Coworking and Twitter come together in Twazr
James over at Eirepreneur has very neatly brought together the idea of Coworking with Twitter. He has taken the Twitter feeds of a set of Irish developers and freelancers that he knows and spliced them into Grazr. It provides a single combined feed of a set of people who are all in Ireland, work in similar areas and know each other to some degree.
It gives that extra bit of socialisation that freelancers need. I’d love to see people who are starting out in this business in Ireland being added regularly so they get an immediate sense of being part of a group. I have slagged off Twitter many times but seeing the broadcast chatter of that sub-set of people goes some way towards mitigating the lone worker isolation.
Combine it with real Coworking and you have something very special indeed. Each Coworking location would have its own feed and you could subscribe/unsubscribe depending on where you are on a given day. Anyone for coffee?
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Cheers Conor. I must say I’m fascinated with this whole coworking trend. I read one blog the other day where someone had the idea of international coworking hubs such that people could travel away on working holidays (with the emphasis on working) for periods of time. As a free agent I must say that appeals very much to me. I tend to get cabin fever working from home and a complete change of environment would do me alot of good. There are only going to be more and more ‘web workers’ as time goes on so this could develop into a huge market.
That is a superb idea. FONeros taken to a whole new level!
Cool mashup! Thanks for the coworking shout out.
Best,
Brad Neuberg
Hey Brad,
I’m hoping we’ll get some movement on Coworking shortly in Ireland. Probably only baby-steps but we’ll get there eventually. I’m watching the blog and mailing list closely.
Great idea folks! Although this is a fairly tardy response, I agree with an international network of coworking hubs. I run Indoor playground in Toronto, Canada. We offer everything that most other places offer, however we are in a prime location in Downtown Toronto. Close to all the great restaurants, the fashion district, cafes, shopping, the financial district, and so much more. All this is excellent for the international travelling worker.