2/3 coworking desk spaces available in Blackrock. Co Dublin. Converted church. Suit graphic designer, web developer or other design professional. Rent negotiable.
Email Justin – thecottage@iol.ie
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Coworking Space Blackrock
Mar 10
It’s with great pleasure and nostalgia that I announce the winding down of TL01, Dublin’s first co-working space. I set up TL01 last June to provide a space for like minded individuals to work together under the coworking philosophy that I discovered first hand in San Francisco.
The last nine months have been some of the most productive, inspiring months of my life. Eamon Leonard and Eoghan McCabe took on the coworking philosophy and wore it proudly. Last February, Eoghan and I decided to go into business together. We share similar ambition, goals and ideals in business and in what we do and our skills complemented that wonderfully. Last week, we announced and formally launched Contrast, the two of us partnered with Belfast coworking champion David Rice and skilled usability expert Des Traynor. Read the rest of this entry »
Image by RAINBOW ! via FlickrPat Phelan condensed a thread of conversation from Sunday’s chatter on Twitter in a blog post announcing fresh interest in Coworking in Cork. Fellow Corkonian Damien Mulley has previously written about his ideas for getting coworking off the ground in the rebel city.
Richard Delevan is a fan and comments on how much he appreciated the ‘virtual office’ ambience of Twitter when he stopped working in an office. He might though be slightly confused as regards the difference between the Jelly movement and Coworking as he seems to suggest it started in New York (which Jelly did), not the Valley. It doesn’t matter though – whether it’s bedouin working, hotdesking, Jelly or coworking it’s all good. And it’s time to get more going here.
Matt Johnston in Belfast sounds a cautionary note though, with facts and figures to suggest that the running of a coworking facility needs to be a full-time job. Great comments to that post too.
Own your very own piece of Irish blogging memorabilia, a poser from the 2008 Irish blog awards that has held in the Alexander hotel Dublin. The blog award has become know as the bloscars among many Irish bloggers.
The poster features a popular political icon who is dressed to impress. The poster was designed to support another popular miscreant and full time disk jockey Rick O’Shea RTE’s 2fm presenter.
The stick on mustache comes courtesy of some t-shirt girl. No facial hair was harmed in the production of this poster.
A white infamous WWMD? sticker is also (What Would Mulley Do. This is a reference to the blog awards organiser Damien Mulley)
All proceeds of this auction will go to St. Francis Hospice.
Eoghan McCabe published a new photoset from Space 28 in Dublin and commented, “It’s not pretty, but I like it!”.
Which begs the question – what would the idea coworking space look like? What size is right? Open plan or cubicles? Where should the kitchen be? Etc., etc. Why don’t we try answering that by imagining it in SketchUp the free 3D modeling software from Google? Eoghan and Paul Campbell will get the ball rolling by coming up with a draft model and everyone is welcome to chime in with suggestions and modifications. The 3D Warehouse supplies a plethora of freely downloadable office plans and furniture components so you don’t have to be an architect to participate 
Coworking map
Oct 17
The Coworking Community Blog has posted a map of coworking spaces in the USA.
From BusinessWeek: “A survey of more than 1,000 white collar workers, commissioned by mobile phone operator T-Mobile, has found many believe they would be more productive– and creative — if they could work in different locations.”
Coworking in Berlin
Jul 24
Travis j, Todd and David Troy to discuss coworking, berlin, art and the future of online and offline communities.
Jelly
Jul 21
Jelly sounds like an interesting variation on the theme of coworking -
“Jelly meetings are a way for folks who usually work at home to get out of the house, find kindred workers to collaborate with, or simply to socialize — without having to commit to the gym-like membership setup of most of the country’s coworking arrangements, where rented office spaces feel much like a traditional workplace and require a regular financial commitment beyond the means of most freelancers. Indeed, the term “office” can happily be avoided all together with Jelly. Unlike most coworking setups, Jelly exists for only one day every other week, and it’s free.”
Coworking documentary
Jul 17
The Altrupreneur is crossing the United States while filming a documentary on coworking but I wonder if he’d be interested in going trans-Atlantic to feature our location in Dublin.
After returning from a field-trip to Boston and New York Alex made the following observation -
“Just about everyone agrees that no matter what kind of work you’re into, chances are, you’ll be working better in a community of like-minded independent folks rather than out of your home or a coffee shop.”