[Coworking] I am in the piedmont area of Oakland and looking for a Coworking space

2011-08-17 Thread Mark Gentry
Willing to pay well for the right place. Would like lots of daylight and nice neighborhood. Cheers, Mark -- Mark Gentry mark.gen...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to

[Coworking] Digital Tools for Coworking Spaces

2011-08-17 Thread Zoe Fox
Hi everyone, I am working on a story for Mashable.com about digital tools for coworking spaces and I'd love to hear people's favorites. Feel free to either reply to this post or if you'd like to speak with me in person, just let me know. Much appreciation, Zoe -- You received this message

[Coworking] Re: Property Managment Software?

2011-08-17 Thread Peta
Thanks Thilo! Cobot.me it is! On Aug 15, 5:33 am, Thilo Utke th...@upstre.am wrote: Hi Peta, welcome to the coworking world, happy to see a new spaces. Your website looks lovely  :) We at co.up use cobot.me, a web based coworking space management software. We first wrote it for ourself

[Coworking] Re: Coworking Centers in Michigan

2011-08-17 Thread Aaron Schaap
I run both the Garage in Zeeland, MI and the Factory in Grand Rapids, MI (www.workthefactory.com). I've worked with and know most of the other coworking spaces, local government and various incubators in Michigan as well. Happy to chat on what you're thinking.

[Coworking] Re: Digital Tools for Coworking Spaces

2011-08-17 Thread Angel Kwiatkowski
Here is the reply I sent to Zoe. Thought maybe people could benefit from reading it...Also, Cohere is probably one of the lower-tech spaces in terms of how we run ourselves. I'm a big fan of simplicity first. I hope that you'll find what you need for your article below. Community Manager to

Re: [Coworking] Re: Digital Tools for Coworking Spaces

2011-08-17 Thread john.wil...@gmail.com
To echo Angel, Internally we use IRC for member-member and uncubed-member chatting. So far it's proven really great, and since our members are all techies to one degree or another, they get IRC. We're still working on the back end systems, but likely it'll be google docs for tracking, etc and

[Coworking] Re: Property Managment Software?

2011-08-17 Thread Peta
wow, this is so cool. thanks for all this info glad its spurred a conversation for creating that perfect management software for our coworking spaces! On Aug 16, 2:09 pm, Devin devinbalk...@gmail.com wrote: Sounds good to me. I'd certainly help drum up support and organize.  We're currently

Re: [Coworking] Re: Digital Tools for Coworking Spaces

2011-08-17 Thread Alex Hillman
Agreed with everything in here, awesome notes. On the chat tip, we've started using Hipchat and it's been really popular and a great way for people to stay connected even when you're offsite. Hipchat is the easiest to get people started, which is important for us because we're not limited to just

[Coworking] Re: Digital Tools for Coworking Spaces

2011-08-17 Thread Angel Kwiatkowski
re: IRC, one of the members wrote this instructional blog post for IRC. It's also been neat to watch the techies help the non-techies get on IRC and learn something new! http://coherecommunity.com/?p=1031 Angel On Aug 17, 9:05 am, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com wrote: Agreed with

Re: [Coworking] Re: Introduction and announcement for a possible new space in South Bay Los Angeles

2011-08-17 Thread Alex Hillman
Chris made a really good point here, but I can tell you from my experience that you can create and build design a healthy coworking community space that doesn't require ALL of your time, or all of your time FOREVER. It's a lot of work. It's a lot of hustle. But if you're the only one doing the

[Coworking] I've been channeling the godfather

2011-08-17 Thread Alex Hillman
I just went back on the hunt for a quote from Tara Hunt where she referred to coworking as barcamp everyday. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeJR3biNW94 The first 60 seconds from Brad Neuberg made me realize that I've been channeling Brad's thoughts from the early days more than i realized.

Re: [Coworking] Re: Introduction and announcement for a possible new space in South Bay Los Angeles

2011-08-17 Thread Tony Bacigalupo
Kelly, sounds like you are off to an awesome start! I recently read the E-Myth, a book that's been around for some time, after a good friend absolutely insisted I read it. To reinforce its tagline, why most small businesses don't work, the book uses the allegory of a woman who really loved

Re: [Coworking] Re: Introduction and announcement for a possible new space in South Bay Los Angeles

2011-08-17 Thread Kelly Sims
Thanks Tony, and how funny you post this today. I just read an article on NYTimes last night that hit on some of the same topics, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/14/fashion/maybe-its-time-for-plan-c.html?_r=1 Thanks, I've Instapapered (that's a word, I'm sure of it) these for later tonight!

[Coworking] Application for coworkers?

2011-08-17 Thread Mark in Iowa City
Hey all, do any of you have an application for a perspective individual to provide some information to learn if they would be a good fit for your coworking community? Our goal is to make sure we are not letting anyone in that will be detrimental to the space. Curious if others have a

Re: [Coworking] I've been channeling the godfather

2011-08-17 Thread Susan Evans
Alex, Thank you thank you thank you for posting this video. It is refreshing to hear these words for the second (third?) time many years down the road after opening Office Nomads. I think going back to our coworking roots by reminding ourselves of where we all came from is insanely valuable. I'm

Re: [Coworking] Application for coworkers?

2011-08-17 Thread Susan Evans
Hey Mark, At Office Nomads, we're of the mindset that applications will more likely turn off folks who you want there than keep away folks you don't. We have a free trial day for anyone who wants to check us out, and a week-long trial period for any new resident member (those with 24/7 access to

[Coworking] any problems with homeless signups?

2011-08-17 Thread David Clinton III
Though I’m still in brainstorming mode, I envision such amenities in my space as follows: • couches and beanbags (because working at a desk all the time can get old) • fridges stocked with sodas and maybe beers • a shower, since many of the lone workers in the coffee shops in my area bicycle to

Re: [Coworking] Application for coworkers?

2011-08-17 Thread Alex Hillman
I've got an essay coming out tomorrow about the core value of openness and how it relates to coworking, as part 2 of a 5 part series. Todays essay: http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2011/08/coworking-core-values-1-of-5-sustainability/ /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Wed, Aug 17,

Re: [Coworking] any problems with homeless signups?

2011-08-17 Thread Alex Hillman
ANY tool can be used for malicious/unintended behavior. Your job is to notice it and stop it before it's a problem, or embrace it and put it to good use. -Alex /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 5:53 PM, David Clinton III d...@me.com wrote: Though I’m still

Re: [Coworking] Application for coworkers?

2011-08-17 Thread Alex Hillman
Actually, my mistake. This is going to be addressed in the accessibility essay. Openness is something else entirely ;) -Alex /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 7:10 PM, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.comwrote: I've got an essay coming out tomorrow about

[Coworking] Re: Application for coworkers?

2011-08-17 Thread Eli Malinsky
We use an application form. I guess this puts is in a minority and possibly at odds with some of the other folks on this list. We use the application form to gather important baseline data about our members (for ongoing data collection/analysis), to assess their fit, to help us balance our

Re: [Coworking] Re: What online network platforms (Ning, FB, etc.) are you using?

2011-08-17 Thread Devin
jdaviscoates, just wanted to say I think you might be right about communitytools. I'm going to reach out and see how the coworkingregistry could work with them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To view this discussion on the web