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Read our latest articles to catch up on our most recent updates, advice and tips for workspace operators, and news and insights from the wider coworking and flexible workspace industry.
Coworking life: Interview with Kim Causier (Becoming Sevillana)
Kim is a translator from a sleepy town in the heart of England. She travelled to Seville initially to do a three-month stint in an agency. Despite the hellish job, she fell in love with her surroundings, started her blog, [Becoming Sevillana](http://becomingsevillana.blogspot.com/ "") and decided to stay. She has been a coworker and Space Manager in Andalusia’s first coworking space, [workINcompany](http://workincompany.com/ ""), for 3 years.
How to get feedback in your coworking space
Knowing users' opinions is important for any business or service. Coworking spaces are no exception. Getting direct feedback from your coworkers does not only help you find out about any issues in the space, it will no doubt help you think up ideas on how to make it even better. Analysing this information regularly is another tool to improve your space.
Coworking, maps and learning
Throughout history, man has been interested in mapping everything that surrounds him, whether the lands are well known, recently discovered or imaginary. As a tool, maps have always been essential to help us locate ourselves in the world, but they also influence how we perceive it. For example, to represent earth, which is a geoid, cartographers use a projection system to move the geometry of a sphere to a [two-dimensional plane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_map_projections ""). But, as well as representing the contours, surfaces and angles, they have to decide what other information is relevant and should appear on the map. In one way or another, this conditions the way that we perceive things and learn.
Carles López: "Every coworking space is different in its community, atmosphere and managers"
[Carles López](https://twitter.com/CLParals "") is the director of [CREC](http://crec.cc/en/ "") _(Barcelona, Spain)_, where it's his job to provide his team and coworkers with a suitable environment to offer the best service possible. People and the relationships they forge is his vocation.
Coworking and the future of cities
The second half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st have seen the most important technological revolution of all time. The Internet exploded and has helped make society more connected, has made large amounts of information available in real time and the cloud a work tool or for developing services and products. The coming decades show promise to be exciting when it comes to technological advances: self-driving cars, drones, machine learning, big data, etc. Nowadays, it's not easy to filter tonnes of technological data that we're subject to every day. In an interview with the BBC, Nicholas Carr, offers an interesting reflection on the role that technology will have in the society's future.
#Coworking nom noms!
Food brings people together. When there's delicious grub on the table, it doesn't really matter if the diners didn't know each other before, if they come from different cultures or speak different languages. The food always ends up doing the talking. Eating doesn't only satisfy a physiological need, it's also a social and cultural phenomenon. In coworking spaces, "collisions" between coworkers happen on a daily basis and food can often be a means or an excuse for such. Examples are biscuits baked by a coworker, a birthday cake, sweets brought back from a trip. They're all excuses for bringing people to share something together, strengthening community links and generating interaction.
Will #coworking exist in 10 000 years? Slow the pace, it’s not a race
Technology has accelerated the speed at which we are living and communicating with each other. Just like a Twitter feed, what happened yesterday is already old news. Sometimes we need to stop and mull things over to have a wider perspective. Recently, while reading the book [The Clock of the Long](http://www.amazon.co.uk/Clock-Long-Now-Responsibility-Computer/dp/0465007805 "") Now by [Stewart Brand](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Brand ""), I came across one of its best known diagrams, which I believe could help us analyse or look back on the last 10 years of the coworking movement. Stewart Brand separates civilisation into six different layers, each of which changes at its own speed. For example, there is a significant gap between the almost ethereal tempo at which fashion moves and the rhythm of nature.
Coworking Space Managers: The spark that sets the community on fire!
Anyone who has been involved in the coworking movement will be aware that the most important value for success is the community that is created, grows and collaborates within the space. On other occasions I have talked about my personal experience as a [coworker](http://coworking.nexudus.com/en/blog/read/22483461/sowas-this-coworking-my-experience-at-lanau "") or the different ways you can [interact or collaborate](http://coworking.nexudus.com/en/blog/read/19087077/coworking-spaces-three-samples-on-how-to-get-fun-and-three-samples-about-collaboration ""). A united and active community ends up generating its own relationships, activities, etc., which are usually promoted by space managers, especially at the beginning.
Growth hacking and coworking spaces
The term **"growth hacker"** was first used in 2010 by [Sean Ellis](https://twitter.com/seanellis "") to describe a professional whose main objective is to make a given product or service grow. Andrew Chen popularised the term in his article [Growth Hacker is the new VP Marketing](http://andrewchen.co/how-to-be-a-growth-hacker-an-airbnbcraigslist-case-study/ ""), where he explains the case of Airbnb. For Chen, a growth hacker is a hybrid of a marketing professional and a programmer. In 2013, Sean Ellis created the [GrowthHackers](https://growthhackers.com/ "") community where members share knowledge, techniques and experience.
How does your space celebrate special occasions?
Events held by **coworking spaces** come in all shapes and sizes: they can be formal or relaxed, planned or spontaneous, and there are usually plenty of coworkers thrown into the mix. Sometimes spaces host events for celebrations like Halloween or Valentine's Day; other get-togethers are arranged for special occasions in the space (birthdays, coworker welcome or leaving parties, opening ceremonies, etc.).
Hacking Impact Hub King's Cross
_Door panel, electric locker, card reader, battery, rj45, and wireless._ These are some of the items you need to integrate door access systems. On top of that, these types of systems may as well be used to empower the connections between the community members of your coworking space. When people move into a community as new member, meeting people can be challenging. We at [Nexudus](http://coworking.nexudus.com/en "Néxudus Spaces") have been working for a while on **tools and software** to help members know each other, link social networks and publish skills and experiences.
So....was this coworking? My experience at Lanau!
An oldie but also a goodie, this article on [Deskmag](http://www.deskmag.com/en/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-your-coworking-membership "") explains how to make the most of your coworking space. Depending on your needs, there is a wide range of things you may have to consider when choosing the right coworking space for you.
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