Hamburg: Becks Camp, Barcamp
I’m back from my vacation and (after a brief health-related break) ready to rock again. So next week I’ll be headed up to Hamburg for two camps that I’m really looking forward to: The Becks Gold Urban Experience Camp (I’m assuming this is the official blog), in the following called only Becks Camp, and Barcamp [...]
Tag your laptop
In a discussion with Jay Cousins recently we talked about a small problem: If you’re coworking in a cafe or in a coworking space, you sometimes don’t know a whole lot about the other folks around, or what they’re working on. Online, Twitter or a coworking network like Hallenprojekt.de do a good job transmitting just [...]
Save the date: 26/27 Sept Barcamp “Atoms & Bits”
Update (26.August): We’re getting there! Official announcements both on my blog and (so far in German only) on the atoms&bits website.
Note: We’re still in a very early planning stage, so please take this with some caution, it’s all very much in flow at this point.
Update (18. August):
Locations are confirmed: A&B Camp will be held [...]
Studio 70: New Coworking Space in Berlin
Café at Studio70
As many of you know, I’ve been very interested in coworking lately, a way of working much for fit for the freelancer & web crowd than 9-to-5 offices or a permanent desk at the local coffee shop. (See my interviews with founders of coworking spaces, some thoughts on coworking, or this Barcamp session.)
I [...]
Coworking at Barcamp Cologne 3
At Barcamp Cologne 3, Axel Quack, Johannes Kleske and I did two sessions on the various forms of Coworking.
Jörn “Nero” Sieveneck shot, cut and uploaded a brief video while we were talking. By the end of our session it was live on the web – Berlinblase style.
BCC3 Session (Ausschnitt) über Co-Working from NERO on [...]
The Folks Behind Coworking: Patrick Tanguay
Patrick Tanguay founded Station C, a coworking space in Montréal. (Currently, he’s coworking from Berlin.) Installment No 4 of my series of interviews on coworking, in which Patrick shares his thoughts on coworking.
What’s does Coworking mean for you?
I’m not sure it’s a good analogy but it’s been coming to mind often lately when I think [...]
The Folks Behind Coworking: Tony Bacigalupo
Tony Bacigalupo is one of the heads behind New York City, a New York-based coworking space. In the third installment of my series of interviews on coworking, Tony shares his take on coworking.
What does Coworking mean for you?
Coworking means so many things to me, but overall I think it represents a big step in a [...]
The Folks Behind Coworking: Alex Hillman
Alex Hillman cofounded Indyhall, Philadelphia’s answer to San Francisco’s Citizen Space. (On a personal note, when Indyhall was set up I closely followed the whole process in their blog, which I think really kick-started my personal interest in coworking. Go check out the earliest posts!) In this second installment of my series of interviews on [...]
The Folks Behind Coworking: Chris Messina
Chris Messina is one of the folks who started it all. Together with Tara Hunt he founded Citizen Space (San Francisco). Also, Chris and Tara put a strong focus on the philosophy behind coworking to put it all into context: Coworking is not just about space, but also ideal. So here’s the first installment of [...]
What does the perfect Coworking Space look like?
What makes the perfect coworking space? The answer should will probably be very different for different people, depending on what they’re looking for. Some spaces are very community-centric, others rather are service providers; some are more artsy, others more corporate.
Here’s what I imagine the perfect space like. Please note that this is more like [...]
