Local Coworking in the News
One of the things I love about working for a coworking business is the friendliness between the various coworking businesses. I think it's a result of the fact that each group started the business in an effort to find community and this has extended to the WAY they do business.
So color us happy here at Office Nomads happy that our pals up at Giraffe Labs got some e-ink this morning in John Cook's Venture Blog in the PI.
"A club house for big people."
That's how the folks at Giraffe Labs are describing a new work space in Pioneer Square, a 1,200 square foot location where artists can interact with engineers and computer scientists can write code next to musicians composing music.
I really like the collaborative focus of places like GL and StartPad which incubate start-ups. It's comforting to know that the next big ideas are being worked on in the current big idea.
That said, I know from experience that just working near people is a form of colloboration even if we're not "working together." The distraction that others provide gives my brain a break and allows it to find a solution to problems on its own. It makes all those conversations I have with my office mates and the time I spend playing with the office dogs Stella and Cortez a form of work. (Read this article on insight in
the New Yorker