Last week I had my 1st co-working experience at The Bombay Hub.
They were hosting the Mumbai chapter of International Jelly Week.
Co-working spaces are not a new concept in Europe and the US.
In fact, last year my friend JP Chaclan from Guatemala was researching about bringing the concept to India.
For a city like Mumbai that’s deprived of space and startups and entrepreneurs mushrooming like jobs were so 20th Century, I think co-working is going to be the rule soon.
Currently you’d see this happening across cafes (Coffee Bean, Bandra being the best example), but reliable and scalable infrastructure is something only a designated co-working space can provide.
Consider the advantages of a co-working space as opposed to renting your own space as a freelancer / startup:
- Shared costs and resources, resulting in optimum allocation, minimal wastage
- Domain expertise / knowledge sharing among peers
- Strong support system, especially for small businesses
- Opportunities and possibilities from networking
- Discovery and constant learning
Resources:
Amit Agarwal of Digital Inspiration has a fabulous list of The 101 Most Useful Websites. I keep updating a similar list locally in my bookmarks, so here’s my humble +10 contribution to add to the awesomeness:
1. Mashable’s 30+ Mind Mapping Tools roundup.
2. Burrp! TV - Interactive TV show listing & alerts manager (India).
3. eBooks & Documents - DocStock | Scribd
4. Scribble Maps - Draw on maps & share with friends.
5. PicknZip - Backup your Facebook photos into a ZIP file.
6. Soluto - Anti-frustration software to speed up your computer.
7. Pinterest - Discover & organize interesting images on the web into clusters.
8. Foodspotting - Discover the best foods & restaurants locally.
9. PocketMod - Great printable / printable personal organizer.
10. 43Things - List goals, share progress and help each other achieve them.
Happy Birthday to my dear friend Nick Gray from New York, who always does something cool on his birthday (and every other day!) - this year he’s donating $5 for every full re-blog of this post to support Archive.org … Cheers for saving the internet, mate. Literally ;)
oats:
Reblog to donate $5 to Archive.org — I (oats) will donate $5 for each reblog of this picture and the complete message below up to $1,500 to the Internet Archive. (sponsored by my side project Airborne LCDs)
Relevant Links: must include with your reblog!
- About the Internet Archive
- First Tumblr Home Page saved on the Internet Archive from 5 Jan 2007
- sponsor FLIR Star SAFIRE and L-3 WESCAM and Avalex
- More Information (why I’m doing this, reblog status, etc)
- Wikipedia Page on Internet Archive
Indians living in the US, you are blessed with the opportunity to save a life…
We’re in need of a few volunteers to help in NYC and elsewhere. Can you help?
- In NYC, Samar is looking for a few volunteers for a few hours this Sunday to help assemble swab kits. Comment on this Facebook post for more info.
- In Boston, Josh Gardner is looking volunteers to help at donor drives he’s organizing, as well as people who have connections to local universities. Here’s his post and he’s asking that people email him at jbgardner@gmail.com.
- Jackie’s still looking for volunteers to help contact Indian temples and cultural centers about hosting donor drives. You can be anywhere to help. She needs people to help email, design, and write. Contact her at anyjackie@gmail.com.
Please reblog!
p.s. For the latest on how to help, and where donor drives are happening, etc. check out amitguptaneedsyou.com. (You can also stay up to date by liking the Facebook page or following this Tumblr)
My favourite drug. =D
Amit Gupta is a friend and photo geek who started PhotoJojo & Jelly.
Two weeks ago, Amit was diagnosed with a rare yet life threatening condition: leukemia.
Even as he’s undergoing chemo sessions, he could use some real help right now.
His friends and colleagues are organizing massive checkups worldwide to find a bone marrow donor and help save his life.
How can you help?
- If you’re South Asian, get a free test by mail.
You rub your cheeks with a cotton swab and mail it back. It’s easy. - If you’re in NYC, you can go to this event Amit’s friends are putting on.
- If you know any South Asians (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, or Sri Lanka), please point ‘em to the links above.
- Organize a donor drive near you (the most helpful thing you could possibly do!) email 100kcheecks@gmail.com. They’ll send you kits, flyers, tell you what to say, and make the whole process easy cheesy.
Need a push?
If you are a match for Amit and the marrow donation happens, Amit’s friend and mentor Seth Godin will profile you or the project of your choice on his blog and send you a check for $10,000 for you or the charity of your choice. He calls it “Eliminating the impulse to stall”.
Above all, let me tell you that Amit is a fabulous person who is taking this whole situation very sportingly and ‘checking in’ at his hospital on FourSquare to be the mayor! He’s a friendly, affable geek who has created wonderful web experiences - especially for the photography community and startups.
Let’s win this battle against cancer. Together.
…Portuguese, Spanish, French and now German!
As per the National Center for Languages, there are over 6,000 languages spoken in the world.
That’s what the European Day of Languages (EDL) on 26th September aims to celebrate
- by showing people how important languages are, and what fun can be had learning them.
As a polyglot currently learning German at the Goethe Institut, it’s going to be a privilege for me to attend The European Day of Lanuages 2011 here. Looking forward to some fun activities, events
and lots of learning! More details post the event.
Interested in learning a new language? Come join the event at Goethe Institut
[Cross-posted on my Travel blog, Exotic Gringo]
Cross-posted as ‘The Never Ending Bookshelf’ on Frugal Juice.
In continuation with my experiment to lead a decluttered and location independent lifestyle, and after having doled out my book collection to friends and strangers
(lots still to go) - today I took a simple step in feeding my voracious appetite for reading while living lean. You guessed it. I joined a library.
JustBooks has branches across Bangalore and it’s fast taking over Mumbai and other cities too. Loved their humble yet quality collection and the overall ambiance.
The flexibility of pick up / returning books pan-India is a major plus and one can even ‘rent a book’ online. I picked the 1 Book + 1 Magazine at a time plan.
So what did I pick up? Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found by Suketu Mehta
Some fabulous cityscape illustrations » via enchantingstories
(via menchiie)
