For the latest installment in my ongoing, informal series of interviews with coworking movers and shakers, I hit up Jerome Chang for some answers about what he’s doing at his place, Blankspaces. Blankspaces is a coworking place in Los Angeles, a for-profit model with various flexible rental plans. Chang is the founder. Besides this new […]

Read the complete entry >>

The good folks at Seedstage decided we’d be a great project to promote their concept. We heartily agree :)
Seedstage is an online digital media platform and channel dedicated to showcasing the stories behind early stage startups and emerging technology companies.
We’re delighted they chose us to showcase their talents! Below is a “4 minute feature film” […]

Read the complete entry >>

We’re always thrilled to get press. Who isn’t? Seeing a feature article in our hometown newspaper, the Austin American-Statesman is, of course, particularly gratifying.
Omar Gallaga, Statesman technology culture reporter, Digital Savant blogger, recap master of Smallville for Television Without Pity, and general digital renaissance man, wrote a sweet feature for this Sunday’s paper. Omar visited […]

Read the complete entry >>

We’ve had another great response to the call for shared stories about good will and getting started. Recently we posted some tales from Alex Hillman about how Indy Hall got a good running start with community help and some toys from Belkin. Now Susan Evans of Office Nomads is here to check in with a […]

Read the complete entry >>

Here in the US, we don’t hear much good news coming out of the Middle East. I was thrilled this morning when I saw that the Coworking Wiki had been edited — Coworking Beirut had been changed from “Launching” to “OPEN!”
Rootspace, a community space for innovation and sustainable development, has opened in Beirut, Lebanon. We […]

Read the complete entry >>

Drew Jones (right) is, along with Todd Sunsted (left), cofounder of Aquifer Design LLC. He and Todd also publish NotAnMBA. Among other projects, Drew is working on a book about coworking, and he and Julie have been working together to make InnovationCamp and Innovation Labs a reality in Austin. I caught up with Drew recently […]

Read the complete entry >>

A while back, I posted a note to the Google Coworking Group, asking for anecdotes from fellow coworkers about help they received when they were starting out. I wasn’t looking for tips on how to solicit help so much as I was interested in documenting how the coworking movement inspires generosity and cooperation that is […]

Read the complete entry >>

Our friends over at NotAnMBA have posted an article that brings up some Big Questions that haven’t really been discussed publicly — at least not directly.
From The Business of Coworking:
If a space is for profit and sees itself as providing a place for independents and remote corporates to work, is this coworking? While I […]

Read the complete entry >>

Regular readers of my posts know that one habit I likely won’t soon be breaking is my whore-for-the-NYT addiction. Which is why, yet again, I am here to help parse all the news that’s fit to print into all the news that’s fit to analyze because it relates to coworking.
Today, I present Exhibit NH: a […]

Read the complete entry >>

The other day I went to one of my favorite Austin coffee houses, Epoch Coffee. I was there for a meeting with with one of our developers. It was a professional meeting. You know, the kind involving professionals.
At the next table sat a man with his infant daughter. She was very well behaved — the […]

Read the complete entry >>