Common Office Space
November 16, 2005 @ 07:50 AMThis just came through one of the Ruby mailing lists:
[I]s anyone interested in joining in on a loosely knit office share web geek co-op?
Several freelance GoTo and Play (http://www.gotoandplay.net/) guys will be joining Peat Bakke & myself (http://tablesturned.com/) in a 1400 sq ft office in this building:
Several freelance GoTo and Play (http://www.gotoandplay.net/) guys will be joining Peat Bakke & myself (http://tablesturned.com/) in a 1400 sq ft office in this building:
http://www.portlandartstudios.com/ncs.php
They’re renovating the space now and we’ll probably move in this January. We don’t have a firm idea of how many people will eventually share the space, but we’ve got room for a few more. Rent will be probably be no more than $100/month.
They’re renovating the space now and we’ll probably move in this January. We don’t have a firm idea of how many people will eventually share the space, but we’ve got room for a few more. Rent will be probably be no more than $100/month.
Here’s a joke: What do you get when you combine a room full of web designers with a handful of Ruby hackers?
A: Probably very little sunlight for the foreseeable future.
A: Probably very little sunlight for the foreseeable future.
Bad joke aside, this is one of the most intelligent ideas I’ve heard of in a long time. Sticking 8 or 9 developers in a common area for doing their individual projects? It’s kind of like extreme networking. If you need help, they’re there, and vise versa. I would have to imagine that doing something like that would increase the productivity of everyone involved. For $100 a month, I’d do it. But alas, I don’t live in Portland (ARGH!).
The Ruby scene in Portland seems cool. I must get down there.