Hey Oren Thx for reply. Your concept with "area managers" sounds resonable. I will check with my colleagues if we want to step in to manage the Switzerland lists and let you know asap.
Cheers Xaver On Wednesday, September 24, 2014 6:40:22 AM UTC+2, [email protected] wrote: > > Hey Xavier, > > That's precisely what I'm working on with Open Coworking through the Open > Coworking Map: http://coworkingdotcom.herokuapp.com/ (The site will be > moving to map.coworking.com very very shortly.) > > The idea behind the Open Coworking Map is very simple. All "global > coworking lists" have had the same problems in maintenance due to their > data management policies. Either one person curates the whole list or > alternatively they create an open platform allowing any space to list > itself. The former is impossible since no one can be in 5,000 places at > once keeping track of openings and closings. The latter runs into issues > with opt-in as it's nearly impossible to inform and convince 5,000 spaces > to sign up. The latter approach also has issues of opt-out when a space > closes. Most directories I've seen end up becoming more of a graveyard than > an active list. > > The Open Coworking Map addresses these issues by appointing a local > curator in each city (or country if city level is too specific or coworking > is too sparse in the country to support city listing). In this way, the > individual keeps track of all the openings and closings without requiring > opt-in or opt-out from the spaces themselves. This is the only way to > ensure a fully inclusive list that doesn't forget to include or remove > spaces as required. > > The project is ready for roll-out, but thus far I've been struggling a bit > to find willing local curators in each locality worldwide. > > Xaver, if you're interested I can get you credentials to manage the > Switzerland list. Same offer applies to locals of any other city/country > that want to curate their city's list of spaces! > > Cheers, > Oren > > On Thursday, September 18, 2014 7:48:18 AM UTC-5, Xaver Inglin wrote: >> >> Hi everyone, >> >> The coworking scene in Switzerland is growing - see our directory of >> spaces http://coworking-schweiz.ch/?page_id=54 >> >> It would make sense to publish this information on a world wide directory >> - but where? >> >> Here is what I found so far: >> >> >> - http://wiki.coworking.org/w/page/29303049/Directory is still >> maintained but is just a listing by regions/countries: no further >> attributes/criteria that allows to pick an appropriate coworking space. >> - this discussion on Quora >> http://www.quora.com/Is-there-a-global-directory-of-coworking-spaces >> provides some hints, but not really an answer to my question. >> >> I feel a need for the "Worldwide Coworking Directory". >> >> Anyone else? >> >> >> >> >> >> -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
