Comments on: Coworking Crawl http://peteashton.com/2008/04/coworking_crawl/ This is my blog. There are many like it, but this one is mine. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:06:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: James http://peteashton.com/2008/04/coworking_crawl/comment-page-1/#comment-58297 James Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:04:57 +0000 http://peteashton.com/?p=6687#comment-58297 People in Wolverhampton should also check out http://www.wolverhamptonsp.co.uk/spark/ for co-working relatedness. And creatives in general should take a look at: http://www.creativesonthemove.co.uk/ People in Wolverhampton should also check out http://www.wolverhamptonsp.co.uk/spark/ for co-working relatedness.

And creatives in general should take a look at: http://www.creativesonthemove.co.uk/

]]> By: James http://peteashton.com/2008/04/coworking_crawl/comment-page-1/#comment-58296 James Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:59:41 +0000 http://peteashton.com/?p=6687#comment-58296 People in Wolverhampton should also check out http://www.wolverhamptonsp.co.uk/spark/ for co-working relatedness. People in Wolverhampton should also check out http://www.wolverhamptonsp.co.uk/spark/ for co-working relatedness.

]]> By: Pete Ashton http://peteashton.com/2008/04/coworking_crawl/comment-page-1/#comment-57725 Pete Ashton Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:51:06 +0000 http://peteashton.com/?p=6687#comment-57725 Oh, and if anyone wants to use this stuff as part of a larger wifi guide they can take it as long as it's credited with a link back here. Oh, and if anyone wants to use this stuff as part of a larger wifi guide they can take it as long as it’s credited with a link back here.

]]> By: Pete Ashton http://peteashton.com/2008/04/coworking_crawl/comment-page-1/#comment-57705 Pete Ashton Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:29:31 +0000 http://peteashton.com/?p=6687#comment-57705 Oh, and having other people around to watch your stuff has been invaluable, especially after drinking so much tea! Oh, and having other people around to watch your stuff has been invaluable, especially after drinking so much tea!

]]> By: Pete Ashton http://peteashton.com/2008/04/coworking_crawl/comment-page-1/#comment-57704 Pete Ashton Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:28:52 +0000 http://peteashton.com/?p=6687#comment-57704 We should probably make up a checklist of things to look out for, maybe on that coworking wiki? http://coworking.pbwiki.com/CoworkingBirmingham I'd second Light House. If I was in Wolves I'd be there all the time. When I do pop over it's always lovely and a lot more chilled than Birmingham. We should probably make up a checklist of things to look out for, maybe on that coworking wiki?

http://coworking.pbwiki.com/CoworkingBirmingham

I’d second Light House. If I was in Wolves I’d be there all the time. When I do pop over it’s always lovely and a lot more chilled than Birmingham.

]]> By: James http://peteashton.com/2008/04/coworking_crawl/comment-page-1/#comment-57684 James Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:47:59 +0000 http://peteashton.com/?p=6687#comment-57684 This is a really good experiment. Maybe you could review each location in a separate post and tag them with 'co-working' etc. with your personal suggestions/reviews of locations people can work from? There's plenty of 'free wifi' search engines, but very few have any information about the locations themselves - not real information anyway. Does the wifi always work or is it slow/temperamental? Are there powers sockets? Does the food suck? Are you likely to get mugged if you turn up with your flashy laptop? And so on! Personal recommendations are definitely the way to go, they're like gold dust. I live and work in Wolverhampton and the Lock Works Cafe in the Lighthouse Media Centre (Old Chubb building) in the City Centre is a great place to work from. Free wifi, good food and drink (alcohol too), usually quite in the morning and afternoon, not too packed at lunch time, quiet music, nice lighting, good seating and tables, lots of creative types wondering about, and when it's nice you can sit 'outside' under the glass roof. As a solo web worker who likes to get out of the house from time to time (I'm trying to make it at least one day a week) my main concern is what to do when nature calls! Packing everything up to nip for a quick pee is most annoying! Maybe I need to find some co-workers in Wolves? This is a really good experiment. Maybe you could review each location in a separate post and tag them with ‘co-working’ etc. with your personal suggestions/reviews of locations people can work from?

There’s plenty of ‘free wifi’ search engines, but very few have any information about the locations themselves – not real information anyway. Does the wifi always work or is it slow/temperamental? Are there powers sockets? Does the food suck? Are you likely to get mugged if you turn up with your flashy laptop? And so on!

Personal recommendations are definitely the way to go, they’re like gold dust.

I live and work in Wolverhampton and the Lock Works Cafe in the Lighthouse Media Centre (Old Chubb building) in the City Centre is a great place to work from. Free wifi, good food and drink (alcohol too), usually quite in the morning and afternoon, not too packed at lunch time, quiet music, nice lighting, good seating and tables, lots of creative types wondering about, and when it’s nice you can sit ‘outside’ under the glass roof.

As a solo web worker who likes to get out of the house from time to time (I’m trying to make it at least one day a week) my main concern is what to do when nature calls! Packing everything up to nip for a quick pee is most annoying! Maybe I need to find some co-workers in Wolves?

]]> By: simon gray http://peteashton.com/2008/04/coworking_crawl/comment-page-1/#comment-57652 simon gray Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:08:53 +0000 http://peteashton.com/?p=6687#comment-57652 If there's more than two of you trying to work together at Rooty's, I noticed in Maplin the other day something which looks quite useful (if at £80 a little on the pricey side) - a '<a href="http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?ModuleNo=48490&doy=24m4" title="long life laptop battery" rel="nofollow">universal laptop battery pack</a>' which claims to give about five hours continuous use (it doesn't say whether that's on top of your own battery); though I imagine it'll weigh in as a fairly hefty lump. If there’s more than two of you trying to work together at Rooty’s, I noticed in Maplin the other day something which looks quite useful (if at £80 a little on the pricey side) – a ‘universal laptop battery pack‘ which claims to give about five hours continuous use (it doesn’t say whether that’s on top of your own battery); though I imagine it’ll weigh in as a fairly hefty lump.

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