Some folks complain about how Austin feels too small — everyone knows everyone it seems and therefore everyone knows everyone’s business. Me? I like all the overlap — fun for me to see how fast I can figure out how someone I meet is connected to someone I already know.
When I met Laura Shook, a [...]
Entries from December 2008
Living the Soma Vida, baby
September 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Categories: Coworking
CoKnitting is the life for me
September 25th, 2008 · No Comments
Last week I posted a note to the coworking group on Google Groups, questioning my sanity and asking for help. I could’ve sworn that, months ago, it was at a coworking website that I first discovered a book called Knitalong by Larissa and Martin John Brown. (Also be sure to vist the Knitalong web site)
Eva, [...]
Categories: Coworking
Tell us something we don’t know
September 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment
The new issue (October, 2008) of Wired has a piece, Home Sweet Office by Brendan I. Koerner that takes a look at the state of telecommuting. At first, the article is a yawn-fest if you’re tuned into coworking — Koerner trots out facts a lot of us have been hearing for months or even years [...]
Categories: Coworking
Lucy in the sky with cell phones
September 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment
It was bound to happen — in-flight internet access. As with a lot of change, this latest word about still more connectivity is stirring up a lot of worry. As reported in a NYT piece detailing how American Airlines has partnered with Aircell to offer Gogo — in-air online service — it’s the VoIP access, [...]
Categories: Coworking
Independent working — do you have what it takes?
September 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment
IT Business, an online publication aimed at Canada’s IT industry, published an interesting article that contemplates what factors should be considered by teleworkers and their employers when seeking ideal work results. The piece, titled Tough Questions to Ask Before You Say “Yes” to Telework cites a recently released survey by WorldAtWork that points to major [...]
Categories: Coworking
Web two point oh yeah!
September 19th, 2008 · No Comments
Once again, Jerome Chang of LA’s Blankspaces has come up with a fast, brilliant way to show the world what coworking is. In a spot that runs just one minute and features not one spoken word, viewers are shown, not told, the power of collaboration. This is a great addition to what we hope will [...]
Categories: Coworking
Heads up, matey! It be a pirate translation service!
September 19th, 2008 · No Comments
Every September 19th is International Talk Like a Pirate Day and when it lands on a Friday as it does this year, well that’s an excuse to keep your tongue good ‘n salty all through the weekend. To help you keep up the shanty-banter via email, check out this Pirate Translation site that will take [...]
Back to the garden
September 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments
David Bollier posted a thoughtful piece, Why the Hype About Local Food May Be More than Just a Trend, at OnTheCommons recently about the movement to encourage eating more locally produced food. In his piece, he cites a recent New York Times article about how some rich folks, wanting to eat local but not wanting [...]
Categories: Food & Drink
Makin’ Bacon at three degrees
September 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments
By now, everyone knows about “six degrees of separation” and the related Kevin Bacon game. To sum up: we’re all just separated by six degrees — or six people — and if we take time to chart it, we can all connect ourselves back to Kevin B.
But wait, things have heated up.
Turns out, at least [...]
Categories: Coworking
High tech camp with a heart of gold
September 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Andrew Revkin recently reported a piece, Pop!Tech Boot Camp for Innovators, spotlighting some awesome upcoming collaboration.
Pop!Tech is an annual gathering, “a one-of-a-kind conference, a community of remarkable people, and an ongoing conversation about science, technology and the future of ideas.” The event is being held this year in Maine, in late October. Six hundred innovative [...]
Categories: Events
