Management Software

[Mike Schinkel]

Hi all:

This topic of management software has come up in other threads but I wanted
to proactively address it. The idea of an open-source software came up, and
I would be interested in working on that. I'd like to move the dicussion
forward in earnest. I am a believe in Drupal for this type of solution;
would others be interested in a Drupal-based system?

In addition, I am wondering if a hybrid O-S/SaaS model would work for people
and if so, would people be willing to pay a monthly fee to just have that
handled by someone else? The reason SaaS came to mind was because of my
question on federation; it would be a lot easier to federate if federated
facilities were all using the same system.

-Mike Schinkel
President; NewClarity LLC
Organizer: Atlanta Web Entrepreneurs
http://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeschinkel
http://mikeschinkel.com
http://atlanta-web.org

[David K]

CubeSpace's POS system, which is customized for coworking, is on its
way to becoming available as an open source solution. We have a couple
of volunteers who are cleaning up the code, and making some tweaks,
before we make it publicly available. They expect to further develop
it with a group as part of the ruby code sprints they plan for this
fall.

The application is a ruby on rails front end on a MySQL backend,
running on Apache (I think). More to the point, it can either be
hosted on a local machine, an internal server or the internet. It is
already set up to run credit cards, run a cash drawer and receipt
printer.

It tracks who is using which cubicle or conference room, tracks
usages, and accepts payments. It tracks recurring renewal dates (e.g.,
monthly, weekly, yearly).

Again, it needs a little more work before we release it to the public,
but we're almost there.

--David
David Kominsky
CubeSpace
Da...@CubeSpacePDX.com

[Ramon Suarez BetaGroup Coworking Brussels]

Nadine Project is open sourced, python based, and looking for somebody to lead the project: http://wiki.coworking.info/w/page/31359618/NadineProject

Best, 

Ramón 

http://coworking.betagroup.be

[Matthew Houston]

Ramon,

Thanks very much.  I'm a web app developer who is keen to get experience with Python syntax (I love 3D, and Python is the language of choice for Maxon's Cinema 4D as well as Blender).

How can I help?

Best regards,

Matt
motiong...@matthewhouston.net

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[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 Nomads for three years and I'm excited to see where it goes from here.

Jacob

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[Alexander Lang]

just to make the list complete, there's also http://cobot.me, which is
not open source but a saas. it handles payments/invoicing, attendance
tracking, member management, booking of resources and much more.
(disclaimer: i work on it).

we have thought about open sourcing at least parts of it, but haven't
found too much value in doing that. you can't really save any money by
setting it up on your own box (need to pay an admin + hosting). the
only upside would be that you could completely customize it (given the
programming resources) and you wouldn't depend on a 3rd party anymore.
then again we have an API, and with a saas solution you get free
updates and support, which is especially important with non-trivial
software like that.

cheers,
alex

On Apr 4, 2:39 pm, Jacob Sayles <ja...@officenomads.com> wrote:
> 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 Nomads for three years and I'm excited to
> see where it goes from here.
>
> Jacob
>
> ---

> Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolationhttp://www.officenomads.com-  (206) 323-6500
>
> On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 10:49 AM, Matthew Houston <matt...@matthewhouston.net

>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > wrote:
> > Ramon,
>
> > Thanks very much.  I'm a web app developer who is keen to get experience
> > with Python syntax (I love 3D, and Python is the language of choice for
> > Maxon's Cinema 4D as well as Blender).
>
> > How can I help?
>
> > Best regards,
>
> > Matt

> > motiongraph...@matthewhouston.net