Re: [Coworking] Implications of Coworking.com.. and mixing it up some
I concur with Tara - a common hub, a place of learning, a place of community and a place to grow spaces and launch new ones. On 2010-02-17, at 1:23 PM, Tara Hunt wrote: > The idea behind a discussion about 3 years ago regarding the THEN > coworking.com, coworkination.com is that the site is used for the following > purposes: > > 1. Information on the movement and how to get involved > 2. An up to date map of the current coworking spaces > 3. That map is generated by signing up with a 'space' (because of spam, those > can be voted off the island) > 4. If you are part of a space (owner, permanent tenant), you can sign up as > an individual under coworkination + a space, if you are nomadic, you sign up > as an individual and 'check in' to spaces you visit. > 5. There was a foursquare-like element with space badges that would appear on > your profile (spaces you visit) > > And...eventually, there was to be a geo-logging element to it. We discussed > using something like Plazes.com (acquired by Nokia since then) to have anyone > who opened a laptop in a space automagically check in. > > But it wasn't meant to be some formal organization. The goals were to: > > 1. Give n00bies information and directions to their nearest coworking space > and for those interested in starting a space, good information. > 2. Give coworking spaces a platform to shine on > 3. Give all of us a more accurate read as to how many real coworking spaces > (there is too much spam on the gMap) there are and who to contact in regards > to those spaces. > > But really nothing else. I am still leaning towards that idea. > > T > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 12:53 PM, TCS wrote: > My take: don't form a new entity. > > TCS is a labour of love as most of these space are...we break even most of > the time but as individual companies we've all grown and increased revenues. > coworking.com is just another way for us to help the movement of > relationships, collaboration and creativity (TCS 3 value words) > > coworking.com is worth the investment into our vision. Use the funds, buy > the domain. you'll have to live up to your promises of donation = some > value, but for us, the value is 3 fold. One: we can bring all the > discussions (wiki, group, etc) under one roof and Two: we can loosely own the > term which can help us all on going. and Three: We have a distinct hub for > new spaces to come to and learn. > > Chad > > > > > Chad Ballantyne > Creative Director > www.thecreativespace.ca > 705.252.2423 > > ü Please consider the environment before printing this email. > > > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to cowork...@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. > > > > -- > tara 'missrogue' hunt > > Book: The Whuffie Factor (http://www.thewhuffiefactor.com) > Blog: HorsePigCow: Marketing Uncommon (http://horsepigcow.com) > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/missrogue > phone: 514-679-2951 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to cowork...@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. Chad Ballantyne Creative Director www.thecreativespace.ca 705.252.2423 ü Please consider the environment before printing this email. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@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] Implications of Coworking.com.. and mixing it up some
Please keep us all posted, thanks: good stuff. Love love love that Texas will be hosting these discussions (as part southern belle) it is nice to have the heart of texas/ southern hospitality flow through coworking! I am new to the SXSW adventure and am planning my trip now..so any advice and guidance, in advance, would be great! Danielle Danielle Nicoli WHERE: MMM Los Angeles > > I'd like to suggest that those of us attending SXSW that we get > together on Saturday afternoon before the MeetUp for a little > CoworkCamp activity to discuss this and all other kinds of good ideas. > I'd suggest Texas Coworking as the location but I'll leave that to > them. > > For whatever reason, it's time. I'm so glad to be here right now! > > Todd O'Neill > Catalyst/Partner > C4 Workspace > San Antonio Texas > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to cowork...@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 cowork...@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] Implications of Coworking.com.. and mixing it up some
The idea behind a discussion about 3 years ago regarding the THEN coworking.com, coworkination.com is that the site is used for the following purposes: 1. Information on the movement and how to get involved 2. An up to date map of the current coworking spaces 3. That map is generated by signing up with a 'space' (because of spam, those can be voted off the island) 4. If you are part of a space (owner, permanent tenant), you can sign up as an individual under coworkination + a space, if you are nomadic, you sign up as an individual and 'check in' to spaces you visit. 5. There was a foursquare-like element with space badges that would appear on your profile (spaces you visit) And...eventually, there was to be a geo-logging element to it. We discussed using something like Plazes.com (acquired by Nokia since then) to have anyone who opened a laptop in a space automagically check in. But it wasn't meant to be some formal organization. The goals were to: 1. Give n00bies information and directions to their nearest coworking space and for those interested in starting a space, good information. 2. Give coworking spaces a platform to shine on 3. Give all of us a more accurate read as to how many real coworking spaces (there is too much spam on the gMap) there are and who to contact in regards to those spaces. But really nothing else. I am still leaning towards that idea. T On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 12:53 PM, TCS wrote: > My take: don't form a new entity. > > TCS is a labour of love as most of these space are...we break even most of > the time but as individual companies we've all grown and increased revenues. > coworking.com is just another way for us to help the movement of > relationships, collaboration and creativity (TCS 3 value words) > > coworking.com is worth the investment into our vision. Use the funds, buy > the domain. you'll have to live up to your promises of donation = some > value, but for us, the value is 3 fold. One: we can bring all the > discussions (wiki, group, etc) under one roof and Two: we can loosely own > the term which can help us all on going. and Three: We have a distinct hub > for new spaces to come to and learn. > > Chad > * > > > * > Chad Ballantyne > Creative Director > www.thecreativespace.ca > 705.252.2423 > > ü Please consider the environment before printing this email. > > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to cowork...@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. > -- tara 'missrogue' hunt Book: The Whuffie Factor (http://www.thewhuffiefactor.com) Blog: HorsePigCow: Marketing Uncommon (http://horsepigcow.com) Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/missrogue phone: 514-679-2951 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@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] Implications of Coworking.com.. and mixing it up some
My take: don't form a new entity. TCS is a labour of love as most of these space are...we break even most of the time but as individual companies we've all grown and increased revenues. coworking.com is just another way for us to help the movement of relationships, collaboration and creativity (TCS 3 value words) coworking.com is worth the investment into our vision. Use the funds, buy the domain. you'll have to live up to your promises of donation = some value, but for us, the value is 3 fold. One: we can bring all the discussions (wiki, group, etc) under one roof and Two: we can loosely own the term which can help us all on going. and Three: We have a distinct hub for new spaces to come to and learn. Chad Chad Ballantyne Creative Director www.thecreativespace.ca 705.252.2423 ü Please consider the environment before printing this email. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@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] Implications of Coworking.com.. and mixing it up some
My comment isn't that nothing should be put up on coworking.com. I think the domain is very useful and I'm happy to see we secured it. That's a far cry from putting together a blanket coalition for all of coworking. Danger! Danger Will Robinson! Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Mike Schinkel wrote: > On Feb 17, 2010, at 12:24 PM, Jacob Sayles wrote: > > Putting something high up, at the coworking.com level, forces people to > come to a consensus and is more fracturing then uniting. > > > Curious, then why some much monetary interest for part of coworking.com? > > > -Mike Schinkel > Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking > http://ignitionalley.com > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to cowork...@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 cowork...@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] Implications of Coworking.com.. and mixing it up some
On Feb 17, 2010, at 12:24 PM, Jacob Sayles wrote: > Putting something high up, at the coworking.com level, forces people to come > to a consensus and is more fracturing then uniting. Curious, then why some much monetary interest for part of coworking.com? -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@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] Implications of Coworking.com.. and mixing it up some
Smaller coalitions like the one you are talking about here are a much better alternative to an international affiliation. I say go forth and rock your idea and be open with your model so others can repeat it if it feels right to them. Putting something high up, at the coworking.com level, forces people to come to a consensus and is more fracturing then uniting. Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 7:14 AM, t...@c4workspace wrote: > This is REALLY amazing. Congrats to Alex for putting it together and > thanks to everyone who contributed. > > It's been alluded to but I think we, as a community, are firmly on our > way to some sort of "organization." I've heard lots of resistance to > that idea including the hub-bub over the "Federated Coworking" session > proposed for SXSW. Thanks Rachel for checking into co-op > opportunities. I've been a president of an international association > (and ran it for about 18 months when our executive director bailed) > and it takes time and focus to do it right. Communications alone (move > to ZoHo) is a challenge in itself. And managing finances, especially > over international borders, is a special skill. There are some > enlightened folks in the association management space (Maddie Grant is > one) who might be open to guiding us. That's all to say that there is > a lot to consider. > > Now, from the mixing it up department, some of you may know that the > Texas spaces have gotten together to help throw a SXSW shindig. Well, > that whole discussion evolved into the formation of the Texas > Coworking Coalition. And last night Paul from Texas Coworking in > Austin (on Sixth Street no less) purchased CoworkingCoalition.com. We > have a sub domain of texas.coworkingcoalition.com set up and will have > a site up by SXSW. The thought behind the domain was to generalize it > so others could use it. That all came together in about 3 hours via > out Texas Coworking Coalition Google group. > > I'll chalk all this activity up to Karma or the gods and goddesses or > Fate or whatever but it seems this was all meant to be at this time. I > say let's roll with it and see where it goes. > > I'd like to suggest that those of us attending SXSW that we get > together on Saturday afternoon before the MeetUp for a little > CoworkCamp activity to discuss this and all other kinds of good ideas. > I'd suggest Texas Coworking as the location but I'll leave that to > them. > > For whatever reason, it's time. I'm so glad to be here right now! > > Todd O'Neill > Catalyst/Partner > C4 Workspace > San Antonio Texas > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to cowork...@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 cowork...@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] Implications of Coworking.com.. and mixing it up some
This is REALLY amazing. Congrats to Alex for putting it together and thanks to everyone who contributed. It's been alluded to but I think we, as a community, are firmly on our way to some sort of "organization." I've heard lots of resistance to that idea including the hub-bub over the "Federated Coworking" session proposed for SXSW. Thanks Rachel for checking into co-op opportunities. I've been a president of an international association (and ran it for about 18 months when our executive director bailed) and it takes time and focus to do it right. Communications alone (move to ZoHo) is a challenge in itself. And managing finances, especially over international borders, is a special skill. There are some enlightened folks in the association management space (Maddie Grant is one) who might be open to guiding us. That's all to say that there is a lot to consider. Now, from the mixing it up department, some of you may know that the Texas spaces have gotten together to help throw a SXSW shindig. Well, that whole discussion evolved into the formation of the Texas Coworking Coalition. And last night Paul from Texas Coworking in Austin (on Sixth Street no less) purchased CoworkingCoalition.com. We have a sub domain of texas.coworkingcoalition.com set up and will have a site up by SXSW. The thought behind the domain was to generalize it so others could use it. That all came together in about 3 hours via out Texas Coworking Coalition Google group. I'll chalk all this activity up to Karma or the gods and goddesses or Fate or whatever but it seems this was all meant to be at this time. I say let's roll with it and see where it goes. I'd like to suggest that those of us attending SXSW that we get together on Saturday afternoon before the MeetUp for a little CoworkCamp activity to discuss this and all other kinds of good ideas. I'd suggest Texas Coworking as the location but I'll leave that to them. For whatever reason, it's time. I'm so glad to be here right now! Todd O'Neill Catalyst/Partner C4 Workspace San Antonio Texas -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@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.
