Sorry, this must seem like insider-speak to you, but these terms actually have international grip. Hooray internet for leveling the playing field and standardizing the vocabulary.
Normally if you don't understand the vocabulary, I'd recommend the google. You can even use the google to search all the past entries to this mailing list. There are hundreds of people discovering all these concepts every week and I'm sure there are lots of questions that can be solved with a visit to the search engines as long as you know what to search for. ** Likemind: http://likemind.us/#orl ** Two guys from New York who had never met in Meat Space decided to get together for coffee. They invited all their friends, but just the two of them showed up. The next month, dozens of folks were there, and pretty soon lots of folks in other cities were emailing Piers and Noah asking if they could have coffee meetups. People getting together for good conversation and a cuppa on select Friday mornings. Ours is held at B&S Daily Market, 47 E Robinson St (downtown Orlando). The next likemind should be March 21 from 8AM till about 11, sometimes earlier, sometimes much later. ** Jelly (see also: Coworking): http://workatjelly.com/ ** Amit in New York didn't like the idea of having to pay someone so we could work along side his mates, and I also think New York's rules about having several businesses occupy one space are different, so they started having "work parties" at his apartment. I don't remember where the term Jelly comes from, but it's a fun word, and other cities have gotten into it - in Philly they call it "Cream Cheese". Working in someone's living room is different from working in a designated space, but still infinitely better than working in a noisy coffee shop with the feeling like you need to buy something. We have intermittent Jelly sessions, but nothing official just now. Normally Fridays are good days to catch this somewhere in town. There's also a regular coworking Tuesday nights in Winter Park at the Cup-O-Soul coffee shop. It's hosted by the Central Florida PHP User's group, but everyone is welcome. The coffee is excellent and there is a private meeting room which seats 6-8 people and plenty of spillover space in the front and outside. 7PM every tuesday, 906 W Fairbanks Ave. ** BarCamp http://barcamporlando.com also http://barcamp.org ** Most conferences have a closed list for presenters, but some geeks in San Francisco got a little steamed up when someone had a conference with a closed guest list, so they decided to make their own. They only gave themselves a week to plan it, so there wasn't a lot of formal sponsorships and no time to make schedules, so they let everyone sign up to present when they showed up in the morning. Donated space, food and shirts got hundreds of people in the door on short notice, and again, people all over the world saw BarCamp as the kind of event they'd like to have in their city. In Orlando, we'll be having our second BarCamp in the Wall Street Plaza downtown on April 5th and 6th. Welcome to the in-crowd. Now you can speak like a social media nerd too! Peace, Ryan Price ryanpricemedia.com On Feb 22, 2008, at 3:14 PM, Riggs wrote: > > Thanks for the invites. Since I am new to this I was hoping you could > translate Likemend, Jelly-style and Bar Camp. They all sound > intersting. > > Regards, > > Joe Regenstein > 407-497-3828 > > On Feb 18, 12:55 am, Ryan Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Joe, >> >> Tonight (Monday the 18th) in downtown Orlando there is a Florida >> Creatives Happy Hour - sadly, this moth's Likemind has passed, but >> this weekend there is a BarCamp in Miami if you're interested in >> making the trip down. >> >> Florida Creatives is a networking group with lots of attendance by >> local geeks. You'll want to check out the website for info and head >> to the Crooked Bayou, 50 E Central Blvd, Orlando - we'll be there >> from 6-9PM, and we're there every 3rd Monday of the month without >> fail. >> >> Here are some links for you:http://floridacreatives.comhttp:// >> groups.google.com/group/florida-creativeshttp://groups.google.com/ >> group/coworking-orlandohttp://groups.google.com/group/ >> barcamporlando-announcements >> >> BarCamp Orlando is coming up in the first week of April, also in >> downtown. Because Orlando is so suburban, expect Coworking to happen >> in a central location most times, but I know some folks are out in >> the UCF/Waterford area. >> >> http://wiki.floridacreatives.com/index.php/Orlando_wifi >> This page also has a pretty recent list of known hotspots in town. >> It's editable, so if you come across any, please add them. We >> consider chain stores to be easy to find - Panera Bread, Moe's >> Burritos, Denny's - so they're not listed, but there are a few near >> Oviedo. >> >> It would be great if Orlando could sustain several spaces, but we >> don't have a dense enough concentration in any one area to make the >> first one happen - we're doing lots with meetups, lunches and Jelly- >> style events - coworking in someone's living room - for now. >> >> Hope to see you around soon. >> >> Peace, >> Ryan Price >> ryanpricemedia.com >> 407-484-8528 >> skype: pfalliance >> aim: kerm52 >> jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> On Feb 17, 2008, at 5:24 PM, Greg Pederson wrote: >> >> >> >>> Hey Joe, Welcome. >> >>> There isn't any 'official' coworking place as of yet. Several >>> people have expressed interest but we haven't been able to get >>> anyone to take the risk of getting and running a place yet. >>> Eventually it will start to happen. In the mean time I'd recommend >>> to start getting involved with the local community so you can start >>> networking with the rest of us home office warriors :) >> >>> What exactly do you do? I'm a web developer mainly focusing on >>> development with ruby on rails. >> >>> Greg >> >>> On Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 12:02 PM, Riggs >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> My name is Joe Regenstein, I currently work at home and I am >>> extremely interested in setting up a coworking space or joining >>> on in >>> existence. >> >>> I live in Oviedo which is a suburb of Orlando, there are so many >>> smaill cities in the area it seems logical to have a few sites. >> >>> The best way to contact me is at [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>> -- >>> Greg Pederson >>> Founder and Technical Director >> >>> Nsight Development, LLC. >>> www.NsightDevelopment.com >> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> 407-641-0327 >> >>> Quis custodiet ipsos custodes >> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
