I was at  the New Work City Kickoff Party Saturday night for a new CoWorking space in Manhattan, the first, actually.   Meant to write about this earlier but life got in the way (and maybe, the NYC Marathon, Sunday).

However, ReadWriteWeb has a Coworking Roundup… explaining what Coworking is all about … basicly, people who could work at home but would rather work in a group setting, sharing the costs.  People need social contact and work is often better done in the company of others than alone.   Here’s the information on New Work City, on 200 Varrick Street.

Here’s some photos I took on Saturday night

Tara Hunt

Guy from Berkeley, Tony, etc.

Sanford

I think it’s going to be interesting to see how many people use the Manhattan Coworking space; I had no idea Brooklyn had a CoWorking space in Williamsburg, right near Bedford Avenue.

At this time, I have no need of Coworking, personally, but I can see it as an alternative to some businesses that actually rent office space now.