Re: Coworking community portal - proposal/demo
Phil Leif <phil.leif <at> gmail.com>
2007-03-01 06:03:32 GMT
Tara,
Great! Thanks for catching us newbies up.
I think the difference here is that, while both are clearly "I had
some time this weekend" projects, my project is more of an effort to
create a web service platform for anyone who wants to create a
coworking space, rather than a single site to promote a particular
project. I do love some of the touches Chris put on the application,
though, especially the 30boxes calendar.
Would be happy to talk to you and Chris off-list, though, since you
clearly some refinements in mind.
Best,
Phil
On Feb 28, 7:09 pm, "Riccardo Cambiassi" <r.cambia... <at> gmail.com>
wrote:
> Wow, this is getting exciting!
> I won't make it to SxSW either, but will support form the old world and send
> good vibes :)
>
> As for the platform, may I suggest to consider also a couple of features
> centered more on the user than on the space, like:
> . reviews of spaces
> . referrals for coworkers
> Nothing really new, the model could be the one used by couchsurfing.com
> Finally, if user profiles include skills, you could plan to move to a space
> the "fits your needs" also from the collective intelligence perspective.
>
> Cheers,
> Rick
>
> On 2/28/07, Tara Hunt <horsepig... <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Oh...and for any newbies who don't know who 'Chris' or I am...the story:
>
> > The name coworking, as well as the original concept, came from a great guy
> > named Brad Neuberg here in San Francisco. One day, Chris Messina came across
> > Brad's flyer for the space, which ran one day per week out of a community
> > space called The Spiral Muse in the Mission and absolutely fell in love with
> > the idea. Chris is one of the cofounders of BarCamp and he and I run Citizen
> > Space and co-founded Citizen Agency on the concept of creating building
> > blocks for independents...making our 'living' off community consulting. :)
>
> > Chris and I, along with a group of others, founded The Hat Factory, which
> > is down in Portrero Hill...I believe Brad is still working there now (has
> > moved from Spiral Muse) and then opened our own space in South Park called
> > Citizen Space, which is a free, open resource, unless you want to park at a
> > desk monthly (which is completely full now). Drop ins are always welcome and
> > we do loads of community events there and offer our space to anyone doing a
> > not-for-profit event for free (and for-profit is negotiable).
>
> > We travel around the world to BarCamps, spreading the coworking idea to
> > those communities, who are ripe for it (many independents).
>
> > We own coworking.info and have the pbwiki account for the current wiki.
> > Citizen Space is:
>
> >http://citizenspace.us
> >http://citizenspace.us/calendar/
> >http://citizenspace.us/location/
>
> > but don't take that as our final product. Chris hacked that together in a
> > couple of hours. We've been meeting with the folks from New York co-working
> > (hey Noel!) and Paris co-working on ideas going forward. Many people are
> > just in the process of trying to set up their spaces...needing resources,
> > etc., so that's what we've been working on thusfar. Documenting the cases
> > thusfar. We have a full-blown office, but others have a couple of days per
> > week, and others are thinking of setting up entire 'cafes'.
>
> > So, that's who we are. When the article hit the newstands, we were in
> > Paris, plotting with the people there. The wiki has been going out of
> > control.
>
> > Oh...and, like BarCamp, it is a decentralized non-organization
> > organization, but we do want to guide everything along so the community is
> > totally covered and involved...especially those in other languages and who
> > have specific needs.
>
> > Tara
>
> > On 3/1/07, Tara Hunt <horsepig... <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Hey,
>
> > > Awesome stuff...and feel free to bring this to the Coworking Meetup if
> > > you are at SXSW interactive. Funny thing is...you aren't the only ones who
> > > are working on the portal, so before 10 different projects go off in 10
> > > different directions, we should take a look at all of the proposals.
>
> > > What we have been sketching out includes interactive maps that show who
> > > is where at any given time (with zoom in and out), events listings in a
> > > subscribe-able calendar (or for just particular regions), photos, the
> > > ability to pre-schedule spots (if necessary in the future). It will also
> > > include blogs for each space (which will be aggregated), profiles for the
> > > people at the spaces and customizable/clone-able templates for each space to
> > > be able to join and give it their own look. Etc.
>
> > > Who registered coworking on Twitter? Instead of one particular person
> > > twittering there, we should probably run a script through the site to send
> > > out alerts as well as take reservations and give information. We were
> > > starting to talk to Twitter's lead developer on this.
>
> > > I haven't asked Chris, but we'll probably host it with the other
> > > projects (BarCamp, etc.).
>
> > > Tara
>
> > > On 2/28/07, pieter heremans <pieter.herem... <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > checkhttp://wiki.coworking.info/DomainResources
>
> > > > ys,
> > > > ptr_
>
> > > > On 2/28/07, Phil Leif < phil.l... <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > I think that community.coworking.info would be best. Do you know who
> > > > > manages that domain?
>
> > > > > -phil
>
> > > > > On Feb 28, 12:43 pm, "Riccardo Cambiassi" < r.cambia... <at> gmail.com >
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > more than happy to host it, if the need arises. I've a monster
> > > > > dreamhost
> > > > > > account.
> > > > > > What about using a third level of the coworking.info? maybe
> > > > > > desks.coworking.info?
>
> > > > > > Or, maybe, desxing.com?
>
> > > > > > R
> > > > > > On 2/28/07, Phil Leif < phil.l... <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > Well, that's why it's open source :) Once you have some
> > > > > revisions I'll
> > > > > > > add you to the google code account and give you SVN access.
>
> > > > > > > The only real outstanding issue is finding a permanent domain on
> > > > > which
> > > > > > > to run the site. If anyone can think of something clever, I'm
> > > > > all
> > > > > > > ears.
>
> > > > > > > Best,
> > > > > > > Phil
>
> > > > > > > On Feb 28, 11:29 am, "Riccardo Cambiassi" <r.cambia... <at> gmail.com
>
> > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > Excellent!
> > > > > > > > I was starting to code something in the spare time (which I
> > > > > don't have)
> > > > > > > but
> > > > > > > > definitely why not joining forces? I downloaded the code, will
> > > > > have a
> > > > > > > look
> > > > > > > > at it and post something by the end of the week.
>
> > > > > > > > Cheers!
> > > > > > > > R
>
> > > > > > > > On 2/28/07, Phil Leif <phil.l... <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > Lately I've been following this list and thinking about how
> > > > > I could
> > > > > > > > > better contribute to coworking as a whole. To that end, I've
> > > > > build a
> > > > > > > > > functional demo of a coworking directory/space admin/social
> > > > > networking
> > > > > > > > > site here:http://coutorture.com:3010/(username:demo<http://coutorture.com:3010/%28username:demo>
> > > > > ,
> > > > > > > > > password: demo)
>
> > > > > > > > > A quick tour:
>
> > > > > > > > > Profile pages for spaces -
> > > > >http://coutorture.com:3010/spaces/view/1
>
> > > > > > > > > Space owners can schedule events -
> > > > > > > > >http://coutorture.com:3010/events/view/1
>
> > > > > > > > > Before being able to schedule time, members need to be
> > > > > approved:
> > > > > > > > >http://coutorture.com:3010/spaces/join/1and
> > > > > > > > >http://coutorture.com:3010/spaces/admin/1
>
> > > > > > > > > Schedules are reserved by day for now. The days turn red
> > > > > when they hit
> > > > > > > > > capacity. -http://coutorture.com:3010/spaces/schedule/1
>
> > > > > > > > > You can play around with making new spaces and events:
> > > > > > > > >http://coutorture.com:3010/spaces/newand
> > > > > > > > >http://coutorture.com:3010/events/new
>
> > > > > > > > > Events, openings, and memberships are also automatically
> > > > > posted to
> > > > > > > > > Twitter, so anyone can keep up with happenings around the
> > > > > community:
> > > > > > > > >http://twitter.com/coworking
>
> > > > > > > > > And it's open source, of course:http://code.google.com/p/coworking/
>
> > > > > > > > > To do:
> > > > > > > > > - wrapping an admin layer around the new/edit/etc pages so
> > > > > spaces can
> > > > > > > > > manage their own resources/members
> > > > > > > > > - there are a few pieces of missing functionality (broken
> > > > > links, etc.)
> > > > > > > > > - create some sort of user profiles page
> > > > > > > > > - gussy up the design a bit on the scheduling and home pages
> > > > > > > > > - would love to integrate google checkout or paypal for
> > > > > payments
>
> > > > > > > > > Otherwise it's pretty functional. Let me know your thoughts
> > > > > and feel
> > > > > > > > > free to forward this around - I have a bunch of hours to
> > > > > commit to the
> > > > > > > > > project over the next few weeks. It would be great to find a
> > > > > permanent
> > > > > > > > > host or domain, too, like something.coworking.info.
>
> > > > > > > > > Thx!
> > > > > > > > > Phil Leif
>
> > > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > > Riccardo CAMBIASSI
> > > > > > > > mailto:r.cambia... <at> gmail.comhttp://www.codewitch.org
>
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Riccardo CAMBIASSI
> > > > > > mailto: r.cambia... <at> gmail.comhttp://www.codewitch.org
>
> > > --
> > > Sincerely,
>
> > > Tara
> > > -----------------------
> > > tara 'miss rogue' hunt
> > > agent provocateur
> > > Citizen Agency (www.citizenagency.com)
> > > blog:www.horsepigcow.com
> > > phone: 415-694-1951
> > > fax: 415-727-5335
>
> > --
> > Sincerely,
>
> > Tara
> > -----------------------
> > tara 'miss rogue' hunt
> > agent provocateur
> > Citizen Agency (www.citizenagency.com)
> > blog:www.horsepigcow.com
> > phone: 415-694-1951
> > fax: 415-727-5335
>
> --
> Riccardo CAMBIASSI
> mailto:r.cambia... <at> gmail.comhttp://www.codewitch.org
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