A new hackspace!
Like, whatever.
Ara, Dave, Jeff and I have been on a mission these past few months to build a new kind of space downtown: a place where a handful of knowledge workers can concentrate and be productive, but still collaborate and enjoy working in public. It’s not a cafe or an incubator; it’s not even a coworking space, exactly. It’s more of a club.
Ara found the perfect spot. It has a big community room up front and two smaller offices in back that (for now) will serve as a dedicated office for us and a deadline/conference room to share. The downside? The entire space was gutted and trashed. So we’ve been outfitting it as an office, debating names (winner: dojo4), scraping it, painting it, and performing interior-design-by-committee, among other things. These pictures show the first finish—we haven’t quite moved in yet, but we’re ready to.
Enroute we established a corporate entity to manage the joint; learned about each other’s carpet preferences; and enjoyed warm beers on its sunny front porch.
As you can imagine, we’re excited. dojo4 promises to be a great place to work. We’re hoping others will agree, and will come find us there.
(Check out the dojo4 pages on posterous or @dojo4 on Twitter for the freshest information about dojo4.)