The latest UnThing: Coworking

October 11, 2006 work, work/coworking 3 Comments

Anyone who has worked for long periods from home gets lonely. You miss having a coffee machine where you can complain about the problem you’ve been having or chat about your dog’s gastritis. You miss eating with other people. You miss having office noise around you (OK, maybe not so much that one).

So here comes coworking. What is it? It’s a shared space, somewhere where you go to get your human interraction while working – an office with café culture, someone’s apartment with an open door day for people tired of working alone.

Interesting idea. The next step is shared living space, for those of us who spend a lot of time travelling, and prefer to stay with like-minded people rather than in hotels.