Thanks for sharing, Randy! Great article worth a read. As for the comments...well, I tend to find that opinions shared in the comments field, even in the NYT, don't always match reality. Many people find it hard to "get" coworking until they have a chance to walk through or hang out a space for a while and before then they are a bit confused. Take that confusion with being snarky and bored and you get comments that are a bit excessive.
But hey, sometimes you do learn something from commentors. In the comments field of an article on Office Nomads once, we got to learn what a hambeast was. Now *that* was a treat. ;) Susan __ Office Nomads officenomads.com 206-484-5859 On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Leif Utne <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow. The level of cynicism about collaborative workspaces in that comment > thread is crazy. Thanks for sharing it, Randy. I thought it was a great > piece. > > Leif > > > > On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 7:11 AM, Randy Zauhar <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This article in the TImes touches on many aspects of co-working - I >> thought it interesting and well-written: >> >> http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/18/beyond-the-cubicle/?hp >> >> But check out the comments at the bottom - clearly the author hit a nerve. >> I think that one's perspective on "open" work environments depends on where >> the motivation for the design comes from - is it from the people who want to >> create and live in the space, or from "management"? I am well aware that >> corporate management pushes "flexible" and "open" environments with cynical >> motivations, and the reader comments clearly reflect that. >> >> Randy >> >> -- >> >> Randy J. Zauhar, PhD >> Assoc. Prof. of Biochemistry >> Director, Graduate Program in Bioinformatics >> Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry >> University of the Sciences in Philadelphia >> 600 S. 43rd Street >> Philadelphia, PA 19104 >> >> Phone: (215)596-8691 >> FAX: (215)596-8543 >> E-mail: [email protected] >> Web: http://binfcompsci.usp.edu/~zauhar >> >> My company: >> >> ArtemisDiscovery, LLC >> IndyHall >> 20 N. 3rd Street, Unit 201 >> Philadelphia, PA 19106 >> >> E-Mail: [email protected] >> Phone: (267)303-4766 >> >> >> >> *"We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we >> know now that it is bad economics."* >> * >> * >> -- *Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, 20 January 1937* >> * >> * >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > > -- > Leif Utne > VP Community Development > http://Zanby.com > +1 612.327.0123 (mobile) > +1 612.326.5256 (SkypeIn) > twitter: http://twitter.com/leifutne > blog: http://leifutne.com > skype: leifutne > -- > > > -- > 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.
