September 4, 2013 marked our first anniversary and we celebrated with a Birthday Bash. Cowork Frederick members and friends filled our space with the buzz of good conversation. Member Emory Petermann (AKA EZPuzzle) added music. A slide show told the story of our first year. Guests voted for the charity to receive proceeds from the event. Heartly … [Read more...] about Pics from our 2013 Birthday Bash
Coworking Core Value: Sustainability
My goal, with this post and others, is to help sustain commitment among coworking communities to the core values of coworking and to promote those values as a means of differentiating coworking from shared office, executive suites or similar work spaces. There's so much more to coworking than co-working. Sustainability When one hears the word … [Read more...] about Coworking Core Value: Sustainability
Connection
I came across a little cartoon this past weekend about the novelty of a written letter. It struck me as being exceedingly true - at least for me. And, it's not because my email inbox is full of impersonal work-related communication or the occasional spam that makes it through Google's (pretty darn good) filter or even because I get SO MUCH email. … [Read more...] about Connection
Featured Member: Derrick Miller
Our featured member in June has been an IT Geek for as long as he can remember. He "went nuts" (his words) over a TRS-80 computer in middle school, diving into BASIC programming. His dad bought him a Commodore 64 to use at home and the rest is history. Derrick went on to teach himself Assembly, C, graphic design, and anything and everything … [Read more...] about Featured Member: Derrick Miller
New Things (May 2013 Edition)
Thanks to the great input of our members, we made some recent changes to the Cowork Frederick workspace. Let's take a look. Asked for input on how we could improve, members Tom Semmes and Derrick Miller let us know the dedicated desks in our Focus Room didn't dedicate enough space to each person. They also suggested a bit of storage space and a … [Read more...] about New Things (May 2013 Edition)