Right. Though (as with TED) there's no necessary reason for profiles not to be public -- this can go either way, but there are many reasons to make them public. In the case of TED it's also a publicity thing -- see what I am associated with. For the participation, communication, apps, you gotta be a member. Now TED has "Ted Cred"and badges and so forth, I am myself not wild about these but I understand why they do it.
I mean, it doesn;t have to be like TED but the parallels are compelling. That was my thinking anyway. Jeannine On 23 feb, 20:16, 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 Isolationhttp://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. 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