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Re: Desks Near Me - find great coworking places to work at

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Post by steveklabnik »

jasonkester wrote: post #34

Please please please, let me create an account without having to jump through silly hoops like OpenID or Twitter. Your little website just isn't compelling enough for me to do that. I want to try it though, just to give you some feedback. Please let me create a simple login so that I can do so.

Let me provide an equally anecdotal, opposite preference:

Please please please, don't make me create an account on Yet Another Website. Your little website isn't compelling enough for me to do that. I'd much rather just use my Facebook or Twitter account.

(note, this is actually exactly how I feel, I'm not playing devil's advocate.)

Re: Desks Near Me - find great coworking places to work at

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Post by joshuacc »

bugsy wrote: post #18

OK, this web site has a terrible terrible interface. It uses these nonstandard recessed ovaloids and SOME of them are text fields and others are buttons that take you to other pages. It also tries to establish a HTML5 database without letting me know why.

Phrasing your feedback in a more friendly way will probably result in a better experience for you. For instance:

"I found it a bit confusing that the nav buttons and search box look really similar. Perhaps you could consider restyling them? Also, I keep getting a message from my browser that the site is trying to establish an HTML5 database. Could you explain why? The site doesn't appear to need the database for any of the functionality I've seen."

Re: Desks Near Me - find great coworking places to work at

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Post by kaerast »

Would it be beyond the scope of this to list temporary coworking spaces? For example there's a couple of places in my area that run an open office either weekly or monthly and it might be good to have a listing of those sorts of spaces.

It'd also be good to link in with the coworking visa that a number of coworking spaces are members of. And in fact it'd be good to work more closely with coworking spaces in general via the coworking wiki.

Re: Desks Near Me - find great coworking places to work at

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Post by sp332 »

jasonkester wrote: post #46
tomjen3 wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

OpenID is easier than having to register for each site. And you have Gmail right? Then you have an openid account.

In what respect? Because you have to type your password twice the first time you use a particular site with your standard throwaway user/pass combo? In exchange for that single extra input box, OpenID forces a longer login process every time you use a site. The breakeven point where user/pass starts beating OpenID in terms of convenience happens at visit number two.

I type "stackoverflow.com", and click "login" then "Google", done. This is the same number of clicks as having my browser save my username and password.

What am I missing?

Re: Desks Near Me - find great coworking places to work at

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Post by andreshb »

dannyr wrote: post #12

I like it. Actually, I'm looking for a desk to work at in Buenos Aires for the next 3 weeks. The cafes here are very busy and noisy. I wonder if AirBnB will enter this category since they are a "marketplace for space".

RE: Workspaces in Buenos Aires. Have not used them, but went to an event hosted there, and it was a very nice place. http://areatresworkplace.com/en/services/areadesk/

Also just found this online: http://coworking.pbworks.com/CoworkingBuenosAires

RE: Airbnb, I think they have a lot of work left in just living space to keep them focused for a long time in that.

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Post by rubyrescue »

dannyr wrote: post #12

I like it. Actually, I'm looking for a desk to work at in Buenos Aires for the next 3 weeks. The cafes here are very busy and noisy. I wonder if AirBnB will enter this category since they are a "marketplace for space".

I have an office with some space but mostly i'd just like to meet other HN'ers while you're here - email me (email is in my profile)

Re: Desks Near Me - find great coworking places to work at

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Post by bjeanes »

jamesbritt wrote: post #66

It's almost unusable on my G1, I think because of this: I can't zoom out to properly see the page.

Yeah sorry about that. It's a known bug. We've got it on our list and hopefully within a week or so (once voting closes on railsrumble.com) we will be fixing that up
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