Workclub: Great alternative to Starbucks
The Workclub is our free work cafe on Market Street in San Francisco, and it’s now OPEN! We’ve had a good number of people show up in these first couple days, rapidly creating a very cool, creative space and culture. Come and join us! We are located at 1825 Market Street (at Pearl, near Guerrero).
The idea of the workclub is to create a cafe work environment that is a great place for mobile work: Free coffee, lots of power, great street location, good music, and a clean bathroom. Additionally, we hope to facilitate people actually meeting and working together with each other – for example you might drop in and get some help from a social media specialist, a bit of graphic design work, or help with an esoteric development topic. All we ask of you is that you register for CoffeeandPower and login when you are here, so that we can put your picture and skills up on the wall monitors and website so other people can potentially find you or get help from you.
Some other fun/informative pictures:
The wall monitor shows who is in the club and what their skills/status is. Great way to meet people!
Coffee cart, along with food and goodies dropped off by Workclub visitors. Thanks!
That’s right… THREE different connections to the net. We have cable, DSL, and line-of-site microwave bonded together behind our WiFi. Typically about 10Mbps.
5Kw, 220V Space Heater. You will not get cold here. 
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I love everything about this project. Best of luck guys, hope I make it over some time!
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This is a brilliant idea. Please open a location in Portland, OR!
I like the idea and have the chance of living a block away. The place looks cool but I don’t get it: how can you be closed on week ends and 6pm week day? Please tell me this will change!
What a great and generous offer you are making – free working space. Looking forward to trying it out. I was sad to see that travel bookstore disappear but this makes up for it.
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When do you open in Washington DC?