[Coworking] Re: Tools for online collaboration amongst members of a space

2010-05-06 Thread AndrewRoth
Hey, My opinion: Social Networks built for individual groups never works out like we want it. Despite all of the concerns about social networks (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, MySpace, etc.) they do have one major advantage of having a HUGE number of users. So many people are using it that is is

[Coworking] Re: Tools for online collaboration amongst members of a space

2010-05-06 Thread Jamie
What about using Campfire for collaboration? http://campfirenow.com It has the ability to upload files and you can store transcripts for important stuff. Plus it really gets out of your way. Just an idea. -- Jamie http://brilliantfantastic.com On Apr 16, 3:40 pm, Angel fccowork...@gmail.com

[Coworking] Re: Tools for online collaboration amongst members of a space

2010-05-06 Thread Brandon Holtsclaw
On Thu, 2010-05-06 at 05:46 -0700, AndrewRoth wrote: Hey, My opinion: Social Networks built for individual groups never works out like we want it. Despite all of the concerns about social networks (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, MySpace, etc.) they do have one major advantage of having a

[Coworking] Re: Tools for online collaboration amongst members of a space

2010-05-04 Thread Stemasova Violetta [Coworking in Kyiv, Ukraine]
Hello Angel! I have created a group in LinkedIn social network and invited all my coworkers to that group. I have added a logo, and now I can post the news, advertisements to that resource: Morever, all members who have LinkedIn account can views the profiles of each other and get to know each

[Coworking] Re: Tools for online collaboration amongst members of a space

2010-04-20 Thread basterrak
Wow! I did not know Open Atrium until now. Thanks stevepurkiss for the link :-) Maybe any people use Google Wave for cowork? On 17 abr, 08:19, Arne Hulstein arne.hulst...@gmail.com wrote: I am using NING for some and elgg for other community purposes. With two partners we just demo-ed

Re: [Coworking] Re: Tools for online collaboration amongst members of a space

2010-04-20 Thread Kevin Ciesielski
We have used open atrium for about 5 months to run our professional services arm of the space, the Bucket Brigade, and are busy always extending it for our needs. It is based on drupal and it gives us the extensibility we want. The School Factory is close to launching a community site that will

Re: [Coworking] Re: Tools for online collaboration amongst members of a space

2010-04-17 Thread Arne Hulstein
I am using NING for some and elgg for other community purposes. With two partners we just demo-ed Vennware's community solution to our central government and that would be a cool solution as well. Based on Liferay with extra's. Arne On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 12:34 AM, stevepurkiss

[Coworking] Re: Tools for online collaboration amongst members of a space

2010-04-16 Thread stevepurkiss
http://openatrium.com/ is well worth a look. On Apr 16, 8:40 pm, Angel fccowork...@gmail.com wrote: Hi I tried really hard to dig in the archives for the answer but nothing became apparent.  What online collaborative tools are spaces using help members connect virtually?  Wikis, groups,

[Coworking] Re: Tools for online collaboration amongst members of a space

2010-04-16 Thread Angel
Thanks Steve! A coworker just turned me on to buddypress through WordPress. He's offered to set us up and let us all try it out to see if we like it. Anyone else using buddypress??? On Apr 16, 1:48 pm, stevepurkiss steve.purk...@gmail.com wrote: http://openatrium.com/is well worth a look.

[Coworking] Re: Tools for online collaboration amongst members of a space

2010-04-16 Thread stevepurkiss
np. not used buddypress personally - heard it's good but stretching the capabilities of a platform dedicated to blogging. Also take a look at http://elgg.org/ - out-of-the-box niceness. On Apr 16, 10:12 pm, Angel fccowork...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Steve!  A coworker just turned me on to