Go New Work City, getting a rise out of the Man: http://realbusiness.co.uk/news/lets-work-together
The defensive undercurrent of the article aside, however, part of me agrees with Dixon: Coworking isn't a new invention, it's been going on for millenia, no doubt, and in many stellar examples in ways that many coworking spaces can only long for. Arguing that coworking didn't begin until 2005 because that's when the word was first used to describe a particular set of values about how to cowork seems to me to be a bit off the mark and to focus on labels over content (especially since there are so many self-identified coworking spaces that have not yet achieved their lofty ideals, my own space included). That said, Regus is clearly not one of those venues where coworking (between independent workers or members of different organizations) tends to happen. And if their way of "coworking" counts, then they clearly aren't the first, since there have been business lounges since long-before Regus was founded in 1989, I'm sure some airport or dozens of hotel chains could make better claims to being the first. :) -- 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.
