Once again, the folks at Indy Hall blaze new trails! At Sparkfun in Colorado they've been experimenting with similar workspace optimizations:
https://www.sparkfun.com/news/1098 Brian Del Vecchio | [email protected] | 617-899-0798 | @hybernaut On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Alex Hillman <[email protected]>wrote: > Having been through the pain of expanding our coworking space just last > summer (the 2nd expansion in our history), we wanted a less expensive and > difficult technique to make room for more members. With the Deskmag survey > reporting that 1/3rd of all coworking spaces plan to expand, clearly we're > not the only ones who are or will be facing this problem soon. > > As many of you know, I like sharing hacks and tricks on this list, and > today, Adam came up with an idea to solve this problem that was just too > good not to share. > > I present to you a new "level" of coworking membership...the "double > decker". > > Apart from this making every square foot more efficient, it actually helps > you capitalize on the "accelerated serendipity" of having people work close > to each other. > > *MORE CLOSER = MORE SERENDIPITY.* > * > * > This arrangement is ideal for helping new members meet existing members. > If you're new to a coworking space and have to spend the day perched on a > new coworker's shoulders, you're GUARANTEED to know them really well by the > end of the day.* > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7Ub_aqt9u38/UVnNMa_AdLI/AAAAAAAAAzo/KfzLzCo1plQ/s1600/BGyLuASCAAErbg1.jpg-large.jpeg> > **Negative side effects may include back and neck problems, severe coffee > burns in case of top bunk spillage. Check with your insurance agent before > offering this membership level.* > > Instead of licensing our new approach (I'm pretty sure this is going to > get REALLY popular, especially in the business center industry, but I think > that it's better to share good ideas for free than to get rich) I've > decided that Indy Hall will open source this new innovation to our business > model. > > If anybody else ends up trying out this arrangement, please let us know > about improvements and POST PICTURES!!! > > :) > > -Alex > > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
