[Coworking] Re: Introduction
Filbert, Great tip, wheels that flip - How to reply: Google Groups is a little confusing. I always click either Reply at the bottom of the message, or new post on the discussions tab at right. But I'm not sure if they are showing in the right place. Too bad NNTP is dead - Matt, Braaaiinnn Laaaber --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: Running Events vs. Memberships
On 30 Mar 2008, at 06:38, Tara Hunt wrote: At CS, we treat events as open houses, but sometimes put the 'cost' on the organizers (who can collect $$ if they want). We charge the organizers a convenience fee (ours is ridiculously low = $25)...if they want to recoup it, they can ask attendees. For community things we either are free or ask for a convenience donation. If it is a very occasional event that benefits the Werkers (anybody who has worked or coworked at the werks) then we don't tend to charge, but if we ask for a donation I tend to ask the organiser to donate what they thought the value was and will usually give a guideline of £10 ($20) per hour evenings £30-45 for a weekend day. If they are making money off using the space we ask more, but all things are negotiable, we just try to be fair and not make pricing a barrier. I tend to encourage our members to come along to events unless they are obviously closed sessions. I don't think of there being a distinction between being community based or being a membership business there is a virtuous circle by being both. The more community overlaps with the business the greater the opportunities for both. T On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 11:42 AM, Lisa Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not being an owner YET these are instinctual thoughts, but I would think the event could also be a venue for getting more customers and limiting it to paid members would prevent that whole angle. On the other hand, if the event is rather expensive and you are seeking to reward your members and don't want freeloaders.. then you limit it. Just my .02.. Lisa On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 2:27 PM, Tony Bacigalupo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Coworking space owners! I was wondering how you handled running events vis a vis your membership systems. If you're running a lunchtime or evening event for a couple of hours, do attendees need to have paid memberships and/or pay for admission that day? It seems to me to be a bit of a tricky gray area between being an open community space versus being a membership-based business. Thoughts? Tips? Thanks! Tony CoworkingNY -- Lisa Thompson Media PA CoWorking Meetup http://socialnetwork.meetup.com/964/ Blog: http://theoffice.tumblr.com Tweeter: @lithompson friendfeed: http://friendfeed.com/theoffice -- tara 'miss rogue' hunt coFounder Citizen Agency (www.citizenagency.com) blog: www.horsepigcow.com phone: 415-694-1951 fax: 415-727-5335 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: bongs and frat boys
James McCarthy http://thewerks.org.uk On 31 Mar 2008, at 21:15, David Doolin wrote: On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 1:09 PM, Tony Bacigalupo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was just going to post something... the direct link to the CNN video is here: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2008/03/31/ labarre.coworking.cnn?iref=videosearch Chris: I vote for we've arrived. When a tabloid writes up how Paris Hilton is coworking at a Starbucks, then we're screwed. Naw, man, Paris rocks! Seriously, the way coworking spaces are structured, they can't be operationally hijacked. I don't think the meme can be externally hijacked either, as long as coworking remains sufficiently inclusive to stay economically self-sufficient. I had started seeing some hi-jacking of wiki pages by traditional office space vendors dumping adds on them. A couple of the UK pages got this kind of low level spam for a bit. Barring celebrity or giant conglomerate hijacking, I'd say it's all good :-) Has anyone seen any uptick in response? They sort of fudged the linking at the end; sounds like Polly wanted to point out some more links but ran out of time. On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 4:03 PM, Chris Messina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow, that's pretty awesome. Except the bonehead male commentator. Heh. Still, does this mean we've arrived or jumped the shark? ;) Chris On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 12:58 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: for those of you who missed it, CNN did a piece on coworking today. the female anchor did a great job describing coworking. her co- anchor likened coworking to frat boys with a big bong listening to led zeppelin. julie blogged about it here-- there's a link to the video: http://blog.launchpadcoworking.com/2008/03/31/coworking-as-breaking-news/ spike www.launchpadcoworking.com -- Chris Messina Citizen-Participant Open Source Advocate-at-Large Work: http://citizenagency.com Blog: http://factoryjoe.com/blog Cell: 412.225.1051 IM: factoryjoe This email is: [ ] bloggable [X] ask first [ ] private -- http://tinobox.org/wordpress/ linkedin, facebook, twitter, etc. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: Ch-Ch-Change
On 5 Apr 2008, at 18:12, Tara Hunt wrote: Has anyone looked into the FireEagle API? I signed up. I want to get a public service up there when I am done with all this taxes billing stuff that I'm current embroiled in. Eugh! Tara On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 5:44 PM, James McCarthy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We get anywhere between 1 - 15 or so people, but that isn't as yet an issue as we have the capacity, but come the day it is, we have been working on a side project so that people can just ping us (probably via twitter) to see who is there and if there is space. James McCarthy http://thewerks.org.uk On 28 Mar 2008, at 23:46, Chris Messina wrote: We've never had too many people since we've been open. In some ways, this is why the reservation system proved to be unnecessary once we got underway. I was sure that having a reservation system would be necessary to assure people that they wouldn't be wasting their time if they showed up... turned out that we typically have 2-3 people most of the time, maybe up to 5, but rarely more than that. It could be because we don't do any promotion and people find out about us through the web or word or mouth, but it's just not been an issue. Now, *were* it to become an issue and we became insanely popular with 15-20 dropins showing up, that's different, but that would radically change our business, and make it worthwhile to invest in some kind of scheduling or charging scenario. One thing we've learned though, given how easy it is to build a custom Rails app these days, is to not prematurely optimize or to invest in behavior that may never materialize. It's almost as though you want to reach a pain threshold where you *must* take action... taking action in advance of something is a risk that a bootstrapped project probably should avoid, if only to limit wasting resources. Y'know? Now, that isn't to say that you *can't* build something like this, maybe to attract new folks, but we've seen personal connections and community tend to be *much* ways to build interest. Anyway...! ;) Chris On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 11:40 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks everyone, some food for thought there. A few of the models you mention I hadn't heard of. I'm wondering though, how are you planning to manage overcrowding on some days? If you have no schedule or booking and people are free to drop by any day, some days you'll have too many people no? Most of us are not running at full capacity yet but it will come and I'm wondering if these loose systems will work as well. Not that hour banks will fix that but wetter we change systems or not, we plan on a booking site so people can confirm a desk before heading here. The bigger advantage you mention for the day or half day systems is less management which, again, I'm afraid will lead to too many people on some days. Patrick -- Chris Messina Citizen-Participant Open Source Advocate-at-Large Work: http://citizenagency.com Blog: http://factoryjoe.com/blog Cell: 412.225.1051 IM: factoryjoe This email is: [ ] bloggable [X] ask first [ ] private -- tara 'miss rogue' hunt coFounder Citizen Agency (www.citizenagency.com) blog: www.horsepigcow.com phone: 415-694-1951 fax: 415-727-5335 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: Fwd: prix ars electronica
I bunged a few words in but it is getting late and I'm tired... anybody want to add a few more? There was a great post some time back about the origins (probably from Alex) anybody want to cut and past that in? James On 2 Apr 2008, at 02:51, Tara Hunt wrote: http://coworking.pbwiki.com/PrixarsCommunities T On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 6:50 PM, Tara Hunt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave, The password is c0w0rking! :) But I can add it T On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 6:47 PM, David Doolin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have forgotten my invite key to the coworking wiki, and I am not really active enough to warrant filling out myself, so pasted below is the attached mswurd document in pbwiki format. snip !Digital Communities Please enter the details about your project here. These (*) fields are mandatory fields! !! Title/Name of Project*: !! Type of Project*: * community project? * social software? * publication? * other: !! Description of your project* What is your project about, who are the people involved and adressed. You must enter min. 350 characters (maximum 3000) !! Web Address of the Project: !! Project Details (max. 3000 characters per question) !!! Objectives* What is the objective of your project? What is the common goal, topic, interest, etc. of the community or the main uses of the software? !!!Language and context In which cultural and geographic context is the project rooted? !!!Project History* What was the project's origin, when and how did it start? How did it develop up to the present day? !!! People* What is the core team carrying the project? How many (groups of) individuals are currently involved as members or users? How would you characterize the people participating in the project? Is access to the project open or restricted? !!! Lessons learned: What has worked/what has not worked in the process of realisation of your project? !! Technical Information (max. 3000 characters per question) !!! Technological basis* What is the technological basis of your project or software (infrastructure, operating system environment, connectivity/telecommunication, etc.) ? !!! Solutions If your submission is a software, please describe the problem it is answering to, what solutions and most important features it offers. !!! Implementations In what areas/sectors/regions is your software currently applied? Where are running implementations of your software to be found? !!! Users Who are its (potential) users and beneficiaries? !!! License Under what kinds of licenses do you make it available? How many copies/licenses have so far been handed out/downloaded? !!! Statement of Reasons* Why the submitted project deserves to win a prize in the Digital Communities category. !!! Planned use of prize money*: !! Contact * Role: * Salutation: * First name: * Last name: * Company/Institution: * Street: * City: * Country: * Telephone: * Fax: * E-mail: Your signature confirms that you agree to the competition regulations in their entirety: http://www.aec.at/en/prix/registration/rights.asp Place, date, signature snap On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 6:28 PM, Tara Hunt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey there, I totally don't have time to fill this application out these days. Coworking was nominated for an award, but we have to fill out the form. Anyone have a couple of hours on their hands these days? Tara -- Forwarded message -- From: Prixars Communities [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 12:59 AM Subject: prix ars electronica To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, You are nominated by one of our advisors for the prix ars electronica, therefore we extend the deadline for you until Friday, the 4th of April. I attach you a submission form, which you should fill out, sign it and send it for a successful submission. You can scan and e-mail me or fax me (0043-732-7272-674) your submission form. Thanks a lot! If you have any questions or you need further support to finalize your project, please come back to me anytime! I am looking forward to your submission! With the very best wishes, Romana Leopoldseder Romana Leopoldseder Prix ars Electronica 2008/Digital Communities --- Ars Electronica Linz GmbH Hauptstraße 2-4 4040 Linz, Austria, Telefon: 0043-732-7272-79 Fax: 0043-732-7272-674 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://prixars.aec.at -- tara 'miss rogue' hunt coFounder Citizen Agency (www.citizenagency.com) blog: www.horsepigcow.com phone: 415-694-1951 fax: 415-727-5335 -- http://tinobox.org/wordpress/ linkedin, facebook, twitter, etc. -- tara 'miss rogue' hunt coFounder Citizen Agency (www.citizenagency.com)
[Coworking] Indyhall photos
These were taken on Thursday late in the day.. Enjoy! http://picasaweb.google.com/ichliebedich.lisa/IndyHall -- Lisa Thompson Media PA CoWorking Meetup http://socialnetwork.meetup.com/964/ Blog: http://theoffice.tumblr.com Tweeter: @lithompson friendfeed: http://friendfeed.com/theoffice --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] New Press for Coworking in Bay Area
This article comes out in the SF Chronicle on Sunday, April 6. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/05/BU5IVUHDJ.DTLhw=cubes+Crayonssn=001sc=1000 It focuses on Cubes Crayons but also includes references to some of the other coworking sites in the Bay Area. -Felicity CubesCrayons www.cubesandcrayons.com svmoms.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: New Press for Coworking in Bay Area
Great piece, congratulations! -Alex On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 1:15 AM, felicity at cubes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This article comes out in the SF Chronicle on Sunday, April 6. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/05/BU5IVUHDJ.DTLhw=cubes+Crayonssn=001sc=1000 It focuses on Cubes Crayons but also includes references to some of the other coworking sites in the Bay Area. -Felicity CubesCrayons www.cubesandcrayons.com svmoms.com -- -- - -- - Alex Hillman round(3)media new! ask me about it digital: [EMAIL PROTECTED] visual: www.round3media.com | www.dangerouslyawesome.com local: www.indyhall.org --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
