It’s the Friday before Memorial Day and that means it’s pretty quiet around these parts. Most people seem to be taking the day off to make a super-long weekend and those of us that aren’t don’t seem to be working all that hard.

There is some cool stuff going on today with the coolest being that a crew from KING-5 News came by to interview Susan and Jacob (and me!) for a piece on coworking they’re going to run on Monday. I While they were here, we took some pictures to document our teevee moment.

Pretty fun, eh? I personally like the shot where the camera is right in Erik’s face. It’s not easy to pretend you’re working with a camera breathing down your neck. Erik’s could at pretending to work though.

Watch KING5 morning news on Monday morning or check back here. We’ll link to the video when they put it up.

Also today, Alison from MassageWorks came in and gave us all free massages! Apparently she saw the story in Seattle Business Monthly that features Chris (member #1) Haddad and wanted to drop by and offer her services. Hopefully we can get her to come back again. If you’re curious about it, you can check out the video Chris shot with is new Flip Video.

If watching me get a massage isn’t all that exciting (it’s not), you can instead watch the below which is a response to Charlie Bit My Finger - Again!

Though I’m a writer for print and online outlets, I’ve got a deep love for radio. That makes me particularly thrilled to report that one of my favorite radio shows did a piece on what they termed, “Something called ‘coworking’” this week.

Marketplace covers all aspects of business. Wait! Before you yawn and turn the dial, give it a listen because Marketplace covers business in a very colorful way. Somehow, even as they stick to the roots of business reporting (numbers, business trends and the like) they craft interesting and intricate story arcs that regularly engage my imagination.

Marketplace’s coverage of coworking, may not be a prime example of their best work because it is so short. Still, it’s an engaging piece with a few good quotes that, I think, really helps illustrate the feel of being a coworker.

At Nutopia, in New York, people are there “sharing the workspace, but not the work.”

The reporter also visited one of the most popular Jelly meetups (and possibly the originator of the concept) in New York City where he reported that people were “working together thigh to thigh” (that’s hot!) and even sitting on the floor to be a part of the scene.

Finally, he interviewed one person at that Jelly meet up who had an interesting take on that version of coworking: “I’m not more productive, but I’m happier.”

Nice.

The picture is courtesy of Flickr user petroleumjelliffe. Thanks!

Who loves community educators? We do! Today we were lucky enough to have the whole gang from Teach Street in the office for a big brainstorming meeting. What a crew! These guys do amazing work - make sure to check them out.

Thanks to Dave, Katie & the rest of the gang for coming by and making great use of the conference room.