Just to continue with the naming stories. Our space is Locus Workspace, which I loved. But every third person thinks it's Locust Workspace, and wonders why we would name our space after ravaging Biblical insects. And I was wondering why we didn't have more German members (the Czech Republic borders Germany, and we have a very international membership), until I learned that Locus is slang for bathroom in Germany. It's hard to predict how a name will work.
On Oct 26, 3:37 am, Ann Kingman <[email protected]> wrote: > The naming thing is proving to be a big challenge for us, too, but now at > least we have a fun dinner-party story to go along with the challenge. > The building's address is #81. > We were going to call it Cowork81, and decorate with photos of the number 81 > in various forms. > Then we found out (completely by accident) that "81" was the symbol of a > motorcycle gang in the middle of a turf war in our town. > So now our name is no longer Cowork81. Bullet holes are not quite the > ambience we're going for. > > Ann > Prospective space owner > > On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 1:18 PM, Deborah Reese > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > Thanks, will do! I've been asking everyone individually, and have > > compiled a nice long list of possibles, but I think you're right: the > > perfect one is going to spring out of the group. > > > On Oct 25, 11:02 am, Tony Bacigalupo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Naming the space: next time you get everyone together, put all the name > > > ideas up on a board. Let people put votes next to the ones they like. > > > > There's a decent chance you won't use any of them, or you'll not pick the > > > most popular one-- but there's a decent chance somebody out there knows > > the > > > perfect name, and they get credit forever for naming it! > > > > Best of luck! > > > > Cheers, > > > Tony > > > New Work City --- named by Kara Masi :-) > > > > On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Alex Hillman < > > [email protected] > > > > > wrote: > > > > *QuerqueWorking* > > > > * > > > > * > > > > That's my cheap first pass at a name. :) > > > > > Thanks for the shout outs, and glad Sunday's workshop was valuable! > > > > > -Alex > > > > > /ah > > > > indyhall.org > > > > coworking in philadelphia > > > > > On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Deborah Reese < > > [email protected]>wrote: > > > > >> ...which will eventually become a coworking space (more like a > > > >> clubhouse, to borrow from Alex of Indy Hall), after we pull enough > > > >> cool, brilliant people together who love to work around and with each > > > >> other. Please let me know if you're interested in being one of these > > > >> people! > > > > >> If you've been around ABQ for a while, you might know me from ProLaw > > > >> Software, Seventh Goddess, or Black T-Shirt Monday, and if so you know > > > >> I have a pretty good track record of bringing awesome people together > > > >> and creating an environment for them to thrive while being fabulously > > > >> themselves, individually and collectively. > > > > >> Thanks, Alex, for the very informative session on Sunday! Thanks to > > > >> all the awesome coworking space owners in Melbourne, Australia who let > > > >> me visit their spaces last week and let me crash their lunch meeting! > > > >> And thanks to all the members of this Google Group (I've been reading > > > >> for a while) who so generously share everything! Hope I'll be able to > > > >> give back to this global community as much as it's giving me. > > > > >> Deborah Reese > > > >> [email protected] > > > >> Albuquerque Coworking (Help! We need a cool name!) > > > > >> -- > > > >> 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. -- 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.
