Hey All, Thanks for the awesome feedback. I feel something interesting brewing.
It seems that the document that was meant to be editable, wasn't. Can somebody check and see if the document is editable now? Thanks! -Alex /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 6:21 AM, Bianca Rico <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > That idea sounds awesome! I love to hear stories from coworking spaces all > over. That would be a fun read. > > > > On 6/22/2011 8:19 AM, Chad Ballantyne wrote: > > Hey Alex, > I saw your note about it getting too technical. As some had stated, > coworking looks a bit different n different cultures and even differently > within same regions. > One thing I think you can do is state the common factors and then open it > up to a few mini-stories from others that have success doing it differently. > Heck, stories period would be cool to read. > > I'm visual. Got an illustrator to add to the mix? I'm thinking "Orbiting > the Giant > Hairball"<http://www.amazon.com/Orbiting-Giant-Hairball-Corporate-Surviving/dp/0670879835> > style. > A must read for any creative and I think the style is a good fit for > coworking. Quirky cartoons, charts and illustrations. > > The history of workspace is cool - would make for a great foldout > timeline with illustrations! Interestingly we've touched down on a form of > coworking through history. I'm thinking about the police precincts and > publishing companies in the 50s and 60's. Or go all the way back to the > Renascence when artists coworked and lived together and they created the > best art in the world. > > Hmmm - something great happens when we tear down the walls. > > Chad > > > On 2011-06-21, at 6:29 PM, Alex Hillman wrote: > > In the Spring of 2010, I started in on a project that I hoped was going to > be the coworking book that the world > needed<http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2010/03/sxsw-launch-chapter-excerpt-the-coworking-book/>. > A few months later, I stopped - discontent with where I’d started, and > unconfident that I knew what book about coworking the world needed. > > The original idea was a curated shared narrative that would help people > create successful coworking communities. I’m still in love with that idea, > I’m just not sure that I know enough alone to start that curated narrative. > > This past week I spent a bunch of time writing a new talk titled “Doing it > in Public”, about the value of taking ideas that are incomplete and, in > spite of your fears and insecurities, executing them in public - either the > the end of learning new perspectives, finding collaborators, or simply > finding out that you’re not alone. > > I realized that perhaps that was my path to finding the coworking book that > the world needed. > > So I am taking the beginnings of the book that I’m not pleased or proud of, > and am sharing them with the hopes that the world will help tell me what > book they’d like me to write. Even more, I’m sharing them in a publicly > editable document. Editable by anybody, even if you’re anonymous. Add things > delete things, comment as much as you’d like. Reply to others’ comments. > Point me in a new direction. > > Google Docs keeps revision history so if nothing else, we can always look > through the revisions. I can also scrap the whole thing and start over. > > I hope you’re join me in doing it in public. Let’s see what happens. > > http://bit.ly/coworkingbook-in-public > > -Alex > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > -- > 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. > > > Chad Ballantyne > The Creative Space Director > > (705) 252-2423 > www.thecreativespace.ca > > > > -- > 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. > > > > -- > Sincerely, > Bianca Rico > Client Services > MiamiShared.com > Tel: 305-929-8688, ext. 143 > 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]. > 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.
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