All - thanks so much for your support. It'd be awesome if, as you read through, you not only suggest edits, but ask more questions! As you've seen on the list, some of my best work comes as the answers to questions.
Ask about things that I've written that perhaps spark new ideas, or ask about things that perhaps are gaps in the framework. What I started is absolutely NOT complete. The more insight I have from all of you into what's missing will help me tons! -Alex /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Liu Yan <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Alex, > So happy that you took this initiative! I am giving a lecture to a group of > MBA's about open innovation tomorrow, have sent your EXACT text to them and > ask them to read it (and the coworking book) before attending the lecture. > > I will be more than happy to co-edit the book, proud of it! > > Thanks and best regards, > > Liu Yan > Xindanwei.com > Shanghai > > > On 2011-6-23, at 上午3:01, Karine wrote: > > > This is great. > > Easy to read, straight to the point. > > I hope we will be able to help; > > Anyway you were right to share it and thanks for doing so > > > > Karine > > la cantine numérique rennaise (Rennes, France) > > > > On Jun 22, 12:29 am, Alex Hillman <[email protected]> > > 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...>. > >> 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. > > > > -- > 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.
