coworking

Coworking is a relatively new social activity involving loosely related individuals working remotely from a home or off-site from the office. Coworkers may or may not know each other, and are typically organized around creative social groups or independent contractors.

Metropolitan areas of Austin, San Francisco, Houston, Portland and New York are pioneering coworking activities; LaunchPad Coworking in downtown Austin, Texas describes itself as "the future of work." Another such coworking site named Caroline Collective sells space as a subscription, with membership levels announced as:

(1) Digital Drifters - receiving free WiFi, coffee, a bike rack, and the ability to network.
(2) Laptop Nomads - priority usage of desktops and workspace, printers, and conference rooms
(3) Professional Pilgrims - Dedicated desks with lock & key storage, space rental, 24/7 access. Your own key.

With the rise in single owner businesses, coworking is popular with entrepreneurs that want independence, yet crave getting out of their "bubbles." Coworking is still largely experimental with loose social connections making up the vast majority of coworkers. According to CNN: "Next phase of working at home:Leaving home."

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “coworking”

• On being a jack of all trades

  
  Hummingbird604.com — Authority: 503
  photo credit: See-ming Lee 李思明 SML Human beings like classifying things. It’s in our nature. I, unfortunately, defy classification and/or “pigeon-hole”-ing. So, I did take issue when I read a tweet that said “wow, you’re a Jack of All Trades!” Uh, no… I’m NOT a Jack of All Trades. I’m ...
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• New Coworking Space Roundup

  
  WebWorkerDaily — Authority: 679
  Coworking spaces are really popping up all over. After my post earlier this week about a new venture in the Twin Cities , I’ve been contacted about several interesting spaces that have either recently opened or are due to open soon: Lightbulb Coworking, Charlotte, N.C . Charlotte’s first coworking space ...
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• First Friday: The Debut of Fractal

  
  Downtown Phoenix Journal — Authority: 500
  Sure, every First Friday offers the opportunity to meander down a closed-off Roosevelt Street or watch naked people have their bodies painted in the back room of a gallery space off Grand Avenue. That’s all fine and good, but sometimes we need something a bit out of the ordinary during our beloved four-hour window ...
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• Coworking News: A New Space in the Twin Cities

  
  WebWorkerDaily — Authority: 679
  It seems like coworking spaces are popping up all over at the moment. I’ve just spotted this post from Don Ball announcing an interesting coworking venture/small business incubator/meeting space in downtown St. Paul, Minn. — and it could be open as soon as January. Ball’s looking for input on how to shape the ...
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• METROBURBIA, USA: Community-building and "Intersubjectivity"

  
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• Co-working and Libraries: a perfect fit?

  
  Friends of Seattle Public Library Blog — Authority: 457
  We met with Susan Evans and Jacob Sayles, owners of Office Nomads , at their 5,000 sq. foot office space on Capitol Hill. We talked about co-working and libraries in the digital age. Jacob Sayles and Susan Evans What’s co-working and what does it have to do with libraries? Susan and Jacob explained:  ...
  4 days ago

• The Last Mile

  
  mj — Authority: 120
  Last week there was a public debate on “Monetising Kelvin” held out at the Northern Ireland Science Park. The event was sponsored by MATRIX and Hibernia Atlantic.Project Kelvin is a joint €30 million initiative between DETI and DCENR and is partly funded through the EC INTERREG IVA programme. The new cable will ...
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• Creating Communal Creative Space – Willow Brugh

  
  Ignite Seattle! — Authority: 118
  The experience of building a maker space from scratch is certainly a project, Willow Brugh talks about her experience in doing so, what advice others have shared with her, and what spaces like this ( Hackerbot , Saturday House are already available in Seattle. About Willow Brugh You can find Willow on her ...
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• The Network Hub is opening more space in December 2009

  
  Hummingbird604.com — Authority: 503
  I am always happy to share in the success of my friends, and I know that they always do the same with me. So when Minna Van (one of the co-owners of The Network Hub ) told me that there would be more space available come December 2009 for entrepreneurs who are interested in renting space (also known as coworking or ...
  6 days ago

• Freelance Coworking: Funny video with a serious message

  
  Freelance Advisor — Authority: 422
  So… working at home on your own sucks. Getting out, working in cafés and co-working spaces, is a great chance to meet like-minded people, collaborators, colleagues and potential clients. But what do you do when you really want to get down to some work? Our time and our attention are our most precious assets, if ...
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• Co-working Creatives In Dubai

  
  Creative Spark — Authority: 118
  Getting self-referential for a minute, I’ve talked here before about the tyranny of expensive space here in Singapore for startup creatives and also about the co-working space The Change You Want To See , in Williamsburg, NYC. I know I go on about it a bit, but it’s a pet subject of mine. I was reading ...
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• co.up is a new, beautiful coworking space in the center of...

  
  kriesselog — Authority: 117
  co.up is a new, beautiful coworking space in the center of Berlin Kreuzberg. I created the artwork, and I work there, of course. Come visit us , say hello and meet a lot of great and creative people there!
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• Soma Vidas Work Well Social Event

  
  Spinuzzi — Authority: 121
  Soma Vida is hosting a Work Well Social Event on December 15. If youre in Austin, swing by for free coworking (9am-noon) and learn more about this unique coworking space. I plan to be there too.
  2 weeks ago

• Freeside a Hacker Space Collective in Atlanta

  
  TechDrawl — Authority: 128
  Click here to view the embedded video. A really smart guy I met on Twitter, Ken Wehr aka Eater , a former U.S. Army Ranger who works for Google, kept telling me  Freeside was like nothing else in Atlanta. No kidding! Wehr, Freeside Technology Spaces’ Founding President and Director, recently transferred ...
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• 49 Tools for Living the Location Independent Lifestyle

  
  ThrillingHeroics.com — Authority: 113
  Four years ago, I was a nobody. I was working an office job I generally despised. Then I started toiling away, working at home, trying to earn a living as a freelancer, but mostly going broke in a city with one of the highest costs-of-living in the States and about the least exciting things to do. When I ...
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• Coworking in Austin: Cospace

  
  Spinuzzi — Authority: 121
  “We bring the co ,” enthuses Kirtus Dixon as he discusses Cospace ( http://www.cospaceatx.com ), a coworking site that he is planning to open with his business partner Andrew Bushnell. Heres what the co stands for , according to their website: Why Cospace? We feel it a simple yet effective name for ...
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• L’accompagnement

  
  Facilitating Change — Authority: 110
  I’m getting tired of hearing about how telecentres have failed. They haven’t. I know, I know. The name sucks. Here’s a quick definition: A telecentre is a public place where people can access computers, the Internet, and other digital technologies that enable them to gather information, create, learn, and ...
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• Workplace 2010

  
  mj — Authority: 120
  Workplace 2010 is an initiative within the Civil Service. I recently met with Mark Bennett, who works for the Department of Finance and Personnel (DFP) and is specifically charged with OpenDataNI along with a team of talented anarchists within the walls of the Civil Service. Mark took the time to show me around Clare ...
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• A meetup for Geeks in Hebden Bridge

  
  andrewmccall.com — Authority: 107
  When: Wednesday November 25th @ 7:00pm Where: Hole in’t Wall, Hebden Bridge ( map ) What: We’re holding a GeekUp style meet in Hebden Bridge, open to anyone who is a geeky about anything. There is no formal agenda or presentations planned, we’ll see how it goes, hope it works and if it does we can to turn ...
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• Coworking: The Cure for What Ails Me?

  
  Freelancedom — Authority: 410
  I’ve been lonely lately. I mean, freelancing has always been lonely. I sit in my condo, hunched over my keyboard, getting more and more used to not going out. I have full-on conversations with my three cats. I tweet, and retweet, and @reply, pretending that virtual conversations are just as good as actual human ...
  3 weeks ago

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