There's some other excellent quoatables from that article, btw, including:

...networking nights over margaritas were not what he wanted either,
> although he likes margaritas.


And of course...

"Oh, a shower's critical," Hillman said. "I'm coming from [working at] home,
> where there's no pants before noon and if I don't have to, no shower. Now,
> at least, I put on pants."


Stupid pants. Stupid shower. :)

/ah
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On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Alex Hillman
<dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com>wrote:

> The VERY first article about Indy Hall included reference of Parallel Play,
> back in 2007:
>
>
> http://articles.philly.com/2007-08-19/business/25229858_1_trade-ideas-work-at-home-web-entrepreneur
>
>  It's not job-sharing, with two people taking turns in the same stall in
>> the cube farm.
>>
>> Instead, think of co-working as an entrepreneurial version of parallel
>> play, with owners of their own small businesses working side by side in a
>> drop-in place that looks like a coffee cafe, minus the barista, with all the
>> accoutrements of what's hip: high ceilings, beer fridge, pool table and
>> Internet access.
>>
> I've used it in conversation since, but I don't think I've written about
> it. I think there's a lot in that concept as well.
>
> -Alex
>
> /ah
> indyhall.org
> coworking in philadelphia
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 12:05 PM, Devin <devinbalk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I think the 'parallel play' idea is brilliant.  Is there more that can be
>> drawn from the insight?
>>
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