Coworking Facebook Page and other ideas

[Anne Kirby]

Hey Everyone,

I know there are a lot of facebook pages on coworking I was just
wondering if there was one specific FB page for this google group or
the wiki page?

If not, would it be beneficial to have one page setup to represent
this community better? I'd be happy to start one and add people as
admins if you're interested in being an admin. We could post our info,
press, discussions, actively promote coworking as a network. If a page
like this already exists could someone post the link?

I think we could take this group further and even create a website
with everyones info listed, really connect this network in the public
eye.

Thoughts, ideas, suggestions?


Cheers,
Anne

The Candy Factory
Where working together is sweet!
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Coworking in Lancaster, PA

[Ryan Price]

Both of these look pretty "official":

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Coworking/77381078825
Alex Hillman likes it.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2281332482
Started by Chris Messina, Tara Hunt is an officer.

The "page" is favored by Facebook, since you can feed posts in there,
and add "boxes". They both have about 400+ people.

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[Anne Kirby]

Thanks Ryan,

I'm actually on both of those pages. They just don't seem very active,
it would be great to bring all of us together in a more public setting
(i.e. facebook, focused website) the Wiki, google group and even the
blog is great but it's not very public friendly. Could we create
something or enhance something so as to bring us all together and to
educate the public?

Whenever we get any press we're always giving props to other coworking
spaces in the country, i.e. CoinLoft, indyhall, citizen space or
Workbar. How do we share the love better on the current FB pages,
network better and promote the idea of coworking? That kind of thing.

Cheers,
Anne

P.S. The twitter hashtag is great and is a perfect way to bring us all
together on twitter!

[Alex Hillman]

John Erik from Conjunctured set this up last night, using Facebook's new groups feature.

I'm hesitant to put tons of energy into this because, frankly, Facebook changes their mind all the time. 

But if you're looking to settle on one, I think the latest incarnation is probably the most ideal.

Join here:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_145309628847622&ap=1

-Alex

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[Anne Kirby]

Thanks!

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[Alex Hillman]

I do want to point out how fundamentally less public Facebook is, regardless of it's half-a-billion user count, when compared to resources like the blog, wiki, and google group which are all spidered by Google. (The internet has more than half a billion people on it, especially internationally).

Facebook has inherent sharing power, and that's valuable, but I just want to be clear that the goal of being "more public" isn't necessarily supported by a login-only sharing network being the engine behind it.

Getting coworking ideas and ideals into the hands of the masses is going to take a lot more work than sharing press on Facebook...mostly because the press does an overwhelmingly a lousy job of talking about coworking in the first place. 

I DO agree that the internal back-patting on the google group is largely lost to the masses and belongs somewhere a little more structured. 

I think that curating those links with a little editorial and educational content is great blog-fodder, and something that a few people could really run with and build up "thoughts worth sharing", wherever people choose to share it.

-Alex

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[Ryan Price]

Really? More email from Facebook?

Anne,

I would say the Facebook pages are not too active because this list is
SO active. I'd hate to splinter this discussion, and have to follow in
5 places.

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[Tara Hunt]

Thank you for saying this Ryan.

We've had a gabillion suggestions over the years to 'move' from this Google Group to something else. And each time, the action cannibalizes our discussions somewhat. LinkedIN group, Facebook page, Blogs, new networks, chat spaces, etc.

This group and all of our discussions are public, indexed on Google and incredibly valuable. Look at the history of growth! The maturation of discussion!

I'm not against promoting coworking in whatever way we can, but the issue we've faced with scattering groups here and there is that it becomes yet another place to manage. For instance...the LinkedIN group. Loads of people request to join and post questions there, but I miss them and there are so many self-promoters in there that have nothing to do with Coworking that it turns those people off. Thinking that the LinkedIN group IS THE coworking discussion group, they go away thinking this movement is dead or a waste of time. Not a great way to promote coworking at all.

So we can start groups and someone can take the helm of each of them and there can be discussions over hither and yon that replicate the discussions here. Or, we can continue to try to get people to gather here. In a really great useful space. Personally, I'm glad that there isn't very much activity on that Facebook group. I'm thinking of sending a message out to everyone that is on it to come here and introduce themselves then shutting it down (or at least putting the link to this group up there).

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[Ryan Price]

Hear Hear!

Starting a new group on a website should be just as hard as starting a second coworking space in the same city - it requires a gardener (or two) to really bring things to life, get people talking to each other. Broadcast is different from discussion, and this list is one of the best I know for discussion - on any subject.

My experience with FB and LinkedIn have been very similar to what Tara is describing. They require lots of attention, and weeding. This community noticed the same thing with the Wiki over the summer, and now there are people paying more attention there, the world is a better place for it.

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[Anne Kirby]

WOW - Great conversation!

I'm not suggesting we do away with the wiki or google or move that
content, they are great and they serve a purpose. I'm also not
suggesting we put all this information out to the masses on facebook.
Just thinking of ways to encourage more communication between spaces
but also educate the public in what we're doing and highlighting all
the great businesses involved.

Alex, if more spaces collaborated maybe the press would get better?

My post was to start a discussion on how we could do this, with the
suggestion of a Facebook page. More like a collaborative public face
to all of the fantastic things happing in the world of coworking.

I'd be happy to spear head it and know a few spaces who might be
willing to get involved.

Thanks for the discussion.

Cheers,
Anne

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[Alex Hillman]

Alex, if more spaces collaborated maybe the press would get better?

I totally agree! Any consistency in messaging will help them get it right.

My post was to start a discussion on how we could do this, with the
suggestion of a Facebook page. More like a collaborative public face
to all of the fantastic things happing in the world of coworking.

I'm 100% supportive of this, just not on Facebook. While Facebook is A public, it shouldn't be mistaken for THE public...especially since it is owned by a company. Your goal mirrors the exact reason we spent time rejuvenating the blog (a source that the press is already getting comfortable citing). I applaud your mission and direction, I'd just really love it if we could keep it focused on places where we have the opportunity to have collective ownership of the presence.

What sort of activities, other than sharing links and spreading success, were you hoping to accomplish on Facebook that can't be done on coworking.com or blog.coworking.com? Making the assumption that a contributor or participant wants to, or needs to, be on Facebook simply isn't something I can get behind even though it's something I use personally. 

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[Anne Kirby]

Kind of like an organized face to the movement. It could be made up of
a committee of coworking spaces. :)

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[Tara Hunt]

Uh oh. Not the 'c' word...committee. As in "death by..."

I don't want to discourage the passion and momentum here and I, too, want to see coworking be a household word (well, maybe not household, but a well-known concept that people see as a great alternative to working from an office, home or coffee shop - that isn't for everyone). I just want to encourage us to think about proceeding in a manner that is true to the small pieces loosely joined ethos of this movement. 

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[Anne Kirby]

Good point Alex, and maybe Facebook isn't the answer. I personally
find it harder to put a face to people in the google and wiki
community and thought facebook might help, not for everyone but for
some. A way to get to know each other on a more personal basis.

We've been chatting with other spaces on facebook about collaborating
on projects, events and such. Something as simple as liking each
others pages, adding them to our favorites.

Also, a lot of our spaces are very interesting, inspiring, creative
environments and showcasing all the elements of coworking by
encouraging others to post pictures of their space, the artwork, their
members to one central location (maybe the blog?) might be nice.

The blog is looking great are there any future plans for it?

I run two business, a creative social network group amongst other
projects and groups. I know all of this takes work and I'm not
suggesting we recreate the wheel. I also understand we are all very
busy people juggling many things. How do we get this great community
working together to take it to the next level, interact more and
educate the public. It's worthing thinking about.

On Oct 13, 1:53 pm, Alex Hillman <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Alex, if more spaces collaborated maybe the press would get better?
>
> I totally agree! Any consistency in messaging will help them get it right.
>
> My post was to start a discussion on how we could do this, with the
>
> > suggestion of a Facebook page. More like a collaborative public face
> > to all of the fantastic things happing in the world of coworking.
>
> I'm 100% supportive of this, just not on Facebook. While Facebook is

> *A*public, it shouldn't be mistaken for
> *THE* public...especially since it is owned by a company. Your goal mirrors

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[Alex Hillman]

I just want to encourage us to think about proceeding in a manner that is true to the small pieces loosely joined ethos of this movement. 

Amen.

For those looking for some context of how, and why, we try to encourage things to follow these organizational principals, I'd encourage you to read up on the following:

http://www.smallpieces.com/

http://www.starfishandspider.com/

They're great reads for anyone trying to establish a strong community-powered coworking space, and important reads for trying to make progress with movements that have evolved as this one has.

-Alex

 

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[Anne Kirby]

lol - Tara, I hate that word as well. Not suggesting we call it that -
how about a gang, or a murder of crows...lol

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[Alex Hillman]

I don't think Tara or I are trying to discourage any of the things you've suggested, Anne, we're just trying to prevent repeats of things we've seen over, and over, and over.

We've had large scale...uhm..."disagreements" about adding more "structured" organization to coworking in the past and while we can debate all day long what's best, here's what I'll say: 

if you really believe doing something will be beneficial and successful, try it! I'd strongly encourage you to do your homework on the org books I mentioned above to not only get the most buy in but the strongest staying power. 

Ultimately, it comes down to this: if what you're doing is good, the right people will jump on board, and that thing will take off! Hooray! 

If it's not meant to be, you'll know pretty quickly due to lack of support (which is basically what we've seen with the previous incarnations of Facebook groups, LinkedIn groups, etc) and you can move on. 

My concern with "huddling leadership" is the precedent that it sets, and the patterns that usually emerge from it. While your intentions are likely pure, it's far too easy for that sort of organizational change to derail the strength of an organization with no head that can be cut off (as it currently is).

Independent projects, like starting a Facebook group or "liking" exchanges are great, but they most certainly don't need anything but a loose association in order to make them extremely successful. What they DO need is widespread buy in...which comes from shared understanding of value...very different from committee, gang, or any other name you can come up with for it.

-Alex

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[TelBitConsulting]

"Uh oh. Not the 'c' word...committee. As in "death by..."

Chocolate?  :-)

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[Anne Kirby]

Thanks Alex, I'll definitely look into your suggestions.

I think things got a little out of control. Really want I would love
to see is the community getting to know each other better and if
collaboration is born from that great! If not that's fine as well. I'm
not for excluding anyone and a committee is not the answer, I was just
trying to clarify my thoughts. Sorry if it came across the wrong way.
Maybe it's a gathering of those involved and or interested in
coworking to discuss coworking and all the elements.

Cheers,
Anne


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[Alex Hillman]

Understood, and sorry if I came across as a little harsh. :)

Discussion, as always, is great and 2nd only to action! Obviously, since we're practically neighbors, you and I should be getting together soon anyway :)

-Alex

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[Anne Kirby]

HA - bring it :P

I hope to head your direction soon and would love to meetup. Maybe
Nov?

Thanks!
Anne

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[Ryan Price]

The motto of the Drupal community:

"Talk is Silver, Code is Gold."

In this case Code == participation, or a thing you made, instead of talking about it (AKA Bikeshedding).

http://www.bikeshed.com 

Not accusing anyone of bikeshedding, but it's one of those concepts that just needs to circulate more, as well as "Does Coworking Have a Hyphen?"

Peace,

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[Anne Kirby]

Well I'm all about doing Ryan.

It would be great to plan a conference on coworking like Coworking
Europe but I'm not sure how many people would head to Lancaster, PA.
Maybe this is a way for us all to get to know each other better?

http://coworkingeu.wordpress.com/

On Oct 13, 3:16 pm, Ryan Price <ucfbass...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The motto of the Drupal community:
> "Talk is Silver, Code is Gold."
>
> In this case Code == participation, or a thing you made, instead of  

> talking about it (AKA Bikeshedding).http://www.bikeshed.com

>
> Not accusing anyone of bikeshedding, but it's one of those concepts  
> that just needs to circulate more, as well as "Does Coworking Have a  
> Hyphen?"
>
> Peace,
> Ryan Price
> rpr...@ryanpricemedia.com
> @liberatr
> 407-484-8528
>
> FloridaCreatives.com
> Next Likemind: October 15th @ Drunken Monkey
> Orlando Happy Hour: October 18th @ Crooked Bayou
>
> On Oct 13, 2010, at 3:01 PM, Alex Hillman wrote:
>
>
>
> > Understood, and sorry if I came across as a little harsh. :)
>
> > Discussion, as always, is great and 2nd only to action! Obviously,  
> > since we're practically neighbors, you and I should be getting  
> > together soon anyway :)
>
> > -Alex
>
> > /ah
> > indyhall.org
> > coworking in philadelphia
>

> > On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Anne Kirby <creativehouseoflancas...@gmail.com

> > > wrote:
> > Thanks Alex, I'll definitely look into your suggestions.
>
> > I think things got a little out of control. Really want I would love
> > to see is the community getting to know each other better and if
> > collaboration is born from that great! If not that's fine as well. I'm
> > not for excluding anyone and a committee is not the answer, I was just
> > trying to clarify my thoughts. Sorry if it came across the wrong way.
> > Maybe it's a gathering of those involved and or interested in
> > coworking to discuss coworking and all the elements.
>
> > Cheers,
> > Anne
>
> > On Oct 13, 2:47 pm, TelBitConsulting <m...@telbitconsulting.com>
> > wrote:
> > > "Uh oh. Not the 'c' word...committee. As in "death by..."
>
> > > Chocolate?  :-)
>
> > > Mike
>

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[Ryan Price]

Anne, you've officially started the "Coworking Conference" discussion
three months early. You win! :)

The Coworking US conference is called South by Southwest. It happens
in Austin, Texas in March and it is the one place I know where the
most coworking catalysts are all in one room.

OK, so there are also tens of thousands of people in Austin who aren't
there just to talk about coworking, but it's a pretty good start.

Honestly, I think if you want to host something in Lancaster, you
should. I will do something in Orlando on the same day, and we could
convince others to do the same. I know of someone who recently did a
big US tour of coworking spaces for his http://gwob.org tour, ending
with a "simulcast" event in several spaces all over the world. That
would be a cool coworking party.

See also: Dave Winer's HyperCamp concept: http://go.hypercamp.org/#background

See also: FourSquare Day, a grassroots event started in Tampa,
thousands of miles away from 4sq headquarters, sydicated to 250
cities: http://4sqday.com/

See also: Likemind http://likemind.us which is a monthly meetup, on
the same day, in 60+ cities across the globe.

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[Anne Kirby]

Well thanks Ryan, I'm happy to inform you that I'm very familiar with
South by Southwest but thanks for the other links and suggestions.

Maybe we will host something here in Lancaster - details coming soon.

Cheers,
Anne

On Oct 13, 3:47 pm, Ryan Price <ucfbass...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Anne, you've officially started the "Coworking Conference" discussion  
> three months early. You win! :)
>
> The Coworking US conference is called South by Southwest. It happens  
> in Austin, Texas in March and it is the one place I know where the  
> most coworking catalysts are all in one room.
>
> OK, so there are also tens of thousands of people in Austin who aren't  
> there just to talk about coworking, but it's a pretty good start.
>
> Honestly, I think if you want to host something in Lancaster, you  
> should. I will do something in Orlando on the same day, and we could  
> convince others to do the same. I know of someone who recently did a  

> big US tour of coworking spaces for hishttp://gwob.orgtour, ending  

> with a "simulcast" event in several spaces all over the world. That  
> would be a cool coworking party.
>
> See also: Dave Winer's HyperCamp concept:http://go.hypercamp.org/#background
>
> See also: FourSquare Day, a grassroots event started in Tampa,  
> thousands of miles away from 4sq headquarters, sydicated to 250  
> cities:http://4sqday.com/
>

> See also: Likemindhttp://likemind.uswhich is a monthly meetup, on  

> >>>> Visithttp://ForCarol.comandhelpraise teen awareness about unsafe

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[Angel]

>The blog is looking great are there any future plans for it?

I solicited this group a few weeks ago for suggestions on what people
would like added to the blog. Additionally, Alex has placed a feedback
link on the left side "feedback" to collect your thoughts. Feel free
to use it! http://blog.coworking.com/

There are some loose talks about adding a mapping component to the
blog. At this time, we're looking for 2-3 guest posts per week on
coworking topics that would appeal to the masses and/or educate the
masses about the coworking movement. Feel free to contribute by
emailing your text to me at fccoworking (at) gmail dot com. Our
contribute feature is currently and inexplicable borken :( and I'm
trying to learn why.

Angel

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[Willie Morris]

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to say hello from a new coworking space in Fort Lauderdale, FL - White Table Foundation, or affectionately, WTF. We just opened about a month ago and are trying hard to bring together the freelancers and tech/creative community since it's so fractional down here. Anyways, cheers to all and hope I can contribute to this group :)

Cheers,
-Willie Morris
-whitetablefoundation.com

[Ryan Price]

Hi WIllie,

I'm up here in Orlando, and we're getting ready to debut our Urban
ReThink Center - we're doing some renovations to the space right now,
but you will see an announcement here on the list soon.

Glad to hear there are more spaces opening in Florida - do you also
know about CoLab in Orlando and IdeaField in Tampa?

Peace,
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[Willie Morris]

Hey Ryan,

That's great, I'd love to swing by if I'm up that way...I'd heard about CoLab, but not about IdeaField. There is also a space in Miami called BrikoLodge that is run by a great group of guys. I'd love to organize some events with the different Florida spaces sometime. We are in the process of trying to organize a GiveCamp down here in the near future too...

Cheers,
Willie

[Cadu de Castro Alves]

OMFG! It's a great conversation! =)

I do agree with you all whom prefer only wiki, blog and google group. I love the KISS way of life.

I like Facebook, Linkedin and other communities, buy they are so hard to maintain. They're annoying. =/

Have you ever heard about Small Acts Manifesto (www.smallactsmanifesto.org)? I've already introduced it in another thread. It's a movement start by Brazilian people. The same people who be part of this movement are members of some groups about Coding Dojo, Python and Ruby languages, entrepreneurship and so on. Lots of these same people have personal and community blogs as well.

We use the group to discuss, each one blog to spread to the world his thoughts, and of course, we do events and meetings to talk to each other, to have beer, to practice personal contact and improve our social skills.

I love and hate the internet at the same time: love because it connect people from around the world but hate because it appears that people are doing less personal contact. =(

One of the best things when you do Coworking is personal contact and the big power of met new people. It's amazing!

So, coming back to the discussion. I prefer only wiki, blog and this "so very big awesome" discussion list. =)

Have a nice day you all!

Best regards,

Cadu de Castro Alves

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[Cadu de Castro Alves]

Hum, I dream every single night with a big Coworking conference. :)

Abs,

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[Tara Hunt]

A coworking conference (even apart from SXSW) would be cool. SXSW can get busy and I often miss most of the coworking stuff because I'm taken in 10 different directions. :(

I wonder if there is a way to KISS a coworking conference? Like maybe an online thing at first with set topics to discuss? Or maybe a 'camp' or retreat of sorts? Either way, I agree with Cadu that face to face with everyone here would be amazing.

Tara

[Anne Kirby]

Hey Tara, Cadu I think that would be great. Ryan had some good
suggestions on how this could happen. Something to thing about!

Angel, I'll be working on some posts for you as well. Can we send
pictures with the posts? The map idea would be fantastic, let me know
how I can help.

Willie, congrats on the space!

Cheers,
Anne

On Oct 14, 8:45 am, Tara Hunt <horsepig...@gmail.com> wrote:
> A coworking conference (even apart from SXSW) would be cool. SXSW can get
> busy and I often miss most of the coworking stuff because I'm taken in 10
> different directions. :(
>
> I wonder if there is a way to KISS a coworking conference? Like maybe an
> online thing at first with set topics to discuss? Or maybe a 'camp' or
> retreat of sorts? Either way, I agree with Cadu that face to face with
> everyone here would be amazing.
>
> Tara
>
> On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 8:04 AM, Cadu de Castro Alves <
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> cadudecastroal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hum, I dream every single night with a big Coworking conference. :)
>
> > Abs,
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> > Cadu de Castro Alves
> > BeesOffice Espaço de Coworking - Unidade Centro
> > Rua Teófilo Otoni, 52/1203 - Centro - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
> > CEP: 20090-070
> > Tel/Fax: + 55 21 2233-5126
> >www.beesoffice.com
>

> > On 13/10/2010, at 16:31, Anne Kirby <creativehouseoflancas...@gmail.com>

> > >>>> Visithttp://ForCarol.comandhelpraise teen awareness about unsafe

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[thilo]

Well, seems like the discussion moved thinks forward anyway :)
A push to a coworking conf seperated from SXSW.
Anyway hope to meet a lot of you next year in austin for sxsw, already
bought my tickets :)

And thanks for the insight what had been discussed, tried and thought
about the structure of the coworking movement, as i just joined the
list some months ago.

Thilo

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On Oct 13, 9:55 pm, Anne Kirby <creativehouseoflancas...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Well thanks Ryan, I'm happy to inform you that I'm very familiar with
> South by Southwest but thanks for the other links and suggestions.
>
> Maybe we will host something here in Lancaster - details coming soon.
>
> Cheers,
> Anne
>
> On Oct 13, 3:47 pm, Ryan Price <ucfbass...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Anne, you've officially started the "Coworking Conference" discussion  
> > three months early. You win! :)
>
> > The Coworking US conference is called South by Southwest. It happens  
> > in Austin, Texas in March and it is the one place I know where the  
> > most coworking catalysts are all in one room.
>
> > OK, so there are also tens of thousands of people in Austin who aren't  
> > there just to talk about coworking, but it's a pretty good start.
>
> > Honestly, I think if you want to host something in Lancaster, you  
> > should. I will do something in Orlando on the same day, and we could  
> > convince others to do the same. I know of someone who recently did a  
> > big US tour of coworking spaces for hishttp://gwob.orgtour, ending  
> > with a "simulcast" event in several spaces all over the world. That  
> > would be a cool coworking party.
>
> > See also: Dave Winer's HyperCamp concept:http://go.hypercamp.org/#background
>
> > See also: FourSquare Day, a grassroots event started in Tampa,  
> > thousands of miles away from 4sq headquarters, sydicated to 250  
> > cities:http://4sqday.com/
>

> > See also: Likemindhttp://likemind.uswhichis a monthly meetup, on  

> > >>>> Visithttp://ForCarol.comandhelpraiseteen awareness about unsafe

> > >>> this list...
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[Tony Bacigalupo]

Hey lovelies,

Two quick thoughts:

1. Alex said earlier, but I'll reiterate, people will get on board with something if they want to. That's the only way things get done in a starfish such as this.

In the midst of this discussion, John Erik invited me to join a Coworking Facebook Group. I thought it was cool, so I joined. Done!

2. I've thought a lot about this: the best bet for a Coworking Conference is to hold it the day before SXSW begins in Austin. Why?

- So many of us are already going, and for many of us, it's the only time we can afford to travel all year. Going a day earlier only costs us an additional night in a hotel
- Nothing's happening the day before SXSW
- Everyone is not yet tired/overwhelmed/perpetually drunk/voices gone
- Flights might be cheaper

So that's my contribution there. Best possible location and date is Austin on March 10th.

I volunteer to not organize it :)

Tony
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On Oct 14, 2010 9:43 AM, "thilo" <th...@upstre.am> wrote:

[Anne Kirby]

Here's a coworking directory that's in the works. Looks cool:
http://desksurfing.heroku.com/

> > > See also: Likemindhttp://likemind.uswhichisa monthly meetup, on  

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[Willie Morris]

I really like the idea of having it the day before SXSW...more time in Austin? Yes please.

Cheers,

-Willie

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[Anne Kirby]

Okay Tony - If we can make that happen, my business partner and I
would definitely try to make it. If not in person we could be there
via video, we could live stream it with chat so people who can't be
there in person can still interact.



On Oct 14, 10:17 am, Anne Kirby <creativehouseoflancas...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> > > > See also: Likemindhttp://likemind.uswhichisamonthly meetup, on  

> > > > >>>> Visithttp://ForCarol.comandhelpraiseteenawarenessabout unsafe

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[Ricardo Luvizotto Dória]

Hello folks,

it would be awesome to participate from Curitiba (Brazil) via video.

count me in. =)

[Cadu de Castro Alves]

I think we could make small conferences during the year and a big conference in one city once a year.

The coworking movement is bigger than SXSW and we can do that! ;)

Abs,

Cadu de Castro Alves

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[Tony Bacigalupo]

For sure, SXSW just so happens to be the closest thing we have. Nothing else is going to get the same level of attendance.

There would definitely have to be a lot of video streaming going on!

[Anne Kirby]

Just checked out the Contribute feature on the blog, very nice!

On Oct 14, 11:10 am, Tony Bacigalupo <tonybacigal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> For sure, SXSW just so happens to be the closest thing we have. Nothing else
> is going to get the same level of attendance.
>
> There would definitely have to be a lot of video streaming going on!
>
> On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Cadu de Castro Alves <
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> cadudecastroal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I think we could make small conferences during the year and a big
> > conference in one city once a year.
>
> > The coworking movement is bigger than SXSW and we can do that! ;)
>
> >   Abs,
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> > Cadu de Castro Alves

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> > Mobile: +55 21 8464-3958(OI)
> > SkypeID: cadudecastroalves
> >www.beesoffice.com
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> > *BeesOffice - Espaço de Coworking RJ - Unidade: Centro*

> > Rua Teófilo Otoni, 52/1203, Centro - Rio de Janeiro - RJ - CEP: 20090-070 -
> > Brasil
> > Tel./Fax: +55 21 2233-5126

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> >> On 13/10/2010, at 16:31, Anne Kirby <creativehouseoflancas...@gmail.com>

> >> >>>> Visithttp://ForCarol.comandhelpraise teen awareness about unsafe

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[Jacob Sayles]

A few points of my own:

1)  I've got lots of ideas about how to make the wiki better including the CoworkingDB project I've talked about a little bit.  I've been focusing on our third anniversary party (tonight) so this will get more attention soon.  

http://wiki.coworking.com/CoworkingDB

2)  Coworking Conference!  I love this idea. I'm getting super excited about the conference in Europe. I'd love to see something come together here in the US.  I went to SXSW a few times but was only going for the coworking meetups.  

Jacob

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[Anne Kirby]

Congrats on three years Jacob!

On Oct 14, 1:40 pm, Jacob Sayles <ja...@officenomads.com> wrote:
> A few points of my own:
>
> 1)  I've got lots of ideas about how to make the wiki better including the
> CoworkingDB project I've talked about a little bit.  I've been focusing on
> our third anniversary party (tonight) so this will get more attention soon.
>
> http://wiki.coworking.com/CoworkingDB
>
> 2)  Coworking Conference!  I love this idea. I'm getting super excited about
> the conference in Europe. I'd love to see something come together here in
> the US.  I went to SXSW a few times but was only going for the coworking
> meetups.
>
> Jacob
>
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> Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolationhttp://www.officenomads.com-  (206) 323-6500

> > > >> >>>> Visithttp://ForCarol.comandhelpraiseteen awareness about unsafe

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[Ryan Price]

+1 Tony. (Also, everyone should listen to Tony and Alex, they are tearing up the tubes)

Since there are Coworking spaces in Austin, can we ask those people to raise a hand? Or the people who organize BarCamp Austin... is that place available the day before? 

Will it be really hard for the West Coast people to arrive in Austin any time before mid-day? 

Peace,

Ryan Price

[Josef Davies-Coates]

On 13 October 2010 17:06, Alex Hillman <dangerous...@gmail.com> wrote:

John Erik from Conjunctured set this up last night, using Facebook's new groups feature.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_145309628847622&ap=1

I'm intrigued by the revamp of "groups" on facebook. Currently I always recommend people create a "Page" rather than a group since in most way they are MUCH better IMHO.

Maybe this revamp of groups will change that though.

Still, I note that you still can only join so many groups (unlike the amount of pages you can "like") and so am currently unable to join any groups at all without leaving loads first, which is big hassle I never get around to.

Josef.

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[Julian @PariSoMa]

I'd be interested in talking about the coworking conference before
SXSW.

Talked with Nathaniel who runs La Cantine Paris and in Europe they are
going forward with Coworking Europe 2010, http://coworkingeu.wordpress.com/,
a two-day conference on coworking. They've gotten some sponsors and
looks like a great schedule.

Could be a good model to follow.

Cheers,

Julian

On Oct 13, 12:55 pm, Anne Kirby <creativehouseoflancas...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Well thanks Ryan, I'm happy to inform you that I'm very familiar with
> South by Southwest but thanks for the other links and suggestions.
>
> Maybe we will host something here in Lancaster - details coming soon.
>
> Cheers,
> Anne
>
> On Oct 13, 3:47 pm, Ryan Price <ucfbass...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Anne, you've officially started the "Coworking Conference" discussion  
> > three months early. You win! :)
>
> > The Coworking US conference is called South by Southwest. It happens  
> > in Austin, Texas in March and it is the one place I know where the  
> > most coworking catalysts are all in one room.
>
> > OK, so there are also tens of thousands of people in Austin who aren't  
> > there just to talk about coworking, but it's a pretty good start.
>
> > Honestly, I think if you want to host something in Lancaster, you  
> > should. I will do something in Orlando on the same day, and we could  
> > convince others to do the same. I know of someone who recently did a  
> > big US tour of coworking spaces for hishttp://gwob.orgtour, ending  
> > with a "simulcast" event in several spaces all over the world. That  
> > would be a cool coworking party.
>
> > See also: Dave Winer's HyperCamp concept:http://go.hypercamp.org/#background
>
> > See also: FourSquare Day, a grassroots event started in Tampa,  
> > thousands of miles away from 4sq headquarters, sydicated to 250  
> > cities:http://4sqday.com/
>

> > See also: Likemindhttp://likemind.uswhichis a monthly meetup, on  

> > >>>> Visithttp://ForCarol.comandhelpraiseteen awareness about unsafe

> ...
>
> read more »

[Susan Evans]

Chiming in on the idea of a coworking conference...count me in as a vote for the pre-SXSW timeline.  I am another person who has dreamed a whole bunch (and even started planning at one point) about a coworking meetup for us all to sit down and chat face-to-face.  I'd love to see this happen on a bigger scale than has ever happened before at SXSW.  I'm pretty sure if I head out there this year I'm not getting a badge.  Just going to hang out with all of you fine folks!

As Tony said, count me in for attending, but for the time being, count me out for planning. :)  We're working on some stuff out in Seattle.  More on that in a moment.

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[dina Amin]

Maybe you can use Pngine to open topics and share posts, it's a platform that combines forums and blogs sort of, would be cool. There is already a topic opened by a coworking space in Egypt. Check it out..

http://www.pngine.com/topic/54/The-Dream-Coworking-Space

[cairo....@gmail.com]

Hi there are several groups on coworking, by region, and one for global connection.
Just type coworking in fb search and then check for pages and groups.

Uli
Rasheed22
CoworkingEgypt
Cairo - Egypt (obviously ...)

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