Comments on: Couchsurfing http://workingworldcareers.com/2009/02/02/couchsurfing/ Careers in International Education, Exchange, and Development Sun, 02 Nov 2014 14:17:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Joanne http://workingworldcareers.com/2009/02/02/couchsurfing/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Joanne Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:35:37 +0000 https://digitalcommons.georgetown.edu/blogs/workingworld/?p=382#comment-36 Hi Mark, Thanks for quoting me, grammatical errors and all! (I've made some changes) Couchsurfing allows me to meet internationally-oriented people. The members - at least those i've met - don't travel for street cred. They do so for the genuine interest in relationship building, which is why CS retains its community feel despite its burgeoning membership. In the last week alone, i've had lunch with American and European travellers. Later this week i'll be attending a housewarming lunch hosted by a Norwegian expat. I love how hosting in a Web 2.0 world is built on an informal network of trust, a bottom-up approach to international relations, unlike previously where guests found hosts through established exchange organizations. The latter still works of course, but the interweb provides plentiful means to experience the world. Hi Mark,

Thanks for quoting me, grammatical errors and all! (I’ve made some changes)

Couchsurfing allows me to meet internationally-oriented people. The members – at least those i’ve met – don’t travel for street cred. They do so for the genuine interest in relationship building, which is why CS retains its community feel despite its burgeoning membership. In the last week alone, i’ve had lunch with American and European travellers. Later this week i’ll be attending a housewarming lunch hosted by a Norwegian expat.

I love how hosting in a Web 2.0 world is built on an informal network of trust, a bottom-up approach to international relations, unlike previously where guests found hosts through established exchange organizations. The latter still works of course, but the interweb provides plentiful means to experience the world.

]]> By: Ryan http://workingworldcareers.com/2009/02/02/couchsurfing/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Ryan Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:38:23 +0000 https://digitalcommons.georgetown.edu/blogs/workingworld/?p=382#comment-35 I think you have practiced this art very deftly in the US and gotten it down to a science. I can only imagine it'd translate well to other countries as well phone ringing, Ryan picks up Mark: hey Ryan I'm in Chicago Ryan: Where? Mark: I got dropped off at some gas station at the intersection of 3 busy streets, do you think you could pick me up? I think you have practiced this art very deftly in the US and gotten it down to a science. I can only imagine it’d translate well to other countries as well

phone ringing, Ryan picks up
Mark: hey Ryan I’m in Chicago
Ryan: Where?
Mark: I got dropped off at some gas station at the intersection of 3 busy streets, do you think you could pick me up?

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