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Jellyweek DC — January 18 @TRYST in Adams Morgan

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Jellyweek is a self-organized global gathering. The idea is to get together, get some work done, and raise awareness about the global coworking movement. The event will be casual and informal. No programming. Just bring your laptop and work. I'm hoping local DC coworking folks will come represent and let us know about all of the options in the metro DC area.

Innovation Grounds 1.0

Monday, November 21, 2011

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This mind map lays out a framework for thinking about “innovation grounds” — spaces where people can come together and generate ideas, solutions, knowledge, culture, and relationships. It emerged from perceiving coworking spaces as next-generation telecentres; seeing connections between telecentres, coworking spaces, hackerspaces, and libraries; and being somewhat exasperated at how libraries are often overlooked as key actors in community development — despite the fact that they’ve always been places where people convene, learn, and create (especially information... and we’re in the information age, Hello!).

Collaborative consumption

Monday, September 27, 2010

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I was telling a friend this weekend that bike-sharing — a la bixi — is one of the fastest-growing forms of transportation in the world. But then I faltered: Really? I forgot where I got this little factoid. Good thing for me the lovely peeps at Station C posted the video up on their blog — pointing out that coworking is also part of this trend. So... I still don't know if it's true for real. (I want it to be!) but at least I know where my factoid came from.

L’accompagnement

Monday, November 16, 2009

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What's important is the ability to gather with others and the possibility to be accompanied in your work. To be able to ask questions and bounce around ideas. I've been thinking for some time that public-access venues and coworking spaces are connected. This is why. They provide access to helpful people — librarians, dinamizador@s, infomediaries, the-guy-sitting-across-the-table-from-you.

The Community Manifesto

Thursday, January 22, 2009

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I just posted the first draft of the Station C Community Manifesto to our blog. Would love your feedback. Here’s the meat of it: Station C is a space that fosters community, collaboration, innovation. People come here to work and connect. We are a hub for creators and innovators: entrepreneurs, geeks, artists, social activists. Station [...]

Admitting confusion is not bad for business

Thursday, January 22, 2009

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I have such a backlog of great posts for you — not being able to write them is killing me. The reason I have no time to write? Too much work. Plus I’m pushing Artefatica forward, which is a big job in and of itself. And to think I nearly pulled down my last post [...]

In the news: Station C, me & Open Salad

Thursday, October 2, 2008

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Isabelle Laporte, a freelance journalist, came to interview us at Sation C. Her story, published in La Presse, focuses on the emerging co-working phenomenon. But the thing I’m most happy about is her mention of Open Salad, which I learned about from my friends at the Centre for Social Innovation and have since championed at [...]

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Jellyweek DC — January 18 @TRYST in Adams Morgan

Innovation Grounds 1.0

Collaborative consumption

L’accompagnement

The Community Manifesto

Admitting confusion is not bad for business

In the news: Station C, me & Open Salad

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