WebUrbanist’s recent article on these super cool and sexy workstations point to a future where we’ll spend even more time on computers and the internet:

But it strikes me that these workstations are designed to keep you in them for long periods of time. This would limit the physical social interaction with the people working around [...]

Fancy a day working from the Fly The Coop in Manchester’s Northern Quarter?
We’re offering a free desk each month.
Just tweet “I’d like to win a free Manchester hot-desk day at @fly_the_coop” and we’ll pick a winner at the start of every month. Follow us on Twitter @fly_the_coop and get tweeting!
Terms: The hot-desk day must be booked [...]

Good News! FlyThe.Coop currently has 2 permanent desks avaialable on a first-come first-served basis!
For only £200 per month you could have a desk in a vibrant space in the Northern Quarter with other freelancers and webby/techie folk. See our Members page to see who else works here. Don’t worry if you don’t do web design [...]

You’re invited to our launch co-working day on Wednesday 10th March 2010 from 9am – 5pm at MadLab/FlyThe.Coop (36-40 Edge Street, Manchester, M4 1HN).
Come along to meet other interesting freelancers and entrepreneurs, discover co-working, share what you’re working on, help and be helped, learn about collaboration opportunities and see the FlyThe.Coop space.
Celebrate the launch of [...]

We have a new regular event aimed at building community and trust among FlyThe.Coop members, and to encourage collaboration: Collaboration Meetups, every other Wednesday, 5-6pm.
FlyThe.Coop’s Collaboration Meetups are for members to share what they are working on, and problems/issues they are having with their work, and any ideas they want to collaborate on. 2 of [...]

Over the last few days the global Co-Working community have pitched in to buy the domain http://coworking.com so check it out!
It has a great minimal look and briefly explains what Co-Working is and where to find out more – just what it needs to do, and nothing more. Here’s a snapshot:

This morning we hosted a meeting between a handful of Co-Working spaces across the North of the UK to discuss a roaming agreement between the spaces.

Old Broadcasting House in Leeds, The Media Center in Huddersfield, OpenSpace in Hulme (Manchester) and FlyThe.Coop (us) met and agreed that we want to encourage co-workers to co-work between cities [...]