[Coworking] Re: Security considerations?

2009-03-25 Thread ruyoung
i've struggled with thoughts on after hours access as well. wayne, my business partner, is a night owl and so he is likely to be in our space later than i will be whereas i have an opposite schedule and prefer mornings. we've discussed access and decided on 24/7 access for a number of reasons. on

[Coworking] coworking survey

2009-03-25 Thread Diana Thomas
Hi, I am an industrial design masters student at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. My thesis is on the idea of mobile work. My hope is to design a series of products that would facilitate teleworking whether it be at home or public area. I stumbled across coworking in my research and was hoping to g

[Coworking] Looking for coworking in western Chicago suburbs

2009-03-25 Thread Mike Biang
Greetings! I'm new to coworking, but am very excited about the idea. Is anyone aware of any coworking groups / locations in the western chicago suburbs, particularly near Naperville, Wheaton, St. Charles or Geneva? Many Thanks! Mike Biang --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Yo

[Coworking] Coworking Basics FAQ and One Sheet

2009-03-25 Thread Alex Hillman
If you follow Geoff or I on twitter, there's a chance you've already seen this. If not, we wanted to make sure that the community is aware of a ~50 minute or so discussion we recorded while at SXSW in Austin that covers 15 or so of the most commonly asked questions we get. This was prompted by a bu

[Coworking] Coworking Space on tropical island in Panama - with accommodation

2009-03-25 Thread Rick Outscape
Hello everyone, We're finally launching the "coworking retreat" that I've been talking about for over a year: http://www.cocovivo.com If you don't need to be at a traditional office and have the freedom to cowork, why not take off for a while and work from somewhere else? I've enjoy

[Coworking] Re: Coworking Space on tropical island in Panama - with accommodation

2009-03-25 Thread Steve Purkiss
Awesome. That's all I can say! On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 4:56 PM, Rick Outscape wrote: > Hello everyone, > > We're finally launching the "coworking retreat" that I've been talking about > for over a year: > > http://www.cocovivo.com > > If you don't need to be at a traditional office and have the

[Coworking] Re: Looking for coworking in western Chicago suburbs

2009-03-25 Thread Eric Marden
To expand this further, I will be in Chicago proper at the end of April. Any spaces near Bucktown or downtown that I can check out while I'm there? I took a look at the Wiki and COOP and Ravenswood look the most inviting: http://wiki.coworking.info/CoworkingChicago Anyone have comments abou

[Coworking] Videoconf with TracyVirtualOffice

2009-03-25 Thread Mike Pihlman
If you grab ooVoo (www.oovoo.com), and have a web cam, you can call me in the new office at "telbitconsulting" (I can give you a tour). I am working on the space now (expect to open May 1), but, have just installed great Internet connectivityand, today, power! Progress out here in the tra

[Coworking] Re: Security considerations?

2009-03-25 Thread Steven Heath
All members AltSpace have a key and a security card. The key is for the door and the card for the building. They pay a bond of $150 for this which is returned should they return the keys. They can come and goes as they please, we do not have any staff to 'man reception'. I normally 'open up' but if

[Coworking] Introduction - Ainsley

2009-03-25 Thread ainsl...@gmail.com
Hi All, I'm very interested in Co-working. Growing tired of hunting for a spot at Borders, B&N, and Starbucks. Public Libraries are pretty cool, but restrict key Internet Protocols (e.g. IMAP). I'm a MBA candidate, software/iphone developer, IT manager by profession and all around good guy. I'm

[Coworking] Re: Coworking Space on tropical island in Panama - with accommodation

2009-03-25 Thread Chris Canney
WOW ! Some other small business owners and I were talking yesterday about shutting down Apex, NC and moving to Costa Rica, but maybe we'll hit Panama instead! Place looks great - Good Luck! Chris SoCo Studio Apex, NC From: coworking@googlegroups.com [mailto:cowork...@googlegroups.com] On Beh

[Coworking] Coworking in Indianapolis

2009-03-25 Thread KristenL
After discussing coworking with a few creative friends of mine, we have decided to move forward on setting up a coworking group in Indianapolis. If anyone is interested, please respond here and we will be sure to keep you in the loop. Thanks, Kristen Leep --~--~-~--~~~---

[Coworking] Coworking in Chicago

2009-03-25 Thread The Coop
Hey everyone, I'm Linsey and I help out over at The Coop, a coworking space in the West Loop. We are a web design/development firm called One Design with a large network of designers and developers who from time to time work in our space. Since one of our guys used to live in the connected space

[Coworking] Re: Looking for coworking in western Chicago suburbs

2009-03-25 Thread Greg Pederson
Greg Pederson Nsight Web Development www.NsightDevelopment.com On Mar 25, 2009, at 2:00 PM, Eric Marden wrote: > > To expand this further, I will be in Chicago proper at the end of > April. Any spaces near Bucktown or downtown that I can check out while > I'm there? I took a look at the Wiki