Tis indeed the plan, and much gratitude goes out to Alex for helping us cross the chasm as it were :).
If anyone else is interested in what we're doing, let me know and I'll get you up to speed! You can see a prototype here: Cahoots.co , Alex and I have been sparring on some execution questions, but this puts you in the ballpark. Thanks, -Brian (br...@cahoots.co) On Feb 23, 2:18 pm, Alex Hillman <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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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