On my laptop bag, and sometimes on my knitted-by-hand sweater, I have a button that reads: I HEART Craft. I got the button last year at Austin’s first Maker Faire, which originated in San Mateo, California in 2006. The next Austin Maker Faire is coming up this weekend — October 18th and 19th — and [...]
Entries from December 2008
Are You Going to Maker Faire? Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Tesla Coils…
October 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Categories: Events
I’m speaking at the Innotech conference tomorrow — come on down!
October 15th, 2008 · No Comments
Tomorrow — Thursday October 16th — I’ll be speaking at the Austin InnoTech conference at 2:30. I’ll be on a panel moderated by Susan Price of Firecat Studio and also featuring Conjunctured co-founder Dusty Reagan and The Creative Space co-founder Cody Marx Bailey. Our topic — no surprise here — is Workplace Trends: Coworking and [...]
Categories: Coworking · Events
An optimist in our midst
October 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment
We haven’t written (until now) about the great big CRASH that is Wall Street. You don’t need us to bring you up to speed. Is there any good news to be found in the rubble?
Yes there is. Turns out there’s an optimist in our midst worth checking out. Nat Torkington over at O’Reilley Radar is [...]
Categories: Coworking
Coffee with an expert
October 10th, 2008 · 4 Comments
And now, for our latest interview. For this installment, a virtual chat with Carolynnn Duncan, founder of CoffeeWithAnExpert, an online/offline way for entrepreneurs to find the right person with a skill that can solve a micro-problem in their business. Duncan has been partnering with coworking spaces to offer her program.
Spike Gillespie: What exactly is Coffee [...]
Categories: Coworking · People
WTF?
October 8th, 2008 · No Comments
Terry Sheehan of Rizzo Construction Inc. is perplexed by our choice of building materials.
Categories: Progress
City of Austin — Helping out the little guy
October 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Word came across my radar recently that the City of Austin offices what looks like a little coworking space for free, just south of the river in One Texas Center. I popped down to take a peek during office hours but they were closed — some something had pulled them away during regular hours. I [...]
Categories: Coworking
Scenes from an architecture meeting
October 4th, 2008 · No Comments
Every Friday afternoon, we meet with our architect and structural poet, Murray Legge. The overall floor plan has been pretty solid for a while now. And while we did spend a few less-than-exciting afternoons poring over niggling construction budget items, most of these meetings are just plain fun. Lately we’ve been choosing floor colors, finalizing [...]
Categories: Coworking · Progress
Obama ’08 — the awesome free iPhone app
October 2nd, 2008 · 10 Comments
A couple of weeks ago, Raven Zachary, my friend, open source guru, and iPhone maven out in Portland, gave me a most excellent opportunity. Raven is one of ten volunteer developers working with the Obama campaign to release a free app to iPhone users looking to help make a change. The team needed beta testers [...]
Categories: Politics · Technology
GeekAustin anniversary party — what better time for an interview?
October 1st, 2008 · No Comments
Last night was the 8th anniversary party for GeekAustin. Once again, I had a blast at a local tech event. Why I expend energy worrying I won’t know anyone at these events I don’t know.
Lots of folks thought it was a lousy turnout. And while it’s true there have been bigger GeekAustin events, I think [...]
Categories: Coworking
