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Coworking from Home

48 points by ubac 3y ago

sinistersnare 3y ago
My partner and I regularly work physically next to each-other, even though we both have separate office spaces. It does help stay focused and it's a great change of pace. It is an interesting idea to invite friends over to work with! I will have to try it.
theodpHN 3y ago
Airbnb meets WeWork: The next YCombinator unicorn? :-)
- frouge 3y ago
  In France a small startup named Cohome has tested the concept several years ago. It unfortunately didn't last long but the idea is great. I've had the chance to use it and it was very nice. The issue is that freelancers can't pay much on these kind of services as they often have limited means. The other issue I believe is that there are more people willing to go to someone's place than people willing to share their place.
vhodges 3y ago
It's a jelly! Casual/adhoc coworking at someone home... http://workatjelly.com/ http://workatjelly.com/
- catchmeifyoucan 3y ago
  This looks cool! But also doesn't seem to be up to date anymore (at least for SF)
freeplay 3y ago
If you get enough friends to come over, eventually you can all pitch in and rent a small property that is centrally located between all of you. You could stock the kitchen with coffee and healthy snacks. Maybe you could even get a whiteboard and a ping pong table! Wait a minute...
- fatfox 3y ago
  I see what you did there!
- karaterobot 3y ago
  You joke, but this would be a good idea (I think: I could never get anyone to do it with me). The difference between this and an office would be that you'd only have to go in when you wanted, and it would be located in a place convenient to the people involved, rather than just downtown, or in an office park. You'd also have more control over how it was arranged. Plenty of downsides too of course.
  - lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 3y ago
    > Plenty of downsides too of course. Managing the rental (or ownership) comes to mind first. The rest of the logistics surrounding "stock the kitchen with coffee and healthy snacks" comes next. The "have more control over how it was arranged" part also comes with "need to make a bunch of decisions you didn't have to before". (Essentially just playing devil's advocate; not trying to argue for or against the idea. I'm sure many people would prefer such a set up and many others would not.)
    - throwway120385 3y ago
      You'd just start a partnership or corporation, assign shares, receive stakes from people, and go in using that entity on an office space.
- nicolashahn 3y ago
  It's a joke but a huge difference between this and an office is you only have to be around the coworkers you like
  - saurik 3y ago
    And you don't have to work for the same company, which means if you change jobs you don't suddenly lose your social network.
cameroncf 3y ago
I feel this article 100%. Too many people think that remote work means "working from home" or that co-working means "working from WeWork". There are tons of different variations that let you get out and be around other people while working remote. I have long wanted to start a small fun workspace with space for 5 or so people that's really just a place for us all to do work together without being in a traditional office or our houses. A space we can define ourselves (or I define and invite others) that is not my house and also not a stuffy office. IMHO - This is the future of work.
VLM 3y ago
Why can't they use the library? Ours are very nice.
- philipkglass 3y ago
  Libraries are very nice for focused solo work, but all the ones I have been to are supposed to be quiet places. If you need to join meetings and talk they don't work very well.
  - LesZedCB 3y ago
    my local libaries (king county, WA) have dedicated meeting rooms you can book online ahead of time!
- granshaw 3y ago
  Tried that in the past but the wifi speed was too awful for even voice only zooming
ozim 3y ago
Quite hard with the meetings and all. But managed to have close friends come over to stay for a week at our place and we plan do go visit them for a week. Great benefit of remote work. I don’t have to take time off to visit long distance friends or align vacation time with them which seemed earlier impossible because everyone has different commitments and well we would have to align a lot of people to agree on single destination…
Krisjohn 3y ago
I've set up a spare PC at my mother's place so I can help her out when she needs it (I'm in my late 40s) and still do my work remotely. Her house is half way to my office, so it doesn't cost much time. Unfortunately all my friends are too far away to make working at their places less time consuming than going to the office.

48 points by ubac 3y ago

My partner and I regularly work physically next to each-other, even though we both have separate office spaces. It does help stay focused and it's a great change of pace. It is an interesting idea to invite friends over to work with! I will have to try it.

theodpHN 3y ago

Airbnb meets WeWork: The next YCombinator unicorn? :-)

frouge 3y ago
In France a small startup named Cohome has tested the concept several years ago. It unfortunately didn't last long but the idea is great. I've had the chance to use it and it was very nice. The issue is that freelancers can't pay much on these kind of services as they often have limited means. The other issue I believe is that there are more people willing to go to someone's place than people willing to share their place.

vhodges 3y ago

It's a jelly! Casual/adhoc coworking at someone home... http://workatjelly.com/ http://workatjelly.com/

catchmeifyoucan 3y ago
This looks cool! But also doesn't seem to be up to date anymore (at least for SF)

freeplay 3y ago

If you get enough friends to come over, eventually you can all pitch in and rent a small property that is centrally located between all of you. You could stock the kitchen with coffee and healthy snacks. Maybe you could even get a whiteboard and a ping pong table! Wait a minute...

fatfox 3y ago
I see what you did there!
karaterobot 3y ago
You joke, but this would be a good idea (I think: I could never get anyone to do it with me). The difference between this and an office would be that you'd only have to go in when you wanted, and it would be located in a place convenient to the people involved, rather than just downtown, or in an office park. You'd also have more control over how it was arranged. Plenty of downsides too of course.
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 3y ago
  > Plenty of downsides too of course. Managing the rental (or ownership) comes to mind first. The rest of the logistics surrounding "stock the kitchen with coffee and healthy snacks" comes next. The "have more control over how it was arranged" part also comes with "need to make a bunch of decisions you didn't have to before". (Essentially just playing devil's advocate; not trying to argue for or against the idea. I'm sure many people would prefer such a set up and many others would not.)
  - throwway120385 3y ago
    You'd just start a partnership or corporation, assign shares, receive stakes from people, and go in using that entity on an office space.
nicolashahn 3y ago
It's a joke but a huge difference between this and an office is you only have to be around the coworkers you like
- saurik 3y ago
  And you don't have to work for the same company, which means if you change jobs you don't suddenly lose your social network.

cameroncf 3y ago

I feel this article 100%. Too many people think that remote work means "working from home" or that co-working means "working from WeWork". There are tons of different variations that let you get out and be around other people while working remote. I have long wanted to start a small fun workspace with space for 5 or so people that's really just a place for us all to do work together without being in a traditional office or our houses. A space we can define ourselves (or I define and invite others) that is not my house and also not a stuffy office. IMHO - This is the future of work.

VLM 3y ago

Why can't they use the library? Ours are very nice.

philipkglass 3y ago
Libraries are very nice for focused solo work, but all the ones I have been to are supposed to be quiet places. If you need to join meetings and talk they don't work very well.
- LesZedCB 3y ago
  my local libaries (king county, WA) have dedicated meeting rooms you can book online ahead of time!
granshaw 3y ago
Tried that in the past but the wifi speed was too awful for even voice only zooming

ozim 3y ago

Quite hard with the meetings and all. But managed to have close friends come over to stay for a week at our place and we plan do go visit them for a week. Great benefit of remote work. I don’t have to take time off to visit long distance friends or align vacation time with them which seemed earlier impossible because everyone has different commitments and well we would have to align a lot of people to agree on single destination…

Krisjohn 3y ago

I've set up a spare PC at my mother's place so I can help her out when she needs it (I'm in my late 40s) and still do my work remotely. Her house is half way to my office, so it doesn't cost much time. Unfortunately all my friends are too far away to make working at their places less time consuming than going to the office.