Coworking in Birmingham: Part two

Posted Fri, 25/04/2008 - 00:03

All in all, I think today's coworking crawl was a big success. After the last post, which I wrote in Jibbering Records in Moseley (nice coffee), we took the number 50 bus up into Digbeth and set up camp in Rooty Frooty (£1 pastries and lightening fast internet) at the Custard Factory. Despite the initial confusion about which electric sockets worked and which didn't, it was actually a pretty good place to work, with plenty of space and comfortable seating. We all settled down to some decent work at Rooty's, and stayed there for the rest of the day. Despite allegations of "coslacking" in the comments on my previous post, work did in fact take place; I managed to get a decent chunk of coding done.

Five of us took part over the day; Simon Hammond and Pete Ashton had already met up by the time I arrived in the morning, and stuck around all day. Mike Voong joined us for an hour or so at Jibbering Records, then we later met up with Stef Lewandowski, who was already at Rooty's when we arrived.

There's already talk of more events such as today, and some discussions took place about more semi-permanent homes for future coworking sessions. Keep tracking the #brumcoworking tag on Twitter and keep your eye on the Birmingham coworking wiki for future occasions. All welcome!

Comments

Did you know that they have invented buildings speciallly designed for co-working? You can get coffee and chat to people and all sorts. I think they're called "offices".

by Alex - 30 Apr 2008 - 09:36

Alex, (some) offices are indeed great spaces for working in. I think the main advantage of "co-working" in this way is that you retain all the freedom of being a freelancer but gain the benefits of peer support. You can choose who you feel like working with or if you want to work alone. You don't have a boss, or colleagues you're forced to work with, or fixed working hours, or even a fixed location - you can always go somewhere else for a change.

by OrangeJon - 4 May 2008 - 15:09

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