That looks really great Brian! Are you going to be down in Austin? Jacob
--- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 1:13 PM, Brian Sierakowski < briansierakow...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. > 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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