http://canberrablog.net The joys of Canberra, ACT, Australia Sat, 04 Aug 2007 01:13:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've joined the Australian Blogs Community at BumpZee and added the sidebar widget to help spread the link love. Community is important - and sharing a link is one of the best things that bloggers can do to show it. I'm not sure whether to throw the Canberra Blog Community project into ... http://canberrablog.net/2007/08/04/australian-blogs-community/ In my post on Coworking I mentioned the woeful parking situation awaiting any venture opening in Canberra's CBD (and to a lesser extent anywhere near a major shopping precinct in the ACT). This is a real cause of pain to people like myself who are expected to appear on different ... http://canberrablog.net/2007/07/24/fair-canberra-parking/ Fellow Canberrans Steve Collins and Nathanael Boehm are working on a Coworking space for Canberra. The Coworking community blog describes coworking as a movement to create a community of cafe-like collaboration spaces for developers, writers and independents. Imagine a cross between an internet cafe and an office - for many of ... http://canberrablog.net/2007/07/16/coworking-for-bloggers/ Steve Collins is asking for people to join him in creating a Canberra coworking space. Here's what Steve and a couple of other people have in mind: Here’s what we’ve got in terms of ideas thus far: around 80-100 square meters in the CBD (as I said) 2-4 full-timers with space for a few ... http://canberrablog.net/2007/07/13/a-canberra-coworking-space/ I've worked in Woden for the last 18 months plus, so I am biased towards reviewing Woden purveyors of the noble bean. My experience is: Coffee Guru in the Plaza (near the NAB) is the best - they are consistently good. When they have it, try the rocky road. They do ... http://canberrablog.net/2007/07/07/the-best-cup-of-coffee-in-woden/ Canberra has been, well, cold lately. It's July, and spring is at least two months away. We live in the mountains, so you need to get used to it. Today was one of those cold, crisp, clear mornings - I love them, and talking to my colleague Pippa (fairly newly arrived ... http://canberrablog.net/2007/07/06/surviving-the-canberra-cold/ Hello Canberra. My name is Andrew. I've lived in Canberra most of my life. I've found that I know a lot about living here that might be useful to our partially transitory workforce. I know a lot of other people that know stuff too - which restaurant is hot, where to ... http://canberrablog.net/2007/07/02/hello-world/