A preserved collection of Coworking.com’s published writing and reference pages, brought into the current site.
Over the last couple weeks coworking and some of the coworking fascilities in North America have been featured in traditional media. And those of us with the ability to update this blog have been tardy in reporting this. The news did make
Read articleSince we announced we would be converting the main floor of 163 East Pender into a space welcoming to coworkers we’ve received a lot of support both in social and now in traditional media. Gillian Shaw wrote about our coworking space as
Read articleAfter the sudden and unexpected demise of Vancouver’s Workspace, many people sprung into action. There was discussion at BarCamp, there was a meeting in Chinatown, there are efforts underway to expand the Network Hub or for businesses and
Read articleI’d like to share these views on coworking, with this presentation to be held in Florence, Italy, on Oct. 15th @Festival della Creatività. Cowo® is the network of 21 spaces (and counting!) that is spreading around in the country since
Read articleIt’s been a long time since my last post on the blog, so for those of you who don’t know we started Cowork Central back in November 2007, we were the first coworking space in Latin America and it is located in downtown Buenos Aires. Much
Read articleMany good news from the coworking front in Italy. First of all, after a year of Cowo (that’s the name/logo we adopted for our space@monkeybusiness) we decided to give start to an idea we’d had in mind for some time. I’m talking about a
Read articlehave put together a short survey to get information from people who co-work and was wondering if you would be able to post this on your blog or have any coworking email groups that I could send it to. I am also open to any suggestions you
Read articleAfter a few months of activity @ cowo milano, I finally managed to do something I’ve been trying to do for a long time: a video interview with a coworker, having him say what it’s like. As I imagined, there’s nothing like the real thing…
Read articleI’m a bit late on posting this, but Austin coworking space Conjunctured was spotlighted recently on a segment on coworking on MSNBC. Don Teague did an awesome job putting this together, and we’re very grateful for the coverage. Check it
Read articleWhat better way to kick off a new milestone in political history than to have a party for the grand opening of a new Coworking space in Seattle! Join myself and my colleagues at Blue Flavor on Friday, November 14th as we launch Whitespace,
Read articleIt’s Election Day in these United States, and our more-than-five-dozen coworking spaces know it. Some have helped prepare, hosting and organizing open-source crowdsource election-monitoring tools. Others are hosting results-watching
Read articleI’m thrilled to announce that we are currently moving into our new coworking space, Eclau, in Lausanne, Switzerland. I’m Stephanie Booth, by the way. Here’s a post (in French) with some photos of today’s work. We have a wiki where I’m
Read articleHello, I am Lisa Thompson. A couple of you know me; I am starting a coworking facility in Media PA. Currently the stage is set with a location that I am applying for right near the courthouse. I don’t have it yet, but the landlord is very
Read articleIn the past week, I have been working with a group of highly motivated programmers and designers and activists that are looking to solve some of the connecting issues that surround Election Day – to ensure that the Democratic Process is
Read articlewell, here comes the magic! i hope you can join us this friday, Nov 24 We have an extra special Work at Jelly in store for you at Williamsburg Coworking @ The Change You Want to See Gallery in Brooklyn this Friday! At the typical Jelly,
Read articleHey all! We’ve been very quiet for some time with a number of initiatives going on here and there – but one thing that I am happy to pass along has been the completion of a new coworking space for New York City. New Work City – a name
Read articleI recently read an article about a man who was working from Indy Hall in Philadelphia for a company in Vancouver. Teleworking is not new these days and even working for a company located elsewhere on the globe isn’t that earth shattering
Read articleOpen House tomorrow grand opening in 2 weeks Did the Mayor declare this coworking week in Oakland or something while I was outta town? East Bay spaces in general and Oakland spaces in particular seem to be proliferating all of a sudden.
Read articleHi everybody! As summer steps in, coworkers seem to step out, here in Milano… In fact, even if we are full booked at the moment (5 desks), we haven’t had much attendance in the office these past weeks, and I wonder if the season has
Read articleThe Werks is a coworking space in Brighton & Hove (UK). It launched in January 2008 with a challenge of filling up over 6,000 sq ft of creative space – a mixture of open plan desk & coworking space, enclosed office space and the events
Read articleWe’re entering out second month at GiraffeLabs in the Pioneer Square neighborhood of Seattle. GiraffeLabs is a relaxed space where you can come to work, talk and play. We seek to encourage creativity by surrounding ourselves with creative
Read articleThe citizens of Wausau (WI) are deskless! Or at least Citizen Desk-less. As of last Saturday, there will no longer be “physical” space called CitizenDesk. We’ve shut down the office space. I’m hoping to interview the space founder, Marcus
Read article[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY24QfGrCf0] NPR’s Marketplace aired a short piece on Jelly and coworking on Monday, along with the above video. I’ve always liked the synergy and compatibility between Jelly as a gateway to full
Read article44 days afrter opening, Cowo Milano sees some interesting facts happening. 1- Mostly small groups seem to be interested in our coworking initiative. First a group of architects, then a group of 4 designers, then again 3 professionals… it
Read articleSo how many dollar store Hot Tamales can YOU fit in your mouth at one time and still breathe? My record is 27. I beat Stan by a mile who wimped out at about 19. He is so not the man. Well, at least when it comes to dollar store tamales. We
Read articleWhen we first discussed hosting events at group88, we thought that we would have some freebies mixed with paid seminars that provide many layers of apply-it-now knowledge. Now I’m rethinking it all. We want to have tons of events but I
Read articleHi everybody, just wanted to introduce our brand new little coworking project, here in Milano: Cowo@ monkeybusiness. First of all I’d like to say that the work thas been done and shared on this blog and related wiki has been fundamental
Read articleI recently had the pleasure of speaking with Alex Hillman of Phildelphia coworking space, IndyHall, about finding your niche as an owner of coworking space and than reaching that niche. Coworking spaces vary greatly in their audience.
Read articleI recently read a post about coworking being a generational thing for the millenials. True, maybe? But for those of you hanging out in the coworking places, is everyone a millenial? Not even close. The founders of most of these coworking
Read articleOne of the best Kill Bill scenes, hands down, is Beatrix fighting O-Ren Ishii’s Crazy 88s. Slight Uma Thurman in a yellow Bruce Lee jump suit slaughtering Lucy Liu’s murderous Tokyo gang of (nearly) 88 swordsthugs? Only Tarantino could
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