Archive for the ‘CoWorking’ Category
Monday, May 11th, 2009
This came out of two ideas I had.
The first was Code4Pizza - the idea that people, in order to learn, would be willing to spend their time coding for open source projects. I still think this idea is a winner for getting younger folk involved but as an evening class, ...
Posted in CoWorking, Code4Pizza, Commentary, Social, Startup, iPhone | 24 Comments »
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
Tonight was the Tuesday Night Cocoa group meet. Half a dozen hairy blokes sitting in the Mac-Sys Ltd offices with instructional PDFs up on a projector and open books in front of them. I'm very keen on this - this is a small cadre of fellahs, some of whom work ...
Posted in CoWorking, Code4Pizza, Commentary | 3 Comments »
Monday, February 2nd, 2009
I'm feeling frustration over the current state of play with CoWorking in Belfast.
Things move slowly as you begin to involve people, organisations and bureaucracy. And the difficulties of navigating the various personalities leaves me wanting to just the whole thing into the "TOO HARD" basket this week.
Dealing with estate ...
Posted in Annoyances, CoWorking | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
Today I posted a quick note about a workshop being held in the OhYeah building (with special thanks to OhYeah and NoMoreArt for helping pull it together). The event itself was conceived during an OpenCoffeeMorning conversation between myself and Marty Neill of NoMoreArt - as he puts it, democracy without ...
Posted in CoWorking, Commentary, Cool, Do Something Now, Social, Startup, digitalcircle | No Comments »
Monday, January 5th, 2009
One of the opportunities for 38minutes and the whole 'ning-based' network is the shortening of these distances - isn't that what the internet is all about (apparently it's not just about porn and advertising).
When I look at a map, I like to draw a line circle from where I ...
Posted in CoWorking, Do Something Now, Social, Startup, digitalcircle | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
I was very happy to see Andy post this on Twitter just a few minutes ago as we'd been sitting on it for so long, working out numbers and trying to figure out how to pay for things.
The Good: The rent and rates are affordable and the room itself is ...
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Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
Ian Graham of TheCodeFactory.ca writes about whether we CREATE or FACILITATE communities:
Create is in fact a very strong word and implies that you make something from nothing. If you read the bible you will recall the story of creation. In seven days God created the earth, man and all of ...
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Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
I wrote:
A year ago Rich Segal wrote an article on how to make a corporate butt pucker.
As we inch closer to opening the CoWorking site in Belfast, I find myself having loftier dreams regarding it. I envisage a place where we can assist startups and if necessary turn a ...
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Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
I put together a Digital Circle post on the Digital Mentor project.
Claire White writes:
All people need is access and time. This is a big ‘all’. Unpicking this, use of social media is a luxury. Access to basic equipment is enough for basic interaction, but the technology you have dictates whether ...
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Monday, November 10th, 2008
Andy and I viewed a great location today for Co-Working. We'll likely post photos over the next day or so but right now we're wanting to know who will be interested in taking a space. It really is time to put your chips on the table. I've also posted a ...
Posted in Bedouin, CoWorking, digitalcircle | 2 Comments »