CONGRATULATIONS

Leah Derus

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Leah of amorrosa.com is the winner of WorkBar’s “I work from home now get me out” photo contest!  As our winner Leah won a Community Membership to WorkBar for the month of June.  We are so excited to add Leah to our coworking community — The more the merrier!

Her winning entry:

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WorkBar Community Membership:

Office without overhead.  Perfect for today’s mobile or at-home daytime worker.

• Work space (available seat)
• 01 Hour/week conference room
• Work Mon-Fri 8:30AM-5:30PM

The membership also includes:

• Wired and wireless Internet
• Printing/copying/scanning
• Unlimited faxing
• Free coffee/water/snacks/soda
• Access to conference room & meeting room with projector set-up
• Lounge and private phone areas
• Invites to our member events; happy hours, lunches etc
• Invites to our networking/professional events

Congratulations Leah!  See you around the office!

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Thursdays 3:00PM-4:00PM

Open to members and non members

Do you have a creative Mac-centric business? Is technology or another aspect of business hindering your team’s creative output? Have you grown quickly and now realize you could use some organization and strategy? Are you looking for ways to better collaborate? Perhaps you’ve heard about fusion IT and would like to meet in person?

Now through the end of June, fusion IT is offering Open Office Hours in the WorkBar Boston conference room every Thursday from 3:00 – 4:00 PM. We will offer two half-hour sessions to offer big picture advice, without cost or obligation.

What types of questions we can answer:

• How can we make our network faster?
• Why do we need our wireless to be secure?
• How can I stop using my aol/hotmail/comcast/rcn e-mail to use my own branding and appear more professional?
• We know we should back up, but how do we start?
• How can we make our web videos look better?
• Why is our Final Cut editing system so slow?
• Should we upgrade to Snow Leopard? Should we upgrade to Adobe CS5?
• Why does it take so long to export video? Can we make it go any faster?
• We have dozens of hard drives. Is this a safe way to store our video footage?
• What’s the difference between Avid and Final Cut Pro?
• I have dozens of passwords (or passwords on post-its). How can I manage them safely?
• Is there any way to reduce the amount of Spam we get?
• How can we improve the productivity in our office?
• We need a new web site, and have no idea how to start. Can you help us?
• We have X video camera, Y editing software, and we need to put Z on the web. How?
• What is a codec? What is “uncompressed”. What’s better, 720p or 1080i?
• Should I buy a new Mac now, or should I wait?

Ask any of these, or bring your own. Send an e-mail to office_hours@fusion-it.biz to inquire about availability. We look forward to chatting!

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What is fusion IT?

fusion IT serves a three-fold purpose; to inspire, connect, and equip the Massachusetts Creative Economy.

We inspire hundreds of creative businesses through our blog, Creative Reaction. We actively connect people through our affiliations with the  Massachusetts Production Coalition, Ad Club, and MITX.

Our consultancy focuses on ka-POW-er and leverages technology to enable Mac-based Advertising, Production, Post-Production and affiliated businesses to be World-Class. We specialize in companies with video production and post-production workflows. We are the entire IT department for smaller creatives businesses. We are Mac OS X Server and Pro Video specialists for IT departments not possessing these skill sets. We design, integrate, and optimize rock-solid Final Cut Pro editing systems for companies which do not have a Video Engineer on staff. We are workflow specialists, keeping projects moving from conception to implementation, from you, to your client, to your client’s client.

Having worked within the Boston Advertising, Production and Post-Production community for over 20 years, fusion IT is uniquely qualified to help your creatives ROCK!

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HEY STUDENTS,

Summer is just around the corner and getting those extra credits in can get exhausting!  We are here to provide you with a great place to work, study and meet our diverse community of entrepreneurs, freelancers, startup companies and other Boston professionals.

We have a lot of space and various work areas including single desks, multi worktables and work bars – all designed to cater to your individual work preferences.

As for our community of members, you may be wondering how, short of introducing yourself, you’ll get a chance to learn about the projects they are all involved with or the types of companies they have — don’t worry, we’ve got you covered! WorkBar hosts several member Happy Hours, lunches and other events that help foster interaction between our members and encourage the sense of community our space is so well known for — which lends to the fact that we are much more than just a shared office space!

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So how can you benefit?

We’re offering a 15% discount PER MONTH for all full time students (w. valid ID)

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Our space offers:

• Ample workspace
• Meeting space for group projects/meetings – equipped with projection capabilities
• Printing/faxing/scanning
• Coffee/soda/snacks
• Great location across from South Station
• Discounts to Zipcar & Boston Sports Club (located next door)
• Invites to our social/networking events

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Coworking spaces across the country are breaking the mold on office space.  Together we not afraid to be different, in fact, it is the break from normalcy that makes us all so attractive.  When’s the last time you hooked into your office’s air tunes in order to Jam out to Jack Johnson or shown off your greatest compilation Reggae CD to celebrate “Reggae Friday”?

We are NOT an office (n): a room, set of rooms, or building where the business of a commercial or industrial organization or of a professional person is conducted.

We do not exist in the dictionary … we are a COWORKING COMMUNITY!

What makes us different from a regular office is the great community of people we engage with on a daily basis and the wide range of talent from which we are inspired.

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What are our favorite coworking moments?

• Cereal breakfast and emerging trends in green technology… why not?
• Reggae Friday’s … and spanish lessons from our in-house expert!
• Taste testing the latest batch of home brew.. Mmm
• Spur of the moment brainstorming sessions when someone’s got a problem on their hands… here to help!
• Enough ice cream to feed us for a month – Thank you Food Expo and our foodie loving members.
• Hey Happy Hour!
• New member mixers
• Exclusive invites to the happening events around town … because “we know a guy!”

We aim to inspire ourselves and those around us with our thoughts, actions, ideas and ambitions

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