- In any given urban region, I suspect there is a need and desire for co-working spaces where freelancing professionals can go and work will full office anemities without having to pay the crippling overhead costs of their own exclusive office space. A myriad of other positive side-effects would arise from having groups of creative and driven people working independently, but in close social proximity to one another.
- I am a slave to Twitter, and a glad one at that. I want to host a Tweet-Up in January. I'd love for some input on organizing a Tweet-Up with themes, ideal locations, techniques of promoting it and being a good overall host.
- I've applied to several websites for blogging jobs recently and haven't gotten offers yet. I'm not sure in what way I've hit the wall, but I feel as a writer I need to work on my packaging, concepts and sense of relevance. I'd like to co-Author a blog with someone. Team-blogging is my idea of coercing myself into a loosely bonded agreement that I'll contribute and push ideas to their limit with another like minded person. I currently don't have any idea who I'd ask, or what the blog topic would be, but I'm quite open to ideas on that as well.
"Community" will be 2009's new "Green." "Smart-Grid" is going to be bit too, but even the damn scientists don't know what the hell it means yet!
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I am so behind on my google reader ... trying to get caught up today!
I love the idea of co-working spaces. It really can be difficult to focus without a dedicated space, away from the distractions of home. I would be interested in hearing about other people's experiences with this concept and how it worked.
I love the idea of tweet-ups, too, I just don't tweet much with anyone that lives near me! I've tried to find people on Twitter who live where I am moving to next month, in the hopes of getting a head start on meeting people, but no luck. Apparently Twitter isn't real big in Middle GA. I found one girl near my age, married to an AF guy, recently transplanted there, and she is a freelance writer- I thought PERFECT!! But she hasn't followed me back. :) oh well! Good luck with trying to organize one, I bet it would be lots of fun!
As for the blogging gigs, just keep at it! Persistence is key with all the people out there competing for these jobs. Team-blogging could certainly be a good thing for your resume if done right. Hope you find something that works for you!
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