AMWorks are having our monthly Jelly event @AMWorks – 9am to 5pm 7th January.

The event is totally free to attend. Sign up today, places are limited.

What is Jelly?

Jelly is a casual working event. It’s taken place in over a hundred cities where people have come together to work for the day. We provide desks and chairs, wireless internet, and interesting people to talk to, collaborate with, and bounce ideas off of. You bring a laptop (or whatever you need to get your work done) and a friendly disposition. We’ll have a few cold beers at the end of the day! Places are limited ..

When is it on?

The event is being help 7th Jan 2011 at Amworks. The event starts at 10am and goes on until 6:30pm. Everyone is welcome, so please share this and invite a friend. We would suggest beverages and food should follow (BYOB rules apply)..

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Where is Amworks?
Amworks is located in Dublin City Center just off Capel street. See the map here.

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AMWorks offers a diverse coworking and network community for creative entrepreneurs,
freelancers and small businesses. Located off Capel Street in a restored mill.

We offer:

- dedicated deskspace and lockable storage
- your own key & key fob to give you 24hr access to the space
- unlimited booking time of the meeting room
- space for third parties to come in and collaborate with you
- high speed internet access
- use of the projector, whiteboards, flipcharts, printer and fax
- package & mail receiving

Our Coworking Principles: (Adapted from the Citizen Space Philosophy)

Collaboration – One of the great benefits of working in a coworking space is that you will
meet a diverse group of people with all sorts of knowledge.

Openness – Transparency is important. We all benefit from sharing knowledge and ideas.

Community – We thrive on connections and mutual support here.

Sustainability – Sharing resources is good for the planet and we make certain our space is
very environmentally responsible.

Accessibility – Our spaces is handicap and wheelchair accessible

Our packages:

Full-time membership (7 days per week)- €260 per month + VAT

Lite-time membership(2/3 days per week) – €160 per month + VAT

Daily drop-in – €20 per day

Meeting room – €10 per hour

Virtual office – €20 per month + VAT

Charity projects – We can provide deskspace for charity projects free of charge

Contact Amworks directly for more info.

AMWorks are having another Jelly event @AMWorks – 9am to 5pm 3rd December

What is Jelly?
Jelly is a free casual coworking event. It’s taken place in over a hundred cities where people have come together to work for the day. We provide desks and chairs, wireless internet, and interesting people to talk to, collaborate with, and bounce ideas off of.

You bring a laptop (or whatever you need to get your work done) and a friendly disposition.

Register over at http://t9.ie/jellyevent

The number of Coworking spaces in Europe have grown rapidly, from under 20 before 2008, 80 in 2009, to over 150 today. Some predict this growth to continue. That’s the picture that emerged through a survey of coworking spaces, released at the Coworking Europe conference in Brussels (19th, 20th Nov 2010).

This survey and the Coworking Europe 2010 conference are a first step to map this trend and understand its potential impact in Europe.

As the survey of coworking spaces showed, coworking is a bottom-up sustained movement that is accelerating. The concept has already taken off in a number of countries. The number of coworking entrepreneurs, freelancers or even teleworkers is increasing along with the steady growth of coworking capacities. Furthermore, the interactions between coworking spaces would create a useful international network of entrepreneurs and skilled professionals around Europe and beyond.

Click here to download the Coworking Europe 2010 Survey

Amworks are having their first Jelly event @AMWorks

What is Jelly?
Jelly is a casual working event. It’s taken place in over a hundred cities where people have come together to work for the day. We provide desks and chairs, wireless internet, and interesting people to talk to, collaborate with, and bounce ideas off of.

You bring a laptop (or whatever you need to get your work done) and a friendly disposition.

Register over at AMWorks

Right beside MERRION SQUARE…

4 Single spaces available —
ALSO – Office space €750PM suitable for small company 3/4 Desk spaces

Single desks @ €265 per month per desk which includes:

+ Meeting Room Facilities
+ Kitchen Facilities
+ Broadband
+ Bike Park
+ Cleaning

Are you a Freelancer in Dublin? Are you looking to share office space with other creative businesses? We have desks available for individuals or ideally for 2 people working together!

Totally central location with on street parking at Merrion Square!

Renting a desk space is a sociable alternative to working from home and far cheaper than conventional serviced office space.

It’s simple: for just €265 PER MONTH per desk, you get your own private desk and lockable desk pedestal, broadband wireless, use of the kitchen and meeting room.

ALSO New office space available suitable for small company 3/4 Desk space €750PM

For more information or to arrange a viewing please call 087 287 3597 email us at info@mip.ie

More Details / Photos on Daft.ie

Previously mentioned here, and now available in it’s own domain.

We will be interested in talking to other Co-Working spaces around the country and beyond – seeing if there’s synergy, the possibility of desk swaps and working together. What say you?

Subsequent to some more frantic viewing, Andy McMillan and I have put the stake in the ground and decided that CoWorking Belfast will be opening soon.

As Andy writes:

we viewed a 1200sqft open-plan office (with kitchenette, disabled access & a shower) – on the first floor above the Black Box. The property ticks all the boxes – it’s finished to an excellent standard and could happily fit around a dozen coworkers simultaneously – and most importantly of all is mere feet away from coffee, pizza and beer.
Without negotiation on price – and with 10 coworkers renting full-time – its about £200pm – although obviously this price would fall when subsidized by hot-desking, virtual office services, room hire etc. As soon as we hit the 10 mark, we’ll be in a position to begin talking to the estate agent and actually open the coworking space.

We’ve also put funding into the Creative Industries Innovation Fund for desking and equipment so we’ll see where that takes us.

We definitely want to see permanent residents but also a smattering of Bedouin workers and temporary hotdeskers who just need a a conducive environment and some kick ass equipment.

CoWorking update on Digital Circle
CoWorking Update on Cimota.com

I have been keeping an eye on the commercial lettings market (mainly offices) for the last two years. I spotted an interesting trend, commercial offices lets in Dublin are dropping sharply in price. Availability of offices in Dublin also seems to be at an all time high!

Anyone that’s thinking about an office space (who is in the freelance IT space) should resist the urge to cut back on the essentials. You may be able to grab a bargain let while the market is an all time low.

Lets take one office let for example, a 4-5 desk office in college green (a premium location) is now showing on daft for €650 .. now if you do your co-working math’s, it works out at about €162.5 a head with 4 people (before VAT).  Not bad!

Pop over to some of the property websites and see if you can grab a barging let. Im sure it’s the same across the whole country!

Photo owned by tizzle (cc)

Eamon Leonard who was formally involved in TL01. Is planning to set up a new coworking space in Dublin. He already has Ken Stanley the self appointed “web standards legand” on board.

To quote Eamon:

I’ve been participating in one for the last year, but it’s recently been wound down. I’ve since started up my own company, EchoLibre, and we’re hoping to move into new office space in early October.

Given the benefit coworking had for me as a freelancer, and the belief I have that it can foster creativity and innovation, I’m going to make some of the office space available to freelancers – designers, developers, whatever (except SEOs – sorry, being able to set up a google ad campaign does not make you an expert).

The office is on South William Street and consists of two rooms – one will be for EchoLibre, the other for coworking. I already have one coworker on board, and have space for two more.

Coworking isn’t for everyone, but if you think it’s something you’d be
interested in, and you want an office in a nice part of town for a _very_ affordable price, then drop me a line.

Subsequently Patrick O’Connor was looking at the http://the-hub.net concept (while following coworking.ie). Looks like he might get onboard too.

If your interested in getting involved leave a comment or pop Eamon an email.

Thanks to Laura for pointing out the thread on PHPug. PS: Coworking.ie is still alive!