coWORKing Coffee Talk: Backyard Telescopes to the Rescue – Sept 24th 2013
What to do when you need to practice your presentation? Bring it to WORK! Backyard telescopes and the NASA Asteroid Initiative– now that’s a conversation starter. NASA has invited nearly 100 respondents to present their ideas and concepts during the Asteroid Initiative Idea Synthesis Workshop next week. One of these participants, Phil, happens to live in […]
coWORKing Coffee Talk: The Adventures of a Young Entrepreneur – Sept 17th 2013
“Trevor!” we exclaim as a bright face walked into WORK last Tuesday. It’s been months since we’ve seen him, so it’s a happy surprise. Over the past year or so, Trevor has been popping by for Coffee Social to join the conversation, and update us on his triumphs and setbacks as he pursues his passion for […]
coWORKing Coffee Talk: Exploring the Seen and Unseen – Sept 3rd, 2013
What is reality? Perhaps it’s the world a majority of humans can agree on based upon our species’ sensory abilities and limitations…fragrant red roses, hard stone, wet water, these words. Perhaps ‘reality’ should also include the things we’ve discovered but cannot perceive with our own sense…radio waves, atoms, photosynthesis, scents only a hound can smell. […]
coWORKing Coffee Talk: The Power of Words – Aug 27th, 2013
Words. Big words, little words, made up words, great words nobody knows, we love them all! Since our Coffee Social is all about communicating, it’s not surprising that words would be important. Plus, a sizable segment of the WORK population falls into the writer/editor category. Here are a few words that caught my attention: Sustainable […]
coWORKing Coffee Talk: Genes Gone Wild! Aug 23rd, 2013
What do milk and video games have in common? Leave it to our Tuesday coffee social to find the connection. The topic of genes had its own evolution as the conversation flowed around the table, starting with the organic half and half sitting on the table. Did you know that the ability to digest lactose […]
WORKer-in-Residence – Pet A Luma! Aug 6th, 2013
It’s not a new idea – everyone in Petaluma wants to know how to pet a luma. First off you have to find one! Or perhaps, first you have to create one… Down at the shared workspace aptly named WORK, we are always bouncing around ideas. One of our core members happens to be Jeffrey […]
Working Alone Together – Why People Matter – Aug 3rd, 2013
When your cat has become your chief advisor, you know it’s time to branch out of your home office. That’s exactly why Chris Frothinger joined WORK four months ago. Despite his sweet set-up in his house, progress on his new venture had begun to stagnate. And look what’s happened since! Now, instead of a cat, […]
coWORKer of the Week: Jeffrey Ventrella
by Maggie Hohle www.maggietext.com “An artist who writes software. A visual language evangelist. Someone on a quest to change software development from the inside by bringing in right-brain thinking.” It wasn’t very nice, but I asked coWORKer Jeff Ventrella to describe himself, because I was bamboozled by the variety and subject matters of the books […]
coWORKer of the week – Dale Wannen
by Maggie Hohle – www.maggietext.com Just in time for the further greening of Petaluma: An accomplished investment advisor who decided that if he was going to stay in the brokerage business he would leave a positive mark, for his kids and grandkids one day, and right now, for his clients. For a time, coWORKer Dale […]
coWORKer of the Week – Bryce Young
By Maggie Hohle – www.maggietext.con B Line Schools, coWORKer Bryce Young’s relatively new family business, grew the way all successful businesses do; they identified a need (engaging, interactive, convenient online training programs) and created the solution (online traffic school, online security training certification programs). Young’s dad and he started with the traffic school model, with […]