Carrboro Creative Coworking

CCC will be closed December 24 and December 25 plus January 1, 2010. We will be open December 28 - December 31. The exact hours of those days will depend on how busy we are. If you are coming in those days let us know. The front door may be locked but someone should be here.

Have a relaxing holiday!

On January 29 at 10am Jason Caplain, General Partner at Southern Capitol Ventures, will join us at Carrboro Coworking. He blogs at Southeast VC and Twitters as . Please come and meet Jason and learn about what he does. He'll provide bagels to go with our coffee. FREE FOOD! :)

If you have a startup or are considering getting one going you'll want to be here.

December 12th and 13th, 2009 Caktus Consulting Group is sponsoring a Django Development Sprint here at CCC. Django is a python based web framework.

Please contact Caktus if you have any questions. Here is some more info about the event.

What's a sprint? How do I participate?

See Sprints for information about how sprints work, how you can participate, etc.

Anybody, anywhere around the world, can participate and contribute. We'll be gathering in person in Carrboro Creative Coworking, but if you can't make it you can also help out in IRC.

You can find all the gory details on the Sprints page.

Attendees

If you plan to participate on-site, please RSVP via Eventbrite so we get an idea of how much food to plan for.

Getting there

Carrboro Creative Coworking (CCC) is located in downtown Carrboro and is within walking distance of many restaurants, bars, and shops. The address is:

After turning on Lloyd St, CCC will be on your left just past Rice's Glass. The sign reads "The Lloyd Street Office Center." You can park in the lot immediately in front of the building or, if space is limited, there's additional parking beside the building (just turn into the main parking lot and continue straight to the gravel parking area).

Last week was Carrboro Creative Coworking's first birthday. We opened our doors in early October 2008.

So much has changed. I've learned SO much. I have a beautiful son. The community has grown. So many smart and friendly people work here now. Its an amazing environment that is bursting with energy.

Unfortunately the anniversary came and went without much fanfare. Fact is I'm so busy that planning a party or other celebration was just too much. But sometime soon I'll organize something special. I want it to be fun and different. So stay tuned!

Our survey, and lots of feedback, has uncovered that you'd like a coworking space in Raleigh, North Carolina. Where in Raleigh would you like to see it built? Please take this survey to tell us where. Thanks!

Andy Bechtel, who teaches Copy Editing at the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communications, came by last week. I gave him a tour of the space and we had a great chat. Like a pro he did his research right and asked me a ton of questions. He followed up our talk with some questions via email. See my answers on his blog in this post Q&A with Brian Russell of Carrboro Creative Coworking. Here's a taste.

Q. Newspapers have typically operated from a central newsroom with bureaus in surrounding communities. Now, many bureaus have closed because of financial pressures. How could newspapers use coworking to cover the news?

A. Newspapers could use coworking spaces as ad hoc gathering places to meet and create news. Journalists should be in the field covering the news and regenerating the news beats of old.

Coworking spaces are also greater community hubs. With a diverse group of people working in the same place, lead generation is amplified. Plus, coworking spaces are about sharing resources and are very cost effective.

Thanks for coming by Andy. I'm looking forward to the future of coworking journalist.