Hooray! Great work you guys! If you still need photos of signage without the hyphen, I'm happy to send some along.
Best Susan On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 6:41 AM, Alex Hillman <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com>wrote: > Awesome! > > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > > > On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 4:32 AM, Joel Deskwanted <joeldull...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> An update: >> >> I asked Brad Neuberg to write a few paragraphs to support the "drop >> the hyphen" campaign, and he kindly agreed! Here is his contribution: >> >> >> "When I started coworking and created the term I very consciously >> dropped the hyphen. My intention is for coworking to be closer to the >> word collaboration, which does not have a hyphen, rather than co- >> worker. I also wanted the term to feel informal, and a dash in >> coworking felt awkward and difficult to type. >> >> "When the New York Times printed their first article on the coworking >> phenomenon (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/20/business/ >> businessspecial2/20cowork.html?pagewanted=all), I made sure to work >> closely with the New York Times editor to ensure the dash did not >> appear in coworking. The official AP Stylebook should mirror this and >> drop the hyphen." >> >> - Brad Neuberg >> Blog: http://codinginparadise.org >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/bradneuberg >> >> >> On Oct 11, 12:22 pm, Joel Deskwanted <joeldull...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > In addition to the letter, we would like to send a nicely designed PDF >> > of images showing active use of the word "coworking" (sans hyphen). >> > >> > Does anyone have photos of your signage using this word that you could >> > send me? >> > >> > Don't forget to read and contribute to the proposed letter! >> > >> > http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=https://docs.google.com/document/d/1. >> .. >> > >> > Joel >> > Deskwanted/Deskmag >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> 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 coworking@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://group > __ > Office Nomads > <http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en>officenomads.com > 206-484-5859 > > .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 coworking@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
