Sat 17 Oct
The Community Builders Table
Canning Town, London
.FFS
Focus and Fun Sessions
A productive and
social afternoon.
Six people, one table. Get your work done, and leave with five interesting people.
An imagined setting.
Sixpeople at one table
~2 hrs 20quiet blocks, proper breaks
One cafefound and booked for you
Your own thingwhatever you turn up with
The next tables
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The address comes with your confirmation.
ShapeSocial
Sat 17 Octfrom 14:00
Canning Town
The Community Builders Table
Anyone running a community, an events night or a club, or still working out what theirs is. Then board games with Indian Singles Social.
Sun 18 Oct14:00 to 16:20
Liverpool Street
The Open Table
Bring whatever you are working on. No theme, so the break goes wherever the table does.
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Sat 24 Oct09:00 to 14:30
Epping Forest ยท from Stratford
The Hot Takes Trail
No laptops. Bring one hot take, walk the forest in pairs and settle the best argument at the sit-down.
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Sat 31 Oct14:00 to 16:20
Bloomsbury
The Readers Table
Bring whatever you are reading. Quiet reading time, then a short trail of Bloomsbury bookshops.
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Sun 1 NovFrom 15:00
Marylebone
The Content Creators Table
Bring the content you are making. Then a historic pub, content talk and a content swap.
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Sat 14 Nov14:00 to 16:20
Marylebone
The Fashion Table
Your own work in the quiet blocks, then style, making and the industry in the breaks.
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Sun 15 Nov14:00 to 16:20
King’s Cross
The People Table
No theme, just good people. Bring whatever you are working on and meet the table.
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Sat 21 Nov14:00 to 16:20
Old Street
The Founders Table
Exploring an idea or already building something. The breaks are about building it.
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Sun 22 Nov14:00 to 16:20
Canary Wharf
The Sports Table
Your own work in the quiet blocks, training and discipline in the breaks.
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Sat 28 Nov16:00 to 18:20
Soho
The Supper Club Table
Run a supper club or starting one? Bring your work, then we eat together.
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Sat 24 Oct16:30 to 19:00
St Andrews
The Creators Table
Bring the content you are making. Then an optional pub crawl.
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Fri 30 Oct15:00 to 17:30
St Andrews
The People Table
Bring whatever you are working on. Then an optional walk by the beach to the Cheesy Toast Shack.
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Mon 2 NovFrom 17:30
St Andrews
Community Founders Table
For founders and builders. Then an optional pub crawl.
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Wed 18 NovFrom 13:00
St Andrews
The Fashion Table
Your own work in the quiet blocks, then an optional thrift crawl.
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Fri 20 NovFrom 17:30
St Andrews
The People Table
Bring whatever you are working on. Then optional wine and cheese.
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What we have run
The tables we have run.
With the cafe that held each one.
Sun 11 Oct
The Readers Table
St Mary's Quad, St Andrews
Wed 23 Sep
The Open Table
Space Cafe, St Andrews
Sun 13 Sep
The Reading Table
Hollyhock Cafe
Sat 12 Sep
The Creators Table
Hosted by Dimple
Sun 23 Aug
The Open Table
Marlowe
Fri 15 Aug
The first table
Gaia Bistro
Where we have been
The cafes, so far.
A different cafe each time. Four across London, and two in St Andrews, about three hundred and fifty miles north.
Stylised maps. Exact addresses go out with your confirmation, never in public.
I got a lot of things done. Never been so focused in a while.Simar, 26
With everyone around you working, it really felt like a flow state.Dimple, 27
Met such an interesting bunch of people.Yash, 25
Two kinds of FFS
A Table or a Social.
FFS TABLE
Your own work, then the people.
Quiet focus blocks and conversation breaks, six to a table, sometimes with something optional after.
FFS SOCIAL
No laptops. One theme.
A walk, an activity or a debate built around one idea. First up: The Hot Takes Trail.
How it works
Quiet to work. Breaks to talk.
Work in the quiet blocks, talk in the breaks. Never both at once. Every table is open or themed: either way you bring your own work, and on a themed table the breaks stay on the theme, so you talk with people into the same thing.
You bring the work
Whatever you keep putting off.
We book the room
We find the cafe and keep the clock.
You meet the other five
Curated breaks with people doing their own thing.
The shape of it
About two hours twenty minutes either way. The listing says which shape your table runs.
Quiet work Break Arrive and close
Social
Three short blocks, two breaks.
Focused
Two long blocks, one long break.
Three ways in
However you want to use it.
Same table. Different host, different finish.
Every format runs on the same table: quiet blocks to work, curated breaks to talk. The listing carries the exact timings.
Start one
Tell us which, and we
take it from there.
Whichever of the three it is, it starts with one short conversation. No list and no newsletter, and we come back to every one of these.
Questions
The things people ask.
Is it like Pomodoro?
Yes, a glorified Pomodoro, with structured and themed breaks. And five other people.
Is this networking?
Not the usual kind. No pitching, no badges. You get to know the other five in the breaks.
Is it quiet, or is it social?
Both, one at a time. Silent work blocks, then proper breaks to talk.
What do I bring?
Whatever you keep putting off: a project, applications, coursework, a book. Themed tables say what fits.
Do I have to talk to anyone?
As much or as little as you like. The breaks give you something to talk about if you want it.
How long is it, exactly?
About two hours twenty minutes. Social: three 25 minute blocks, two 15 minute breaks. Focused: blocks of 35 and 40 minutes with one 30 minute break.
Where is it?
Cafes in London and St Andrews. The listing shows the area; the address comes once your seat is confirmed.
Can I run one?
Yes. That is how this grows. Fill in the form and we will come back to you.