CONJUNCTURED: Where Physical Space Met Cultural Revolution (Austin, 2008-2014).
Conjunctured was one of the original 50 coworking spaces in the world (Today there are 30,000+ spaces globally) . Launched two years prior to the founding of WeWork. We operated for 6.5 years and grew to three locations across Austin, Texas. This website serves as museum (of sorts). Don’t miss the awesome Flickr gallery of photos.
By Eva Dameron – Tuesday, 23 July 2013 Article in DeskMag
Thoughts & Commentary
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Howdy Corporate Coworking- Part I
A Bit About the Journey to Corporate Coworking This is the first in a five part series on corporate coworking here at Conjunctured, We have been in the kitchen now for quite some time, and are starting to take some goodies out of the oven. Over the past couple of years we have been exploring…
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Efficient, Cheap, and Soulless: The Global Afterlife of Capitalism
Donating to the problem In an NPR story this morning, The Global Afterlife of Your Donated Clothes, we learn yet more about the dark side of our cultural addiction to cheapness. Some 80% of donated clothes ends up in the hands of the textile recycling industry, which simply puts those materials back into the…
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Code for America’s Civic Innovation Hackathon to be hosted at Conjunctured 2/25/12
We’re thrilled to be hosting Code for America’s big hackathon event Saturday, February 25th, at Conjunctured! Code for America is an AMAZING initiative started with the goal of “helping governments work better for everyone with the people and the power of the web.” They’re a non-profit, non-partisan, non-political 501(c)(3) organization that is bringing together tech…
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The Death of the Press Release
If for some reason you decide you want to irritate me by email, there’s a very easy way. OK, the easiest is telling me I’ve won the UK lottery or that you’re a Nigerian prince in a tough spot (unless there’s a funny typo in there — I’m a sucker for a good typo). But the…
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SXSW 2011 Brings Together Global Coworking Community
Despite the geographic distance between coworking spaces worldwide, coworking space owners and community managers have done remarkably well at maintaining and building an online community of support to help one another grow the coworking movement. It’s not every day that you get to take a thriving online community and see it happen first hand in…
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14 Reasons Why Joining a Coworking Space Beats Renting Your Own Private Office Space
For the past two years I’ve heard loud and clear (direct from Conjunctured members) why coworking is the way to go for them. We’ve been open for a little more than two years now and I’ve spoken with just about everyone that has walked in the front door. Members, visitors, and I have discussed all…
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Recap: Two Years of Austin Coworking – Anniversary Party
It was definitely great to see some old friends as well as getting to meet some remarkable new folks too at our Two Year Anniversary Party on August 21 (205 RSVP’s!). It always AMAZES us the exceptionally genuine people we’ve been privileged to meet over time through the Conjunctured community of friends and supporters. So,…
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Help A Classroom Out
Mr. K.'s Classroom On our 2 year anniversary party RSVP Eventbrite invitation we asked generous party attendees to contribute money to East Austin Schools. We are thrilled to have raised $85 via this casual request for donations. To top it off some, Conjunctured is going to pitch in an additional $25 to the cause. What…
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