I think, though, that there's danger in setting expectations of the pure physical replication of the obvious infrastructural elements.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult There's also the creation of things that you don't actually need. Having a blank canvas allows you to create something other than what's expected. Allowing members to have a hand in solving some of those seemingly obvious infrastructural elements have known and proven benefits. -Alex /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Pat Ramsey <[email protected]> wrote: > Ding ding ding... > > Alex is thinking the right thoughts. Or at least he's thinking thoughts > similar to those we've had. > > It's the question of how do you replicate your community model in various > places? Physical pieces: building, location, parking, IT, etc. is easy to > model over & over. The human aspect is what's difficult. > > Cheers! > > Pat > > -- > Pat Ramsey > Resident Geek - Web Design and WordPress Specialist, Cospace > @pat_ramsey > > Cospace... Meet Here > http://cospaceatx.com > > > On Apr 22, 2011, at 1:22 PM, Alex Hillman wrote: > > I agree with Rachel that this doesn't really worry me and just looks like a > larger scale of the sorts of mistakes we've seen repeated. Most people will > sniff test this and walk away. > > But for the sake of an interesting conversation: > > Could something like this allow people like us - the people who DO care > about community, collaboration, celebration, and the things that make > coworking uniquely valuable - focus on *just that*, rather than have to > ALSO answer the questions that we've all seen asked here over and over and > over - Where do I find the money? Where do I find space? What scheduling > software do I use? > > So the question this raises is: Is there value in a system that lets us > focus on the important stuff, only? And what does that system take away from > the important stuff? > > I'm not saying that this McCoworking thing is that system, but it does make > me curious what elements of coworking "infrastructure" can (or should?) be > commoditized without taking away from the valuable parts, or how possible > the entire process is. > > -Alex > > -- > 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.
