Microcoworking

[Jacob Sayles]

Just discovered this: http://microcoworking.com/

Anyone know these folks, or other creative approaches to coworking?

Jacob

[Hillary Hartley]

Sounds a bit like Jelly and a bit like a meetup. Looks like they have
regular get-together dates.

Does Ann Arbor have an actual coworking site? (/me goes to look at the
wiki...)

[Todd Suomela]

I attended a few of these sessions when I was in Ann Arbor last year
and am friends with a number of the members. I've since moved away
so I don't know how things have changed.

The basic idea when I was there was to get together on a regular
basis to talk and share ideas without the formal requirements of a
shared space. From what I know of coworking, this seems like a
common way to get things started in a particular community.

I've been thinking about doing something similar in Minneapolis (my
current home base) but haven't gotten that organized yet.

I think that an informal approach to coworking, some method for
creating ad-hoc communities of shared interest for temporary periods
of time is an interesting challenge. Most of the discussions on this
list in recent weeks have been about groups that have a permanent
space. To me a permanent space is a commitment I can't make right
now. So where does coworking fit then?

Todd

[Raines Cohen]

On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 7:09 PM, Todd Suomela <tsuo...@gmail.com> wrote:

I've been thinking about doing something similar in Minneapolis (my
current home base) but haven't gotten that organized yet.

You may want to connect with other seekers on the regional group:

http://groups.google.com/group/coworking-minneapolis-st-paul

 

 To me a permanent space is a commitment I can't make right
now. 

That doesn't mean you can't have some role in the creation, maintenance, operation or use of "permanent" coworking spaces. Like the one Dan Peterson is setting up in a warehouse there, as posted on this list a while back. (assuming he succesfully "validated the concept" in March).

I'm not a permanent paying member of any coworking space. But I participate in several. So long as I find ways of adding value, they don't tend to kick me out. But it requires flexibility and tolerance for changes.

Raines

http://www.coworkingcoach.com/

[Chris Messina]

This sounds a lot like Jelly, and I think it makes a lot of sense to
have incremental levels of commitment along the path to a full time
coworking space.

Sounds like fun to me!

Chris

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