Coworking Visa Map

Hey everyone,

We recently updated our website and decided to embed a google maps page of other spaces that participate in the Coworking Visa program. We found that a visual representation of coworking spaces globally generates a lot of excitement for those that are brand new to coworking, especially our more mobile members. The thought of being able to travel across the world, have a desk waiting for you, and be able to connect to a local community of likeminded people is a revolutionary idea, one that we should probably promote more often.

We used the info from the coworking wiki to generate the list of coworking visa participants, but if your space is new or we missed adding your space, please let us know and we’d love to add you onto the page:

Thanks!

jay

Wow this is awesome and really beautifully executed!!

-Alex

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On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 9:56 PM, Jay | TheNetworkHub.ca [email protected] wrote:

Hey everyone,

We recently updated our website and decided to embed a google maps page of other spaces that participate in the Coworking Visa program. We found that a visual representation of coworking spaces globally generates a lot of excitement for those that are brand new to coworking, especially our more mobile members. The thought of being able to travel across the world, have a desk waiting for you, and be able to connect to a local community of likeminded people is a revolutionary idea, one that we should probably promote more often.

We used the info from the coworking wiki to generate the list of coworking visa participants, but if your space is new or we missed adding your space, please let us know and we’d love to add you onto the page:

http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/free-workspace/

Thanks!

jay

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Yes, very nice! We would like to be added to the map. We just opened our doors on April 1st and are offering the entire month of April as a free month of coworking. Thanks for helping us spread the word and showcasing our space on your site. You can take a pic from the website, or I can send one if that works better.

Frontal Lobe

517.618.9506

110 E Grand River Ave, Howell, MI 48843
www.WorkFrontalLobe.com

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Thanks,

Fabrizio

Fabrizio Tarara [email protected]

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On Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:56:27 PM UTC-4, Jay | TheNetworkHub.ca wrote:

Hey everyone,

We recently updated our website and decided to embed a google maps page of other spaces that participate in the Coworking Visa program. We found that a visual representation of coworking spaces globally generates a lot of excitement for those that are brand new to coworking, especially our more mobile members. The thought of being able to travel across the world, have a desk waiting for you, and be able to connect to a local community of likeminded people is a revolutionary idea, one that we should probably promote more often.

We used the info from the coworking wiki to generate the list of coworking visa participants, but if your space is new or we missed adding your space, please let us know and we’d love to add you onto the page:

http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/free-workspace/

Thanks!

jay

Hi Jay

I have a new coworking space in Hanoi, starting May this year. How can I send you info and pix to be listed on your map? Much thanks.

Bobby.

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On Monday, April 15, 2013 8:56:27 AM UTC+7, Jay | TheNetworkHub.ca wrote:

Hey everyone,

We recently updated our website and decided to embed a google maps page of other spaces that participate in the Coworking Visa program. We found that a visual representation of coworking spaces globally generates a lot of excitement for those that are brand new to coworking, especially our more mobile members. The thought of being able to travel across the world, have a desk waiting for you, and be able to connect to a local community of likeminded people is a revolutionary idea, one that we should probably promote more often.

We used the info from the coworking wiki to generate the list of coworking visa participants, but if your space is new or we missed adding your space, please let us know and we’d love to add you onto the page:

http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/free-workspace/

Thanks!

jay

Thanks, Alex :slight_smile:

Congrats on your new spaces, Fabrizio and Bobby!

Fabrizio, thanks for the info, we’ll add your space onto the map.

Bobby, please feel free to post your info and a pic on this thread, and we’ll have you guys added on as well.

  • jay
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On Monday, 15 April 2013 09:01:43 UTC-7, Bobby Liu wrote:

Hi Jay

I have a new coworking space in Hanoi, starting May this year. How can I send you info and pix to be listed on your map? Much thanks.

Bobby.

On Monday, April 15, 2013 8:56:27 AM UTC+7, Jay | TheNetworkHub.ca wrote:

Hey everyone,

We recently updated our website and decided to embed a google maps page of other spaces that participate in the Coworking Visa program. We found that a visual representation of coworking spaces globally generates a lot of excitement for those that are brand new to coworking, especially our more mobile members. The thought of being able to travel across the world, have a desk waiting for you, and be able to connect to a local community of likeminded people is a revolutionary idea, one that we should probably promote more often.

We used the info from the coworking wiki to generate the list of coworking visa participants, but if your space is new or we missed adding your space, please let us know and we’d love to add you onto the page:

http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/free-workspace/

Thanks!

jay

This is great. Can this be easily replicated be on our sites, if that’s okay with you?

Craig

Creative Density

Denver

Hi Jay,

looks beautiful! Please add OfficeXpats to the VISA network. We’d love to meet coworkers from around the world and show them our island near Seattle. www.officexpats.com

thanks,

Leslie

···

On Sunday, April 14, 2013 6:56:27 PM UTC-7, Jay | TheNetworkHub.ca wrote:

Hey everyone,

We recently updated our website and decided to embed a google maps page of other spaces that participate in the Coworking Visa program. We found that a visual representation of coworking spaces globally generates a lot of excitement for those that are brand new to coworking, especially our more mobile members. The thought of being able to travel across the world, have a desk waiting for you, and be able to connect to a local community of likeminded people is a revolutionary idea, one that we should probably promote more often.

We used the info from the coworking wiki to generate the list of coworking visa participants, but if your space is new or we missed adding your space, please let us know and we’d love to add you onto the page:

http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/free-workspace/

Thanks!

jay

Hi, Leslie,

The way to add your space to the Coworking Visa network is to go here, and ask to be added to the Wiki. And say why you want to be added, one sentence containg the word “Coworking” is good. :slight_smile: You will then get an email from…ME, you lucky dog, welcoming you to the Wiki and containing handy links to the Directory and also to the Visa Directory.

The email is also suitable for framing…okay, kidding about that. BUt not about how you add your space to the Visa Program.

Jeannine

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On Monday, April 15, 2013 9:17:58 PM UTC+2, Leslie wrote:

Hi Jay,
looks beautiful! Please add OfficeXpats to the VISA network. We’d love to meet coworkers from around the world and show them our island near Seattle. www.officexpats.com

thanks,

Leslie

On Sunday, April 14, 2013 6:56:27 PM UTC-7, Jay | TheNetworkHub.ca wrote:

Hey everyone,

We recently updated our website and decided to embed a google maps page of other spaces that participate in the Coworking Visa program. We found that a visual representation of coworking spaces globally generates a lot of excitement for those that are brand new to coworking, especially our more mobile members. The thought of being able to travel across the world, have a desk waiting for you, and be able to connect to a local community of likeminded people is a revolutionary idea, one that we should probably promote more often.

We used the info from the coworking wiki to generate the list of coworking visa participants, but if your space is new or we missed adding your space, please let us know and we’d love to add you onto the page:

http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/free-workspace/

Thanks!

jay

What a beautiful execution!

I would like to know if we can mirror this on the Wiki?

Also, do you mind if we mirror it on our own sites? I have a couple places it would look faaabulous. :slight_smile:

Jeannine

···

On Monday, April 15, 2013 3:56:27 AM UTC+2, Jay | TheNetworkHub.ca wrote:

Hey everyone,

We recently updated our website and decided to embed a google maps page of other spaces that participate in the Coworking Visa program. We found that a visual representation of coworking spaces globally generates a lot of excitement for those that are brand new to coworking, especially our more mobile members. The thought of being able to travel across the world, have a desk waiting for you, and be able to connect to a local community of likeminded people is a revolutionary idea, one that we should probably promote more often.

We used the info from the coworking wiki to generate the list of coworking visa participants, but if your space is new or we missed adding your space, please let us know and we’d love to add you onto the page:

http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/free-workspace/

Thanks!

jay

Hi Jay,

Maria-Christina Rus http://coworkingon.es/ and I http://www.free-coworking.org are thinking along similar lines https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/coworking/eWjsbi_lPfQ . We are spreading coworking and free coworking as well. If you like you can use the data from the Free Coworking Map http://www.free-coworking.org, the only thing I would like to ask you is to identify those entries with the free coworking logo http://www.coworking-news.de/free-coworking-resources/ . Let us spread coworking and free coworking together!!!

Greetings from Germany,

Felix

www.free-coworking.org

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Am Montag, 15. April 2013 03:56:27 UTC+2 schrieb Jay | TheNetworkHub.ca:

Hey everyone,

We recently updated our website and decided to embed a google maps page of other spaces that participate in the Coworking Visa program. We found that a visual representation of coworking spaces globally generates a lot of excitement for those that are brand new to coworking, especially our more mobile members. The thought of being able to travel across the world, have a desk waiting for you, and be able to connect to a local community of likeminded people is a revolutionary idea, one that we should probably promote more often.

We used the info from the coworking wiki to generate the list of coworking visa participants, but if your space is new or we missed adding your space, please let us know and we’d love to add you onto the page:

http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/free-workspace/

Thanks!

jay

Thanks for the updates y’all, your info should now be up on the page.

If you’re just reading this post and would like to be added on the map, please continue to post your info on here, as it is the quickest way for us to get that info.

However, we also highly recommend following Jeannine’s suggestion of adding your space to the visa page of the coworking wiki.

Annnnnd, because y’all asked so darn nicely, we’ll work on a script so you can easily embed the coworking visa map onto your own sites. But may take a couple of weeks as we are still rolling out the rest of our new site, so we have to finish some work on the homefront first.

Felix, thanks for the info on the free coworking map you’re working on. At the moment, we might limit the info on the page to the coworking visa program, as it is meant to be used by our members who travel frequently and would like to get a taste of the local coworking flavour when they’re travelling.

  • jay
···

On Sunday, 14 April 2013 18:56:27 UTC-7, Jay | TheNetworkHub.ca wrote:

Hey everyone,

We recently updated our website and decided to embed a google maps page of other spaces that participate in the Coworking Visa program. We found that a visual representation of coworking spaces globally generates a lot of excitement for those that are brand new to coworking, especially our more mobile members. The thought of being able to travel across the world, have a desk waiting for you, and be able to connect to a local community of likeminded people is a revolutionary idea, one that we should probably promote more often.

We used the info from the coworking wiki to generate the list of coworking visa participants, but if your space is new or we missed adding your space, please let us know and we’d love to add you onto the page:

http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/free-workspace/

Thanks!

jay

Hi Hay,

Our space (Camaraderie) is still missing, and just in terms of Ontario, also missing is HUB Ottawa, Longbranch, and CoWorkative. Would be great to have them added!

r.

···

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Toronto, ON M6R 1X6

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On 16 April 2013 19:43, Jay | TheNetworkHub.ca [email protected] wrote:

Thanks for the updates y’all, your info should now be up on the page.

If you’re just reading this post and would like to be added on the map, please continue to post your info on here, as it is the quickest way for us to get that info.

However, we also highly recommend following Jeannine’s suggestion of adding your space to the visa page of the coworking wiki.

Annnnnd, because y’all asked so darn nicely, we’ll work on a script so you can easily embed the coworking visa map onto your own sites. But may take a couple of weeks as we are still rolling out the rest of our new site, so we have to finish some work on the homefront first.

Felix, thanks for the info on the free coworking map you’re working on. At the moment, we might limit the info on the page to the coworking visa program, as it is meant to be used by our members who travel frequently and would like to get a taste of the local coworking flavour when they’re travelling.

  • jay

On Sunday, 14 April 2013 18:56:27 UTC-7, Jay | TheNetworkHub.ca wrote:

Hey everyone,

We recently updated our website and decided to embed a google maps page of other spaces that participate in the Coworking Visa program. We found that a visual representation of coworking spaces globally generates a lot of excitement for those that are brand new to coworking, especially our more mobile members. The thought of being able to travel across the world, have a desk waiting for you, and be able to connect to a local community of likeminded people is a revolutionary idea, one that we should probably promote more often.

We used the info from the coworking wiki to generate the list of coworking visa participants, but if your space is new or we missed adding your space, please let us know and we’d love to add you onto the page:

http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/free-workspace/

Thanks!

jay

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So awesome Jay! Thanks for doing this…

Please add our brand new coworking space in the little city with big dreams…

CoLab Northwest Inc.

237 Taylor Street

Second Floor

Port Townsend, WA 98368

U.S.A.

http://.ptcolab.com

And Foundery in Toronto!

Merci!

Ashley Proctor

Foundery
ash…@foundery.is
www.foundery.is

The Foundery Buildings
376 Bathurst Street
Toronto, ON
M5T 2S6

···

On Apr 16, 2013, at 7:48 PM, rachel young wrote:

Hi Hay,

Our space (Camaraderie) is still missing, and just in terms of Ontario, also missing is HUB Ottawa, Longbranch, and CoWorkative. Would be great to have them added!

r.

____________________
rachel young
rac…@camaraderie.ca

We’re now at 2241 Dundas St W, 3rd floor

(between Bloor and Roncesvalles)

Toronto, ON M6R 1X6

See details at http://bit.ly/MovingToRoncy.

Find us online:
Website/blog and Newsletter

Google+, Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn

*Be in business for yourself, not by yourself! *

freelancecampTO is a 1day professional development

conference for freelancers happening May 26.

On 16 April 2013 19:43, Jay | TheNetworkHub.ca [email protected] wrote:

Thanks for the updates y’all, your info should now be up on the page.

If you’re just reading this post and would like to be added on the map, please continue to post your info on here, as it is the quickest way for us to get that info.

However, we also highly recommend following Jeannine’s suggestion of adding your space to the visa page of the coworking wiki.

Annnnnd, because y’all asked so darn nicely, we’ll work on a script so you can easily embed the coworking visa map onto your own sites. But may take a couple of weeks as we are still rolling out the rest of our new site, so we have to finish some work on the homefront first.

Felix, thanks for the info on the free coworking map you’re working on. At the moment, we might limit the info on the page to the coworking visa program, as it is meant to be used by our members who travel frequently and would like to get a taste of the local coworking flavour when they’re travelling.

  • jay

On Sunday, 14 April 2013 18:56:27 UTC-7, Jay | TheNetworkHub.ca wrote:

Hey everyone,

We recently updated our website and decided to embed a google maps page of other spaces that participate in the Coworking Visa program. We found that a visual representation of coworking spaces globally generates a lot of excitement for those that are brand new to coworking, especially our more mobile members. The thought of being able to travel across the world, have a desk waiting for you, and be able to connect to a local community of likeminded people is a revolutionary idea, one that we should probably promote more often.

We used the info from the coworking wiki to generate the list of coworking visa participants, but if your space is new or we missed adding your space, please let us know and we’d love to add you onto the page:

http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/free-workspace/

Thanks!

jay

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If you want to participate in the visa program, you should add your space to the wiki.

http://wiki.coworking.com/w/page/16583744/CoworkingVisa

r.

···

____________________
rachel young
rac…@camaraderie.ca

We’re now at 2241 Dundas St W, 3rd floor

(between Bloor and Roncesvalles)

Toronto, ON M6R 1X6

See details at http://bit.ly/MovingToRoncy.

Find us online:
Website/blog and Newsletter

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*Be in business for yourself, not by yourself! *

freelancecampTO is a 1day professional development

conference for freelancers happening May 26.

On 17 April 2013 09:21, Ashley Proctor [email protected] wrote:

And Foundery in Toronto!

Merci!

Ashley Proctor

Foundery
ash…@foundery.is
www.foundery.is

The Foundery Buildings
376 Bathurst Street
Toronto, ON

M5T 2S6

On Apr 16, 2013, at 7:48 PM, rachel young wrote:

Hi Hay,

Our space (Camaraderie) is still missing, and just in terms of Ontario, also missing is HUB Ottawa, Longbranch, and CoWorkative. Would be great to have them added!

r.

____________________
rachel young
rac…@camaraderie.ca

We’re now at 2241 Dundas St W, 3rd floor

(between Bloor and Roncesvalles)

Toronto, ON M6R 1X6

See details at http://bit.ly/MovingToRoncy.

Find us online:
Website/blog and Newsletter

Google+, Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn

*Be in business for yourself, not by yourself! *

freelancecampTO is a 1day professional development

conference for freelancers happening May 26.

On 16 April 2013 19:43, Jay | TheNetworkHub.ca [email protected] wrote:

Thanks for the updates y’all, your info should now be up on the page.

If you’re just reading this post and would like to be added on the map, please continue to post your info on here, as it is the quickest way for us to get that info.

However, we also highly recommend following Jeannine’s suggestion of adding your space to the visa page of the coworking wiki.

Annnnnd, because y’all asked so darn nicely, we’ll work on a script so you can easily embed the coworking visa map onto your own sites. But may take a couple of weeks as we are still rolling out the rest of our new site, so we have to finish some work on the homefront first.

Felix, thanks for the info on the free coworking map you’re working on. At the moment, we might limit the info on the page to the coworking visa program, as it is meant to be used by our members who travel frequently and would like to get a taste of the local coworking flavour when they’re travelling.

  • jay

On Sunday, 14 April 2013 18:56:27 UTC-7, Jay | TheNetworkHub.ca wrote:

Hey everyone,

We recently updated our website and decided to embed a google maps page of other spaces that participate in the Coworking Visa program. We found that a visual representation of coworking spaces globally generates a lot of excitement for those that are brand new to coworking, especially our more mobile members. The thought of being able to travel across the world, have a desk waiting for you, and be able to connect to a local community of likeminded people is a revolutionary idea, one that we should probably promote more often.

We used the info from the coworking wiki to generate the list of coworking visa participants, but if your space is new or we missed adding your space, please let us know and we’d love to add you onto the page:

http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/free-workspace/

Thanks!

jay

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Just want to reiterate what Jeannine and Rachel mentioned, that if you haven’t added your space onto the Visa page of the Coworking Wiki, please do so now. This helps us have a central repository of all the spaces, including the necessary steps you would like travelling coworkers to take when they visit your space.

The posts we request here are only for those on the wiki that we may have missed, as we had to manually enter a lot of this data, and for brand new spaces that haven’t had a chance to get in the wiki yet.

Thanks!

  • jay
···

On Sunday, 14 April 2013 18:56:27 UTC-7, Jay | TheNetworkHub.ca wrote:

Hey everyone,

We recently updated our website and decided to embed a google maps page of other spaces that participate in the Coworking Visa program. We found that a visual representation of coworking spaces globally generates a lot of excitement for those that are brand new to coworking, especially our more mobile members. The thought of being able to travel across the world, have a desk waiting for you, and be able to connect to a local community of likeminded people is a revolutionary idea, one that we should probably promote more often.

We used the info from the coworking wiki to generate the list of coworking visa participants, but if your space is new or we missed adding your space, please let us know and we’d love to add you onto the page:

http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/free-workspace/

Thanks!

jay

Using the wiki as the primary data source is a great idea. I’m curious to know how you’re converting the data. Oren Salomon and I have been talking quite a bit about the Open Coworking Map idea I was pushing a year ago as part of the Coworking Wiki Project. We didn’t’ raise enough money to do the project then but I’ve continued to see a lot of interest in this area. Perhaps we should combine efforts.

The idea behind the OCM is to facilitate spaces to put meta-data on their websites and aggregate all of it into a central, open repository (GitHub actually). This would mean that when spaces close the data would be removed automatically. No one ever remembers to take down their listing when they close their doors. Go figure.

···

Jacob


Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation
http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500

On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Jay | TheNetworkHub.ca [email protected] wrote:

Just want to reiterate what Jeannine and Rachel mentioned, that if you haven’t added your space onto the Visa page of the Coworking Wiki, please do so now. This helps us have a central repository of all the spaces, including the necessary steps you would like travelling coworkers to take when they visit your space.

The posts we request here are only for those on the wiki that we may have missed, as we had to manually enter a lot of this data, and for brand new spaces that haven’t had a chance to get in the wiki yet.

Thanks!

  • jay

On Sunday, 14 April 2013 18:56:27 UTC-7, Jay | TheNetworkHub.ca wrote:

Hey everyone,

We recently updated our website and decided to embed a google maps page of other spaces that participate in the Coworking Visa program. We found that a visual representation of coworking spaces globally generates a lot of excitement for those that are brand new to coworking, especially our more mobile members. The thought of being able to travel across the world, have a desk waiting for you, and be able to connect to a local community of likeminded people is a revolutionary idea, one that we should probably promote more often.

We used the info from the coworking wiki to generate the list of coworking visa participants, but if your space is new or we missed adding your space, please let us know and we’d love to add you onto the page:

http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/free-workspace/

Thanks!

jay

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Hey ya Jacob! :slight_smile:

We edited a template in Wordpress using Google Map API, built our own simple dashboard to enter/edit/delete data.

We used Coworking Visa Wiki as the primary data source with minor editing since a few spaces have gone out of business (with their site still online) so I had to reference website and twitter/facebook to ensure current activities. Building the back-end/front-end was the simple piece of the puzzle - the more mysterious piece is the data integrity. We had to add the coworking spaces ourselves (by we, I mean me, there’s no intern or assistant) to preserve data integrity.

We looked at scraping Coworking Visa Wiki data but that means we wouldn’t be able to filter the active from inactive, plus from this thread it seems like we missed quite few spaces from the list AND the list isn’t as up to date as we hope. With regard to meta-data, a few spaces that were closed also had a live site which may be a hindrance to the integrity issue. Right now, our low-tech solution is to monitor twitter accounts and maybe do a clean up every few months of inactive space.

···

On Wednesday, 17 April 2013 11:23:31 UTC-7, Jacob Sayles wrote:

Using the wiki as the primary data source is a great idea. I’m curious to know how you’re converting the data. Oren Salomon and I have been talking quite a bit about the Open Coworking Map idea I was pushing a year ago as part of the Coworking Wiki Project. We didn’t’ raise enough money to do the project then but I’ve continued to see a lot of interest in this area. Perhaps we should combine efforts.

The idea behind the OCM is to facilitate spaces to put meta-data on their websites and aggregate all of it into a central, open repository (GitHub actually). This would mean that when spaces close the data would be removed automatically. No one ever remembers to take down their listing when they close their doors. Go figure.

Jacob


Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation
http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500

On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Jay | TheNetworkHub.ca [email protected] wrote:

Just want to reiterate what Jeannine and Rachel mentioned, that if you haven’t added your space onto the Visa page of the Coworking Wiki, please do so now. This helps us have a central repository of all the spaces, including the necessary steps you would like travelling coworkers to take when they visit your space.

The posts we request here are only for those on the wiki that we may have missed, as we had to manually enter a lot of this data, and for brand new spaces that haven’t had a chance to get in the wiki yet.

Thanks!

  • jay

On Sunday, 14 April 2013 18:56:27 UTC-7, Jay | TheNetworkHub.ca wrote:

Hey everyone,

We recently updated our website and decided to embed a google maps page of other spaces that participate in the Coworking Visa program. We found that a visual representation of coworking spaces globally generates a lot of excitement for those that are brand new to coworking, especially our more mobile members. The thought of being able to travel across the world, have a desk waiting for you, and be able to connect to a local community of likeminded people is a revolutionary idea, one that we should probably promote more often.

We used the info from the coworking wiki to generate the list of coworking visa participants, but if your space is new or we missed adding your space, please let us know and we’d love to add you onto the page:

http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/free-workspace/

Thanks!

jay

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Exactly. I’m excited to see you’ve put a good amount of thought and effort into this. Keeping the data clean and up to date is the tricky part, not building a tool. That’s why when we didn’t raise enough money last year I focused on building the wiki team before I tackled any technology. Also having a team is essential for handing things off and keeping them going when the initial volunteers want to move on to other projects. If you are interested in working with us I’d love to have you guys on the team. You seem to be doing a great job on your own but projects like this are exactly why I worked to build this team.

Also, I think it’s time I visited. You are only three hours away but it’s been years since I’ve seen you guys.

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Jacob


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On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 12:03 AM, Minna Van | TheNetworkHub.ca [email protected] wrote:

Hey ya Jacob! :slight_smile:

We edited a template in Wordpress using Google Map API, built our own simple dashboard to enter/edit/delete data.

We used Coworking Visa Wiki as the primary data source with minor editing since a few spaces have gone out of business (with their site still online) so I had to reference website and twitter/facebook to ensure current activities. Building the back-end/front-end was the simple piece of the puzzle - the more mysterious piece is the data integrity. We had to add the coworking spaces ourselves (by we, I mean me, there’s no intern or assistant) to preserve data integrity.

We looked at scraping Coworking Visa Wiki data but that means we wouldn’t be able to filter the active from inactive, plus from this thread it seems like we missed quite few spaces from the list AND the list isn’t as up to date as we hope. With regard to meta-data, a few spaces that were closed also had a live site which may be a hindrance to the integrity issue. Right now, our low-tech solution is to monitor twitter accounts and maybe do a clean up every few months of inactive space.

On Wednesday, 17 April 2013 11:23:31 UTC-7, Jacob Sayles wrote:

Using the wiki as the primary data source is a great idea. I’m curious to know how you’re converting the data. Oren Salomon and I have been talking quite a bit about the Open Coworking Map idea I was pushing a year ago as part of the Coworking Wiki Project. We didn’t’ raise enough money to do the project then but I’ve continued to see a lot of interest in this area. Perhaps we should combine efforts.

The idea behind the OCM is to facilitate spaces to put meta-data on their websites and aggregate all of it into a central, open repository (GitHub actually). This would mean that when spaces close the data would be removed automatically. No one ever remembers to take down their listing when they close their doors. Go figure.

Jacob


Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation
http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500

On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Jay | TheNetworkHub.ca [email protected] wrote:

Just want to reiterate what Jeannine and Rachel mentioned, that if you haven’t added your space onto the Visa page of the Coworking Wiki, please do so now. This helps us have a central repository of all the spaces, including the necessary steps you would like travelling coworkers to take when they visit your space.

The posts we request here are only for those on the wiki that we may have missed, as we had to manually enter a lot of this data, and for brand new spaces that haven’t had a chance to get in the wiki yet.

Thanks!

  • jay

On Sunday, 14 April 2013 18:56:27 UTC-7, Jay | TheNetworkHub.ca wrote:

Hey everyone,

We recently updated our website and decided to embed a google maps page of other spaces that participate in the Coworking Visa program. We found that a visual representation of coworking spaces globally generates a lot of excitement for those that are brand new to coworking, especially our more mobile members. The thought of being able to travel across the world, have a desk waiting for you, and be able to connect to a local community of likeminded people is a revolutionary idea, one that we should probably promote more often.

We used the info from the coworking wiki to generate the list of coworking visa participants, but if your space is new or we missed adding your space, please let us know and we’d love to add you onto the page:

http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/free-workspace/

Thanks!

jay

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Sent you a separate email about this so we can carry on convo without weighing down the thread.

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On Thursday, 18 April 2013 10:22:36 UTC-7, Jacob Sayles wrote:

Exactly. I’m excited to see you’ve put a good amount of thought and effort into this. Keeping the data clean and up to date is the tricky part, not building a tool. That’s why when we didn’t raise enough money last year I focused on building the wiki team before I tackled any technology. Also having a team is essential for handing things off and keeping them going when the initial volunteers want to move on to other projects. If you are interested in working with us I’d love to have you guys on the team. You seem to be doing a great job on your own but projects like this are exactly why I worked to build this team.

Also, I think it’s time I visited. You are only three hours away but it’s been years since I’ve seen you guys.

Jacob


Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation
http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500

On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 12:03 AM, Minna Van | TheNetworkHub.ca [email protected] wrote:

Hey ya Jacob! :slight_smile:

We edited a template in Wordpress using Google Map API, built our own simple dashboard to enter/edit/delete data.

We used Coworking Visa Wiki as the primary data source with minor editing since a few spaces have gone out of business (with their site still online) so I had to reference website and twitter/facebook to ensure current activities. Building the back-end/front-end was the simple piece of the puzzle - the more mysterious piece is the data integrity. We had to add the coworking spaces ourselves (by we, I mean me, there’s no intern or assistant) to preserve data integrity.

We looked at scraping Coworking Visa Wiki data but that means we wouldn’t be able to filter the active from inactive, plus from this thread it seems like we missed quite few spaces from the list AND the list isn’t as up to date as we hope. With regard to meta-data, a few spaces that were closed also had a live site which may be a hindrance to the integrity issue. Right now, our low-tech solution is to monitor twitter accounts and maybe do a clean up every few months of inactive space.

On Wednesday, 17 April 2013 11:23:31 UTC-7, Jacob Sayles wrote:

Using the wiki as the primary data source is a great idea. I’m curious to know how you’re converting the data. Oren Salomon and I have been talking quite a bit about the Open Coworking Map idea I was pushing a year ago as part of the Coworking Wiki Project. We didn’t’ raise enough money to do the project then but I’ve continued to see a lot of interest in this area. Perhaps we should combine efforts.

The idea behind the OCM is to facilitate spaces to put meta-data on their websites and aggregate all of it into a central, open repository (GitHub actually). This would mean that when spaces close the data would be removed automatically. No one ever remembers to take down their listing when they close their doors. Go figure.

Jacob


Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation
http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500

On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Jay | TheNetworkHub.ca [email protected] wrote:

Just want to reiterate what Jeannine and Rachel mentioned, that if you haven’t added your space onto the Visa page of the Coworking Wiki, please do so now. This helps us have a central repository of all the spaces, including the necessary steps you would like travelling coworkers to take when they visit your space.

The posts we request here are only for those on the wiki that we may have missed, as we had to manually enter a lot of this data, and for brand new spaces that haven’t had a chance to get in the wiki yet.

Thanks!

  • jay

On Sunday, 14 April 2013 18:56:27 UTC-7, Jay | TheNetworkHub.ca wrote:

Hey everyone,

We recently updated our website and decided to embed a google maps page of other spaces that participate in the Coworking Visa program. We found that a visual representation of coworking spaces globally generates a lot of excitement for those that are brand new to coworking, especially our more mobile members. The thought of being able to travel across the world, have a desk waiting for you, and be able to connect to a local community of likeminded people is a revolutionary idea, one that we should probably promote more often.

We used the info from the coworking wiki to generate the list of coworking visa participants, but if your space is new or we missed adding your space, please let us know and we’d love to add you onto the page:

http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/free-workspace/

Thanks!

jay

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