Dear Chris, Here are some answers from one of the Fiber High partners, myself.
1. We have not been able to rent our cubicles during the last 6 months. Although we had not been familiar with the term "coworking" when we started we believe it is compatible with the intent of our facility. 2. The coworking folks seem to have a vibrant network we are tapping into. 3. Many "coworkers" have extensive experience on university campuses and in creative companies. When they go out on their own, either voluntarily or because they are pushed, they miss having colleagues to collaborate with close at hand. Coworking may fill in this gap (depending on who else shows up at the facility). 4. Many digital natives (as compared with us older digital immigrants) enjoy working in noisy, somewhat chaotic venues. They understand how to work without paper and can, therefore, be quite productive with just their brains, their laptops and some ingestable stimulants. The rest of us benefit from the restricted visual and auditory field created by cubicle or office walls. We need our desks full of pens, paper and filing cabinets. Although we may be unhappy with the enforced isolation of working at home, coworking at a commons table in a large room doesn't appeal either. 5. As an educator, I am especially interested in how to create environments that support learning for a wide variety of folks, both young and old. For me, a coworking space is a laboratory for observation of learning within a population of geeks. Hope this is helpful to you. Cheers, Liza Loop On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Chris Conrey <con...@chrisconrey.com> wrote: > I'm doing some writing research here and I'm curious as to why those of you > who have started/are starting coworking spaces are motivated to do so? > Some high level motivations would be great for my article. > Thanks, > Chris Conrey > chrisconrey.com > Human->Geek Relations at Integrum > Outspoken Voice at Gangplank > @conrey on Twitter > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
