Kategoriearchiv: CoWorking Kultur

There are so many ways in which you can become a „Free Coworking Sponsor“. Up to now for example you could as  a „paid coworking“ space operator start to offer „free coworking“ alongside your paid offer. All you needed to do was to enter yourself in the „Free Coworking Directory“ (Input, Output). Of course this […]

Already one of the great fruits of the widespread discussion on free coworking is the acknowledgement that paid coworking has lost its bearings in many instances. Alex Hillman on his blog dangerouslyawesome puts it like this: „MANY paid coworking spaces aren’t differentiating themselves from business centers and aren’t keeping in line with the coworking core […]

Philip Rosedale, the creator of  Second Life is interested in coworking and the future of work. With his new company „Coffee & Power“ he is trying to connect the techie and coworking community. With three so called „Workclubs“ already opened in San Francisco, Santa Monica & Portland (Oregon) (see Free Coworking Directory) he attempts to […]

On the 20th of March 2012 we published our 500th article. In this series we like to review the articles that you (the readers) and we (the authors) both consider most relevant and important to demonstrate what “CoWorking News” represents today. In part 1 we looked at our start in 2009. Today we like to […]

We are very happy to share and review with you the most interesting stages and developments of „CoWorking News“ at this  „500-article-milestone“ today!!! Thanks to your interest and feedback, it was very easy to identify about 25 articles that you (the readers) and we (the authors) both consider most relevant and important to demonstrate what […]

Situated in the „Northern Quarter“ of Manchester (UK), MadLab offers a new kind of  „coworking“ experience. Aimed at both creatives and technologists, the facility provides a space and resources for collaboration, professional development and discovery. As the primary focus of the laboratory has never been „coworking only“, it possesses a foundation or business model that, […]

It is new ! But you already know how to use car sharing!!! It is the same process…, but you do not need a car 😉 !!! A) If you have a project, think of it as a car. You invite others to join your project, just like sharing a car. B) You do not […]

It is Monday and you can start the week by doing something really beneficial: For yourself, your business and your community! All you have to do is to enter your Name, City, Country and Project/Skills. Time Required: (1 to 3 Minutes) No Registration and No Password required! It is free! Just enter what you want […]

Currently I see two very important developments in coworking. One is the increase in collaboration between coworkers for example in the jelly coworking mode (example Jellyweek). Secondly I see more collaborations between spaces and coworking operators like in Prague and Seattle ( as described in this article below). Both developments use „Free Coworking“ and help to […]

In his talk on „Science and Practice of Cooperation“ (see Video below thx David Hodgson for sharing) Harvard Professor Yochai Benkler develops the idea of systems of self-interest and systems of collaboration. In terms of computer hardware and software these systems could be identified with people like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates on the one […]