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 [...]
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An interview with Jerome Chang, founder of Blankspaces
July 17th, 2008 · 6 Comments
Categories: Coworking · General
Going local — on the road to find out
July 13th, 2008 · 4 Comments
[the following guest post is by Tina Rosenzweig, General Manager of LaunchPad Coworking]
I originally met Marc Kuehl at the Austin Farmers’ Market at the Triangle, which happens every Wednesday afternoon here in Austin. Julie bought his cheese first and gave me a taste and it was amazing. We talked with him a little bit about [...]
Categories: Food & Drink · General
Coworking: more generosity, more ripples
June 24th, 2008 · No Comments
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 [...]
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An interview with Diana Prechter of TodayInAustin
June 21st, 2008 · No Comments
I first met Diana Prechter seventeen years ago when I was a waiter and manager at the Magnolia Café south, which she and her husband Kent Cole own (along with the other Magnolia Café on Lake Austin Boulevard). Diana and Kent know more than a few things about creating interesting spaces that are very Austin-centric. [...]
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Coworking as breaking news
March 31st, 2008 · 4 Comments
Need any more proof that coworking has hit the mainstream? CNN ran a 2:20 report on it this morning. Polly Labarre does a great job of summarizing Jelly and coworking. John Roberts, on the other, added zilch to the piece — in fact he detracted when he made a lame remark about frat boys, Led [...]
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SXSWi wrap-up
March 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment
SXSWi was great for coworking. We had coworkers from all over the map in town to… well, cowork about coworking. But it sure didn’t feel like work as we gathered twice at the Hotel San Jose, twice for core conversations (one on transparency and the other on coworking), and unofficially at BarCamp (“unofficial” since they [...]
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