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> What is missing from co-working spaces is some kind of housekeeping rules and enforcement... What’s missing is simple walls. Four walls with a door. What’s m

> What is missing from co-working spaces is some kind of housekeeping rules and enforcement... What’s missing is simple walls. Four walls with a door. What’s missing is privacy and silence, which we have apparently collectively decided is not necessary for all tech work.

woolvalley 9y ago
You can rent private offices at wework, they just cost more ;)
- tachyoff 9y ago
  At this point I’m about to start my own anti-coworking company called MeWork. It’s like WeWork, except every office is private. ;)
  - isostatic 9y ago
    I have one of those, it's called a study, far more productive than in the company office (when I go in on occasion). Because I live 50 miles from a large city, the 4 bed house is about the same price as a 1 bed apartment in London or 2 bed house in Manchester, so we actually have two studies at the moment (kids prefer to share a bedroom), one for my wife, one for me. Last week I was in Kenya for business purposes setting up a new office, again far more productive sat on my own in the apps room plugging various things in, than sat with the PM and some other engineers in another part of the office.
scottinseattle 9y ago
"American office workers have barely looked up while their work quarters have been degraded from sensible to silly. Not so long ago, they worked in two- and three-person offices with walls, doors, and windows. (You remember walls, doors, and windows, don’t you?) In such space, one could work in quiet or conduct meetings with colleagues without disrupting neighbors. Then, without warning, open-plan seating was upon us like a plague upon the land. The advocates of the new format produced not one shred of evidence that effectiveness would not be impaired. They really couldn’t. Meaningful measurement of productivity is a complex and elusive thing." -- Peopleware by Lister and DeMarco

woolvalley 9y ago

You can rent private offices at wework, they just cost more ;)

tachyoff 9y ago
At this point I’m about to start my own anti-coworking company called MeWork. It’s like WeWork, except every office is private. ;)
- isostatic 9y ago
  I have one of those, it's called a study, far more productive than in the company office (when I go in on occasion). Because I live 50 miles from a large city, the 4 bed house is about the same price as a 1 bed apartment in London or 2 bed house in Manchester, so we actually have two studies at the moment (kids prefer to share a bedroom), one for my wife, one for me. Last week I was in Kenya for business purposes setting up a new office, again far more productive sat on my own in the apps room plugging various things in, than sat with the PM and some other engineers in another part of the office.

scottinseattle 9y ago

"American office workers have barely looked up while their work quarters have been degraded from sensible to silly. Not so long ago, they worked in two- and three-person offices with walls, doors, and windows. (You remember walls, doors, and windows, don’t you?) In such space, one could work in quiet or conduct meetings with colleagues without disrupting neighbors. Then, without warning, open-plan seating was upon us like a plague upon the land. The advocates of the new format produced not one shred of evidence that effectiveness would not be impaired. They really couldn’t. Meaningful measurement of productivity is a complex and elusive thing." -- Peopleware by Lister and DeMarco