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cincinnati – Cincinnati Coworks – A Coworking Community & Shared Office Space https://cincycoworks.com We help people start things Sat, 19 May 2012 05:45:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 QC Merge & Cincy Coworks https://cincycoworks.com/2012/05/17/qc-merge-cincy-coworks/ Fri, 18 May 2012 03:13:34 +0000 http://www.cincycoworks.com/?p=974 Something special happened last week. A 1st-year conference gathered over 80 people in a funky downtown space for two days of learning, friendships, and inspiration.

QC Merge

Queen City Merge was, in my opinion, a success. No, it wasn’t perfect, but as a 1st-year conference it can only get better. The conference ended on the Reds party deck at Great American Ballpark. As I left I felt a lot of energy, but also a bit of sadness like when vacation comes to an end.

QC Merge

QC Merge was chartered to bring together folks from diverse web disciplines (hence “Merge”) to show how much talent is in Cincinnati for building web companies.  At the least, it got people talking. After the end of Jen Myers talk “Developers Can’t Design and Other Myths,” a rabid discussion ensued about why developers and designers don’t get together more often.  Why don’t developers congregate over here?  Why don’t designers congregate over there?  Should they congregate professionally or at a happy hour?  Cincinnati’s a good city for cross-pollination. Cincinnati’s a bad city for cross-pollination.

Jen’s talk was followed by Alex Hillman. Now, if you’ve followed coworking at all over the past few years, you’ve run across Alex’s name.  As co-founder of Indyhall in Philadelphia, he’s helped create one of the most successful coworking spaces in the nation (note I didn’t say largest, richest, or loudest).  Cross-pollination of ideas, creating community, gathering diverse folks – Indyhall breathes these ideas and the QC Merge debate was like a coworking values game of Scrabble™.

As a web developer, I am fairly active in the local developer communities. I attend the user groups, hackathons, and happy hours.  You know what I find there?  Other developers.  When I look at the local AIGA chapter’s roster of events, I see all kinds of events.  Same for the AMA, and the Adclub.  There are lots of developer events.  There are lots of designer events.  And there are lots of marketing and ad events.  How is it that someone like me who loves going to developer events has never encountered someone from the these other groups (not until recently at least)?  How is it that it takes a two-day conference to start the conversation?

We want Cincinnati Coworks to be a big part of this conversation.  I ask AIGA Cincinnati, Cincinnati AMA, and the like to be a part of it too. We all want the same thing, and we’ll get there faster together.

Cross-posted on my (neglected) personal blog.

]]> What is Fuel Cincinnati? https://cincycoworks.com/2011/10/24/what-is-fuel-cincinnati/ Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:40:00 +0000 http://www.cincycoworks.com/2011/10/24/what-is-fuel-cincinnati/ In early 2010, Fuel Cincinnati (then, Ignite Cincinnati) awarded Cincy Coworks with a grant to buy furniture (read part of the application). The furniture allowed us to open a space and sign up our first members.  Cincy Coworks is indebted to Fuel, and I’m proud to appear in this video about the program.

]]> Highlighting the Cincinnati Lean Startup Circle https://cincycoworks.com/2011/07/20/highlighting-the-cincinnati-lean-startup-circle/ Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.cincycoworks.com/2011/07/29/highlighting-the-cincinnati-lean-startup-circle/ If you are in Cincinnati, and you are interested in starting or owning a business, online or otherwise, and you are not attending the Cincinnati Lean Startup Circle, then you have a problem.  Here is a sampling of recent speakers.

To name a few.  Here is a schedule of upcoming speakers.

Cincy LSC meets on the 1st Friday of each month at Cincy Coworks.  See you there.

]]> Another Day, Another Coworking Space https://cincycoworks.com/2011/02/11/another-day-another-coworking-space/ Fri, 11 Feb 2011 21:00:00 +0000 http://www.cincycoworks.com/2011/02/11/another-day-another-coworking-space/ Cincinnati welcomes its third coworking space to open in the last 9 months. Hmm, maybe there’s something to this coworking thing.

The Offices at 449 West Wyoming is located at 449 West Wyoming Ave in Lockland, OH.

It’s a wonderful place to brainstorm that new idea you’ve been wondering about — at one of our many desks, conference room or on the front porch.  We’re located minutes from Wyoming, the Post Office and access to I-75.

If you’re in the area, and don’t feel like working at the UDF, check it out.

449 West Wyoming Ave.

]]> We’re Coworking Weekly Now! https://cincycoworks.com/2009/10/20/were-coworking-weekly-now/ https://cincycoworks.com/2009/10/20/were-coworking-weekly-now/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:36:18 +0000 http://www.cincycoworks.com/?p=226 If you didn’t make our inaugural coworking day, don’t worry.  Our next coworking day is Monday, October 26th.  If that’s too short notice, don’t worry!  Why shouldn’t you worry?  Because we are doing it every week from here on out!  We cowork every Monday from 10am – 5pm down at Venue222.  The details remain largely the same as the first event, but you can read about them again on the event page.

This gives you plenty of chances to attend, and us plenty of chances to improve.  For example, here are some changes we’ve made so far:

  • Improved arrangement of tables and chairs.  We’ll try to maintain the 2nd floor for hard-core workers, and the 1st floor for those who wish to work a little less and network a little more.
  • A dedicated door presence to assist participants and to make newcomers feel welcome.

We’re still working on an online payment solution that works well for weekly recurring events (we’re open to suggestions), so pay the drop-in fee at the door.

If you work from home and want to get out, or can work offsite for a day, join us!  See you on Monday.

Jelly San Diego

N.B. This is not a picture of us. This is a picture of Jelly San Diego. But I liked it.

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