Welcome, Kelly. I'm down the 405 from you in Costa Mesa looking to start up a space in the Newport/CM area. I'm in the same situation where I enjoy walking the kids to school, but I'm more of a fair weather walker.
You bring up a good issue that I'd like to hear from others about and explore: What is the distance people are willing to travel to cowork? I get not wanting to drive 30 minutes to Blankspaces despite it looking like a great space. Any veterans out there have an idea what the travel time limit is? Chris On Feb 21, 10:25 am, Kelly Sims <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been lurking here for about a month now, and I'm really amazed at > how widespread coworking is, as well as how you are all so helpful to > each other. > > I'm a freelance web and print designer in Torrance, CA. I've been full- > time freelancing for 2 years now, and I'm really starting to hate my > house. I started doing some research into coworking early 2008, based > on the amazing Chris Messina and Tara Hunt at Citizen Space. It seemed > like the perfect fit for me, but nobody was doing anything close by. > > I'm also a husband and father. I walk my son to and from school about > 4 days a week. It's a part of my freelancing I just can't imagine > living without. Which is why going to a place like Blankspaces in Los > Angeles just wouldn't work for me. I'm hoping that there are enough > people in similar situations locally that this can be viable. > > To start, I knew I'd have to begin getting people together, so I met > Emma Alvarez Gibson on Twitter, and we started a geek/creatives meetup > in Torrance. It was a small turnout, but we all had a blast and agreed > to keep the momentum going. I'm starting to plan our next meet Mar. 9, > 2009. This is also hard for me though, because I've never been the > kind of person to start social things. I'm pushing myself to look > outside my box and grow. (I reached out to a stranger at Starbucks > yesterday who said he had been hoping to find a local networking > thing. wow!) > > I'm starting slow, hoping this will grow into something larger. I've > never run a business (besides my own freelancing) before, so I'm > planning on mining this community for help. > > Thanks, and good to meet you all. :) > > Kelly --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
