Archive for the ‘CoWorking’ Category

OCC BBQ, Terryglass, Tipp - 16th July

Friday, June 20th, 2008

The motion was made for one party to attend the OpenCoffeeClub BBQ being held in Terryglass, in Tipperary on the 16th July 2008. Surprisingly, the other party did not wince or shout or laugh but immediately began assisting with preparations for the trip. Preparations are underway. Which is pretty much how ...

XCake.org

Monday, June 16th, 2008

The site is up. It's for people interested in Cocoa and geographically on the Island of Ireland (North and South). http://xcake.org There's just a Wiki there at the moment. More to come if there's a perceived need for it.

BarCamp Belfast this coming Saturday!

Monday, June 16th, 2008

I got this from Andy McMillan, the organiser of BarCamp Belfast 2008. L I N E U P 9:00 - 10:00- Session-setup (registering) & networking 10:00 - 12:30 - Morning sessions and workshops 12:30 - 2:00 - Lunch (provided) 2:00 - 5:00 - Afternoon sessions and workshops 5:00 - 5:30 ...

Co-Working

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

Andy recently posted that his efforts to build Co-Working Belfast have been bearing fruit as he gets QUB and Belfast City Council on board. For my part, I've pledged that Mac-Sys will buy a desk every month and put some loaner kit down there as well to foster mobile ...

Here and where again?

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

The title for this blog post derives from the autre-title for "The Hobbit" which was "There and Back Again". It details an arduous journey, full of frustration and friction, in order to have an adventure and then return home. As the months pass in $BIG_COMPANY, it becomes clearer to me what ...

Co-Working Belfast

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

The Co-Working Belfast guys (David Rice and Andy McMillan) are really hoping that some of you will pledge a desk in the co-working building they have planned for Belfast. I've already pledged a desk (that I'll be unlikely to use but will pay for anyway) and Mac-Sys is pledging a couple ...

Bedou-working…

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

The Economist on Techno-Bedouin. "The proper metaphor for somebody who carries portable but unwieldy and cumbersome infrastructure is that of an astronaut rather than a nomad, says Paul Saffo, a trend-watcher in Silicon Valley. Astronauts must bring what they need, including oxygen, because they cannot rely on their environment to provide ...

MacBook Air for the Traveller?

Friday, April 4th, 2008

Publicspace.net I took my MBA on holiday to Spain over the Easter break and it’s just awesome as a light travel companion. It worked flawlessly, was no hassle lugging around the airport, worked fine on the Hotel’s free wireless network and best of all: it fits into a normal size room safe. ...

Co-Working guidelines.

Monday, March 31st, 2008

HiveLogic on getting into The Zone in modern offices:"There’s no choice about how or when you’re expected produce, or under what circumstances. Here is your computer, here is your workstation, you have the tools, the florescent lights are turned on, why don’t you go ahead and get to work, ...

From Bedouin Tents to the Big Top

Friday, March 28th, 2008

For a long while now I've been a proponent of 'Bedouin' working, which is known a little more in the mainstream as 'co-working'. Whereas co-working speaks to me of a common, shared space for individuals to work, Bedouin speaks of multiple spaces, some of them dedicated and some of them ...