Now that NASA is coworking does it mean we can twin with the International Space Station? Hmmm, don’t imagine I’d get much work done there! 
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NASA is Coworking
Apr 28
Martin Hogan, a Green Party candidate for the 2007 Seanad election in the NUI Constituency, has commented below to say -
“For those working in the digital media space, we have a couple of hotdesks with broadband access still available in the new Media Cube in Dun Laoghaire. I would be happy to talk to companies about renting a desk on an ongoing basis for half-days etc.”
Excellent, thanks Martin.
Teemu Arina is partner and CEO at Dicole, a company focused on understanding the role of social technologies in knowledge work and networked learning in organizations. Robin Good interviewed Teemu and asked him for his views on informal and mobile learning. I found his answers inspiring and highly applicable to the goals of coworking -
“Well, letâs take conferences as an example: when people go to conferences they usually do it because of other people, not because of the content. The content is just the share object for people to meet. I think we have to emphasize the social interaction that takes place in such situations when people meet. And thatâs when mobile technologies become useful.
I am now in Rome and for me learning is about meeting people; I have been meeting you and your friends here and thatâs the same as meeting people in conferences. So mobile technologies enable me to see what other people are thinking and get behind their interests, which creates the opportunity for us to share a conversation.
David Copithorne of Cork based startup Waveson has the following proposal for Enterprise Ireland -
“There have been parallel conversations between people about the lack of small tech company support, looking at Enterprise Ireland (EI), and around co-working. How about somebody proposes to EI to simply do the following:
At some trial location they provide 24×7, hotdesking facility. During this trial anybody who’s engaged in generating invoices or in a business generating cashflow (not necessarily profit) pays for the privilege of using the facility. BUT any startup gets a three month waiver on the fees, thereafter paying like everybody else. The startup would pay some sort of deposit in case things go pair shaped. Read the rest of this entry »
Community Enterprise Centres
Apr 10
Silicon Republic reports on the new â¬21m Government investment in Community Enterprise Centres (CEC) -
‘The CEC Scheme is a community led initiative in the form of a partnership between the local community and the State whereby the local community provide business space in a centre and Enterprise Ireland fund up to 50pc of the costs of the centre. The remainder of the funding is actively raised by the community itself from local sources.Announcing the latest investment, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Micheál Martin TD described the CEC scheme as a partnership between the State and the local community âwhere business space is provided in a supportive environment for emerging entrepreneurs.â?’
I’m wondering if this scheme is something that’s compatible with the aims of Coworking? Could hotdesking space be set aside for nomadic independents? Or could they help to take up the slack? Read the rest of this entry »