among the consultants/freelancers/small-business-owners I know through YULBlog in Montreal was about setting up a space that would enable normally solitary workers to have a space in which to work away from the home and gain the benefit of the cross-pollination of ideas and creativity that come from seeing people on a daily basis. It looks like it’s a common problem, and in New York, the people at Paragraph seem to have a solution – at least for writers.
One of the regular discussions
September 15th, 2005 | Co-Working • Montreal • YULBlog
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I wonder how writers will react to those tiny cubicle and such physical proximity to other people working, breathing, reading lines outloud to check them, etc. I really need isolation to work but I’d love to be able to open my door and hang out with people for lunch!
That’s the thing that struck me as well! I would definitely want a bit more space than that and somewhat more privacy as well.
I think a good compromise would be to have two rooms with cubicles, but with one designated as a “shut up and be quiet” room and the other allowing more of what you’re talking about Martine.
I would also try and have an open non-cubicle area that was still a working area, where people could have impromptu meetings and such.
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