Coworking is essentially someone organising a space for people to work together who could be from different firms, freelancers etc. to work together in a shared space.

I really like this idea. I know when I was freelancing in the past I would have loved to be around other people working in related areas, sharing ideas etc. There would be great networking opportunities along with sharing the cost of rent, communications equipment and so on. And you can start going a bit crazy from lack of social contact if just working from home. :)

The New York Times has a great article on it here...

This is taking off now in Ireland too. More info at www.coworking.ie