The Hat Factory is a coworking space, a place shared by a number of people to pool workplace resources such as desks, internet connections, a printer, while retaining the amenities of working from home or a coffee shop. Members of the Hat Factory are freelancers, consultants, software engineers, web developers, graphic designers, project managers, writers and other independent types preferring flexible workplace conditions.
We do offer free day drop-ins by appointment. See rates.
Video: Coworking at The Hat Factory
Hat Factory Members Now & Then
Eddie Codel currently reincarnated as a videoblogger, producing Geek Entertainment TV on a weekly basis. Eddie grew up in the burbs of Washington, DC then escaped to San Francisco in 1997 when the smell of dot-bubble was in the air. 10 years later and that smell is back, hopefully with an aroma of permanence and realism this time. When not video geeking, Eddie can be found subverting other's realities, exploring worlds beyond the bubble or occasionally playing with rotating machinery.
David Doolin is currently a freelance contractor for his own startup(!), thus enjoying the combined benefits of incorporation (i.e., double taxation), with the luxuries of freelancing (copious free time *cough*). When not enjoying the intricacies of accrual based accounting, or the vagaries of GNU make, Dave can often be found surfing at Ocean Beach, pushing planters of exotic tropical milkweeds onto unsuspecting friends and acquaintances, or staying out way too late on Saturday night.
lorelei is a filmmaker, film archivist and musician who plays theremin for the san francisco music collective, society of rockets. she uses the band's live shows as an excuse to project works from her extensive 16mm educational film archive. lorelei is also the founder of blipverts a 30-second video collective which holds quarterly screenings at the hat factory.
Neil now frequently contributes to Drupal and has extensive knowledge of its internals. He has significantly contributed to Drupal's aggregator, block administration, and has done numerous code and user interface cleanups.
Brad Neuberg's passion is creating open source inventions. He is currentlyworking with Douglas Engelbart, inventor of the computer mouse. Previous work includes Dojo Storage; the Internet Archive's AJAX book reader; Rojo's web RSS reader; and more. He has contributed code to Mozilla, Apache Jakarta, and more.
Jay and Ryanne are East Coast transplants documenting the green and geek communities in the SF Bay Area. Both are ex-television producers and editors who have been born anew into the videoblogging world. Ryanne is the Co-Author of Secrets of Videoblogging; Jay is the Co-Author of Extreme Tech: Videoblogging. Both are the Co-Founders of NODE101 an open source collaborative effort to teach videoblogging around the world.
Chris Ritke doesn't usually tell anybody, but he has a Masters in Physics that he got way back when in Germany. It didn't make him a physicist - it just helped him train his brain to think a little. He spent many years working on and with project management software, ending with the sale of WebProject Inc, one of the first online project collaboration solutions. These days he's involved with different things like 49Media, SpinXpress, Towerpod, and 49Sparks. Oh, that furry thing next to him is his dog Mikey.
Dartcar, a web-based car-lending network, is brought to you by Darius Roberts, an Internet junkie with a passion for web strategy, and Doing Things. Darius holds a B.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Rice University and an ABD in Transportation Policy from UC Davis. In rapidly maturing internet and mobile technologies, Darius sees ample solutions for the environmental crises of our time. Darius 'played' startup once before, in Houston Texas. This time, it's for keeps.
