Alex, kudos for the honesty on the pants. :D Anyways, I'd like to collate all this. I'm working up a paper and talk on a topic near and dear to my heart. I work and live in the Infosecurity world, and have WAY too many hobbies (physical security, public speaking, horse show announcing, and the psychology of geeks).
In Infosec, we have an industry that is commoditizing, and specializing. The change, from generalists who do everything, to specialists, who do one thing and one thing only, is good and bad. The good is that the specialists delve very deeply in their specializations. Cool. But they don't have context, history, or the big picture. Bad. The idea of parallel play, co-working, etc, is one that was used extensively by the founders and plank owners of infosec. Nowadays? Not so much. I'm not sure, but I want to see how I can add this concept to my preso. Mind you, my preso is little more than some notes and a maelstrom of thoughts. I'll have to see how the solution precipitates. But I didn't want to steal anyone's ideas without mentioning it. I try not to be rude. Thanks! Joshua On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Alex Hillman <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com>wrote: > There's some other excellent quoatables from that article, btw, including: > > ...networking nights over margaritas were not what he wanted either, >> although he likes margaritas. > > > And of course... > > "Oh, a shower's critical," Hillman said. "I'm coming from [working at] >> home, where there's no pants before noon and if I don't have to, no shower. >> Now, at least, I put on pants." > > > Stupid pants. Stupid shower. :) > > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Alex Hillman < > dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> The VERY first article about Indy Hall included reference of Parallel >> Play, back in 2007: >> >> >> http://articles.philly.com/2007-08-19/business/25229858_1_trade-ideas-work-at-home-web-entrepreneur >> >> It's not job-sharing, with two people taking turns in the same stall in >>> the cube farm. >>> >>> Instead, think of co-working as an entrepreneurial version of parallel >>> play, with owners of their own small businesses working side by side in a >>> drop-in place that looks like a coffee cafe, minus the barista, with all the >>> accoutrements of what's hip: high ceilings, beer fridge, pool table and >>> Internet access. >>> >> I've used it in conversation since, but I don't think I've written about >> it. I think there's a lot in that concept as well. >> >> -Alex >> >> /ah >> indyhall.org >> coworking in philadelphia >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 12:05 PM, Devin <devinbalk...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I think the 'parallel play' idea is brilliant. Is there more that can be >>> drawn from the insight? >>> >>> -- >>> 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.
