Re: [Coworking] on coworking 2.0(beta)

2012-03-12 Thread Jacob Sayles
Thank you! We received a warm reception down in Austin even if the weather wasn't being friendly. Was your thought that your project and the wiki project could somehow be integrated? I would be interested in discussing this further. And for now, there are a number of ways to help support the

Re: [Coworking] Re: Coworking needs more transparency and Coworker involvement

2012-03-10 Thread Jacob Sayles
Joel from Deskmag/Deskwanted had a lot of great ideas at GCUC about how to go about connecting members of spaces and we had another talk about software tools for members. I was all over the place so I only heard parts of these conversations but I will say that the best thing we can do is get our

[Coworking] Re: The Coworking Wiki Upgrade Project

2012-03-06 Thread Jacob Sayles
! See you soon, Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Jacob Sayles ja...@officenomads.comwrote: The Coworking Wiki Upgrade Project http://www.snipurl.com/coworkingwiki Hello, I'm excited

[Coworking] Re: The Coworking Wiki Upgrade Project

2012-03-06 Thread Jacob Sayles
drive? /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Jacob Sayles ja...@officenomads.com wrote: Wow! I can't believe it's only been 24 hours. Thank you for the positive feedback and a very big thank you to Andrew Cole, Jessie Rymph, and Kaan Aksay for donating

[Coworking] The Coworking Wiki Upgrade Project

2012-03-05 Thread Jacob Sayles
on the google group with information on the wiki and help keep track of our cumulative experience as we *share and grow together*. Please watch the video http://vimeo.com/36873380 and read about the planhttp://opencoworking.org/coworkingwiki/plan.html to learn more. Jacob Sayles Office Nomads http

Re: [Coworking] coworking toronto passport program

2012-03-01 Thread Jacob Sayles
Really cool! I'm going to visit Toronto this summer and will check this out first hand. Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 6:44 AM, rachel young rac...@camaraderie.ca wrote: At last we can talk

Re: [Coworking] check in app

2012-02-27 Thread Jacob Sayles
We have an iPad at the front desk that checks people into Nadine. It can also log people in automatically based on network usage but it's nicer to have folks walk up to the front desk to say good morning. We relied on paper sign-in sheets for a long time because we wanted to do everything at the

Re: [Coworking] Nonprofit status

2012-02-15 Thread Jacob Sayles
Yes, a federal 501c3 is tricky because of the tax implications, but a state non-profit in Washington only takes a few hours to setup. Donations are not tax deductible but it's still a full fledged non-profit. Different states have different law. That said, Office Nomads is a private LLC. When

Re: [Coworking] Coworking Metro Mailer

2012-02-06 Thread Jacob Sayles
at 1:10 PM, Jacob Sayles ja...@officenomads.comwrote: Hello! Our local transit agency, King County Metro, recently sent out a mailer encouraging people to find alternatives to driving. We have a lot of big construction projects going on in Seattle and we are also introducing tolls on our

Re: [Coworking] Re: Membership Database

2012-02-02 Thread Jacob Sayles
This is great! I look forward to seeing the demo in Austin. Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 5:45 AM, julianne juliannebecke...@googlemail.comwrote: Hi everyone! There’s been a lot of talk lately

Re: [Coworking] Membership Management and Payment Systems

2012-01-29 Thread Jacob Sayles
We use three separate systems to handle billing. Nadine is the software we developed that handles memberships and tracks activity. Nadine produces a billing report but is not integrated with the other two systems. We use Authorize.NET to run payments and set everyone up on automatic billing and

Re: [Coworking] Re: Coworking List Growth

2012-01-25 Thread Jacob Sayles
I'm putting together a plan for a better list on the wiki and I'll present it at the conference in March. Jonathan Yankovich is working on the prototype and Chelsea McClain and I are organizing a fundraiser and building a team. If anyone is interested in talking about the project, let me know

Re: [Coworking] Membership Database

2012-01-22 Thread Jacob Sayles
We developed Nadine at Office Nomads and it's all free/open source. That said open source is not really free as in beer but more like free as in puppy. You'll need a tech person to install it since easy installation hasn't been a priority of ours. If you are looking for easy, a paid service

Re: [Coworking] 2011 Coworking Owners Retreat: Direct to DVD and Blue Ray

2011-12-23 Thread Jacob Sayles
Hello! Time for a year end status report for this project. Things have been moving along and taking shape. Please report back with any updates in status or new thoughts on this project. Thank you to everyone who has been contributing and there are still plenty of opportunities to pitch in if

Re: [Coworking] Re: Can someone help me find the files section of this group?

2011-10-24 Thread Jacob Sayles
I was going to let it slide, but it's been eating at me. I think 6 months out is too optimistic for what we are taking on. We are making a concerted effort to improve what we have up at coworking.com and are working to get a first pass up by the conference in Austin in March. This won't have a

Re: [Coworking] Can someone help me find the files section of this group?

2011-10-19 Thread Jacob Sayles
Yes, google discontinued this because it was underused in most communities except by spammers. PBWiki has a files section linked at the top of every page. Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 8:15 PM,

Re: [Coworking] quick info

2011-09-23 Thread Jacob Sayles
Andreea, There are a few systems at the core of a coworking space. I'll group them together and talk a little about how we do it here at Office Nomads. Network = PFSense Apple Airport Extreme. We use an open source firewall called PFSense to handle our multiple internet connections and

Re: [Coworking] Re: Airing a Bit of Dirty Laundry

2011-09-16 Thread Jacob Sayles
Corporate execs trying out coworking spaces... I like the idea and add the caveat that they can't just spend a day in a space... passing time in a coworking space in the customer/renter/outsider mentality won't get anyone very far. Understanding that very line, the one between customer and

Re: [Coworking] Re: Airing a Bit of Dirty Laundry

2011-09-16 Thread Jacob Sayles
believe that the experience they have today at Indy Hall changes the path to being that person, and what they do in that position. -Alex /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Jacob Sayles ja...@officenomads.comwrote: Corporate execs trying out

Re: [Coworking] Getting rid of the co-working hyphen

2011-09-01 Thread Jacob Sayles
This is great! Thanks for leading the charge on this. It's not an old issue, it's an ongoing issue. First step is to get coworking into common use. Second step is to make our argument. It looks like for $20 you can subscribe to AP Stylebook Online and then you have access to Ask The Editor.

[Coworking] Fwd: Announcing the Release of Office Nomad: the Mobile Worker's Portal to Finding Office Space On-the-Go

2011-08-29 Thread Jacob Sayles
A very interesting thing went out today. Piecing things together it would appear that Mr Efron has made an iPhone app based on the PariSOMA google doc and then sent this announcement in a BCC to all the emails included in that document. The name choice is particularly interesting to us. I also

Re: [Coworking] Fwd: WORKTECH11 West Coast Email

2011-08-24 Thread Jacob Sayles
Good to see coworking is in there somewhere! Glad to see folks like Nokia recognize coworking within the context of The Future of Work. Jeremy, I'd love to know your thoughts on the conference and how you became involved with it. Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation

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

2011-08-18 Thread Jacob Sayles
I love you guys. Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Kelly Sims ke...@kellysims.com wrote: Thanks Tony, and how funny you post this today. I just read an article on NYTimes last night that

Re: [Coworking] An Update on Indy Hall's K'House Project

2011-08-15 Thread Jacob Sayles
Watching from Seattle to see if we can replicate your hard work somewhere down the road. Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com wrote: It's been a few

Re: [Coworking] Re: What kind of coffee maker does your space use?

2011-08-08 Thread Jacob Sayles
This is what we have at ON. I picked it up for $50 with 2 pots from an old employer. I picked another one up for $25 at a local building reuse store but we haven't done anything with it. Makes good coffee. We had it hooked up to our in sink water filter for extra yum. Jacob --- Office Nomads

Re: [Coworking] Sample membership agreements?

2011-08-03 Thread Jacob Sayles
Our membership agreement is called a space license as dictated in our lease. In fact, about 80% of our space license is dictated by our insurance or our lease. They want things in there like a hold harmless agreement and rules against keeping hazardous materials and such. Those to documents

Re: [Coworking] Re: Podcast/Video for coworking.

2011-08-03 Thread Jacob Sayles
Sounds great! I'd love to help out. Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 1:09 PM, Jonathan Yankovich jonathan.yankov...@gmail.com wrote: In to doacratic spirit (do being the active word), I've started

Re: [Coworking] Re: Mailing list management

2011-07-17 Thread Jacob Sayles
Yes it's a limitation from our hosting company. They said for larger lists we should use PHPList or DadaMail but both are web based and one way. In other words they are more suited for a newsletter then a discussion list. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 16, 2011, at 12:59 PM, Eli Malinsky

Re: [Coworking] Carrboro Creative Coworking is closing

2011-07-14 Thread Jacob Sayles
Brian, Thank you for sharing what you've learned with us even as you are moving on. I'm interested to see how your new venture develops and look forward to updates as you progress. Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 On Tue,

Re: [Coworking] Re: There's always an exception

2011-07-11 Thread Jacob Sayles
I've found that it is a wonderful opportunity to explain how everything works in a little more depth then I might on a basic space tour. Often I find that people come up with all sorts of solutions because they are making assumptions that aren't exactly true. For example, many people want

Re: [Coworking] Modern Community Building

2011-07-06 Thread Jacob Sayles
Thanks for sharing Alex! This is a modern touch to community building although I assume it has been the same patterns again and again throughout human history. This is why I am lucky to have a business partner that got her degree in anthropology... WAY more applicable then my computer science

Re: [Coworking] Is anyone else reading What's Mine is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption

2011-06-24 Thread Jacob Sayles
Rachel Botsman and Roo Rogers were in Seattle a little while ago and talked about this book at a Biznik event. Rachel was staying in a neighborhood in my direction so I ended up giving her a ride home. On the way we grabbed a bite to eat and had a great conversation even though she was on London

Re: [Coworking] Re: Is anyone else reading What's Mine is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption

2011-06-24 Thread Jacob Sayles
Dancing with Digital Natives with a chapter written by our very own Susan Evans! Just came out: http://www.amazon.com/Dancing-Digital-Natives-Generation-Transforming/dp/0910965870/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8qid=1308955574sr=8-4 Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation

Re: [Coworking] Re: Swipe card system for members

2011-06-10 Thread Jacob Sayles
I think this is one of the key features of Cobot and like that it's been implemented cleanly and thoughtfully. For example regular users do not have to authenticate every day which would be a pain for the folks that have more then one device (computers, phones, dev machines, etc). It's

Re: [Coworking] Re: Coworking Management Software...Help!

2011-06-04 Thread Jacob Sayles
Yes, Nadine comes out of Office Nomads. We stopped promoting it because most people want a turn-key solution that is polished and ready to go and Cobot is by far a better choice for that. Nadine works for us but you still need a tech person and most spaces that have tech experts are rolling

Re: [Coworking] Coworkers, let's cowork! How do you manage your coworking offices? [SURVEY]

2011-06-04 Thread Jacob Sayles
Answers for Office Nomads below. * Membership/Plans accounts Nadine * Time Tracking Paper + Nadine. Only go down to the day not the hour. * Room/Offices reservations Whiteboard posted out side each room that has 1 week and 1/2 hour slots. We don't charge for meeting rooms. *

Re: [Coworking] TonyBGoode profiled by the .co folks

2011-06-02 Thread Jacob Sayles
Nicely done Tony! Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 8:33 AM, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.comwrote: He's humble so he'd never announce it here, but this sick video and profile of Tony and

Re: [Coworking] Re: Coworking Business Plan

2011-05-31 Thread Jacob Sayles
Google is getting rid of the files section on groups. It's kind of an awkward time right now for groups but they say it's getting better! I talked to the product manager for the team and he had all sorts of things they are excited about. Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without

Re: [Coworking] Re: When considering a 2nd location

2011-05-24 Thread Jacob Sayles
If you have line of sight between the buildings you can use a wireless link from rooftop to rooftop. Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Angel Kwiatkowski fccowork...@gmail.comwrote: Will,

Re: [Coworking] New to this/have a dilemma

2011-05-19 Thread Jacob Sayles
Nancy, That's an exciting transition. Since you already have a group of members, they are going to be able to answer your questions better then we ever could. Keep that in mind and build WITH your members instead of FOR your members. As for meeting rooms and the folks that come to use them

Re: [Coworking] Re: member check in systems

2011-05-09 Thread Jacob Sayles
, Jun 10, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Jacob Sayles ja...@officenomads.comwrote: I've looked into door lock integration and I see two viable options. 1) The folks over at Workentile are rolling their own door hardware. It's very promising and totally open. James is actually now a member of both Workentile

Re: [Coworking] Marketing Campaign Critique. Zombies

2011-05-09 Thread Jacob Sayles
Or possibly avoiding or escape from. There will always be office zombies out there skating by in corporate jobs. We offer an alternative safe haven for folks who choose not to work in those environments. Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation http://www.officenomads.com -

Re: [Coworking] Re: New to this ... trying to findout what the Co-working vibe is in Chicago Area

2011-05-05 Thread Jacob Sayles
I was just at Sam's space, The COOP and was quite impressed. Chicago is a great town. Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 9:49 AM, s...@onedesigncompany.com s...@onedesigncompany.com wrote: Hey J,

Re: [Coworking] Re: Happy Birthday, Jacob Sayles!

2011-05-03 Thread Jacob Sayles
Thanks guys! Susan made an amazing strawberry rhubarb crisp and the office is going nuts. It's still hot from the oven and everyone is blissed out. Who's going to make you birthday sweets if you work from home? Coworking is awesome and maybe a little fattening. Jacob --- Office Nomads -

Re: [Coworking] memolane.com/coworking (fun to look at)

2011-04-25 Thread Jacob Sayles
Wow that's fun! Thanks Jonathan. Are there any other data visualization apps out there we can feed the streams to? Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 6:27 AM, Jonathan Yankovich

Re: [Coworking] IdeaPaint versus Rustoleum white board paint versus physical white boards

2011-04-14 Thread Jacob Sayles
of La Brea) Los Angeles, CA 90036 1450 2nd Street (@ Broadway), Santa Monica, CA 90401 323.330.9505 (office) On Apr 14, 2011, at 10:40 AM, Jacob Sayles wrote: Second that. They cost about $13 each and we framed ours with rough cedar boards that cost $6. I've heard them called Shower Board

Re: [Coworking] Re: Management Software

2011-04-04 Thread Jacob Sayles
Matthew, Best way to get started is to join the Nadine Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nadineproject It's all written in Django. Mostly the project needs a good leader as I'm pulling back on my commitments and shifting my focus to using Cobot. Nadine has been running Office

Re: [Coworking] Re: Coworking - dealing with summer specials

2011-03-28 Thread Jacob Sayles
We've seen a consistent summer slump for all 3 summers we've been around. It changes if we have more sun but basically the first 2 months with good sun folks don't come into the office less. Sometimes that's June/July, sometimes it's July/August. If we get a lot of sun they start to get bored

Re: [Coworking] Re: Introduction - Shelly in Austin

2011-03-16 Thread Jacob Sayles
Welcome and thanks for the tour! Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 7:41 AM, Angel Kwiatkowski fccowork...@gmail.comwrote: Hi! It's so RARE that we met in person first and then online! On Mar 15,

Re: [Coworking] Attendance and Time Management

2011-03-08 Thread Jacob Sayles
Arun, The two that I'm intimately familiar with are Nadine (developed out of Office Nomads) and Cobot (developed out of Co.Up). There are others as many folks have rolled their own system. The topic has come up a few times before so searching the google group would turn up some fun clues. If

Re: [Coworking] Re: How to Measure Coworking with Metrics - or not (Conversation)

2011-03-02 Thread Jacob Sayles
Excellent point Kevin. Audience is key and influences intention greatly. Often I see discussions about directory listings focusing on out of town folks, and thus amenities and price points. Instead I believe we should focus on an audience that knows what coworking is and wants to know which

Re: [Coworking] Re: Standard Membership Types

2011-02-28 Thread Jacob Sayles
Precisely. It's easy to get lost in what the software can do, but it's important to carefully consider what the software should, or shouldn't do. And let's not all conform to the software and lose all our beautiful differences. Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation

Re: [Coworking] Re: Human element of space directories

2011-02-24 Thread Jacob Sayles
, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Jacob Sayles ja...@officenomads.com wrote: Interesting... so maybe a network only accessible if you are a member of a participating coworking space... Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation http://www.officenomads.com- (206) 323

Re: [Coworking] Smelly aftershave/cologne, noisy laptop sound guy, and nervous legs

2011-02-23 Thread Jacob Sayles
Best solution is to talk with folks. Take a few deep breaths and strike up a casual conversation. I have a silly habit of knocking on my desk when I get excited (which is often) and I've had folks point it out to me numerous times. It's all about taking the pressure off it and just expressing

Re: [Coworking] Re: Human element of space directories

2011-02-23 Thread Jacob Sayles
with a few exceptions, so your profile does not look like you are just a slacker or are hiding something. Jeannine On 23 feb, 01:32, Jacob Sayles ja...@officenomads.com wrote: Angel, Yes yes yes! This has been the direction I've been working towards all along and there are some significant

Re: [Coworking] Human element of space directories

2011-02-22 Thread Jacob Sayles
Angel, Yes yes yes! This has been the direction I've been working towards all along and there are some significant challenges to incorporate. First, our members mostly just want a great place to work and they think it's neat that there are a number of other spaces around the world, but they are

Re: [Coworking] Forum Segmentation

2011-02-17 Thread Jacob Sayles
Great tip. I bet a community like TED has a lot of the same issues we face. Does anyone know any of the moderators that might be willing to talk with us about how they came about with their solution? In other news, Tony B. rocked a connection and got me in contact with the project manager for

Re: [Coworking] Announcing DigiCafe

2011-02-16 Thread Jacob Sayles
Welcome to the group! There are verious levels of commerce going on in this community. We've worked really hard at Office Nomads to find the right balance for our members. It's not an easy thing to do and even harder to talk about since every community has different elements they are working

Re: [Coworking] remove me please

2011-02-16 Thread Jacob Sayles
Chris, Interesting social commentary, and interesting that you chose to call it out. Nothing is easy with a community of 3000+ people and there is always a better way to do it. It's a challenge to balance everything out and with such a broad group it's hard to know how to be nice or be helpful.

Re: [Coworking] Unspoken Etiquette

2011-02-08 Thread Jacob Sayles
And Mashable just published a piece on this very topic: http://mashable.com/2011/02/08/improve-coworking-experience/ Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 9:34 AM, Rob Hudson caveat...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [Coworking] Insurance

2011-02-08 Thread Jacob Sayles
The research I did recently points to this very thing. You can negotiate a group rate if you have an organization large enough/influential enough to have some sway. An individual coworking space wouldn't cut it. It brings up the coworking association idea that was one of the major side topics

Re: [Coworking] Re: Coworking Registry Profile Wireframes

2011-02-01 Thread Jacob Sayles
Exactly. A lot of software solutions try to avoid the more difficult questions and then people are perplexed why a seemingly feature rich tool gets a less then stellar reception. We live with so many tools we don't need... Anyone own a slap-chop? Take this on and you've really got something.

Re: [Coworking] Sitting in my new space :)

2011-02-01 Thread Jacob Sayles
So fun! Susan and I did races around the office when we first got it. I remember being scared to go to the bathroom because someone might walk in or the phone might ring. Congratulation! Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500

Re: [Coworking] Inexpensive Standing Desks

2011-01-31 Thread Jacob Sayles
, at 11:58 AM, Jacob Sayles wrote: Hello, We've had a number of our members ask about standing desks and we came up with a quick, and inexpensive way to jack up the standard Ikea legs we use throughout the office. Turns out 2 PVC piping fits the outside dimensions of the legs perfectly. Drill

Re: [Coworking] Coworking Community Expertise

2011-01-28 Thread Jacob Sayles
I don't think we would need to suffer the disruption of trying to move a large group like this. It seems to me we could achieve many of the results people are looking for by building on top of the existing Google Group. I also just got put in touch with the Groups Project Manager over at Google

Re: [Coworking] Taking the coworking business model to the next level

2011-01-27 Thread Jacob Sayles
Frauke, Sounds very exciting. I'm not exactly sure how to answer your questions as they are rather lofty and could go in so many different directions. I will say we don't do much in the way of products and services at Office Nomads because we haven't seen the demand for them. We are in the

Re: [Coworking] A Coworking Library?

2011-01-25 Thread Jacob Sayles
PM, Jacob Sayles ja...@officenomads.comwrote: Hello, I've been putting a lot of time and thought into how we share data, the data we share, and what could be done with all this data. I've chimed in here and there but I wanted to throw out some ideas that keep coming up and where I'm

Re: [Coworking] Core Groups Thick Relationships

2011-01-21 Thread Jacob Sayles
Great read. Thank you Alex. There was a very interesting comment in the footnotes: *Betahouse back then was very different to what has become the norm for co-working spaces today: non collaborative desk filling environments*. I've heard this from someone before and it confused me. Then again

Re: [Coworking] Re: A Coworking Library?

2011-01-21 Thread Jacob Sayles
I think the Unconference in Austin on March 10th is a good milestone. There is a lot of work to be done to get something like this started and deadlines can be very helpful. Don't worry Jeannine and everyone else who can't make it. There will be many more discussions and plenty of opportunities

[Coworking] Google Groups Feature Request

2011-01-20 Thread Jacob Sayles
Hello, Speaking of tools, it seems Google is putting some love into their Groups product after neglecting it for many years. This is music to my ears as many of the online communities I am a part of use Google Groups as their rallying point. One feature I would love that would go a long way to

[Coworking] News: A Place for Nomads in The Stranger

2011-01-19 Thread Jacob Sayles
Hello, The Stranger is our local weekly and they just came out with a news article about Office Nomads. I enjoyed reading it mostly because the author, Dominic Holden, used new ways to express why people choose to work at coworking spaces. I also need to learn when to be less funny and when you

[Coworking] A Coworking Library?

2011-01-18 Thread Jacob Sayles
Hello, I've been putting a lot of time and thought into how we share data, the data we share, and what could be done with all this data. I've chimed in here and there but I wanted to throw out some ideas that keep coming up and where I'm currently at. First, it's important to recognize that our

Re: [Coworking] Re: Coworking iPhone app has arrived! Make sure you're on it!

2011-01-05 Thread Jacob Sayles
Wow Brent, that's exciting. Thank you for putting so much work into this. Let me know when I can get my hands on it to see what it can do. Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 2:12 AM, Brent (@brentter)

Re: [Coworking] Greetings from Seattle!

2010-12-29 Thread Jacob Sayles
Rogelio, Are you looking to open a space in Seattle too? Coworking Seattle is hot right now. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 29, 2010, at 7:45 AM, Rogelio scubac...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 7:02 PM, Jesse jessekel...@gmail.com wrote: I'm a former IT pro (on the help desk/tech

Re: [Coworking] Another great resource - http://www.desksurfing.net/

2010-12-29 Thread Jacob Sayles
Oh there are many more even Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 8:26 AM, Jonathan Yankovich jonathan.yankov...@gmail.com wrote: I just came across another nifty coworking database resource at

Re: [Coworking] Advice on Telephone Conferencing Equipment

2010-12-21 Thread Jacob Sayles
Rob, We got a Polycom phone for our main conference room because it seemed like the thing to do. We saved money buying it used on eBay but more and more I notice folks don't use it all that much. The room is too echoey I think. We don't pay too much for the line as we got a deal with our ISP

Re: [Coworking] Is there any comprehensive list of co-working facilities in US

2010-12-15 Thread Jacob Sayles
Currently we have the wiki which has a directory of spaces. Check it out at http://wiki.coworking.com There is movement on making a better system but these things take time. I've got lots of thoughts on this topic. :) Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation

Re: [Coworking] Momentum on coworking spaces in the UK

2010-12-02 Thread Jacob Sayles
Great stuff Araceli! It was wonderful seeing your space and what you do first hand the other day. London has some really cool things going on. Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Araceli

Re: [Coworking] Re: Brainstorming: how to sell the coworking idea to a business center? Our experience - Ideia Atlantico

2010-12-01 Thread Jacob Sayles
Not all business centers are bad and each relationship is different. I'm sure there are some bad stories and there will only be more bad stories if this kind of attitude persists. Basterrak, I'm not discounting your situation, just balancing it out with a little optimism. The beauty of the

Re: [Coworking] Happy Thanksgiving From London

2010-11-25 Thread Jacob Sayles
Araceli, This speaks to one of the major themes that is coming up on my Coworking Europe tour. There is a lot of discussion of associations, or networks different spaces and I've been speaking quite a lot about how much we have with the simple word coworking. For instance the Coworking Europe

Re: [Coworking] Happy Thanksgiving From London

2010-11-25 Thread Jacob Sayles
tools, etc. See you soon Araceli On 25 November 2010 10:45, Jacob Sayles ja...@officenomads.com wrote: Araceli, This speaks to one of the major themes that is coming up on my Coworking Europe tour. There is a lot of discussion of associations, or networks different spaces and I've been

Re: [Coworking] Re: Who's shopping for electronic door locks?

2010-11-25 Thread Jacob Sayles
There are two projects I know of that are making their own systems like this. Workentile and Bucketworks are both crafting solutions and we are going to have a hackathon in December to talk about a unified solution and the software that goes with it. You should reach out to those two groups and

Re: [Coworking] Spam on the wiki

2010-11-24 Thread Jacob Sayles
Camille, I went through and manually removed a bunch of his posts already. Looks like I missed a bunch. There isn't a way for us to mass delete his posts unfortunately. He's been blocked and we catch things like this much faster now because we keep an eye on the edits being made. Thanks for

Re: [Coworking] Re: Who's shopping for electronic door locks?

2010-11-23 Thread Jacob Sayles
is an owner of the company, so in between deciding on everything else, this was an easy one! Jes On Oct 21, 2:09 pm, Jacob Sayles ja...@officenomads.com wrote: Hello, The topic of electronic (RFID) door locks has come up a few times and I wanted to revisit it. Who out there now is looking

Re: [Coworking] Re: UPDATE: Coworking Handbook

2010-11-16 Thread Jacob Sayles
It's important to note that the files section will be disabled on January 13th. Google is cleaning up and removing this from all groups starting early next year. http://groups-announcements.blogspot.com/2010/09/notice-about-pages-and-files.html?hl=en Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality

[Coworking] Coworking Meetups - Amsterdam, Berlin, London

2010-11-02 Thread Jacob Sayles
Hello, My plans are coming together for a little traveling after the Coworking Europe conference and I'm looking for help organizing meetups in each of the cities I'll be visiting. It worked in Brazil and 6 months after I was there Cadu opened a space in Rio de Janeiro! I'll need a person in

[Coworking] The CoworkingDB Project

2010-11-02 Thread Jacob Sayles
Hello, I've chimed in on a few threads hear and there about the CoworkingDBhttp://wiki.coworking.com/CoworkingDBproject I'm championing and I'd like to explain what it is I'm talking about. The vision is to move beyond the simplistic list of spaces we have on the coworking wiki. I see a lot of

Re: [Coworking] Coworking iPhone app has arrived! Make sure you're on it!

2010-10-27 Thread Jacob Sayles
Julian, This is excellent! I'd love to talk to you about the CoworkingDB project and how we can coordinate our efforts. http://wiki.coworking.com/CoworkingDB Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 1:51

[Coworking] Who from the US is going to Coworking Europe?

2010-10-24 Thread Jacob Sayles
Hello, I was wondering who else from the US or Canada was planning on going to the Coworking Europe conference? http://coworkingeu.wordpress.com/ Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 -- You received this message because you

Re: [Coworking] Last ditch effort to survive

2010-10-21 Thread Jacob Sayles
Mike, This isn't selling out at all. Private offices are not against the sprit of coworking. They confuse the issue for sure. A lot of the talk I've heard or said on the matter is often trying to explore this blurry line. For example, the norm is for people to isolate themselves and our tag

[Coworking] Who's shopping for electronic door locks?

2010-10-21 Thread Jacob Sayles
Hello, The topic of electronic (RFID) door locks has come up a few times and I wanted to revisit it. Who out there now is looking for a solution? Who is keeping an eye out for something cool to come along and interested if one does? Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation

[Coworking] Coworking Listing/Map Sites

2010-10-21 Thread Jacob Sayles
Hello, There are a lot of folks out there trying to list or map coworking spaces and I'm compiling a list. This is part of my effort to consolidate the data under the CoworkingDB project. My vision is to create a central home for the data and an API to hook into various interfaces around the

Re: [Coworking] Coworking and Beer?

2010-10-21 Thread Jacob Sayles
You have bar in your space Alexander?!? I'm looking forward to meeting you soon and checking out Co.Up! Office Nomads hasn't had problems and we regularly have beer/wine/whiskey in the office. For large events, with a wider invite audience, we get a banquet permit. Jacob --- Office Nomads -

Re: [Coworking] We're growing!

2010-10-18 Thread Jacob Sayles
Thanks for all the kind words! This is pretty exciting stuff and only the beginning of the process. Now that our intentions are out there the real work begins gathering the feedback and facilitating the process. Of course everything we do will be open and transparent. :) Jacob --- Office

[Coworking] Projects on the Wiki

2010-10-18 Thread Jacob Sayles
Hello, I've started a convention on the wiki for posting ongoing projects. The only two examples so far, The CoworkingDBhttp://wiki.coworking.com/CoworkingDB and The Nadine Project http://wiki.coworking.com/NadineProject, are the two main projects that I'm running but of course I did this as an

Re: [Coworking] Re: Is coworking Smart? =)

2010-10-18 Thread Jacob Sayles
Cadu, You have been going nuts since we met in December! It's hard to believe how far coworking has come in Brazil in such a short period of time. It's awesome you are so committed to coworking. :) Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation http://www.officenomads.com - (206)

Re: [Coworking] Well, hi there

2010-10-12 Thread Jacob Sayles
Hello! I'll be traveling through there soon and would love to stop in and check out your space. Welcome to the group. Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 9:18 AM, Jeannine

[Coworking] I'm coming to Europe!

2010-10-06 Thread Jacob Sayles
Hello, We just finalized plans for me to speak at the Coworking Europehttp://coworkingeu.wordpress.com/conference in Brussels on the 19th and 20th of November. I would like to take some time after the conference to visit as many coworking spaces as I can. I still haven't plotted my travel route

Re: [Coworking] Public folder for the coworking group to place files in order share between members.

2010-09-29 Thread Jacob Sayles
Great idea! Please throw a blurb up on the wiki describing what it's for and how to access it. This should work out a lot better then the google groups file system and I'm glad google is disabling that feature. Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation

Re: [Coworking] Re: WorkSnug

2010-09-26 Thread Jacob Sayles
We should talk about how you can hook worksnug into the CoworkingDB project. Got time to skype this week and talk over how that could work out? Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 9:39 AM,

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