This isn’t really coworking related, but it shows the lighter side of entrepreneurship.
I found the video below via Getanewbrowser. The guys from SkinnyCorp seem to have an amazingly simple business model that works!
Archive for category USA
So I stopped into Citzen Space in San Francisco yesterday and I’m coming to the end of my second official day co-working, right where it all began. Chris Messina and Tara Hunt are the remaining occupiers of the office, but the place has been teeming the past two days.
I arrived in and after about 2 minutes of awkwardness I was at a desk, plugged in and good to go. I was more awkward that nobody actually acknowledged my presence – as though they were used to people walking in – and they are!
And so it’s pretty much exactly as you would expect. A couple of regulars, a couple of bedouins and an atmosphere that encourages collaboration and playtime, as well as serious business. Read the rest of this entry »
NASA is Coworking
Apr 28
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! 
Tara Hunt AKA Miss Rogue:
Hey there! We put together a survey to see what we need to be doing/building/paving in the upcoming months to support everyone’s efforts. Please take the 10-15 minutes to fill it out
Chris Messina, one of the main drivers behind the coworking initiative Stateside, left a comment to Damien’s post about Cowork location Twinning, endorsing it as an idea that’s very much in line with his vision for coworking -
“Just imagine — wherever you — a place to shack up in and work, meet with the locals, be inspired and have a good time… all while living sustainably. Not bad methinks — and can’t wait to make it over to Ireland to see what you guys have going on!”
In fact Chris originally wrote about nomadic coworking nearly two years ago -
“I envision cults of traveling hackers, venturing from one city to the next, war driving and shacking up at homes and offices, seeking caffeine, a decent work environment and space for sleeping bags. Such places need not be permanent destinations, but rather convenient, temporary quarters for such hacking gatherings. Stay-overs may last as little as a day or may carry on over a week; indeed, it’s doubtful that more than a fortnight would even work for such a situation (for that, perhaps we would need hacker hostels).
Perhaps sleeping bags is all we’ll need to bring along on Paddy’s tour of the Valley. And then we can reciprocate by facilitating our Valley colleagues. Because, as Chris said -
“If such a networked, Meetup-like system were developed and I knew that I could plan a trip across Europe just stopping off at such hacker havens and not pay for anything but transportation, I would surely do so!”
Hopefully Chris you don’t have long to wait until you’ve a choice of locations in Ireland.