*Inspired by Alex Hillman* Hi everyone,
This is Catharine, a long while back I was starting a space.....then the space was started and..... then the space finished. (Finished as in over.) The strange thing is, it didn't work out for all the right reasons. And what was great about it, remains great about it. I can absolutely identify what went wrong and why. However, what was consistent and fabulous was that the first thing I did was join this community. And I joined so early I used my own (this) email - and only later wrote from the co-working business email - so when things ended I remained a part of this community! whew. Because of that I have never felt alone and always felt a 'part of'. The other funny thing is that I found a new co-working space that became one without trying. In fact *it doesn't know* its a co-working space. Art has always been my passion so I joined a new studio (with 28 other artists) and sure enough! what I noticed was that daily, everyone sits around a big communal table to work on art promotion, web sites, etc. We have a coffee maker, a photo copier and even a beer / water fridge with a can of money on top where you just take out a cold one and drop 4$ into the jar. [over six months with 28 people we've never had anyone "take" anything- weirdly amazing!] Their secret is community, and for us, shared passion in art. It is key. I co-work with them and its hugely affordable and overwhelmingly satisfying, and am still with all of you! :) I write this to say that Alex, yes! your book project is awesome and amazing. I really like how it started and got lost and came back...... I am inspired by you. Your mentorship and contribution since I joined has always been appreciated. There are few of you here who are "wise elders" and the rest of us, who are varying levels of new, thank you and respect you. Finally, in the nature of co-working, I'd like to share this last thing. Colleagues of mine started a shared book and it was an awesome success. They inverted the publishing industry business model - because that is their specialty subject - business models. Their "new" model also made the book possible by generating some small income. People paid to take part in the experience. The book was called "Business Model Generation". People paid something like 24$ to take part and that included a copy of the book and a co-authoring credit. In the end they raised enough funds to get the book self published on amazon and it became number 10! of all business books in about a two week period. Then they had publishers approaching them for deals and, in the end, decided to go with one of them. Their new book is happening now and is called Business Model You. http://businessmodelyou.com/ Alex, you inspired me to write this message this morning. This feels great as I have not sent a message the group in too long! I will say I had great support from other co-working spaces here in Toronto, (most especially Rachel at http://camaraderie.ca/ (heart)). Good luck with the project. I will check out your link and follow its progression. Have a great day ! best, Catharine. -- Catharine MacIntosh +1. 416. 413. 7962 skype: catharine_mac 2011/6/22 <[email protected]> > Today's Topic Summary > > Group: http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/topics > > - Lets Do It In Public - A New Coworking > Book<#130b66943ce5d9e3_group_thread_0>[5 Updates] > - Hello from the OC <#130b66943ce5d9e3_group_thread_1> [1 Update] > - Reading CoWorking Site <#130b66943ce5d9e3_group_thread_2> [1 Update] > - Verizon Cell Coverage <#130b66943ce5d9e3_group_thread_3> [3 Updates] > - Coworking Grants <#130b66943ce5d9e3_group_thread_4> [1 Update] > - Asia Trip! Who to visit? <#130b66943ce5d9e3_group_thread_5> [2 > Updates] > - Coworking in Tokyo, Japan [moboff: Mobile > Office]<#130b66943ce5d9e3_group_thread_6>[1 Update] > > Topic: Lets Do It In Public - A New Coworking > Book<http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/t/fda91657481d49a6> > > Alex Hillman <[email protected]> Jun 21 03:29PM -0700 > ^<#130b66943ce5d9e3_digest_top> > > 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 > > > > > Chad Ballantyne <[email protected]> Jun 21 07:40PM -0400 > ^<#130b66943ce5d9e3_digest_top> > > This is great Alex - already digging in! > Funny how the shift from home, to coffee shop to Exec suite to > coworking is so common. In fact, it was my story, and we've been working it > into a cute cartoon animation (to be completed in August...I hope) I > actually hope it can serve many spaces as they try and explain the benefits > of coworking and as the cartoon explains - coworking is the combination of > all the good things from home, coffee shop and exec suite. > > See slide illustration I use a lot to share when people ask, "What the > hell is coworking?" and "Why would I join?" > > Anyway - great work on opening this up and doing it in public. > > In this world of independence and "look out for #1" we've seldom see > truly great works or live our lives leaving a lasting legacy. (wow - that's > a lot of "L"s) The best stuff in life happens when we are surrounded by > people we trust and we let go and let others at our ideas, our art, our > dreams. We call it "trusted critique." The term we use a lot is "Doing life > together." > The coworking community is not just a cool work space idea, it's > getting back to the key ingredients proven to be the catalyst to innovation > and it is changing our world. Relate, Collaborate, Create > > If I see something to contribute, I'll chime in. > > Peace! > > Chad > > > > > On 2011-06-21, at 6:29 PM, Alex Hillman wrote: > > > 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 > > > > > Leif Utne <[email protected]> Jun 21 06:39PM -0700 > ^<#130b66943ce5d9e3_digest_top> > > Alex: This is awesome. Tweeted. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jun 21, 2011, at 4:41 PM, Chad Ballantyne <[email protected]> > wrote: > > This is great Alex - already digging in! > Funny how the shift from home, to coffee shop to Exec suite to > coworking is > so common. In fact, it was my story, and we've been working it into a > cute > cartoon animation (to be completed in August...I hope) I actually hope > it > can serve many spaces as they try and explain the benefits of coworking > and > as the cartoon explains - coworking is the combination of all the good > things from home, coffee shop and exec suite. > > See slide illustration I use a lot to share when people ask, "What the > hell > is coworking?" and "Why would I join?" > > Anyway - great work on opening this up and doing it in public. > > In this world of independence and "look out for #1" we've seldom see > truly > great works or live our lives leaving a lasting legacy. (wow - that's a > lot > of "L"s) The best stuff in life happens when we are surrounded by > people we > trust and we let go and let others at our ideas, our art, our dreams. > We > call it "trusted critique." The term we use a lot is "Doing life > together." > The coworking community is not just a cool work space idea, it's > getting > back to the key ingredients proven to be the catalyst to innovation and > it > is changing our world. Relate, Collaborate, Create > > If I see something to contribute, I'll chime in. > > Peace! > > Chad > <coworking123.jpg> > > > > 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 > > > <tcs-sign-1.png> > > -- > 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. > > > > > Thomas Riboulet <[email protected]> Jun 22 08:37AM +0200 > ^<#130b66943ce5d9e3_digest_top> > > hello Alex, > > this is awesome indeed, very interesting ! > > -- > Thom > > -- > Thomas Riboulet > > On Wednesday, June 22, 2011 at 12:29 AM, Alex Hillman wrote: > > > > > > Thomas Riboulet <[email protected]> Jun 22 08:54AM +0200 > ^<#130b66943ce5d9e3_digest_top> > > ok, just finished the book a first time > > first of all : it's great : well written, easy to read > > then, well it's really interesting from my point of view : I'm trying > to start a space and I'm going through all those points. > > for the end of the book I think that what would be nice is that you > don't necessarily talk about specifics or not too much. some of them might > depend heavily on the country we are building coworking spaces (culture, > law > ...) but I might be wrong. > most of those points also vary from one place to the other what could > be good is to have short extracts from this mail group with real life cases > or explanations using those stories as examples ? > > -- > Thomas Riboulet > > On Wednesday, June 22, 2011 at 8:37 AM, Thomas Riboulet wrote: > > > > > Topic: Hello from the > OC<http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/t/25581b6a91f41acb> > > Julie Scanlon <[email protected]> Jun 21 11:42PM -0700 > ^<#130b66943ce5d9e3_digest_top> > > You are AMAZING, thank you for this great collaborative community. > > I am on the brink of opening a space in Costa Mesa, Ca. Each day i find > something timely and perfect here. I want everyone to know you empower > so > many others with every contribution. And i just wanted to say how > grateful > i am for this. > > See you around! > Julie > Collab Space, Costa Mesa, Ca > 949.682.9141 > > ps: the book is going to create its own phenomenon, just like > collaborative > community's always do. > > > > > > > > Topic: Reading CoWorking > Site<http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/t/8d649d36ce2f4bef> > > chris moyer <[email protected]> Jun 21 11:12AM -0700 > ^<#130b66943ce5d9e3_digest_top> > > Was this site ever created? > > > > Topic: Verizon Cell > Coverage<http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/t/d0437d2ddd9d44a1> > > "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Jun 20 05:00PM -0600 > ^<#130b66943ce5d9e3_digest_top> > > In Denver AT&T starts to go downhill, ok it plain sucks, during Rockies > home > games. We're looking at a few micro cells we can set up and add/remove > people as needed when they're there. > > It's amazing, you can set your watch by Rockies home games and AT&T > service. > Full bars, no data. > > > John Wilker > Founder, 360|Conferences > twitter: jwilker <http://twitter.com/jwilker> > johnwilker.com | Ignite Denver <http://ignitedenver.org>| > Denwhere<http://denwhere.com>| > 360|Flex <http://360flex.com> | 360|iDev <http://360idev.com> > > “A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as > something to aim at.” > ~ Bruce Lee > > > On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 4:53 PM, Joshua Marpet > > > > > Joshua Marpet <[email protected]> Jun 21 11:28AM -0400 > ^<#130b66943ce5d9e3_digest_top> > > AT&T has femtocells. They include 3g connectivity, I believe. Many > femtocells also have a feature where you can register the phones > attached to > it. In other words, you can have your co-working people's phones > provided > 3g service, while the person next to them has no data. > > Just a thought. > > Joshua > > > On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 7:00 PM, [email protected] < > > > > > "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Jun 21 09:31AM -0600 > ^<#130b66943ce5d9e3_digest_top> > > Yeah that's it exactly. They actually only work for registered phones. > > so random passer's-by don't get signal, etc. > > Once we get going we're gonna see if we can't swing 1 or 2 from AT&T > > John Wilker > Founder, 360|Conferences > twitter: jwilker <http://twitter.com/jwilker> > johnwilker.com | Ignite Denver <http://ignitedenver.org>| > Denwhere<http://denwhere.com>| > 360|Flex <http://360flex.com> | 360|iDev <http://360idev.com> > > “A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as > something to aim at.” > ~ Bruce Lee > > > On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 9:28 AM, Joshua Marpet > > > > Topic: Coworking > Grants<http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/t/f869d58db2e06095> > > McKenzie Parker <[email protected]> Jun 21 07:42AM -0700 > ^<#130b66943ce5d9e3_digest_top> > > I work for a space that is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit. Does anyone have > any links for grants that can benefit coworking projects? > > > > Topic: Asia Trip! Who to > visit?<http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/t/fb9dc75eea890726> > > Nicolas Koreni <[email protected]> Jun 21 01:48AM -0700 > ^<#130b66943ce5d9e3_digest_top> > > If you stop by Tokyo, come and say hello! > > -Nicolas > http://moboff.co.jp/en/ > > > > > Liu Yan <[email protected]> Jun 21 04:55PM +0800 > ^<#130b66943ce5d9e3_digest_top> > > Yes! Greetings from Liu Yan from Xindanwei Shanghai. Do drop us a > visit, we > will host a talk for you! lol > > Liu Yan > > 2011/6/21 Nicolas Koreni <[email protected]> > > > -- > Liu Yan 刘妍 > CEO/Co-founder > Xindanwei 新单位 > (+86) 021 3428 0783 > +86) 135 2429 5509 > 50 Yongjia Rd, Shanghai,CHINA > 中国上海徐汇区永嘉路50号 > http://xindanwei.com > twitter/weibo:@theliuyan > > > > Topic: Coworking in Tokyo, Japan [moboff: Mobile > Office]<http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/t/356c73e4e7bc853f> > > Nicolas Koreni <[email protected]> Jun 21 01:47AM -0700 > ^<#130b66943ce5d9e3_digest_top> > > We started out as an internal project within an interior design/real > estate > consulting firm. > They do a lot of work with furniture companies, so we get a lot of free > > chairs and use our Harajuku space as a show room. > > Our cafe also has some extraordinarily expensive glass. It's the type > that > is normally opaque, but become transparent when you flip a switch. This > was > also given to us for free from the glass company that wanted a > showroom. > > > > -- > 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. > -- Catharine MacIntosh +1. 416. 413. 7962 skype: catharine_mac -- 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.
