I think that participation comes with an element of trust, for sure. But I like that quite a bit.
-Alex /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Jacob Sayles <ja...@officenomads.com>wrote: > Interesting... so maybe a network only accessible if you are a member of a > participating coworking space... > > > Jacob > > --- > Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation > http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 > > > On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 2:04 AM, Jeannine <flexkantoorkame...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> I think I am coming into an existing conversation but I don't know >> where it is, anybody who could add a link to it would be doing me a >> great service. >> >> It may be cultural -- Dutch guys are generally aware of the >> possibilities of a global network for good and valid geographical >> reasons -- but my own folks are very interested in the notion of the >> larger coworking movement. But I don't knwo that I could get them to >> tell their stories as notions of privacy are somewhat different here. >> Maybe. But what really makes them perk up their ears is the idea of a >> board where they can find contacts in other countries to work with who >> are at least a little bit "our people". >> >> I will tell you that I have some concern about this feeling of trust: >> I am all about openness but have no desire to help a scam artist to my >> members, you know? >> >> For stories, if I could get my memebrs to tell their stories in >> english I would probablyu put them on the blog, have I got a >> misunderstanding about what the blog is for? >> >> I think the TED profiles strike a good balance, here is mine: >> http://www.ted.com/profiles/647111 The nice part about TED profiles >> is that they don't hsow what you don't fill out with a few exceptions, >> so your profile does not look like you are just a slacker or are >> hiding something. >> >> Jeannine >> On 23 feb, 01:32, Jacob Sayles <ja...@officenomads.com> wrote: >> > Angel, >> > >> > Yes yes yes! This has been the direction I've been working towards all >> > along and there are some significant challenges to incorporate. >> > >> > First, our members mostly just want a great place to work and they think >> > it's neat that there are a number of other spaces around the world, but >> they >> > are more interested in the work they are doing. It's the space owners >> that >> > are more invested in the larger coworking movement so they are the >> people >> > who are putting in the work. They want to talk about their space >> mostly, >> > what they build, etc. I talk up our members and their incredible >> > stories<http://www.texttheromanceback.com/rachaelray>all the time but >> > I wouldn't be able to keep individual profiles up to date. >> > It's enough work to highlight them on our >> > website<http://officenomads.com/category/featured-nomad/>. >> > >> > I have lots of thoughts on the Coworking Registry and where it fits in >> the >> > wider vision. Mostly it starts with how difficult it is to "organize" >> the >> > coworking wiki which is currently mostly used to list spaces. If we >> could >> > get that buttoned up in a simple, central, neutral, way, and make it all >> > free and open data, then there is a lot we can do with that. It's only >> one >> > piece of the puzzle though. >> > >> > I could go in so many directions from here but I'll leave it at that. >> The >> > conversation is going to be great in Austin. :) >> > >> > Jacob >> > >> > --- >> > Office Nomads - Individuality without >> Isolationhttp://www.officenomads.com- (206) 323-6500 >> > >> > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Angel Kwiatkowski < >> fccowork...@gmail.com>wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > When Alex said, "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." >> > >> > > I've been reading up on the coworking registry database and whatnot >> > > but again as a member just told me, "I don't want to know where the >> > > desks/spaces are, I want to know where my people are." I think that as >> > > a community of community-minded people-centric people we missed the >> > > boat. Big time. As a matter of fact, we're in the wrong boat going the >> > > wrong direction on the wrong river. >> > >> > > Idea: what if we have a place where coworkers can tell their stories? >> > > That's it. Tell your story about how you found coworking, why you >> > > cowork, where you cowork and how it has changed your life. Tag those >> > > posts with city names and space names and let the wider community of >> > > prospective coworkers find their tribe there. >> > >> > > *Question: as a space owner do you think you could inspire your >> > > communities to contribute their stories online?* >> > >> > > -- >> > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> > > "Coworking" group. >> > > To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. >> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > > coworking+unsubscr...@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 coworking@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> coworking+unsubscr...@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 coworking@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+unsubscr...@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. 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