You're welcome. To be honest, even I was confused by the order of this thread and I started it!
On Feb 23, 2:35 pm, Jeannine <flexkantoorkame...@gmail.com> wrote: > *whew*. Thank you, Angel, for taking the trouble to sort that out for > me. I kept looking around for the rest of the conversation and then > gave up. > > Not that it stopped me talking, lol. > > But truly, I appreciate it. > > Jeannine > > On 23 feb, 22:10, Angel Kwiatkowski <fccowork...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Jeannine, > > This thread is janky. Below was my original post which now shows up as > > the 3rd post in this thread. I'm not sure where I pulled the quote > > from Alex but I believe it was after I searched the google group for > > "desks." > > > 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?* > > > On Feb 23, 1:25 pm, Jeannine <flexkantoorkame...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, Angel, > > > > I am in it. But I mean that the conversation begins with reference to > > > another conversation taking place somewhere. But not apparently in > > > this thread. This is happening a lot lately and I am really not swift > > > enough to follow when this goes on. That's all I meant; if whatever > > > you said to which Jacob was responding is ont eh board, a link would > > > help; if not, maybe the "Yes yes yes Angel, what you said is just what > > > I meant" (since I don't have any idea what you said, so also not what > > > he meant) could be deleted. > > > > That's all. No big, I am easily confused. > > > > Jeannine > > > > On 23 feb, 20:59, Angel Kwiatkowski <fccowork...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Jeannine, > > > > Here is a link to the coworking registryhttp://coworkingregistry.org/ > > > > that was mentioned. As far as a place for members to tell their > > > > stories--it doesn't exist yet and therefore has no link :) > > > > > On Feb 23, 3:04 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. 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