On Nov. 14th 2012, a series of global events is taking place to celebrate one of the most awesome human behaviour: Sharing!
Launched by by the People Who Share, the Global Sharing Day (#globalsharingday) is a ensemble of local events, organized in hundreds of cities worldwide and involving thousands of people and organization.
Here’s an overview of some interesting activities you can do on that day. Feel free to add your event in the comment below the post 
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When you surf a website or use an online application, you should take a moment to think about your interaction with the application and imagine how it is brought to life. Most platforms we use today are the result of careful crafting and meticulous design and development processes. A simple elegant UX design is one of the most important criteria we look at; it defines how we interact with our users.
We think it may be interesting to give you a quick look behind the scene on ShareDesk’s user experience.
“Everyday dynamics are the main inspiration for user experience design. ShareDesk lets you virtually enter workspaces and interact with people that you can approach and meet in person. It’s more than an interface, it’s visual storytelling, a landscape, an architecture of information built by the users.”
- Dario Aschero, ShareDesk’s Design Lead
We Promised you community features, your delivery has arrived!
Contrary to popular believe, the lower the price of a workspace does not always increase its likeliness of success. The positive attitude towards pricing is something transient, not permanent, especially when the economy is stable, people are less concerned with costs, and more focused on opportunities.The real, permanent added value of a coworking space are people and content.
That is why we have taken some early steps towards building a more community-oriented platform. We’ve engaged in lengthy conversations with our users and vendors, then taken a closer look at our development pipeline to make room for some features that could bring value to both sides. We are building a user-centric marketplace, and we thought the best way to start is to introduce our community product; ShareDesk Connect! Continue Reading…
TaskRabbit, AirBnB and RelayRides explain how people generate real income by offering their time and assets for use in their community.
RocketSpace, a San Francisco based accelerator for technology and new media startups currently hosts over 120 companies in its Four-story offices in SOMA, San Francisco.
RocketSpace was launched in early 2011 by technology exec Duncan Logan, who was frustrated by his search for flexible office space at the time. In less than two years RocketSpace has blown up to be one of the hottest platforms for tech entrepreneurs who want to access a space that provides much more than just a desk and great coffee.
We connected with RocketSpace Founder and CEO Duncan Logan to hear how he turned a bootstrapped coworking space into a ‘Hit Factory‘ for tech startups. Here is the interview in its entirety: Continue Reading…
Welcome to the second episode of the Bootstrapping Coworking series.
Today we’ll have a talk with Swantje Wendt, owner of Nadelwald Co-Sewing space, one of the most original coworking spaces in Berlin.
Launched almost one year ago (if you are reading us from Berlin, be sure to not to miss the birthday party on September 22nd) Nadelwald is a wonderfully furnished facility in the Neukölln neighbourhood which allows people to rent sewing machine equipped desks.
Originally thought as a spot for fashion designers, it’s now become a place where DIY lovers come to learn how to produce their own clothes and accessories.
To put it in Swantje’s words:
no more shopping guys — Let’s do something by your own.
If you are an Italian coworking lover, if you don’t know what coworking is and want to learn more, even if you are not Italian, but you’re passing by Italy on September 22nd and 23rd, you don’t want to miss the first Italian Coworking unConference.
Welcome to the brand new “Bootstrapping Coworking” series.
Here we want to share the knowledge and the direct experiences of those that succeedingly launched a coworking space: from the idea inception to the final opening and subsequent promotion, we’ll try to cover every stage of the process.
For the first episode, we had a talk with Alessandro Di Tecco, an Italian UI designer.
In April 2012 Alessandro launched The Collective, a stylish coworking space in Verona, one of the most beautiful town in northern Italy (UNESCO World Heritage Site).
We are super delighted for the support from the community and the PR coverage we’ve received today- including INC Mag., Techvibes, The Next Web and Venture Beat, but the traffic has caught us a little off-guard!
What happened is that ShareDesk generated too many hits for Google Maps’ service and Google stopped serving our queries, causing a glitch in our search functionality. Not to worry, our mighty CTO Javier is looking into the issue, and working with the team to resolve this issue, soon.
We apologize for the inconvenience, and appreciate your patience as we work to bring everything back to normal, as soon as possible.
Thanks for your understanding and support.
~ Cassi and the Sharedesk Team
Hello world, The NEW ShareDesk has finally arrived!
If you have a workspace listed on Sharedesk, please log in now and review, it will only take a couple of minutes.
Some users suggested that our previous name, SharedDesks, was a bit difficult to pronounce, with the double ‘D’ and the ‘SKS’ at the end. So, we listened. We are now officially, ShareDesk
Short, simple, and sweet: we really hope you like it.
The first thing that you’ll notice is a completely new design. The design was lead by Dario and Ale, who crafted a beautiful, user-centric design. We hope that you enjoy the changes, and the attention to detail.
We now have a booking system in place to help you to accept new members. This is the most flexible booking platform for shared spaces. Meaning, whether you are looking for short-term, or long-term space, we have the capability to help you with the booking.
With our conversion to a ‘workstation’ pricing model, you are able to add multiple price plans for any ‘Workstation’ in your space. Meaning you can add hourly, daily, weekly, monthly or even yearly rates to any available workstation in your space. The new user interface makes it easy for you to add, edit, or remove any of these workstations quickly.
The most beautiful part is that you have complete control and flexibility in how you set and manage your workstations and pricing. Think of it as ‘custom workstation’ + ‘custom pricing’ = total flexibility.
Do you have a more unique pricing models that include certain amenities, or services? We have ‘Custom Plans’ to help you showcase those as well.
Do you want user to book for at least one week? Or two months? You can easily do that via the ‘Minimum Lease’ option.
Users can book workspaces selecting check-in and check-out dates. ShareDesk will calculate the best rate based on standard plans. If the workspace has multiple pricing for that particular time period, the user can choose his/her preferred option.
We have developed a Knowledge Base and tried to keep it as simple as possible. To help you find answers to your questions, quickly. Just in case you find yourself not finding what you’re looking for, you’ll also be able to post public questions.
We have been working closely with our partners, and users; listening carefully to our community for new ideas, and suggestions.
We know that one of the most requested features is a better way to manage and connect the community that gravitates around a workspace. New community-related tools and capabilities are near the top of our list. This is something that we have been working on, and looking to introduce shortly.
Will continue to focus on how we can improve our core product by focusing on our value proposition. Of course, we do have some surprises, so please stay tuned!
We truly appreciate your support.
~ Cassi & The ShareDesk Team
