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?
Archive for category Hotdesking
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 received an e-mail today from Johnny Beirne who works for Leitrim Co. Enterprise board. Johnny was keen to highlight a new hot desking facility in the Carrick on Shannon area.
To Quote improvethroughchange.com:
âAn innovation centre has been set up at both Omagh Enterprise Company and Leitrim Enterprise Board offices. These centres provide businesses with access to some of the latest information & communication technologies.â?
The services provided include:
- State-of-the-art computer with broadband connection.
- Web-cam for video conferencing
- High Resolution Printer & Scanner.
- CD and DVD Writer.
- VoIP
- Wireless (Wi-Fi) broadband connection – Access the Internet using your own laptop.
I’ve said before that I’m not really interested in using a public coffee shop for working. I think it might be more workable in the US where internet access is ubiquitous and there’s certainly more of a laptop culture but laptops are still few and far between in Europe.
The spacial logistics for using a coffee shop are also pretty poor:
- Tables often too small (designed for two lattés and a danish)
- Coffee plus laptop = bad (Trust me on this one)
- Laptops often too big (Come on Apple!)
- Large laptop bags obstruct walkways (this creates coffee+laptop situations)
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.
This article in The New Yorker debates commuting.
“I was shocked to find how robust a predictor of social isolation commuting is,â? Robert Putnam, a Harvard political scientist, told me. (Putnam wrote the best-seller âBowling Alone,â? about the disintegration of American civic life.) âThereâs a simple rule of thumb: Every ten minutes of commuting results in ten per cent fewer social connections. Commuting is connected to social isolation, which causes unhappiness.â?
What of coworking? Read the rest of this entry »
Evert Bopp announces on twitter that he’s, “Thinking about setting up a hotdesking facilty/business incubator in Tipperary. Anybody interested in participating?”
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 »
Hotdesking in Dingle
Apr 12
Chris Byrne of SpinnakerPro suggested contacting Fionnan at the Dingle Technology Park, a wonderful looking business facility that I was totally unaware of even though I’m a regular visitor to the town. Dingle is less than two hours drive for me and I love the place so I was delighted to learn about the Business Center at Milltown.
So delighted in fact that I got straight on the phone to Fionnan and had a great discussion about hotdesking, coworking and so on. Unfortunately they don’t yet provide the kind of flexibility probably needed by coworkers, requiring a minimum of one month’s lease on their hot desks, but I’m hopeful that we’ll be able to work together to get around that.
One concern is regarding security but Fionnan had a great suggestion about compiling a membership list of coworkers who register with their own local agency, enterprise board, etc. Thanks Fionnan and thanks Chris.
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