The first New Workers

We’re almost there.

Tonight, Thursday September 25th at 6pm, we’ll gather in the above space and discuss the remaining steps toward opening New Work City!

Come join us and show your support!

RSVP at Meetup

RSVP on Facebook

RSVP at Gary’s Guide

We’ll be grabbing dinner afterward, if you’re up for joining.

Spread the word! Good things are coming!

We’re doing some research on desks and chairs. We want to strike the right balance of price, comfort, size, simplicity, and style.

Naturally, we’re looking at Ikea

I think we know what we want for desks, but check out some notes below on chairs:

Chairs

• Janne basic black swivel chair, no arms ($35): http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/00122902
• Snille plastic swivel chair, multiple colors ($25): http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S39842528 (I believe this is the style Indy Hall has, but Indy Hall’s chairs dont’ have wheels)
• Moses leather swivel chair, with arms ($39): http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20086724
• Leather swivel chair, arms (Wal-Mart) ($49): http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=6560497

I’m leaning towards the Snile myself.

We may have to take a field trip to Ikea in the near future to test these out

We’ve been thinking about how best to set up the membership system so that it’s a simple and lightweight as possible.

If you’ve gotten online in Bryant Park, Madison Square Park, or Gramstand, for example, you’ve used NYCWireless’s system, which is based on Wifidog.

This works nicely, because anyone can connect and then either login or set up an account. If we got a similar setup running within New Work City, new drop-ins could show up, connect, and buy a day pass online, making the process straightforward and simple.

Wifidog, however, looks like it may be a little out of my league in terms of technical aptitude. (I’m sure I could figure it out, but likely only after bricking a few routers )So I’m wondering: do you think there’s a simpler way to implement this solution? Or do you think you might be able to help us get this system set up using Wifidog?

Let us know what we should be looking at and what your thoughts are on the membership system!

-Tony