http://blog.launchpadcoworking.com/2007/11/24/the-mope-factor/ Coworking in Austin, Texas Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:40:20 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://blog.launchpadcoworking.com/2007/11/24/the-mope-factor/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Sam Fri, 21 Dec 2007 02:26:18 +0000 http://blog.launchpadcoworking.com/2007/11/24/the-mope-factor/#comment-29 Trying to replicate Madison in Austin! I spent many years in Madison. andI spent a lot of time at the Memorial Union and Lake Mendota shores even though Union South was more convenient - I was in engineering school for those who know the Madison Campus. My community really was closer to the Memorial Union. I came to Austin, after spending a year in Ann Arbor. I have been in Austin a little over a year and still trying to find a community to be a part of , and sentimental I am not, even about Madison. Trying to replicate Madison in Austin! I spent many years in Madison. andI spent a lot of time at the Memorial Union and Lake Mendota shores even though Union South was more convenient – I was in engineering school for those who know the Madison Campus. My community really was closer to the Memorial Union. I came to Austin, after spending a year in Ann Arbor. I have been in Austin a little over a year and still trying to find a community to be a part of , and sentimental I am not, even about Madison.

]]> http://blog.launchpadcoworking.com/2007/11/24/the-mope-factor/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Tori Sat, 01 Dec 2007 13:58:05 +0000 http://blog.launchpadcoworking.com/2007/11/24/the-mope-factor/#comment-17 I was quite surprised, after returning to a corporate cube after a year and a half of working from home, just how much difference the act of getting dressed and facing people made. Even if I didn't interact much with my coworkers, even if I didn't even *like* them, just being *among* them filled a basic social need, one that I hadn't quite been aware of until it was met again. As an introvert, I think I thought I didn't need those obligatory 'hey, how are ya's' in the hallways. I sure know different now, and since I'm working from home again, make an extra effort to get out of my house, even if it's less convenient. I was quite surprised, after returning to a corporate cube after a year and a half of working from home, just how much difference the act of getting dressed and facing people made. Even if I didn’t interact much with my coworkers, even if I didn’t even *like* them, just being *among* them filled a basic social need, one that I hadn’t quite been aware of until it was met again. As an introvert, I think I thought I didn’t need those obligatory ‘hey, how are ya’s’ in the hallways. I sure know different now, and since I’m working from home again, make an extra effort to get out of my house, even if it’s less convenient.

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