Comments on: The latest UnThing: Coworking http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2006/10/11/the-latest-unthing-coworking/ Dave Neary's view of the world Sun, 11 Dec 2011 14:17:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: aguafuertes http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2006/10/11/the-latest-unthing-coworking/comment-page-1/#comment-395 aguafuertes Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2006/10/11/the-latest-unthing-coworking/#comment-395 Hi Dave,<p/>shared living for travellers is nothing new, check out <a href="http://www.hospitalityclub.org/">http://www.hospitalityclub.org/</a><p/>It's basically a database of people who are willing to accomodate travellers. There more than 200.000 people in it (well, I guess not all active, but still), and it really works. Hi Dave,

shared living for travellers is nothing new, check out http://www.hospitalityclub.org/

It’s basically a database of people who are willing to accomodate travellers. There more than 200.000 people in it (well, I guess not all active, but still), and it really works.

]]> By: Rob http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2006/10/11/the-latest-unthing-coworking/comment-page-1/#comment-396 Rob Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2006/10/11/the-latest-unthing-coworking/#comment-396 The virtue of coworking (or just regularly working at an office with other people) is that you leave for home in the evening. There are well understood rules how to behave in office while private behaviour is much less restricted. Think of all the problems people have in share flats (especially if they aren't friends). In short I'm sceptical about the shared living concept. :-) The virtue of coworking (or just regularly working at an office with other people) is that you leave for home in the evening. There are well understood rules how to behave in office while private behaviour is much less restricted. Think of all the problems people have in share flats (especially if they aren’t friends). In short I’m sceptical about the shared living concept. :-)

]]> By: Max http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2006/10/11/the-latest-unthing-coworking/comment-page-1/#comment-397 Max Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2006/10/11/the-latest-unthing-coworking/#comment-397 Of course it depends on the personal taste etc. But i can tell from about 10 years of living in shared flats that i really like it a lot. There is a bigger culture of flat sharing here in germany so it's quite commen for students. But i even grew up in a House three families were sharing - 1 kitchen, 1 washing machiene, 1 living room etc. I can say it was really great. There were 3 families with 3 kids and 5 of the adults were working. But still there was always someone around to look after the kids. And kids to play with as well.<p/>Now i am living in a shared flat with 14 people. We buy our food together and cook together and i really enjoy that. There is hardly any way of having the posibility of eating 2-4 warm meals a day while only going shopping every 7th week (2 take care of the shopping each week).<p/>But of course this depends a lot on what you like. And on the people sharing your flat as well. We do have a quite strict policy for new flatmates and that helps to reduce conflicts. Everyone has to agree upon every new flatmate. Actually the people living here are causing less stress than the fact that a lot people move to other towns after some time because they were exchange students etc. You really get to know each other quite well so it's usually a very sad moment to see people leave.<p/>Well yeah. But that's just one way of shared living. There's a lot of people who just do it to save upon the rent and internet connection etc. which is cool too but i really like our common partys and the friends of friends who are coming over regularly and the livelyness of the whole place. But i never lived in a flat alone - so i don't really have a comparison. Of course it depends on the personal taste etc. But i can tell from about 10 years of living in shared flats that i really like it a lot. There is a bigger culture of flat sharing here in germany so it’s quite commen for students. But i even grew up in a House three families were sharing – 1 kitchen, 1 washing machiene, 1 living room etc. I can say it was really great. There were 3 families with 3 kids and 5 of the adults were working. But still there was always someone around to look after the kids. And kids to play with as well.

Now i am living in a shared flat with 14 people. We buy our food together and cook together and i really enjoy that. There is hardly any way of having the posibility of eating 2-4 warm meals a day while only going shopping every 7th week (2 take care of the shopping each week).

But of course this depends a lot on what you like. And on the people sharing your flat as well. We do have a quite strict policy for new flatmates and that helps to reduce conflicts. Everyone has to agree upon every new flatmate. Actually the people living here are causing less stress than the fact that a lot people move to other towns after some time because they were exchange students etc. You really get to know each other quite well so it’s usually a very sad moment to see people leave.

Well yeah. But that’s just one way of shared living. There’s a lot of people who just do it to save upon the rent and internet connection etc. which is cool too but i really like our common partys and the friends of friends who are coming over regularly and the livelyness of the whole place. But i never lived in a flat alone – so i don’t really have a comparison.

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