Ryan Is Hungry » coworking http://ryanishungry.com Hacking Everyday Life. Exchanging Notes on Survival. Compost, Vermicompost, Biofuels, SVO, Green, Solar, Electric Vehicle, DIY, Gardening Sat, 16 Jul 2011 21:01:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Co-Working: Independent Workers Unite http://ryanishungry.com/2007/06/27/co-working-independent-workers-unite/ http://ryanishungry.com/2007/06/27/co-working-independent-workers-unite/#comments Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:39:25 +0000 ryanne http://ryanishungry.com/2007/06/27/co-working-independent-workers-unite/ Co-Working: Independent Workers Unite
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Many people strive for the freedom that working for themselves and freelancing brings. You can work odd hours in your pajamas at home, travel to exotic locals but still be on the job, not have to clock in at an office. After the initial exhilaration of being independent cools a bit, there is something missing- co-workers and the social environment that working for a company can bring. Enter Co-Working. Co-Working is an idea that independent workers still want and need social interaction and structure during working hours. Going stir crazy working in your living room? Can’t stand that Madonna remix album they keep repeating at the cafe? Want to bounce your ideas off some other geeks? Co-Working!

We started our Co-Working experience at The Hat Factory here in San Francisco. The most unexpected benefit, besides meeting great people, was the ability to separate work time from relax time- not an easy task for a freelancer. Our day schedule looked like this: Get up, go to Hat Factory, work for 6-8 hours, come home, put the computer to sleep, cook dinner, watch a movie. Hey, we didn’t end up working for 12 hours today! We have a sustainable, not-burnt out life outside our work! Thanks Co-Working!

Thanks to Brad Neuberg and Chris Messina and Tara Hunt, from Citizen Space, for sitting down with us and explaining how Co-Working got started and what it all means. Get involved in starting your own Co-Working space by connecting to the folks already doing it! Check out the Co-Working Wiki, Blog and E-mail list.

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Welcome to The Hat Factory! The Hat Factory is community office space for geeks and media hackers. We’re a group of open sourcers, video bloggers, Drupal developers, and more who are tired of working from coffee shops and home every day. All are welcome to come work here instead of a noisy coffee shop any day we’re open (usually M-F 10-6 or later). There is a core group of us (The Anchors) who pay the base rent on this place, though we’re always looking for more folks; the more Anchors, the less rent we’ll pay. There are also the folks, like possibly you reading this, that can pay a day rate (Day Trippers) and come when ever you feel like it and not have to pay da rent. Check out HatFactory.net for directions and rates and come on by and work a day with us!

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