The Hat Factory
A San Francisco coworking space in the Dogpatch neighborhood.
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Location:
San Francisco, CA, 94107
Phone:
415-548-3524
Mon - Fri:
9:00 am - 7:00 pm
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The Hat Factory

The Hat Factory The Hat Factory is a coworking space located in San Francisco's Dogpatch a block from the T-Third Muni light rail line. It offers a comfortable place to work with all the amenities, including fast wired or wireless internet, plenty of power outlets and desk space, a printer, audio-visual equipment for presentations, ...nearby park, restaurants, ZipCar parking and a fully equipped kitchen with an espresso machine. Great for creative professionals looking to get out of the home office. Make an appointment to drop in for the day, or reserve a spot and get a set of keys for easy access for only $175 a month or $450 for three months.

The Hat Factory will be hosting a free, open house from 10am to 6pm on Thursday, October 8th. Drop by to check the place out, nibble on some snacks and learn more about the benefits of having a fun place to get things done.

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Tired of the home office? Try co-working at the Hat Factory!
Time:10:00AM Thursday, October 8th
Location:Hat Factory
The Hat Factory

The Hat Factory It's that time again, when the Hat Factory flings her doors open and invites any and all to come and cowork for the day. Feel what it's like to escape the confines of your home office and surround yourself with friendly strangers in friendly surroundings. Hell, it's Friday, just blow off work and come hang out with us....

Coworking is a community of people like yourself sharing common space & resources for the purpose of getting stuff done. Come to the Hat Factory during our open house and get a sense of what it's like to cowork with us. We'll be open all day for drop-in coworking and tours. We'll provide snacks, drinks, wifi, power and desk space. All you need is yourself and your laptop.

We've got a full kitchen and will be potlucking it through the day. Feel free to bring something to share, though totally not required. Parking and public transportation are easy. Caltrain to 22nd Street Station, Muni T line, 22 & 48 to our door in the Dogpatch.

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It's Friday, come hang out with us
Time:10:00AM Friday, July 31st
Location:Hat Factory
The Hat Factory

The Hat Factory Know anyone who might want to manage coworking at the HF?

www.hatfactory.net
The historic Hat Factory coworking space is looking for a manager to take the lead in operating and administering coworking at the Hat Factory. The ideal candidate is someone who is passionate about coworking and and is already part of a coworking community. ...
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Co-Working, that nexus between working at a coffee shop, working at home, and being stuck in an office. This interview features two co-working spaces: The Hat Factory and PariSoMa. The Hat Factory was the first co-working space in the world. ...
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The Hat Factory Join us for a Jelly in San Francisco event with a special Jelly talk with Seth Godin. He'll be hosting the talk from a coworking space in New York City and everyone is invited to tune in to the live video stream as he takes questions over Twitter. See link for more details:

https://jellynyc.pbworks.com/Friday%2C-June-26...%2C-2009

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Godin

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Talk w/Seth Godin via the Internet
Time:10:00AM Friday, June 26th
Location:Hat Factory
Peter

Peter A HF is a great place to work at, with a diverse crowd of people and animals (miss Olivia and Casca), in a neighborhood with excellent restaurants and coffee shops.

June 15, 2009 at 3:20pm · Report
Rusty Lindgren

Rusty Lindgren Anyone looking to work for an awesome start-up in the city, I'm looking for new peeps for our crew. Database people, middleware people, graphic artists, and especially FLEX guys and gals.

May 27, 2009 at 12:37pm · Report
Pete

Pete if those walls could talk, they'd be fitted for cement loafers and dumped in the bay

May 27, 2009 at 9:08am · Report
Tobias Leingruber

Tobias Leingruber I HEART HAT FACTORY

May 26, 2009 at 11:24pm · Report
Schlomo

Schlomo I miss you, Hat Factory! You have served me well!

May 26, 2009 at 8:14pm · Report
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are these your two 1 gallon cans of tomato sauce? you could serve an army well with these leftovers!
May 27, 2009 at 12:52am
Schlomo
Schlomo
I think those are Pete's when he used to make dozens of pizzas a night.
May 27, 2009 at 9:24am
The Hat Factory

The Hat Factory WelfareCSM is a program designed by Tobias Mayer to embrace the change we are currently experiencing in the world. The aim of WelfareCSM is two-fold:
1. To offer low-cost or no-cost Scrum training, including Certified Scrum Master training to individuals in low-paid jobs, the unemployed, students and anyone working for ...a company that has cut its training budget in this time of crisis.
2. To spread the principles, practices and values of Scrum beyond the software world, by training people from other industries, and those involved in other kinds of work or community activities.

The Financial Model
The trainings are open to anyone who wants to attend, regardless of their financial situation. For the main target group (students, the unemployed, those on minimum wage) the course is free. There is a fee of $50 to pay the Scrum Alliance for the CSM certificate, and a voluntary contribution is requested to help pay for the space.
Well-paid professionals are not turned away, but asked to make a payment based on what they judge to be fair at the end of the training, and what they can realistically afford. People are expected to pay out of their own pockets. Absolutely no payments will be accepted from corporations, and participants are strongly encouraged to pay their own travel and accommodation costs. This is a personal commitment, and should be acknowledged and embraced as such by all participants: real change begins within.
The trainings will be held in low-cost spaces such as church halls, community centers or in donated spaces, which could be anywhere. Comfort is not a priority. Participants organize their own lunch. This may be a pot-luck, a pizza delivery, or a trip to a local restaurant.

Enrollment will be by email, and acceptance will be at the discretion of the trainer. Each software/IT professional who signs up is required to bring a second person to the training who is not in the IT business. This may be your spouse, your financial advisor, your attorney, your pastor... another soccer mom or little league dad, an associate from the PTA, or a friend working in another industry, indeed anyone who is interested, and willing to give two full days of their time. There is no such requirement for non-IT people. The aim here is to create a cross-industry group for each training.
All participants will be signed up to a temporary Google group where they are expected to get to know one another before the training, share stories and discuss what they hope to get from the experience. After the training the participants will be invited to join the Scrum Collective to participate in discussion — and in action.

The Trainer
Tobias Mayer. That's me. I am an experienced Scrum practitioner and group facilitator. I have over 20 years experience as a coach and trainer, in many different environments, including community work. Over the past 14 years I have worked in the software industry – the last 6 years specifically in the Agile space. You can read more about me on my web site, and I encourage you to read my blog. I occasionally partner with other skilled facilitators to run these courses.

CSM
The Certified Scrum Master training is one of two entry-level certification courses offered by the Scrum Alliance and delivered by a number of different trainers. Each trainer adopts his or her own style to teach the same core set of principles and practices. An outline description of the course I currently teach can be found here.

The Scrum Alliance ^
"The Scrum Alliance is a nonprofit organization committed to delivering articles, resources, courses, and events that will help Scrum users be successful. [...] the Scrum Alliance's mission is to promote increased awareness and understanding of Scrum, provide resources to individuals and organizations using Scrum, and support the iterative improvement of the software development profession." — The Scrum Alliance

WelfareCSM supports the mission of the Scrum Alliance by making Scrum training more widely available, thus promoting awareness and understanding of Scrum.

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Certified Scrum Master Training for Everyone
Time:9:00AM Tuesday, June 16th
Location:The Hat Factory
John C Fox

John C Fox I've been co-working at the Hat Factory for more than a year: it's a great space, and a fine alternative to coffee shops and the like.

May 25, 2009 at 2:02pm · Report
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Leave your house, skip the coffee shop, settle in.
Location:The Hat Factory
Time:10:00AM Friday, May 29th
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