[Coworking] Dallas coworking - any plans?
I have read several plans for new Dallas coworking spaces. Are any in the works or already opened and just havent made top search results? I would be very interested in at least creating a Meetup and seeing where we can take it. I agree with Alex from Indy Hall that community is first then space comes second so I am taking that approach. I even have a space that I think a deal could be worked out with as a group if we get enough interested parties. Let me know! Ray -- 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
Re: [Coworking] Dallas coworking - any plans?
Ray, I haven't seen anything solid. But along those lines *my dream* would be to open a space in Keller, Southlake or Grapevine. The commuter traffic alone is strong justification... Anyway, I have plans, just no funds! Randall (Randy) Arnold On February 8, 2012 at 6:39 AM DallasIT_AgE1974 rayn...@gmail.com wrote: I have read several plans for new Dallas coworking spaces. Are any in the works or already opened and just havent made top search results? I would be very interested in at least creating a Meetup and seeing where we can take it. I agree with Alex from Indy Hall that community is first then space comes second so I am taking that approach. I even have a space that I think a deal could be worked out with as a group if we get enough interested parties. Let me know! Ray -- 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. Randall (Randy) Arnold Developer and Enthusiast Advocate http://texrat.net +18177396806 -- 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
Re: [Coworking] Dallas coworking - any plans?
Ray, have you connected with Oren Salomon? He's on this list, working on something in the DFW area, and attended my workshop in the fall of last year. -Alex /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 6:39 AM, DallasIT_AgE1974 rayn...@gmail.com wrote: I have read several plans for new Dallas coworking spaces. Are any in the works or already opened and just havent made top search results? I would be very interested in at least creating a Meetup and seeing where we can take it. I agree with Alex from Indy Hall that community is first then space comes second so I am taking that approach. I even have a space that I think a deal could be worked out with as a group if we get enough interested parties. Let me know! Ray -- 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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 coworking@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
[Coworking] New Coworking Space in Florianópolis (Brazil)
Hello Everybody, Last week we opened a new Coworking Space in Florianópolis (Brazil) called SmartMob Coworking. For more details: http://www.smartmobs.com.br and http://www.facebook.com/smartmobcowork Cheers, André Hotta -- 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
[Coworking] Coverage of Coworking in Good Magazine
Hi Everyone, Didn't see that this was posted and thought I'd share. Congrats to CoCo and all the partners in LEXC on the coverage: http://www.good.is/post/how-big-business-are-using-coworking-spaces/ Can any other spaces report on how many members are employees of larger companies? Regards, Matthew -- Matthew Wettergreen, Ph.D e: mwettergr...@gmail.com w: http://matthewwettergreen.com c: 713.825.4613 t: @organprinter -- 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
Re: [Coworking] Coverage of Coworking in Good Magazine
Because we are located in Ann Arbor, at least 1/3 of our members are trailing spouses - people whose significant others are doing grad or postdoc work at the University of Michigan. Almost all of them work for employers located elsewhere. Some of them work for large companies such as IBM, although most of them work for smaller companies. In almost all cases, the employer reimburses the employee for the cost of membership. We also have a couple of engineers who live in Ann Arbor and work for an automotive supplier north of Detroit. Rather than commuting 45 minutes each way (on a good day), they work here and go into the office once a week or so. Their employer also pays for their memberships. There are a surprising number of people who live in Ann Arbor but work for auto manufacturers or suppliers in the Detroit area, which is a pretty significant commute. Due to the culture of these companies, getting them to understand the benefits of coworking for their employees is tough. On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 11:48 AM, Matthew Wettergreen mwettergr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Everyone, Didn't see that this was posted and thought I'd share. Congrats to CoCo and all the partners in LEXC on the coverage: http://www.good.is/post/how-big-business-are-using-coworking-spaces/ Can any other spaces report on how many members are employees of larger companies? Regards, Matthew -- Matthew Wettergreen, Ph.D e: mwettergr...@gmail.com w: http://matthewwettergreen.com c: 713.825.4613 t: @organprinter -- 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. -- twb member, Workantile Exchange http://workantileexchange.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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
[Coworking] Inc. Magazine Article on Coworking
Scrib was in Inc. magazine today, on the subject of coworking spaces. The brief article would definitely benefit from insightful comments from this group. http://www.inc.com/tom-searcy/10-tips-find-a-great-coworking-space.html Have a great day, Toby -- 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
[Coworking] Re: COOLWORK is looking for investors to expand in Brazilian biggest cities for the 2014 World Cup demands.
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[Coworking] Re: Membership Database
reading eworky.com thru google translate, it looks really good! On Feb 4, 5:25 pm, Cecilia Durieu cecilia.dur...@gmail.com wrote: Hey everybody ! we (eworky.com) have also built a coworking management tool, it will be translated in english soon. If some coworking spaces want to become beta-testers, let me know, you'll then get it for free forever ! (you can send me an email ceci...@eworky.com) We're very excited about it, hope you'll like it ! Cheers, Cécilia On 3 fév, 11:13, JeanYves jeanyveshuw...@gmail.com wrote: Excellent, Julianne. This is definitely needed. I look forward to try it out in Austin :-) Best Jean-Yves Coworking Europe conference On Feb 2, 8:43 pm, flip.wor...@gmail.com flip.wor...@gmail.com wrote: That's great news Julianne can't wait to see the new systems. Keep us updated Flip Work LA 448 S. Hill st Los Angeles,CA 90013 Cofounder: Ellaway Amiker Cofounder: Jamal Kinney Phone: (310)714-3856www.Flip-Work.com Twitter:Flip_WorkLA -- 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
[Coworking] New Member from Tokyo!!
Hi All, I am now in Japan and try to boost Co-Working system here in Tokyo area as well. I believe there is No borders in this system. Anyone who can agree with my idea, please send me a message. I am currently run small company called iDEAL inc. www.i-deal-inc.com (Sorry it is written in Japanese) My main business is e-learning Business English material. www.wisdomsq.com (Sorry it is also Japanese WEB) My daily blog. http://i-deal-inc.com/wp/ What I want to do here is that make a bridge between talented people in Asia and capable persons in US Europe. Please write me and do start something NEW!! I look very much forward to hearing from YOU. Regards Matt@Japan -- 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
[Coworking] “Free Coworking”: A “Facebook” developed, run and owned by the Coworkers
To spark a few emotions at the beginning, I like to look at the currently largest social network “Facebook”. By closer examination you find out, that it is already run to a large extent by the users. The obvious one: Content. I guess no discussion on that one. Another example: Support. According to a german site http://allfacebook.de/allgemeines/facebook-kontakt-support , it is not possible for Facebook to provide a contact form or direct email support. The explanation: With 750 million free users, the company could not finance such a service. Well, what is the solution? People have to collaborate and support each other :-)) I leave it at that as an introduction because this article is not really about Facebook, it is about “Free Coworking” and the way Coworkers can connect on a common platform! On launching the “Free Coworking” Skill Sharing Tool, I notice a reaction by many people that has something, for one, to do with the Apple Analogy I described in another article http://www.coworking-news.de/2012/02/free-coworking-a-free-apple-analogy/. If you get a service offered for free (like the free apple), people will automatically think, here is someone who wants to use me to further his business. To make matters worth we live in a time of Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg. People are fascinated by a “winner takes it all” culture. I guess many people think why should they support “a simple idea” which potentially could bring large benefit to one or a small number of people. An idea which is so obvious and in my believe the “core” idea of coworking. Collaboration on a common platform. In practice, up to now (in “paid coworking”), this platform is a coworking space and not a virtual network. In that sense, “no danger” of the “Next Facebook”. But when it comes to a virtual coworking platform potentially with a global relevance, many people, I believe, think “Facebook”, “Money”, “Power”. Facebook by the way, is a very good example to show how (a kind of) social capital (Social Media and User Content) attracts financial capital. But Facebook is not a platform for collaboration, it is a platform of expression. I developed this idea in the article (How to transform coworking from expression to collaboration) http://www.coworking-news.de/2012/01/how-to-transform-coworking-from-expression-to-collaboration/. We now need a common platform, based on our own infrastructure, to collaborate otherwise coworking will not evolve. Coworking would remain something about a cheap flexible office where people go to work by themselves drinking coffee and having a chat. To me, what coworking is really about, is collaboration on a common platform, a platform that is physical and virtual. These virtual platforms do not exist or did not work up to now, because I believe many people fear a “Facebook for Coworkers” in which they do not have a stake. To me, that makes perfect sense but I think as cultural creatives http://www.coworking-news.de/2012/02/enjoy-this-film-think-different-engage-in-free-coworking/, it is easy to change that. Now I like to come to the second point: Developing and owning of a social network. Facebook, for example, will never be owned by its users, because it is a corporate company. Going public will not change that because financial institutions and profit maximisation will always control Facebook. “Free Coworking” should be different and I invite everybody to become an owner and developer of it. To make this ownership effective I suggest a first mechanism that might be new to many people. I call it “democracy by consensus” or “decision by consensus”. As far as I know there is no English term for it yet. Based on the ideas of Georg Paulus, Siegfried Schrotta and Erich Visotschnig “Systemisches Konsensieren“.http://www.sk-prinzip.eu/unterstuetzung/literatur.html? view=articlearticle=189 The concept is quite simple. Democracy (a little bit like “paid coworking”) is the best system we have come up with, up to now, to promote freedom, individual rights and a more peaceful society. What many though do not know is that our democratic system (by design) is by no means perfect. The paradox is that the older a democracy gets the bigger the social divide between rich and poor becomes. This holds true for all western democracies except Japan, but this is just a little aside. The important aspect is that democracy still produces winners and losers. Why is that a problem of the democratic system of today? Because we believe that taking decisions by majority is the best we can do. That is a mistake! Think about it. A group of 100 People want to decide how they are going to spend the holiday together. The options: Going to the beach or climbing. 51 vote for Climbing, 49 vote for the beach. According to classic democratic thinking we have now the best possible solution. Everybody goes climbing now. It is the will of the majority. In real terms we might have produced 51 winners and 49 losers. Not a good start for this
Re: [Coworking] New Member from Tokyo!!
Hi, Matt I am a Japanese running a coworking space in Tokyo. Let's meet and talk. My coworking space is located in Kyodo, along the Odakyu line (11 min. from Shinjuku). Please contact me! Our website is: http://coworking.jp/ (Sorry every other coworkers, it is written in Japanese) Best, Kyo Satani PAX Coworking, Tokyo 2012/2/9 Matt@Japan matt009t...@gmail.com Hi All, I am now in Japan and try to boost Co-Working system here in Tokyo area as well. I believe there is No borders in this system. Anyone who can agree with my idea, please send me a message. I am currently run small company called iDEAL inc. www.i-deal-inc.com (Sorry it is written in Japanese) My main business is e-learning Business English material. www.wisdomsq.com (Sorry it is also Japanese WEB) My daily blog. http://i-deal-inc.com/wp/ What I want to do here is that make a bridge between talented people in Asia and capable persons in US Europe. Please write me and do start something NEW!! I look very much forward to hearing from YOU. Regards Matt@Japan -- 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. -- Kyo paxi http://paxi.jp/ http://beemanet.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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
