I value a nearby café for the mere opportunity to have good chats during the walk to/from and the waiting in line. I feel like I might upgrade to a walk around the block ~SteveJobs.
Jerome ______________ BLANKSPACES "work FOR yourself, not BY yourself" www.blankspaces.com 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) Los Angeles, CA 90036 323.330.9505 (office) On Sep 23, 2013, at 2:27 PM, Alex Hillman <[email protected]> wrote: > A new cafe just opened up in our neighborhood, about a block from our > coworking space. > > This is what they tweeted on opening day: > https://twitter.com/menageriecoffee/status/375650457898999808 > > In spite of the fact that our coworking space has free coffee, and VERY GOOD > free coffee, having a great cafe nearby has always proven a valuable asset. > We're symbiotic, in a way: they're another option for our members to take a > break/have a meeting run by a nice group of people who we like to spend time > with, and they're able to recommend us as as a great group of people that > they like to spend time with, who happen to share a workspace that's more > optimized for certain kinds of work. > > As with everything, this has nothing to do with "cafes" and everything to do > with people - more specifically the attitudes of local business owners and > how they can work better together than they can alone. > > For us, I'm pretty sure we're gonna go together like peanut butter and > chocolate. > > -Alex > > > > > > -- > > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > > On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 8:33 AM, Danilo Salgueiro > <[email protected]> wrote: > I Think the movement is good for the coffee shops. There is a starbucks > across the street of us, and the people dont even buy coffee and sit put the > headphone and start using the internet for the day. Last week they put a > security guy to check it up. For real i dont think they are competition for > the coworking spaces and agree 100% with ROB. > > Em sábado, 17 de agosto de 2013 14h47min59s UTC-3, Dina Lynch Eisenberg > escreveu: > Coffee shops are fighting back against squatters to reclaim their space. This > article raised a question for me. Initially I was thrilled, another tool to > educate with, however I realized the dish is only as good as the ingredients. > Will these 'default' coworkers embrace the values or simply dissipate them? > Big question so I thought we could discuss it. I know many times folks catch > the fever after experiencing coworking so maybe there won't be much change. > What do you think? > > http://eater.com/archives/2013/08/15/newest-shots-fired-against-laptop-squatters-timed-seats.php > > Warmly Dina > > Dina Eisenberg > SpeakupPowerfully.com > Beacon Coworking ( in development) > > > > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
