[Coworking] Has anyone else used RoomZilla for conf rooms/phone rooms?

[Nathan Daum]

I know you want insight into roomzilla and I have none but you said something 
really interesting there. You're obviously employing some system other than 
economics to ensure room availability. If you've ever blogged or podcasted your 
philosophy on that, could you share a link? I'm intrigued!

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Re: [Coworking] Has anyone else used RoomZilla for conf rooms/phone rooms?

[Jonathan Markwell]

Sorry Alex - no we haven't. Looking forward to hearing how your pilot goes.

Jon

On Fri, 20 May 2016 at 20:32, Alex Hillman 
wrote:

> Yo Jon - have you tried RoomZilla though?
>
> -Alex
>
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> On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 3:25 PM, Jonathan Markwell <
> jonathan.markw...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I also prefer picking the best tool for the job rather than putting all
>> our eggs in one super complicated basket.
>>
>> We currently use http://youcanbook.me. It sticks bookings into Google
>> Calendars. We can then use other Google Calendar integrations to keep
>> members informed.
>>
>> Jon
>>
>> On Fri, 20 May 2016 at 19:55, Alex Hillman 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> It took 10 years but we're finally outgrowing our Flintstones-style
>>> approach to conf room reservations. :) We're still looking for ways to keep
>>> the process personal and we have no plans to start charging for our meeting
>>> rooms, but we want an easy way for someone to see if a room is available at
>>> some point in the future and mark it for themselves.
>>>
>>> *Has anyone here used RoomZilla?* http://roomzilla.net
>>>
>>> On my first pass it's by far the best balance of simplicity & robust key
>>> features, including tablet door-side schedules/reservations. I think we're
>>> going to pilot it internally but I was curious if anyone else had hands on
>>> experience with this tool in particular?
>>>
>>> -Alex
>>>
>>> P.s. as I'm looking at a lot of the tools being marketed to coworking
>>> spaces all I can think is BOY these are overengineered kitchen sink messes.
>>> I don't mind paying for a quality tool, but if I have to spend an hour
>>> configuring things before I can make my first reservation...yikes!
>>>
>>> There's still so much room in this industry for simple, opinionated
>>> tools.
>>>
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Re: [Coworking] Has anyone else used RoomZilla for conf rooms/phone rooms?

[Jacob Sayles]

We have not used RoomZilla as we rather like our Flintstone system for
reasons you've heard me go on and on about.  That said, I'm interested to
see how your trial of roomzilla goes as I'm always looking for solutions
that are simple and human focused.  Too many things that get "fixed" by
technology are worse off then if they were left alone in the first place.

I hear you saying some variation of that in your question here. If you are
interested, it may be useful collaboration to work on Nadine together.
That's the platform we've been working on quietly at home for years now.
Yes, my first paragraph was talking about how I'm skeptical of technology
and my second paragraph is talking about the platform we've built.  It's
not a contradiction if you understand where we are coming from and what
we've built.

We've open sourced Nadine from the very beginning so you can pick it up and
run with it if you like, but it fails your test of being super easy to
setup.  I can help with that as I'm looking to finding people who are
interested in helping me build it in to a more complete system.  If you, or
anyone else, is interested, please let me know.

Simplistic project page:  http://nadineproject.org

Jacob

On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 11:54 AM, Alex Hillman  wrote:

> It took 10 years but we're finally outgrowing our Flintstones-style
> approach to conf room reservations. :) We're still looking for ways to keep
> the process personal and we have no plans to start charging for our meeting
> rooms, but we want an easy way for someone to see if a room is available at
> some point in the future and mark it for themselves.
>
> *Has anyone here used RoomZilla?* http://roomzilla.net
>
> On my first pass it's by far the best balance of simplicity & robust key
> features, including tablet door-side schedules/reservations. I think we're
> going to pilot it internally but I was curious if anyone else had hands on
> experience with this tool in particular?
>
> -Alex
>
> P.s. as I'm looking at a lot of the tools being marketed to coworking
> spaces all I can think is BOY these are overengineered kitchen sink messes.
> I don't mind paying for a quality tool, but if I have to spend an hour
> configuring things before I can make my first reservation...yikes!
>
> There's still so much room in this industry for simple, opinionated tools.
>
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> Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com
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Re: [Coworking] Has anyone else used RoomZilla for conf rooms/phone rooms?

[Alex Hillman]

Yo Jon - have you tried RoomZilla though?

-Alex


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On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 3:25 PM, Jonathan Markwell <
jonathan.markw...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I also prefer picking the best tool for the job rather than putting all
> our eggs in one super complicated basket.
>
> We currently use http://youcanbook.me. It sticks bookings into Google
> Calendars. We can then use other Google Calendar integrations to keep
> members informed.
>
> Jon
>
> On Fri, 20 May 2016 at 19:55, Alex Hillman 
> wrote:
>
>> It took 10 years but we're finally outgrowing our Flintstones-style
>> approach to conf room reservations. :) We're still looking for ways to keep
>> the process personal and we have no plans to start charging for our meeting
>> rooms, but we want an easy way for someone to see if a room is available at
>> some point in the future and mark it for themselves.
>>
>> *Has anyone here used RoomZilla?* http://roomzilla.net
>>
>> On my first pass it's by far the best balance of simplicity & robust key
>> features, including tablet door-side schedules/reservations. I think we're
>> going to pilot it internally but I was curious if anyone else had hands on
>> experience with this tool in particular?
>>
>> -Alex
>>
>> P.s. as I'm looking at a lot of the tools being marketed to coworking
>> spaces all I can think is BOY these are overengineered kitchen sink messes.
>> I don't mind paying for a quality tool, but if I have to spend an hour
>> configuring things before I can make my first reservation...yikes!
>>
>> There's still so much room in this industry for simple, opinionated
>> tools.
>>
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>> Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com
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Re: [Coworking] Has anyone else used RoomZilla for conf rooms/phone rooms?

[Jonathan Markwell]

I also prefer picking the best tool for the job rather than putting all our
eggs in one super complicated basket.

We currently use http://youcanbook.me. It sticks bookings into Google
Calendars. We can then use other Google Calendar integrations to keep
members informed.

Jon

On Fri, 20 May 2016 at 19:55, Alex Hillman 
wrote:

> It took 10 years but we're finally outgrowing our Flintstones-style
> approach to conf room reservations. :) We're still looking for ways to keep
> the process personal and we have no plans to start charging for our meeting
> rooms, but we want an easy way for someone to see if a room is available at
> some point in the future and mark it for themselves.
>
> *Has anyone here used RoomZilla?* http://roomzilla.net
>
> On my first pass it's by far the best balance of simplicity & robust key
> features, including tablet door-side schedules/reservations. I think we're
> going to pilot it internally but I was curious if anyone else had hands on
> experience with this tool in particular?
>
> -Alex
>
> P.s. as I'm looking at a lot of the tools being marketed to coworking
> spaces all I can think is BOY these are overengineered kitchen sink messes.
> I don't mind paying for a quality tool, but if I have to spend an hour
> configuring things before I can make my first reservation...yikes!
>
> There's still so much room in this industry for simple, opinionated tools.
>
> --
> *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.*
> Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com
> Listen to the podcast: http://dangerouslyawesome.com/podcast
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[Coworking] Has anyone else used RoomZilla for conf rooms/phone rooms?

[Alex Hillman]

It took 10 years but we're finally outgrowing our Flintstones-style
approach to conf room reservations. :) We're still looking for ways to keep
the process personal and we have no plans to start charging for our meeting
rooms, but we want an easy way for someone to see if a room is available at
some point in the future and mark it for themselves.

*Has anyone here used RoomZilla?* http://roomzilla.net

On my first pass it's by far the best balance of simplicity & robust key
features, including tablet door-side schedules/reservations. I think we're
going to pilot it internally but I was curious if anyone else had hands on
experience with this tool in particular?

-Alex

P.s. as I'm looking at a lot of the tools being marketed to coworking
spaces all I can think is BOY these are overengineered kitchen sink messes.
I don't mind paying for a quality tool, but if I have to spend an hour
configuring things before I can make my first reservation...yikes!

There's still so much room in this industry for simple, opinionated tools.

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