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Sandbox Suites, gracious hosts of some of FC’s events, is opening a co-working space in Berkeley. Freelance Cafe is invited to the grand opening party! Details below. -mia May 13 6-9pm 1900 Addison St. Suite 200 Berkeley, CA 94704 http://sandboxberkeley.eventbrite.com/ Can’t see this email? View it in a browser http://sandboxsuites.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=514360ca01f55ec69b2ad48cb&id=b12b780e4f&e=046f162c01 You are invited to attend … Sandbox Berkeley [...] So apparently my idea is called “co-working” and it’s not a unique idea by far. Dave Gilson sent me this BusinessWeek.com article about “co-working facilities” popping up all over the place. I’ve logged some of them in previous posts, but there are a number of new ones that opened in 2006. There’s even a coworking wiki to help [...] Rob Gunnison put me in touch with Doug Merlino – a fellow j-school grad who is now working as a writer in NYC. He works out of a place called the Writer’s Room. It’s been around since 1978 and was founded to create an affordable workspace for writers of all kinds. Here’s what Doug says about it. “I [...] TWO ROOMS – A work space for freelance moms. Or at least it used to be. Their website is still working but it looks like their physical space is closed for the time being. I wonder what happened? The main idea (from their website): “Parents work and children play at a facility designed to meet the needs [...] The Grotto – home of Po Bronson and other freelance superstars. It’s an amazing organization with one major problem – it’s exclusive to folks who are already relatively established in the freelance world. Here’s an article by Po Bronson about [...] My favorite space is at 23 Grand at Broadway. It’s next to Front Gallery, down the street from Luka’s TapRoom, and right across from a soon-to-be completed apartment/retail space currently called Broadway Grand. It’s 2000 square feet and costs $3500/month. I have no idea how reasonable that is for the size. Need to do more research [...] mediabistro.com is probably the closest to what I would like to create. (Any name similarity is purely coincidental. If it’s too embarrassingly similar I will make a change – though I rather like “Freelance Cafe” (Dave’s idea)). It combines resources for independents with networking opportunities and special events/classes, and it emphasizes making connections between people who [...] |
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