My Curious Life

Aside from feeling like I’ve been out of circulation (in the design community sense) for way too long, I’m also finding that the whole co-working thing is reminiscent of the time I spent in my high school years hanging out with other like-minded creative folks (shout out to Eric, Nabeel and Dean … why don’t you old farts blog?) and my time in Europe, where you didn’t know anything unless you hung out at the coffee shops. It’s really amazing how the presence of other inspiring people can bring out the best in yourself and the work you do.

I came across a great video on co-working thanks to Tara Hunt’s blog, and I’m shamelessly using a quote from the video by Chris Messina for the title of my post. I think that co-working (or any shared, in-person meeting of open minds) can be a great petri dish for growing new ideas or helping older ideas grow and flourish. Chris nailed it by calling it accelerated serendipity … a beautiful description!

So, waking from my collaborative slumber only recently as part of Fourio, I think I’m going to have to check out the local co-working place, CubeSpace, and see if the next Fourio group think should be held in a more serendipitous locale.