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[Chris Conrey]

Chris,
Great news to hear that you guys are set to finally open!  It was cool
meeting you and the rest of the Y@ pack while I was at SXSW.

Chris Conrey
chrisconrey.com
Human->Geek Relations at Integrum
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On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 7:23 PM, Chris Johnston wrote:

> You really need to come to New Orleans and check out Launchpad 
> NOLA.
> It officially opens June 1st.
>
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>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 7:46 AM, IDEA REPUBLIC  > wrote:
>
>>
>> Dear fellow coworking enthusiasts,
>>
>> i am located in cologne/germany and my plan for july/august 2009 is to
>> visit a couple of US coworking spaces.
>> I wonder if there are maybe some further european coworking
>> enthusiasts out there who always wanted to tour places like Citizen
>> Space to get a first hand experience on what coworking feels like in
>> its homecountry. If so I would suggest that we set up a group-
>> travelling page where everybody can follow our trip details and can
>> join in the conversation. Are you interested? Or do you know someone
>> who could be interested?
>> Than just answer this thread or drop me a note:
>> summertrip2...@coworking.de
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Peter
>>
>>
>>
>
> >
>

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[Coworking] Re: US-coworking-summer-trip-2009

[Chris Johnston]

You really need to come to New Orleans and check out Launchpad
NOLA.
It officially opens June 1st.

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On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 7:46 AM, IDEA REPUBLIC
wrote:

>
> Dear fellow coworking enthusiasts,
>
> i am located in cologne/germany and my plan for july/august 2009 is to
> visit a couple of US coworking spaces.
> I wonder if there are maybe some further european coworking
> enthusiasts out there who always wanted to tour places like Citizen
> Space to get a first hand experience on what coworking feels like in
> its homecountry. If so I would suggest that we set up a group-
> travelling page where everybody can follow our trip details and can
> join in the conversation. Are you interested? Or do you know someone
> who could be interested?
> Than just answer this thread or drop me a note:
> summertrip2...@coworking.de
>
> Thanks,
> Peter
>
> >
>

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[Coworking] Re: US-coworking-summer-trip-2009

[WHERE MMM]

Fantastic... yes.. I see a lot of us agree... see below for my original note
on this.

I would love to collaborate with Iddy and Gangplank to get this going..
guys..? thoughts ..immediate action plan for a weekend project...? Not to
put anyone on the spot but I would think it better to be a cooperative
effort.

Danielle @ WHERE: MIX MEET MOGUL
Silverlake, Los Angeles, CA USA
323 663 6636 direct office
FACEBOOK, TWITTER, MYSPACE

> > I completely agree!!!
>
> > I think it is a wonderful idea and would like to extend an invitation to
> > host a traveling group at a new coworking space in Los Angeles.
>
> > Our work / lounge is located in Silverlake and is ten minutes from
> > downtown. I would encourage us all to use Facebook as it is an easy way
> > to better inform each other about the locations and countries that we
may
> > visit...as well as to 'meet one another' via pictures. See some of
> > the community events that WHERE has hosted in Silverlake
> >http://www.facebook.com/inbox/?ref=mb#/profile.php?id=1608922441&v=ph...
>
> > WHERE: MEET, MIX, MOGUL
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 3:35 AM, Stefan Leitner-Sidl  wrote:

> guys, should'n we open a group on facebook or elsewhere 4 communication
> and sharing?
> cheers
> stefan
>
>
>  Am 17.04.2009 um 03:00 schrieb WHERE MMM:
>
>  I completely agree!!!
>
> I think it is a wonderful idea and would like to extend an invitation to
> host a traveling group at a new coworking space in Los Angeles.
>
> Our work / lounge is located in Silverlake and is ten minutes from
> downtown. I would encourage us all to use Facebook as it is an easy way
> to better inform each other about the locations and countries that we may
> visit...as well as to 'meet one another' via pictures. See some of
> the community events that WHERE has hosted in Silverlake
> http://www.facebook.com/inbox/?ref=mb#/profile.php?id=1608922441&v=photos
>
> WHERE: MEET, MIX, MOGUL
> Silverlake, Los Angeles CA, USA
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 5:46 AM, IDEA REPUBLIC  > wrote:
>
>>
>> Dear fellow coworking enthusiasts,
>>
>> i am located in cologne/germany and my plan for july/august 2009 is to
>> visit a couple of US coworking spaces.
>> I wonder if there are maybe some further european coworking
>> enthusiasts out there who always wanted to tour places like Citizen
>> Space to get a first hand experience on what coworking feels like in
>> its homecountry. If so I would suggest that we set up a group-
>> travelling page where everybody can follow our trip details and can
>> join in the conversation. Are you interested? Or do you know someone
>> who could be interested?
>> Than just answer this thread or drop me a note:
>> summertrip2...@coworking.de
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Peter
>>
>> >>
>>
>
>
>
> –
>
> Mag. Stefan Leitner-Sidl
> Konnex - Leitner-Sidl & Pöll OEG
> Lilienbrunngasse 18
> 1020 Wien
> T +43 1 2164844-40
> F +43 1 2164844-55
> M +43 699 19697907
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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[Coworking] Re: US-coworking-summer-trip-2009

[Chris Conrey]

Don't forget about Gangplank if you're coming through Arizona!   We'd love
to see you swing by and compare notes.
Chris Conrey
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On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Susan Evans wrote:

>
> Awesome!  Count Office Nomads as a great place for you to swing
> through if you come through Seattle!  We'd love to see anyone here on
> a coworking road trip adventure.
>
> Another person to keep your eyes on is this guy Mark who is doing a
> Twitter Road trip (http://twitter.com/route140), and plans to swing by
> some coworking spaces on his way. :)
>
> Susan
> __
> Office Nomads
> officenomads.com
>
> On Apr 18, 11:01 am, Alex Hillman 
> wrote:
> > Don't forget us on the east coast, either! Or or friends in the midwest.
> And
> > our neighbors to the north in Canada!
> >
> > The US is a big place, and there's coworking EVERYWHERE!
> >
> > Our door is always open @ Indyhall! Within a couple of hours there is
> also a
> > couple of great spots in New York and Brooklyn, as well as down near
> > Baltimore.
> >
> > -Alex
> >
> > --
> > -
> > --
> > -
> > Alex Hillman
> > im always developing something
> > digital: a...@weknowhtml.com
> > helpful:www.unstick.me
> > visual:www.dangerouslyawesome.com
> > local:www.indyhall.org
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 9:00 PM, WHERE MMM  wrote:
> > > I completely agree!!!
> >
> > > I think it is a wonderful idea and would like to extend an invitation
> to
> > > host a traveling group at a new coworking space in Los Angeles.
> >
> > > Our work / lounge is located in Silverlake and is ten minutes from
> > > downtown. I would encourage us all to use Facebook as it is an easy way
> > > to better inform each other about the locations and countries that we
> may
> > > visit...as well as to 'meet one another' via pictures. See some of
> > > the community events that WHERE has hosted in Silverlake
> > >http://www.facebook.com/inbox/?ref=mb#/profile.php?id=1608922441&v=ph.
> ..
> >
> > > WHERE: MEET, MIX, MOGUL
> > > Silverlake, Los Angeles CA, USA
> >
> > > On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 5:46 AM, IDEA REPUBLIC <
> peteschr...@googlemail.com
> > > > wrote:
> >
> > >> Dear fellow coworking enthusiasts,
> >
> > >> i am located in cologne/germany and my plan for july/august 2009 is to
> > >> visit a couple of US coworking spaces.
> > >> I wonder if there are maybe some further european coworking
> > >> enthusiasts out there who always wanted to tour places like Citizen
> > >> Space to get a first hand experience on what coworking feels like in
> > >> its homecountry. If so I would suggest that we set up a group-
> > >> travelling page where everybody can follow our trip details and can
> > >> join in the conversation. Are you interested? Or do you know someone
> > >> who could be interested?
> > >> Than just answer this thread or drop me a note:
> > >> summertrip2...@coworking.de
> >
> > >> Thanks,
> > >> Peter
> >
>

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[Coworking] Re: Review of "I'm out of here" and general post about coworking

[Susan Evans]

Whoops - in that second paragraph I meant to say "coworking," not
"corking." :)  I'll admit, I've never plunked down to get a sense of
what corking is all about, either.  UNcorking, now I've done plenty of
that...

;)

Susan
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officenomads.com

On Apr 21, 10:31 am, Susan Evans  wrote:
> I spent some time reviewing this article over the weekend and got hit
> with a lot of thoughts.  Thanks Venkat for writing up a thought-
> provoking piece.
>
> That said, I am sitting here prepping my notes to respond to you (I
> wrote down pages of them over the weekend), but I’m not sure if any of
> the responses will resonate with you as you’ve never been to a
> coworking space.  As Dave said this is the critical piece of the
> puzzle as far as those who participate in this listserv are likely
> concerned.  You may think it a trivial point – that you can still
> review the model without seeing it in action.  You CAN analyze it
> academically and make a ton of great points about the benefits and the
> pitfalls of the concept.  But after a year and a half of owning and
> running Office Nomads in Seattle, I’ve heard folks all too often say
> things like "wow - working here went way beyond my expectations," or
> “I don’t think I’ve been this productive in years,” or “I feel like
> I’m on the cutting edge here,” or "thanks for giving me a great reason
> to go to work," or “It’s worth every penny – you guys aren’t charging
> enough for this.”  None of this can truly resonate with you unless
> you’ve plunked yourself down in one of the spaces around the country
> and gotten a true sense of what corking is all about.
>
> Specifically, I think that visiting a coworking space would really
> change your opinion about the value vs. cost analysis you went through
> in your review, as well as the thought that you mentioned there at the
> end about not being able to rely in the longterm on “economic-cultural
> benefits” such as potential teaming and start-up creation out of
> coworking spaces.  Until you sat side-by-side with other workers and
> got to really see the “accelerated serendipity” (yes, a woo-woo hippie-
> like term, but when you see it you GET it) of coworking spaces.  There
> is value in the potential that coworking spaces bring to independent
> workers. It is a risk to take to join a coworking space, but a
> calculated one at that.  You are taking a financial risk on a space
> (only if you’re used to getting your space for “free” at cafes and at
> home) but there is useful filter on that risk that I don’t think you
> take enough into consideration.  It’s like getting to pick the
> customers who sit alongside you in the coffee shop – you get to put
> yourself in a room full of potential collaborators.  There is
> incredible value in this.  We see it nearly every day at Office Nomads
> and I hear similar stories from other coworking spaces all the time.
> This indicates that it is not an accidental, temporary outcome of
> running a coworking space, but a vital component of the success of
> these spaces in th efuture.
>
> I think you’d also see that coworking spaces aren’t painting
> themselves into a corner by dissenting against mainstream office
> spaces, but instead are part of a growing trend to make collaborative
> workspaces which encourage people to work closer to home (as in ditch
> their commute and spend more of that commute time doing more valuable
> things like hanging out with friends and family. We're actually in
> conversation about working with local transportation agencies to
> spread the word about coworking locations in the Puget Sound so they
> can share them with businesses who have commute trip reduction (CTR)
> strategies).  Coworking spaces are not the end-all, be-all of where
> this new business model is heading.  In fact, as you may have seen on
> this list, we dialogue (almost too-)regularly about what coworking is
> and what the model encompasses as it is put into action around the
> world.  At SXSWi this year, there was a ton of talk about what the
> next step would be for coworking spaces.  There is an infinite amount
> of possibility – just sit down with Alex and Geoff and IndyHall for 5
> minutes and you’ll know what I’m talking about.  They are the industry
> leaders and are pioneering some incredible methods and tools that are
> going to launch coworking into its next phase.
>
> What I DO think you do a great job of in your article is making us
> coworking space owners think a bit.  We mull over all of the points
> you brought up daily, and I thank you for bringing many of them all
> together in one place (with even bigger, more important thanks to the
> authors of “I’m Outta Here!” for giving the book up for review in the
> first place, of course. ☺).  I agree with you that the value
> proposition of coworking spaces has to be a serious one in this time
> in order for independents to take the financial step towards joining a
> space.  It is similar to a gym in that respect 

[Coworking] Re: US-coworking-summer-trip-2009

[Susan Evans]

Awesome!  Count Office Nomads as a great place for you to swing
through if you come through Seattle!  We'd love to see anyone here on
a coworking road trip adventure.

Another person to keep your eyes on is this guy Mark who is doing a
Twitter Road trip (http://twitter.com/route140), and plans to swing by
some coworking spaces on his way. :)

Susan
__
Office Nomads
officenomads.com

On Apr 18, 11:01 am, Alex Hillman 
wrote:
> Don't forget us on the east coast, either! Or or friends in the midwest. And
> our neighbors to the north in Canada!
>
> The US is a big place, and there's coworking EVERYWHERE!
>
> Our door is always open @ Indyhall! Within a couple of hours there is also a
> couple of great spots in New York and Brooklyn, as well as down near
> Baltimore.
>
> -Alex
>
> --
> -
> --
> -
> Alex Hillman
> im always developing something
> digital: a...@weknowhtml.com
> helpful:www.unstick.me
> visual:www.dangerouslyawesome.com
> local:www.indyhall.org
>
> On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 9:00 PM, WHERE MMM  wrote:
> > I completely agree!!!
>
> > I think it is a wonderful idea and would like to extend an invitation to
> > host a traveling group at a new coworking space in Los Angeles.
>
> > Our work / lounge is located in Silverlake and is ten minutes from
> > downtown. I would encourage us all to use Facebook as it is an easy way
> > to better inform each other about the locations and countries that we may
> > visit...as well as to 'meet one another' via pictures. See some of
> > the community events that WHERE has hosted in Silverlake
> >http://www.facebook.com/inbox/?ref=mb#/profile.php?id=1608922441&v=ph...
>
> > WHERE: MEET, MIX, MOGUL
> > Silverlake, Los Angeles CA, USA
>
> > On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 5:46 AM, IDEA REPUBLIC  > > wrote:
>
> >> Dear fellow coworking enthusiasts,
>
> >> i am located in cologne/germany and my plan for july/august 2009 is to
> >> visit a couple of US coworking spaces.
> >> I wonder if there are maybe some further european coworking
> >> enthusiasts out there who always wanted to tour places like Citizen
> >> Space to get a first hand experience on what coworking feels like in
> >> its homecountry. If so I would suggest that we set up a group-
> >> travelling page where everybody can follow our trip details and can
> >> join in the conversation. Are you interested? Or do you know someone
> >> who could be interested?
> >> Than just answer this thread or drop me a note:
> >> summertrip2...@coworking.de
>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Peter
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[Coworking] Re: Affinity Lab turns 8 today

[Susan Evans]

Holy crap!  Congrats, Affinity Lab - best of luck in the 8+ years to
come! :)

Susan


On Apr 20, 3:33 pm, Philippe  wrote:
> 8 years ago today Affinity Lab had its official launch party. Its been
> a great ride and we are looking forward to 8 more years of fun,
> productivity, creativity and parties.
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[Coworking] Re: Review of "I'm out of here" and general post about coworking

[Susan Evans]

I spent some time reviewing this article over the weekend and got hit
with a lot of thoughts.  Thanks Venkat for writing up a thought-
provoking piece.

That said, I am sitting here prepping my notes to respond to you (I
wrote down pages of them over the weekend), but I’m not sure if any of
the responses will resonate with you as you’ve never been to a
coworking space.  As Dave said this is the critical piece of the
puzzle as far as those who participate in this listserv are likely
concerned.  You may think it a trivial point – that you can still
review the model without seeing it in action.  You CAN analyze it
academically and make a ton of great points about the benefits and the
pitfalls of the concept.  But after a year and a half of owning and
running Office Nomads in Seattle, I’ve heard folks all too often say
things like "wow - working here went way beyond my expectations," or
“I don’t think I’ve been this productive in years,” or “I feel like
I’m on the cutting edge here,” or "thanks for giving me a great reason
to go to work," or “It’s worth every penny – you guys aren’t charging
enough for this.”  None of this can truly resonate with you unless
you’ve plunked yourself down in one of the spaces around the country
and gotten a true sense of what corking is all about.

Specifically, I think that visiting a coworking space would really
change your opinion about the value vs. cost analysis you went through
in your review, as well as the thought that you mentioned there at the
end about not being able to rely in the longterm on “economic-cultural
benefits” such as potential teaming and start-up creation out of
coworking spaces.  Until you sat side-by-side with other workers and
got to really see the “accelerated serendipity” (yes, a woo-woo hippie-
like term, but when you see it you GET it) of coworking spaces.  There
is value in the potential that coworking spaces bring to independent
workers. It is a risk to take to join a coworking space, but a
calculated one at that.  You are taking a financial risk on a space
(only if you’re used to getting your space for “free” at cafes and at
home) but there is useful filter on that risk that I don’t think you
take enough into consideration.  It’s like getting to pick the
customers who sit alongside you in the coffee shop – you get to put
yourself in a room full of potential collaborators.  There is
incredible value in this.  We see it nearly every day at Office Nomads
and I hear similar stories from other coworking spaces all the time.
This indicates that it is not an accidental, temporary outcome of
running a coworking space, but a vital component of the success of
these spaces in th efuture.

I think you’d also see that coworking spaces aren’t painting
themselves into a corner by dissenting against mainstream office
spaces, but instead are part of a growing trend to make collaborative
workspaces which encourage people to work closer to home (as in ditch
their commute and spend more of that commute time doing more valuable
things like hanging out with friends and family. We're actually in
conversation about working with local transportation agencies to
spread the word about coworking locations in the Puget Sound so they
can share them with businesses who have commute trip reduction (CTR)
strategies).  Coworking spaces are not the end-all, be-all of where
this new business model is heading.  In fact, as you may have seen on
this list, we dialogue (almost too-)regularly about what coworking is
and what the model encompasses as it is put into action around the
world.  At SXSWi this year, there was a ton of talk about what the
next step would be for coworking spaces.  There is an infinite amount
of possibility – just sit down with Alex and Geoff and IndyHall for 5
minutes and you’ll know what I’m talking about.  They are the industry
leaders and are pioneering some incredible methods and tools that are
going to launch coworking into its next phase.

What I DO think you do a great job of in your article is making us
coworking space owners think a bit.  We mull over all of the points
you brought up daily, and I thank you for bringing many of them all
together in one place (with even bigger, more important thanks to the
authors of “I’m Outta Here!” for giving the book up for review in the
first place, of course. ☺).  I agree with you that the value
proposition of coworking spaces has to be a serious one in this time
in order for independents to take the financial step towards joining a
space.  It is similar to a gym in that respect – you know that
coworking will help the health of your worklife, but you have to take
the step to get in the space in order to get the value.  These days
many independents are looking for ways to garner value from the
choices they make to move their business forward, and it is our
challenge to let them know that the value they can gain from a
coworking space is worth it.

Again I have about a million more thoughts – but them’s the start. ☺