New Ways of Working Adrian McEwen - www.mcqn.com

Co-working Leeds: Old Broadcasting House www.oldbroadcastinghouse.com A “professional third space work environment” £65+VAT/month or £15/day drop-in Manchester: Fly The Coop www.flythe.coop Co-operative of software devs and designers Adrian McEwen - www.mcqn.com

Leeds: Old Broadcasting House

www.oldbroadcastinghouse.com

A “professional third space work environment”

£65+VAT/month or £15/day drop-in

Manchester: Fly The Coop

www.flythe.coop

Co-operative of software devs and designers

Co-working: Not Just For Geeks The Hub(s) the-hub.net A collection of co-working spaces round the world. Meeting rooms, café-bar, event space, open-plan work areas Professionals, freelancers, third-sector workers Adrian McEwen - www.mcqn.com

The Hub(s)

the-hub.net

A collection of co-working spaces round the world.

Meeting rooms, café-bar, event space, open-plan work areas

Professionals, freelancers, third-sector workers

Hackspaces Worldwide movement of places for hardware and software hackers Provide somewhere to wield a soldering iron More underground vibe to them Long established in Germany Growing movement in US with places like NYC Resistor and Noisebridge hackerspaces.org Adrian McEwen - www.mcqn.com

Worldwide movement of places for hardware and software hackers

Provide somewhere to wield a soldering iron

More underground vibe to them

Long established in Germany

Growing movement in US with places like NYC Resistor and Noisebridge

hackerspaces.org

Hackspaces in the UK www.hackspace.org.uk Embryonic movement London Birmingham Leeds the North-West http://nwhackspace.wordpress.com Adrian McEwen - www.mcqn.com

www.hackspace.org.uk

Embryonic movement

London

Birmingham

Leeds

the North-West

http://nwhackspace.wordpress.com

Other Interesting Models Access-Space in Sheffield Community learning and Internet café www.access-space.org Centre for Alternative Technology Developing technologies and techniques for environmentally sustainable living www.cat.org.uk Adrian McEwen - www.mcqn.com

Access-Space in Sheffield

Community learning and Internet café

www.access-space.org

Centre for Alternative Technology

Developing technologies and techniques for environmentally sustainable living

www.cat.org.uk

Here and Now… Adrian McEwen - www.mcqn.com

A Liverpool Hackspace Fortnightly meetings for now Every other Wednesday evening in Mello Mello No experience needed Adrian McEwen - www.mcqn.com

Fortnightly meetings for now

Every other Wednesday evening in Mello Mello

No experience needed

A Liverpool Vision A mash-up of... Co-working space for professionals A hackspace for tinkerers and people who need more than just a laptop or who make a mess An urban CAT looking at how to make urban living environmentally sound Adrian McEwen - www.mcqn.com

A mash-up of...

Co-working space for professionals

A hackspace for tinkerers and people who need more than just a laptop or who make a mess

An urban CAT looking at how to make urban living environmentally sound

Find out more Looking for people who are interested in helping to build or use such an establishment, or who have ideas on how we can bring it to life. My Blog: http://www.mcqn.net/mcfilter/ Or email adrian@mcqn.net Or on twitter I’m @amcewen Adrian McEwen - www.mcqn.com

Looking for people who are interested in helping to build or use such an establishment, or who have ideas on how we can bring it to life.

My Blog:

http://www.mcqn.net/mcfilter/

Or email adrian@mcqn.net

Or on twitter I’m @amcewen

Image Credits Cube farm: http://www.flickr.com/photos/timpatterson/2320111122/ Old Broadcasting House entrance: http://www.flickr.com/photos/imran/761260108/in/set-72157600729423009 Essen Hackspace: http://www.unperfekthaus.de/bilder/slides/modedesignerin.html Centre for Alternative Technology: http://www.flickr.com/photos/21218849@N03/2705946462/ Adrian McEwen - www.mcqn.com

Cube farm: http://www.flickr.com/photos/timpatterson/2320111122/

Old Broadcasting House entrance: http://www.flickr.com/photos/imran/761260108/in/set-72157600729423009

Essen Hackspace: http://www.unperfekthaus.de/bilder/slides/modedesignerin.html

Centre for Alternative Technology: http://www.flickr.com/photos/21218849@N03/2705946462/