Hey all! This is my first post on here, but at least it can be a relevant one :).
We're currently using a Rosslare keyfob/keycard system, which tracks in/out times on a per-"key" basis. It was pretty low cost, and stores the tracking information - which can be as simple or as detailed as you'd like - in a SQL database that can be tied in with either the bundled software or, as we've set it up, to save the data to our local server (the system is network-based), which is then accessible through the admin portion of our website (we've shelled out for a static IP through Verizon FiOS) so that our office manager can easily keep track of who's here, when, and what desks are open for daily/weekly/monthly rental. Much like IndyHall in Philly (yo, hometown!) we try to keep thing as personal as possible, but this system saves us hours of time in worrying about how to bill people properly. Plus, it's a nice additional level of security as our storefront doors cannot be opened without one of these keys or being buzzed in by the office manager. The only downside of using the system is if you're a strictly Mac-based shop and aren't interested in some of the more esoteric hoops & hurdles of dealing w/ a 3rd-party SQL database structure or don't have on-site development & IT support - the Rosslare software is currently Windows-only, though most security software seems to fall under this OS limitation. It luckily doesn't effect us as we're militantly platform-agnostic, our on-site servers are Linux & Windows server-based, and we've got everything built out so it can be easily dealt with through most Android OS handsets & tablets (or if you're feeling especially loyal to Apple, which we do not, iOS as well). - Nick Robalik Owner Bitmap Creative Labs www.bitmapnyc.com 718-963-0351 On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 4:23 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Today's Topic Summary > > Group: http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/topics > > - Anyone currently CoWorking in Oshkosh, > WI?<#130978c72065234d_group_thread_0>[1 Update] > - Swipe card system for members <#130978c72065234d_group_thread_1> [3 > Updates] > - Pop-Up/Temporary Coworking Spaces <#130978c72065234d_group_thread_2>[2 > Updates] > - Phone booths <#130978c72065234d_group_thread_3> [1 Update] > - Starting a community when you have a full time > job<#130978c72065234d_group_thread_4>[1 Update] > - How do coworking spaces make money?<#130978c72065234d_group_thread_5>[1 > Update] > > Topic: Anyone currently CoWorking in Oshkosh, > WI?<http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/t/42968b5251d77994> > > Darrel Gilbertson at Qutash <[email protected]> Jun 15 06:28PM -0700 > ^<#130978c72065234d_digest_top> > > Does anyone know of any groups currently coworking in the Oshkosh, WI? > > > > Topic: Swipe card system for > members<http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/t/ce1eaf658dbf67b7> > > Samir Madi <[email protected]> Jun 15 05:42PM -0700 > ^<#130978c72065234d_digest_top> > > We're using Biometrics "Clock In" machine here. > > First time coworkers just register their fingerprints and every week > we take a report for billing. Simple and effective. > > > > > > Alex Hillman <[email protected]> Jun 16 01:02AM > ^<#130978c72065234d_digest_top> > > > > First time coworkers just register their fingerprints and every week > we > > take a report for billing. Simple and effective. > > > If we've learned anything from history, people just *loved* punching > their > timecards in factories. ;) > > Even as we approach 150 active members, Indy Hall can't be the only > place > that values a human interaction as the foundation of a transaction. Who > else > is actively avoiding swipe card systems and looking to introduce > efficiency > in other ways? > > -Alex > > > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > > > > > > Toby Morning <[email protected]> Jun 15 06:25PM -0700 > ^<#130978c72065234d_digest_top> > > Hey Everyone, > > We have been using www.lockitron.com for over a year before the public > release last month, and we love it. It's about $300 per lock, comes > with > everything you need to manage keys using a smart phone, and for members > without a smart phone, they have an SMS feature you can use to to lock > and > unlock. We currently use it to manage keys to multipule locations, the > interface is super simple, and intuitive. > > They recently released an IPhone app, but also have a mobile site > accessible > from most smart phone browsers, we have tested it on Andoird, IPhone, > IPad, > Blackbery, and Windows Mobile, and it works very well. They also have > an > API, although we have not intergated this into our home brewed member > management system yet, we plan to do this in the next month or so. > > > If you have any questions, drop an email to Cameron, > [email protected] > and will be happy to answer any questions anyone may have. > > > > Kind regards, > > Toby Morning > Citizen Space > Chief Evangelist > Direct: 408-556-9769 > Skype: citizenspace > http://www.citizenspace.us <http://www.citizenspace.us/> > Twitter: http://twitter.com/citizenspace > "A Nicer Place to Work" > > > > _____ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Alex Hillman > Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 6:03 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Coworking] Re: Swipe card system for members > > > > First time coworkers just register their fingerprints and every week we > take > a report for billing. Simple and effective. > > > If we've learned anything from history, people just loved punching > their > timecards in factories. ;) > > Even as we approach 150 active members, Indy Hall can't be the only > place > that values a human interaction as the foundation of a transaction. Who > else > is actively avoiding swipe card systems and looking to introduce > efficiency > in other ways? > > -Alex > > > > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > > > On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 12:42 AM, Samir Madi <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > We're using Biometrics "Clock In" machine here. > > First time coworkers just register their fingerprints and every week > we take a report for billing. Simple and effective. > > > > MiamiShared.com > > Tel: 305-929-8688, ext. 143 <tel:305-929-8688%2C%20ext.%20143> > > > Fax: 305-397-1250http://www.miamishared.com > > > -- > 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] > <mailto:coworking%[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. > > > > Topic: Pop-Up/Temporary Coworking > Spaces<http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/t/28d1cbf875b2164e> > > Beth Buczynski <[email protected]> Jun 15 10:04AM -0700 > ^<#130978c72065234d_digest_top> > > Hello All! > > You might have heard about pop-up restaurants and clothing stores in > big cities like NYC or LA.. These temporary establishments generate > buzz via social media, open for a night or two in a surprise location, > and then disappear for a while just to do it all over again. > > I'd love to know if anyone has had experience combining this concept > with coworking. Here's an example I found here in Colorado: a popup > store that supports the creative economy in colorado by carrying local > products and offers coworking and networking: http://yespleasemore.com/ > > In anticipation of a new article, I"d love to learn more about how are > people expressing their creativity in creating temporary coworking > contexts. And, what are the elements that make them successful? > > If you have photos or an anecdote about pop-up style coworking spaces, > please contact me on list or at [email protected]. > > Thanks! > Beth > @gonecoworking > > > > > Mark Gilbreath <[email protected]> Jun 15 01:49PM -0600 > ^<#130978c72065234d_digest_top> > > Hi Beth > > We think the pop up store concept is very exciting and relevant. In > fact, > the many pop up store examples in NY and LA were the inspiration for > the > pop up coworking fun that we (LiquidSpace) had at SXSW (South by > Southwest) > in March this year. We partnered with our friends at > Steelcase/Turnstone > (who know a ton about how to design great spaces) and also with Liz at > Link > Coworking, to create a network of pop up and permanent spaces around > Austin > Texas (Liz at Link Coworking joined us for the fun) for people at SXSW > to > actually get work done amidst the chaos and frenzy of that crazy event. > To make it fun and thought provoking for everyone, we sprinkled pop up > workspaces in a handful of novel places including an art gallery, a > hotel, a > bar and even a bus (I know that more than a few folks on this list > logged an > hour or more on the Turnstone Bus...the portable AC unit worked hard > that > week). People at the show that week, used LiquidSpace to locate, book > and check in to the venues. > > We've got a ton of photos from the event... happy to fwd if you'd like. > We certainly are NOT in the space business, but we can definitely see a > world, hopefully soon, where pop up spaces become a common occurence in > the > growing ecosystem of awesome, authentic new/alternative spaces where > work > really happens. > > Cheers > Mark > > *Mark Gilbreath <http://goog_936366688>*[image: > cid:[email protected]]< > http://www.linkedin.com/in/markgilbreath> > * > * > *LiquidSpace > *CEO/Founder/deckhand > mobile 208.720.8107 > email [email protected] > skype mfgilbreath > twitter markgilbreath > > *LiquidSpace(TM) - find a great space to work, now.* > **We're a location-based mobile application that lets you use your > phone to > find a great space to meet and work, book it, check in securely, and > share > it with your colleagues. Visit > www.liquidspace.com<http://www.liquidspaceapp.com/> to > learn more! > > > > > > Topic: Phone > booths<http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/t/30be3e7753a279f3> > > "Brent (@brentter)" <[email protected]> Jun 15 08:42AM -0700 > ^<#130978c72065234d_digest_top> > > Shipping sadly is out of the question for items that large but I'm > sure there's some company in whatever the largest city you're close to > (sorry I don't know where your space is, if you're already in a big > city then it'll be even easier) which sells refurbished hardware. I.e. > I have a friend out in ann arbor who's dad does just that, only with > old soda machines and those old metal pull-bar cigarette machines. He > cleans them up, gets them working again and sells them. With the > cigarette machines he converts them so they can handle items larger & > heavier than a box of cigarettes. He has a warehouse full of 'em. > Where he gets all that stuff is just by going to huge auctions, from > the regular government ones where they sell off seized items to > foreclosure sales or he'll drive down and pick them up in a uhaul from > cities like NYC where to stop the drunks from trying to smoke in the > bar (where it's illegal) they are happy to sell them to him for > practically nothing (mainly because he's actually the one picking them > up....it's somewhat hard to move those suckers especially when running > a business like a bar already has a low ROI). > > I would assume pay-phones/phone-booths (more pay phones though) would > be easy to find at those types of auctions. Switching them over to be > free and/or work off voip or even a real hard-line would involve just > opening it up and flipping a switch. An old ad agency out in dallas > (Moroch/Leo Burnett) had those old-school phone booths with the 1920s > style doors on each floor. They were very cool (and were put there for > both vanity as well as a way to make sure people made their personal > calls away from the cube next to them where someone might be on the > phone with a client). Also with this economy usually when a developer > buys up an entire block to tear down + rebuild into a condo/strip mall/ > whatever, the city is so desperate for growth that they're allowed to > rip out any old payphones that were previously on the property, even > the street. > -b > > > > > Topic: Starting a community when you have a full time > job<http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/t/f2d1f1395319d35a> > > "Brent (@brentter)" <[email protected]> Jun 15 08:28AM -0700 > ^<#130978c72065234d_digest_top> > > Ann - > I'll help ya do any marketing once ya are close enough to being able > to open the doors 'officially'... bout to have some free time on my > hands and i think what you're doing is awesome. > Tony- That's amazing and thanks for sharing the process (and give the > downs + upsides of your own personal experience accomplishing it). A > tip of the hat to you my friend > > Angel - You wouldn't believe what i just found out at yesterdays > denver open coffee club, guy comes in handing out little kinkos 3x5 > printed cards advertising his new coworking space downtown... then > goes on to explain how 'hip' and cool it is and drops that he just > paid for the HIGHEST tier of business comcast internet (I know two > hosting companies here in denver that run off tier 2... i'm on tier 1 > at my apt because its cheaper (even than the residential package), > more reliable, and what they claim the bandwidth speeds are is an > utter joke. I just ran a speed test and i'm getting 70 MB/s download > speeds and ~46MB/s. I could run my own hosting company with that, let > alone service the entire floor of my apt. complex with that kind of > bandwidth. When the tech came to install the modem (which is the new > doc 3.0's, not the residential ones, and ironically also 10 dollars > cheaper a month in your 'rental' fee for the thing) he told me all > about it and how if I were to power-cycle it once a month i'd probably > keep seeing the speeds increase each time because they're currently > working on their main fiber line for the business side of their > internet offerings, sure enough he was right...i've already seen a > jump by about 4-5 MB/s in both upload and download speeds each month > that i've done it...still only paying for the lowest tier they offer > too. This guy (from docc not the tech) also apparently charges 400/ > month for the equiv. of a school desk sized table if you wanted to > work there (but as he pointed out "they've got couches and plasma > screens all over the place so its a chill environment"). Should be > interesting to see if there's a high end/low-benefit market out there > for people looking for coworking spaces in downtown denver. :P > > > > > Topic: How do coworking spaces make > money?<http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/t/db0c99c52c01f9c6> > > Jenifer Ross <[email protected]> Jun 15 09:09AM -0400 > ^<#130978c72065234d_digest_top> > > I had a 16 year old daughter of a member ask yesterday if she could > rent the > conference room with a few friends to have weekly study groups, so I am > going to create some high school student - very low cost - packages for > the > 15-18 year olds who see this space as a fun but serious place to study. > > On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 5:22 PM, Craig Baute - Creative Density > Coworking < > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > -- > *Jenifer Ross* > * > * > *w@tercooler* > * > * > *21 North Broadway, Tarrytown, NY 10591* > > *914-261-1470 c* > * > * > *914-332-4200 o* > * > * > *[email protected]* > * > * > *www.watercoolerhub.com* > > > > -- > 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. > -- Nick Robalik www.digital-soapbox.com 267.432.5720 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. 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