The Coworkers

TheCoworkers - Episode #8

Summary:

This is the first trans-continental episode of The Coworkers.  In this episode, we have

• Alex Lang of Cobot.me, Berlin
• Jacob Sayles of Office Nomads, Seattle WA

Topics Discussed:

• Coworking communities in the US and Europe
• How these communities are different
• Events, Cooperation and meeting places (Physical and Virtual)

Who are these guys?

Every month (and sometimes more often!) Jonathan Yankovich produces TheCoworkers podcast with featured members of the coworking movement.  This month, Jacob Sayles and Alex Lang are featured.

TheCoworkers - Episode #7

Summary:

This is the first episode of The Coworkers recorded by the larger coworking community.  Alex Hillman and Tony Bacigalupo started the The Coworkers over a year ago, and now Jonathan Yankovich is picking up the reigns as producer and inviting various prominant members of the coworking community to discuss a variety of topics.

In this podcast,

• Alex Hillman of Independents Hall, Phillidelphia PA
• Jacob Sayles of Office Nomads, Seattle WA
• Derek Neighbors of Gangplank, Chandler AZ

Discuss

• The State-Of-Coworking

Who are these guys?

As said above, they’re

• Alex Hillman of Independents Hall, Phillidelphia PA
• Jacob Sayles of Office Nomads, Seattle WA
• Derek Neighbors of Gangplank, Chandler AZ

The Coworkers - Episode #6

Show Highlights:

• How to get the media’s attention
• What media attention can be good for (and not so good for)
• Tips for talking to the press
• Tips for writing about coworking

Alex’s Top 5 Mistakes Journalists Make in writing about coworking

1. Focus on “techies”
2. Focus on shared “equipment”
3. Focus on real estate/green
4. Focus on the founders        
5. No mention of global community/history  

And that pesky hyphenation!

Alex’s Top 5 Elements of a valuable coworking article

1. Focus on improved quality of life
2. Focus on building relationships between coworkers
3. Focus on member accomplishments
4. Articulation of benefits over amenities
5. Encourage more than just tech 

Exit Interview Question

Tony to Alex - How do you see the media covering coworking in 2011?

Who are these guys?

We actually introduced ourselves this time, but here’s our one line bios. 

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The Coworkers - Episode #5

Show Highlights:

• How we deal with problem coworkers/bad stuff happening

Exit Interview Question

Alex to Tony - Give us the overview of NWCU!

Who are these guys?

We actually introduced ourselves this time, but here’s our one line bios. 

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The Coworkers - Episode #4

Show Highlights:

• Internal and External Coworking Communication

Links - General

• http://www.roomorama.com

Links - Communication Tools we’ve tried:

• http://frid.ge/
• http://coopapp.com
• http://yammer.com
• http://facebook.com / groups
• http://freenode.net / irc
• http://titanpad.com 
• http://campfirenow.com
• http://vanillaforums.org
• Google Groups
• Blogs of all kinds

Exit Interview Question

Tony to Alex - Where do you see opportunities in the global coworking community to create more value in our communication with each other?

Who are these guys?

We actually introduced ourselves this time, but here’s our one line bios. 

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Still working out some of the kinks! Looks like episode 2 got re-posted to iTunes with episode 3’s information. We’ve corrected it, now we just have to wait for it to make it’s way through the intertubes.

The correct episode is up on the website, so you can give it a listen there!

The Coworkers - Episode #3

Show Highlights:

• Steven Johnson at NY Public Library
• Shared meals = great coworking
• Coworking needs cultural “glue” from it’s leaders/managers
• Small Acts Manifesto

Links:

• http://www.brainarang.com
• http://www.homingcloud.com

Exit Interview Question

Alex to Tony - “Now that New Work City is past “launch” mode and the dust is clearing, where are you turning your focus?”

Who are these guys?

We actually introduced ourselves this time, but here’s our one line bios. 

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The Coworkers - Episode #2

Show Highlights:

• Alex launched ChoiceShirts
• New Work City is experimenting with new membership structures and rate changes
• How we handle team memberships
• What happens when companies require their employees to work from coworking spaces instead of home?
• What could a coworking space “scholarship” look like?

Exit Interview Question

Tony and Alex - “What are you working on next? (regarding your epic work history essay)

Who are these guys?

We actually introduced ourselves this time, but here’s our one line bios. 

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The Coworkers - Episode #1

Show Highlights:

• Steven Johnson’s new book “Where Good Ideas Come From” as related to coworking.
• Tony on a panel at Maker Faire NYC 2010 - Transition away from ownership, towards sharing
• Why coworking spaces for specific niches don’t make sense

Show Links:

• Steven Johnson “Where Good Ideas Come From” Whiteboard Video
• Steven Johnson “Where Good Ideas Come From” Ted Talk

Exit Interview Question

Alex to Tony - “What quote did you give for the Inc Magazine article that you hope they printed?”

Who are these guys?

We realized that we didn’t introduce ourselves, so here’s our one line bios. 

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