Rad! Is there anywhere we can follow along online?
-- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Derek Neighbors wrote: > Alex, > > In this vein. We are doing a summer popup space at a local > university. Its the traditional collaborative consumption model. > During they summer they have excess space, internet, etc. Rather than > see it go to waste we are repurposing it to help build community and > open up students and staff to new ways of working. It is not a one > off or even recurring jelly, but rather a full space open M-F from 8am > - 6pm for 3 months. > > -- > Derek Neighbors > Gangplank > > On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Alex Hillman > <[email protected] (mailto:[email protected])> wrote: > > I think there's overlap between pop-up and jelly coworking, but they're not > > necessarily the same thing. > > > > Jelly is more for organizing people in a place that might not be designated > > for coworking - a cafe, a living room, a park, etc. It's low/no commitment > > and really doesn't require any infrastructure besides wifi, and Wifi is > > easier and easier every year with the availability of decent portable 4G > > hotspots, and even the ability for people to "BYO" internet if they have > > their own tether. > > > > Jelly is more of an 'event' than a specific place. It sounds like this could > > be where Peter is headed. > > > > For those who are unfamiliar with Jelly, check out http://workatjelly.com > > > > Pop up concepts, on the other hand are "less permanent" > > spaces. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop-up_retail > > > > I think they'd bring with them many of the challenges of more permanent > > spaces without the benefits (like Jerome suggests, internet contracts would > > need to be negotiated for a shorter term or perhaps borrowed from a > > neighbor). > > > > There's a bunch of things that I like about the idea of seasonal, short term > > coworking, if the Jelly-style events go well. > > > > The lack of permanence to the space removes some of the emphasis on the > > space and the infrastructure, pushing the provider to make sure that they're > > making the most of the short-term community. The constraint of time could > > prove valuable creatively, as Startup Weekend and Hackthons do. > > > > In addition to the time constraint factor, Geoff (my partner) has suggested > > that coworking from a space that you knew was going to go away was a great > > way to make sure that the community was "for real". > > > > Ask yourself: What would happen to your "community" if your coworking space > > burnt down? > > > > The more I think about it, the more I love the notion of seasonal > > communities - beach destinations being a great example. It's semi-transient, > > but also ripe for community. This sounds like a fun experiment. Keep us > > posted, Peter! > > > > -Alex > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > /ah > > indyhall.org (http://indyhall.org) > > coworking in philadelphia > > > > On Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Jerome Chang wrote: > > > > Let's not create new terms for old ones: one-off coworking is a "jelly" > > pop-up coworking is tough because internet contracts require 12-36 mos. > > Feasible, but that alone is tough. > > > > > > Jerome > > ______________ > > BLANKSPACES > > "work FOR yourself, not BY yourself" > > > > www.blankspaces.com (http://www.blankspaces.com) > > ph: 323.330.9505 | 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) Los > > Angeles, CA 90036 > > > > On Jun 12, 2012, at 11:37 AM, [email protected] > > (mailto:[email protected]) wrote: > > > > > > Hello, > > > > Anyone doing "pop up" co-working sites and/or one off events? I am working > > on a pop-up concept centered around writing software at the beach. > > > > See beachcoding.wordpress.com (http://beachcoding.wordpress.com) for some > > hint of the idea. > > > > I have some existing equipment and tech enabling me to offer free wireless > > at the beach to small groups and I am planning some events for the fall time > > frame and this includes some innovative special aspects, services, etc. > > fitting the beach theme. > > > > Best, > > > > Peter > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Coworking" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > (mailto:[email protected]). > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > (mailto:[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] > > (mailto:[email protected]). > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > (mailto:[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] > > (mailto:[email protected]). > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > (mailto:[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] > (mailto:[email protected]). > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > (mailto:[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. 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