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16 Jun

My Desk was a Crate: Inside a Work-from-home Fail

  • In Just for Fun, Pro Tips, Productivity
  • 1 comment
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I fancy myself a pretty savvy independent professional. I work out of coworking spaces, I know my way around podcast rooms and media booths, I moderate Coworking Convos with hundreds of space operators, I stream video
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04 May

Hundreds of Zoom Backgrounds That Definitely Don’t Suck

  • In Design - Branding, Just for Fun
  • 1 comment
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Now that virtual coworking is the rage, we’re all spending a lot of time on Zoom. So we may as well make it interesting, right? Here are hundreds of Zoom backgrounds that definitely
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20 Mar

A Coworking Alphabet for the COVID-19 Era

  • In Inspiration, Just for Fun, Well-Being
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A: Acceptance B: Breathe C: Create and collaborate D: Dig deep and distance yourself E: Engage with your people F: Focus on friendship
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11 Dec

Is Your Coworking Competition a Closet?

  • In Coworking, Inspiration, Just for Fun
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There’s an old saying in coworking circles that your competition is not other coworking spaces, but people working from their couch, or kitchen table, or…closet? Our friends at Office Nomads in Seattle recently surfaced an article
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09 Aug

23 Things I Love About Coworking Right Now

  • In Community, Inspiration, Just for Fun, Lists
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For Coworking Day 2018, I wrote an open letter to community managers. They are the heartbeat of coworking, they have an almost-impossible job, and they deserve our undying praise and gratitude. So don’t forget to
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19 Nov

Connecting the Coworking World with Holiday Gifts

  • In Community, Just for Fun, Well-Being
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For the last couple of years, I’ve heard buzz about the included.co Secret Santa project for coworking space operators and members. To be honest, I had every intention of participating, but never got around to it. Until now. Earlier this
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09 Aug

An Open Letter to Community Managers

  • In Community, Coworking, Just for Fun
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Maya, me and Jennifer. I’m so lucky to be in a community run by these amazing women! Huge props to NextSpace Santa Cruz OG community managers Iris Kavanagh and Grace Gamboa, who set the tone early for what a coworking
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19 Jul

OMG, Enough with the “Open Workspaces are Bad” Already!

  • In Community, Coworking, Inspiration, Just for Fun, Well-Being
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If I see another article about how open workspaces are bad, I’m going to scream. It’s a tired old conversation that we long ago laid to rest. Here’s the deal, from someone who works every day in an open
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02 May

Work From Home Fashion Fails: an Illustrator’s Hilarious Case for Coworking

  • In Inspiration, Just for Fun
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To see more amazing illustrations from Tyler Feder, pick up her new book, Dancing at the Pity Party. Get it from Amazon | Get it from Bookshop.org (Affiliate links) Need some work from home resources? Here are a
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07 Mar

13 Coworking Trends for 2018 (GIF-style)

  • In Community, Coworking, Inspiration, Just for Fun, Lists
  • 2 comments
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Each year, when the Global Coworking Survey comes around, I post all over social media that workspace operators, coworking members and everyone else should take the survey. The reason for the incessant nudges to take the survey? The
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Everything Coworking Podcast, GWA
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