >> > anything is missing, feel free to contibute that too. > > > > >> > Thanks all, > > > > >> > -- > > >> > -Jonathan Yankovich @tronathan > > >> > Community Advocate, Madison Coworking > > >> > Preferred contact: > > >> > 1. skype: jonathanyankovich > > >> > 2. twitter: tronathan > > >> > 3. email: [email protected] > > >> > 4. phone: (608) 513 2012 > > >> > more info:http://coworkingregistry.org > > >> > more info:http://madisoncoworking.com > > >> > please follow @tronathan @coworkregistry @coworkmadison > > > > >> > -- > > >> > 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]<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]<coworking%[email protected]> > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > > > -- > > Liu Yan 刘妍 > > CEO/Co-founder > > Xindanwei 新单位 > > (+86) 021 3428 0783 > > 50 Yongjia Rd, Shanghai,CHINA > > 中国上海徐汇区永嘉路50号http://xindanwei.comhttps://gist.com/theliuyan > > -- > 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. 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