Comments on: Co-Working 2008 http://cimota.com/blog/2008/06/30/co-working-2008/ Matt Johnston's Blog About Various Things Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:12:32 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: mj http://cimota.com/blog/2008/06/30/co-working-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-22831 mj Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:40:01 +0000 http://cimota.com/blog/?p=927#comment-22831 Thanks Eoghan - experience is valued! Thanks Eoghan – experience is valued!

]]> By: Eoghan McCabe http://cimota.com/blog/2008/06/30/co-working-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-22827 Eoghan McCabe Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:49:47 +0000 http://cimota.com/blog/?p=927#comment-22827 From my experience with CoWorking Dublin, which is nothing close to that ultimate vision of what CoWorking could be, I can tell you now that keeping a place such as that described above running as a part-time job will be a serious challenge. Basic admin takes lots of time. There are so many small, distracting, time-wasting, monotonous tasks required that would cripple someone that can't dedicate their full working day to the job. Having said that, I wouldn't discourage anyone from giving it a good shot and getting help with the administration as you scale the initiative. Best of luck to Andy and anyone else trying to get CoWorking Belfast going. I thoroughly recommend you pester Paul Campbell (http://www.pabcas.com/) for ideas and feedback on anything you do with it; he knows CoWorking better than anyone else on the island and has worked in a few of the original spots like Citizen Space and set up CoWorking Dublin. From my experience with CoWorking Dublin, which is nothing close to that ultimate vision of what CoWorking could be, I can tell you now that keeping a place such as that described above running as a part-time job will be a serious challenge. Basic admin takes lots of time. There are so many small, distracting, time-wasting, monotonous tasks required that would cripple someone that can’t dedicate their full working day to the job.

Having said that, I wouldn’t discourage anyone from giving it a good shot and getting help with the administration as you scale the initiative. Best of luck to Andy and anyone else trying to get CoWorking Belfast going. I thoroughly recommend you pester Paul Campbell (http://www.pabcas.com/) for ideas and feedback on anything you do with it; he knows CoWorking better than anyone else on the island and has worked in a few of the original spots like Citizen Space and set up CoWorking Dublin.

]]> By: Coworking Ireland » Cork’s fresh push on bedouin working http://cimota.com/blog/2008/06/30/co-working-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-22803 Coworking Ireland » Cork’s fresh push on bedouin working Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:49:00 +0000 http://cimota.com/blog/?p=927#comment-22803 [...] 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. [...] [...] 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. [...]

]]> By: mj http://cimota.com/blog/2008/06/30/co-working-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-22765 mj Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:30:50 +0000 http://cimota.com/blog/?p=927#comment-22765 Hold on there, Tiger. That sounds like it might be a plan. Something might get achieved????? Hold on there, Tiger. That sounds like it might be a plan. Something might get achieved?????

]]> By: Andy http://cimota.com/blog/2008/06/30/co-working-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-22764 Andy Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:29:59 +0000 http://cimota.com/blog/?p=927#comment-22764 How about an unoffical cluster at OpenCoffee on Thursday to discuss? I try to get the "cluster of similarly named people" together via email. How about an unoffical cluster at OpenCoffee on Thursday to discuss? I try to get the “cluster of similarly named people” together via email.

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