I’m a developer.
I’ve spent some time catching up on videos from FOWA London 08, including highlights of some of my good friends giving really great presentations about things that they believe in and think are important.
It’s got me thinking about the audience of FOWA, and how developer-centric the audience is. I think that’s one of [...]

I’ve been involved in a lot of talk recently about community building versus community development, or even community design. It’s mincing words and splitting hairs, but this is an interesting discussion to be having right now. The bottom line is, you can’t really *build* a community, in the truest sense of building from nothing. Communities [...]

Recently on the coworking list, the “what is coworking” debate has flared up again, this time comparing it to an incubator. For context, the original question was posed:
I’m wondering if you all can provide some wisdom on the difference
between a coworking space and an “incubator”.  Is it just semantics?
If there are more substantive distinctions, how [...]

This past weekend we celebrated the one year anniversary of IndyHall’s grand opening. I’ve been making it a point to clearly define what we were celebrating, for a reason. At our party, I added some clarity to the point.
IndyHall existed before the office at 32 Strawberry St was opened, and I firmly believe that if [...]

Earlier this week we celebrated the 1 year anniversary of the first day in IndyHall. Amazing how far we came from sitting on the floor to packing the house and tearing up the Philly Scene on a regular basis.