Brighton Dynamic from The Skiff In my last post I talked about how AI is amplifying the isolation of working from home. Now for a few more things to get humans back in your life... This week A/C has been fighting against AI driven isolation. Many members are coming for extra days of coworking at The Skiff to escape the heatwave. Imagine working comfortably in an Air-Conditioned space that's 10 degrees cooler than your home office! (And also has big-screen monitors you can plug your laptop...
about 6 hours ago • 3 min read
Brighton Dynamic from The Skiff My work has completely changed in 2026. If you're a software developer like me, or you work for a software company, you're probably experiencing this too. For everyone else with jobs that can be done working from home, I suspect the change is not far away. It feels almost as significant as when I started working from home 20 years ago. Somehow I've avoided writing about it in this newsletter up to now. Partly because it's been exhausting keeping up with what...
28 days ago • 2 min read
Brighton Dynamic from The Skiff This Saturday and Sunday are the last two days of The Skiff being transformed into The Imposter Club, venue 20 in the central trail of Brighton Artist Open Houses with 8 artists doing print, illustration, mixed media, digital art, printmaking and more. Such a fantastic open house space!We popped in yesterday and were there for nearly an hour. My kids loved it, are still talking about it and finally think that I work with cool people - Alice DM "i went to a...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Brighton Dynamic from The Skiff Most billion-dollar companies make me nervous. That’s especially true when a small business has to depend on one of them. But for more than a decade, almost all my income has flowed through one billion-dollar company before reaching me. Four of the SaaS businesses I helped reach $1 million in annual recurring revenue used it. The Skiff has collected £1.95 million in coworking membership fees through it too. That company is Stripe. So when they invited me to...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Brighton Dynamic from The Skiff In the first 4 weekends of May The Skiff is being transformed into The Imposter Club, venue 20 in the central trail of Brighton Artist Open Houses. 8 Skiffmates will be taking over the space to exhibit art and run workshops. Expect installations, drawings, paintings, photography, 3d printing, games, doodling, t-shirts, cartoons, merch and much more. For the workshops Imposter Club Presents… Nodeventure on Sat 2nd May Doodling is Good For Us on Sun 3rd May & Sat...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Brighton Dynamic from The Skiff "What's a project you're excited about right now?" It's one of the best questions you can ask when you meet someone in almost any context. It beats "So, what do you do?" every time, and you're far more likely to remember the answer. I love asking it when I meet people at The Skiff, at meetups, or at conferences. I’m curious to hear your answer to that question. So...What’s a project you’re working on that you’re excited about? I’ll go first. I’m currently (and...
7 months ago • 1 min read
Brighton Dynamic from The Skiff I’ve been reading the updated and expanded edition of one of my favourite books, Deploy Empathy. It’s a practical guide to interviewing customers that I often recommend to clients. Though it’s written for people building software products, its lessons apply to any business. The new edition introduces the Four Forces model from Jobs-to-be-Done theory. It got me thinking about reframing what I've learned from talking to people like you when considering coworking:...
10 months ago • 1 min read
Brighton Dynamic from The Skiff I heard something troubling recently – twice, from two different people. They thought The Skiff had closed, or that we’d changed hands during the pandemic, like other workspaces that didn’t make it. Bonkers, right? The truth is, The Skiff’s in the best shape it’s been in over five years. Honestly, I think it’s better now than when we had a bigger space. We’re actually plotting what version 5.0 of The Skiff might look like. Next year will mark the company’s 20th...
about 1 year ago • 2 min read
Brighton Dynamic from The Skiff There are so many great places to work in Brighton. I recommend you try them all. If I was't happy working from The Skiff (and from my home) top of my list to try would be: https://platf9rm.com/ https://www.projectsclub.co.uk/ https://wrap.space/ https://www.plusxinnovation.com/ https://www.yolkhouse.com/ https://www.freedomworks.space/ https://www.werksgroup.org.uk/ I think they all provide one day free trials - make the most of them! If I've missed one you'd...
almost 2 years ago • 2 min read