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Entries from July 2008

To hyphenate or not to hyphenate

October 28th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Coworking or Co-working?
We’ve decided not to hyphenate, despite the fact that my family in Wisconsin thinks that without a hyphen it should read Cow Working. I thought it was a cheesehead thing, until John Berry in Seattle concurred. Paul Novitski chimed in with
Cow-working? That’s tame compared to cow-orking. I don’t even want […]

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Categories: Brainstorming

What’s in a name?

October 24th, 2007 · 4 Comments

Contrary to the bard’s implication that names are irrelevant, we here at LaunchPad Coworking believe that names are very important. In fact, we happen to be compulsive namers. We name our servers, our meeting rooms, our hard drives, our internal projects… we even name our colors. That’s right, our colors.
Check out this beautiful palette! Sure, […]

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Categories: Progress

First!

October 15th, 2007 · No Comments

Not only is this the first post of a new blog – it’s also the first public announcement of the first coworking café in Austin, TX. Maybe even the first actual coworking cafe anywhere.
We’re creating a brand new kind of place to work right in central Austin, and we’re documenting our progress as we […]

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Categories: Announcements