[Tfug] co-working projects Tucson

[Marco Savo]

Thanks for the advices, yes I have problem organizing, I'm trying using
google tasks, remember the milk, and I installed hamster on Ubuntu. Still I
was thinking something could be done, maybe I was too enthusiastic. My
apartment is not the right place, but if someone interested I'm sure we can
find other resources available, at least meet in coffee shops or libraries,
we don't have so many places like that in Europe. If you prefer work at
night, coffee exchange is open 24 hour...

Copied from the PLUG mailing list, before turning in a medical-political
anticommunist anti government anti-junk non-profit groups discussion,:
Let's look at a few positives:

- Read the Gangplank Manifesto on their home page at
http://gangplankhq.com.  That looks like a great articulation of their
goals and purpose.  Ones I strongly support!
-- Read how the manifesto came to be on Derek's blog at
http://derekneighbors.com/2009/07/collaborative-writing-or-how-the-gangplank-manifesto-was-written/

- Gangplank has hosted or is hosting:
-- MobiFest - a day long conference on developing for phones like
iPhone or Android
-- Gangplank Jr. - a 2-3 hour Saturday event for kids 5-15 to learn
programming concepts
-- Wordpress training classes for minimal cost or no-cost for non-profit
orgs
-- Laid Off Camp - a day long conference on job searching and
entreprenuership
-- Barcamp Pheonix - a day long conference on software development
-- TEDx night - Watch ted.com videos and discuss them
-- OpenPhoenix - a night of open mic music and entertainment

- The last http://desertcodecamp.com/ was held on June 13th and nearly
filled DeVry's Phoenix campus with developers talking about code or
making code.  Free lunch of pizza and sub sandwiches was provided too.
 Put together by volunteers.

- If you're into Microsoft based development tech, the people who
maintain the http://azgroups.com site do an annual all-day event at
venues like the Orphium Theater and at no cost to attendees.  Fine,
it's marketing for MS but it's put on by volunteers here in the valley
and a great way for people to learn about things that improve their
career skills.
(
http://www.componentart.com/BLOGS/milos/archive/2009/06/02/scott-guthrie-event-2009-phoenix-az.aspx
)

- The local Ruby On Rails group has monthly meetings with around 30
regularly in attendance.

- The Java group is also well attended every month.

- The third http://podcampaz.com/ is coming up in November, put on by
voluteers at no cost (donation requested) to attendees.  Had about 350
people attend last year (if I recall) for two days of conference.

- The http://azentrepreneurship.com/ conference will be in November
for the forth year.  This one costs $100+ but should be as well
attended as last year with 200+ people.  Funded and organized in part
by a local venture capital group.

- The first http://ignitephoenix.com event was held a year ago with a
little over 100 in attendance and has grown to fill the 600 seat
Theather at Tempe Center for the Arts back in June.  The connections
made there live well past the event.
-- Oh, a city council member and the mayor of Tempe spoke this last
time, though he was a bit silly trying to be Tempe exclusive.  That
seems to be at least verbal political support.

- The second ABLEConf on FS/OSS is being planned for October and
should be better than last year. (Go Hans and team!)

I'm not going to go on, though I could point out several purely social
events like http://phoenixfridaynights.com/, it's east and west valley
analogs, East Valley Thursday Morning breakfasts, Tempe Geeks Lunch,
South Valley Geek Meet and Eat and Gangplank's Brown Gag lunch
presentations every Wednesday.

add to these hackfest, so we have anything like this in Tuc-Son?

On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 7:21 PM, Bexley Hall <bexley401 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> Hi Chris,
>
> > Hi, Marco and Zack (and Bexley, if he's interested,
> > but I guess Bexley has his preferred work environment
> > already.)
> >
> > I think there are a lot of ways of setting up a coworking
> > environment depending on
> > - what your top priorities are, and
> > - what kind of contributions and commitment you're really
> > confident you can get from how many people.
> >
> > If Marco just wants one or more people around who will
> > complain if he turns on the TV and with whom he can
>
> I.e., some external force to "keep him honest"  :>
>
> > sometimes have conversations about problem solving,
>
> *This* is the "most absent" aspect of working alone  :<
> Even folks who aren't conversant in your field of expertice
> can often give you insights -- even if its just the act of
> forcing you to explain yourself to "their level" -- that
> can make a huge difference in how quickly you work through
> problems!
>
> >then maybe he should
> > - declare his apartment an unofficial co-working zone
> >   with a limited number of people subject to his approval
> > - write up a brief first draft of his preferred ground rules
> >   (I mostly just think Marco should be able to kick people
> >   out of his own apartment if he can't cope with them.)
>
> If Marco "has roommate(s)", that would also be a factor.
>
> > - recruit a few people
> > - work up an agreed-on schedule for when people are
> > supposed to come over
> >
> > I know this would only work for some people's needs
> > (it might or might not be appropriate for Marco)
> > but at least it dodges some of the problems Zack mentions.
>
> I would still advocate looking into adjusting your (his) own
> work schedule to see what *feels* right.  The Sun is such an
> incredible zeitgeber that it makes it hard to find "what's right"
> even when unencumbered by a "9-to-5" schedule.  This could be
> a simple fix that doesn't require dragging other people into
> the "solution" (which could eventually become a *problem* in
> and of itself)
>
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