[Coworking] Re: CoWorking in London

2007-03-05 Thread Riccardo Cambiassi
Count me in for the jelly event

On 3/5/07, Simon L [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


 Damien,
 Sounds interesting.  Any pictures of the space?  How about hosting a
 one-off Jelly type event?  For example, pick one day and get
 interested coworkers to work from the space. It will be a useful
 experiment for all involved, and will at least get things rolling in
 London.
 --Simon

  We've (New Bamboo -http://new-bamboo.co.uk) got offices in Caledonian
  road and have a space desk with space for 4-6 people. It's a shame to
  see it go to waste. We're toying with the idea of inviting people in.
  We've got a couch and a Wii :). Preferably Ruby on Rails developers,
  but we're open to anything.


 



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[Coworking] Re: Coworking - Self Employed Health Insurance

2007-03-05 Thread David Doolin

On 3/4/07, Chris Messina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

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 My biggest concern is with overhead administrating such a scheme.

Yeah.

The overhead is always present somewhere, usually hidden
until the real costs of doing business pop up.

Trinet is *expensive.*   Last time I talked you needed 5
employees and it was $200/head pay to play.

I'll have more on this later.

-dave

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[Coworking] Re: Coworking - Self Employed Health Insurance

2007-03-05 Thread matthew

Check out your chamber of commerce. In Brooklyn, they will soon be
offering health insurance to small biz AND sole proprietors. I've
requested more details but it seems like it will be more affordable
than the Freelancers Union.

good luck,
matthew

http://theCoup.org



On Mar 5, 10:34 am, Tara Hunt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Trinet is *expensive.*   Last time I talked you needed 5
  employees and it was $200/head pay to play.

 When I was at Riya.com, we used Trinet and I paid over $600/month to the
 health/dentalcare for family coverage (because I have a teenage son), and I
 still have hospital bills!

 It's so odd to me that there isn't a funded healthcare system here. I've
 taken it for granted for so long being a Canadian. Now, when something is
 wrong, I don't go to the doctor in fear of going broke. :| It would be
 awesome if something was in place for us. I could handle $200/month,
 personally, but I recognize that won't work for everyone, and that is part
 of the nightmare of administration.

 I'd love to hear more, Dave. There are so many indie workers and small
 companies out there that I'm positive that this has been looked at before.

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 Sincerely,

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[Coworking] Re: Coworking not suitable for programmers?

2007-03-05 Thread Jamie McQuay


 Any programmers been using Coworking space a few times a week?  Have
 you found it possible to get real development work done, rather than
 just checking e-mail and performing other less intensive (than coding)
 tasks?


I'm in a small co-working space in Toronto.  I think that we are all
amazed at the amounts of work that we are getting done when compared
to the home office.

Jamie McQuay


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[Coworking] Re: Possibility in Seattle

2007-03-05 Thread Gregory Heller
I might be interested in the occasional drop in, but at $350 a month it is
out of my range.  I had found a place some places in the 400 sqr ft range
for about 600 to 800 monthly back in november, so that might be coloring my
judgement.


On 2/15/07, Mary Deaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 I have found a space in the Madison Valley near 28th and Martin Luther
 King that is suitable for coworking. I am only going to pursue it, however,
 if I can get some substantial interest from others.

 The space has high-bandwith already. There is a shared restroom and no
 kitchen in the space, but micro and such can be brought in. It is dog
 friendly. There is space on two floors, with a total of five offices.

 Check out information on information on the coworking 
 wiki.https://coworking.pbwiki.com/Co-working%2520in%2520Madison%2520Valley

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 Deaton Interactive Design and SodaBlue Partners
 Tools of the UX Trade - http://uxtools.blogspot.com

 


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[Coworking] Re: Coworking in Seattle

2007-03-05 Thread Gregory Heller
The flurry of activity was really just me, no one came forward with any
interest at the time, so, as I mentioned to someone who posted resently on
the coworking blog (in response to my post:
http://blog.coworking.info/2006/12/08/coworking-in-seattle/) that I no
longer have such an immediate need as i left my tiny apartment share and got
a nice sized apartment with a living room to work in.  I would still be
interested in talking about coworking, but my need for a space is of more of
a drop in variety at this point.


On 1/18/07, MMDeaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


 There was a flurry of posts in December, but nothing seems to have come
 of it. Is there still interest out there?

 Mary Deaton
 Deaton Interactive Design
 http://www.mmdeaton.com
 http://uxtools.blogspot.com


 


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[Coworking] Re: Coworking - Self Employed Health Insurance

2007-03-05 Thread Gregory Heller
I'd mention AHIRC http://www.ahirc.org/
Access to Health Insurance / Resource For Care (CivicActions is in the
process of working with them on a site redesign).  They are a clearing house
for health insurance information specifically for artists.

My understanding of frlancers union is that it ain't cheap! upwards of $400
a month.

Insurance rates fluctuate wildly based on age and city of residence.

I would recommend that folks look at HDHPs (High Deductible Health Plans)
combined with HSAs (Health savings accounts).

Basically, you assume that as a young health person you are not going to
have lots of chronic health care costs, so you get a catastrophic plan that
will cover hospitalizations or any big unexpected stuff, then you save money
before taxes in an HSA and you use that money to pay your deductibe, which
might be as high as $2500.  But since your plan costs you around 100 to 200
a month,, your annual health insurance payment is maybe around 2k and the
2500 that you put into the hsa stays there, and you can keep on adding to it
up to a certain amount each year.


Sorry if this isn't so clear.  It's getting late, but i saw the question so
figured i would chime in with some info.


On 3/5/07, Brad Neuberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


 It sounds like a partnership situation is the best way to do this, to
 ease our own administration burdens. Possibly with NASE, the
 Freelancers Union, etc.

 Best,
   Brad

 On 3/5/07, Tara Hunt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  We actually just spoke with the Net Squared folks (a project of
  Compumentor.org) about this and they will be sending us some resources
 that
  we will pass along and look into. I think they said that one of them is
  called Working Solutions. They also have another package that gives us
 some
  options with creating a membership organization to get a bulk discount.
 
  T
 
 
  On 3/5/07, matthew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  
   Check out your chamber of commerce. In Brooklyn, they will soon be
   offering health insurance to small biz AND sole proprietors. I've
   requested more details but it seems like it will be more affordable
   than the Freelancers Union.
  
   good luck,
   matthew
  
   http://theCoup.org
  
  
  
   On Mar 5, 10:34 am, Tara Hunt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Trinet is *expensive.*   Last time I talked you needed 5
 employees and it was $200/head pay to play.
   
When I was at Riya.com, we used Trinet and I paid over $600/month to
 the
health/dentalcare for family coverage (because I have a teenage
 son),
  and I
still have hospital bills!
   
It's so odd to me that there isn't a funded healthcare system here.
 I've
taken it for granted for so long being a Canadian. Now, when
 something
  is
wrong, I don't go to the doctor in fear of going broke. :| It would
 be
awesome if something was in place for us. I could handle $200/month,
personally, but I recognize that won't work for everyone, and that
 is
  part
of the nightmare of administration.
   
I'd love to hear more, Dave. There are so many indie workers and
 small
companies out there that I'm positive that this has been looked at
  before.
   
--
Sincerely,
   
Tara
---
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agent provocateur
Citizen Agency (www.citizenagency.com)
blog:www.horsepigcow.com
phone: 415-694-1951
fax: 415-727-5335
  
  
  
   agent provocateur
   Citizen Agency (www.citizenagency.com)
   blog: www.horsepigcow.com
   phone: 415-694-1951
   fax: 415-727-5335

  
 

 


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