One of the cool things about coworking spaces is the variety of people that are attracted to working with others from different backgrounds. What happens is that you get a mashup of skills, talents and services that generates new ideas and opportunities.

C⁴ Workspace is just like that. Check out our new Member Skills and Talents page. If you’re looking for someone to help out with a project you’re likely to find them there. And if you find something missing that is a skill you have to offer it might give you some food for thought (“Why don’t I join?”).

So check out the page and then come down and rub elbows with these folks. You never know what will develop.

Members: If you see an error or omission on the list let us know and we’ll update it. If you don’t see yourself listed that means we just don’t know what you do. Tell  us and we’ll add you!

You can cowork anywhere. And sometimes you need to cowork “somewhere” near where you are right now. And that may not be San Antonio.

The good folk at Gangplank in Chandler, Arizona (near Phoenix) have come up with Wurkspaces, a directory of coworking space around the U.S. and internationally. There is an alphabetic listing of spaces but the handiest thing is the map view. They’ve mashed up Google maps with their diretcory to display locations around the world. Just click, click, click to find a nearby coworking space. Add this as a bookmark on your iPhone or other mobile browser.

This idea of a coworking location map has been discussed (and started) in the coworking community before but this is the first user friendly approach that I’ve seen.

Another idea that ahs been bandied about is the Coworking Visa. This is a program where members of one coworking space can access another coworking space at member rates. There’s more to come on that front.

With coworking, you can take it with you.

Sustainability is an important concept at C⁴ Workspace. Sustainability can mean different things to different people: green, long term, viable. Well, in order to be sustainable in the viable, long term sense people need to be comfortable and healthy when they work. That means they’re happier and can work for a longer part of their life. (Which I contend is, and am resolved to being, a LONG time.)

Working comfortably is what ergonomics is all about. The interplay between your desk, your chair, your monitor, keyboard and mouse determine if you’re a happy camper in your office.

A tweet by @SacCoworking pointed out this article over at Freelance Switch. “What Freelancers Must Know About Ergonomics” has lots of good information about ergonomics for desk users, freelance or not. It’s a good worthwhile read.

Coincidentally, C⁴ Workspace is all about people who use desks. In case your were wondering.