Thanks for the conversation guys, it's been interesting to follow along with. Jonathan, I think the registry will be a nice tool after this is all hashed out. Way to keep going!
Jes On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 12:32 PM, Jonathan Yankovich < [email protected]> wrote: > I totally get what Jacob and Alex are saying about the importance of > personality and have been noodling what "personality metrics" (maybe > metrics is the wrong word here - would Descriptors be more accurate) > could be included in a coworking site's profile on > coworkingregistry.org. So far, I've come up with the following: > > 1) Facility Name > 2) Web site > 3) Picture of site home page > 4) Tagline or Description > 5) Culture Tags > 6) Logo (picture) > 7) Photos of space / events (pictures) > 8) Profiles of businesses / projects / ideas that "originated" at a > space > 9) Profiles of people (photo, name, interest) > 10) List of events that are hosted here? > > as for Audience and User Stories, there are a few, which makes getting > this "right" more challenging. I see the following /possible/ user > stories: > > - Person who lives in a city wants to find out what spaces are > available > - Person who is visiting city wants to know where they can/should go > cowork for a day or two > - Advocacy group wants to provide information to government to promote > coworking > - People who are opening a new space want information about what other > spaces are doing and/or to have their own profiles to show others, > track progress etc > > as i read through these, i think the following might be the easiest > and best thing to shoot for: > > - show people the value of coworking > > and doing this by focusing on personality instead of the "harder" > metrics that we've been looking at. Personally, the reason that I'm > interested in coworking is not because of the financial cost, the size > of a space, etc - It is because of the value I get from being a part > of a vibrant, creative community. So, maybe that's a good place to > focus. > > So, maybe it makes sense to focus on the "personality" of a space by > presenting information based on the 10 items above. If anyone has > additional items to add (or subtract), please contribute to the > conversation! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
