Comments on: It Takes a Village

By: Peggy Murriner

Peggy Murriner — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:33:57 +0000

Childcare is another facet that perpetuates my love/hate relationship with working from home. My son is almost 1yo and I work in my upstairs home office. As he is growing & coming aware of when I sneak into the kitchen for lunch or run out the door for an appt, it’s getting more difficult to have in home childcare- which I LOVE so much. http://www.BabysitEase.com has given me a treasure trove of fabulous, flexible, high quality women that love my sweet boy and keep me from the extra time and hassle of packing him up and bustling him off to day care for the day.

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By: Claude

Claude — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:03:40 +0000

Why not just stay home and raise the kid(s)…? Unless you really *need* to work, it’s the best thing for kids.

By: Emil

Emil — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:34:53 +0000

@Ben - the sweet thing is that you can make a perfectly targeted site with generic (and a couple of unique) tools. It's not features that make a community but communication within it, as I said in my blog post: http://www.skalfa.com/press/meet-wackwall.html If WWD ever wants to set up a social network for webworkers, we are ready to help, given that we can develop specific features virtually in no time.

By: Ben Overmyer

Ben Overmyer — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:00:27 +0000

@Emil – WackWall produces seemingly generic social networks. It’s an okay concept, but I’d rather see a more targeted site.

@Pamela – All the features you mentioned are good. I’d add features that allow web workers to see and search each others’ skill sets, integration with popular social media (Twitter, Dopplr, etc.), built-in collaboration tools (code review/versioning, whiteboards, etc.), and freelance job postings.

Actually, I’d love to see WWD involved in such a project. A lot of great ideas come through here and many of them would be perfectly suited to such a site.

By: Emil

Emil — Thu, 15 May 2008 10:34:16 +0000

@Ben, why not create your own at WackWall given it's THAT easy now?

By: Pamela Poole

Pamela Poole — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:32:51 +0000

Hi Francine. I looked at Workology. It’s very clean and appears to be well organized. The members seem to be serious independent professionals for the most part. I’ll take a closer look and definitely keep an eye on it. It’s bookmarked. Thanks for the tip!

By: Pamela Poole

Pamela Poole — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:21:16 +0000

Yes, Vincent, I know France rocks.

By: Pamela Poole

Pamela Poole — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:20:51 +0000

Hi Ben. I agree completely. What features in particular do you think would be useful, if you don’t mind? I think local groups would be good, for coordinating things like childcare, co-working, happy hours (!). Events calendars that members could post to so you’d all know of events in your area.
Maybe a training directory or calendar members could post to if there are trainings in the area (software, management, etc.). Anything else? Thanks!

By: Pamela Poole

Pamela Poole — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:17:19 +0000

Hi John. All very good suggestions for older kids. I put my son in Y camps during school breaks sometimes and there was also a really good hourly day care center in Austin I used occasionally when he was about 5 (although in general they make me kind of nervous and I wouldn’t put a baby in one). Thanks!

By: Francine

Francine — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:26:43 +0000

A very new social network you may want to check out is Workology.com. It's targeted to web workers and those with nontraditional careers and ways of working. It has just been launched and is UK based, but anyone can sign up and start connecting with other web workers and independent professionals.

By: Ben Overmyer

Ben Overmyer — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:05:15 +0000

I would be VERY interested in a webworkers-only social network. However, it’d need to be useful, and not just replicate existing social networks. I don’t need another Facebook or LinkedIn; I want a social network with features targeted specifically towards webworkers.

By: Vincent Knobil

Vincent Knobil — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:39:22 +0000

Or move to France. Free daycare for everyone.

By: John Swaringen

John Swaringen — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:08:49 +0000

I know there’s a lot of churches in my area that offer “Mother’s Day Out” programs for kids, and the local YMCA has day camps during the summer. Both of those are good options. There is even a “by the hour” day care center near me.