Casual Coworking: Jelly in Tampa Bay
Sep 22nd, 2007 | By Beth A. Long | Category: NewsAttention STCers: Do you work at home? Wish you could have some social interaction while you work, without going back to daily commutes and bad lighting?
Come to a Tampa Bay Jelly! Jelly is an every-so-often casual coworking session. Anyone is welcome to come, bring a laptop, and work alongside other creative, fun people. The concept originated with a group of New York City freelancers and is spreading internationally. We provide the chairs and the WiFi, you bring your laptop/work materials and your sociability.
Everyone is welcome — web developers and software engineers, graphic artists and illustrators, musicians and writers, anyone. Freelancers and telecommuters are the target audience, but if you have a cool boss and you want to come just for the energy and fun, feel free!
For more background, see workatjelly.com (watch the video at the bottom of the page!) and this blog post: http://www.amitgupta.com/house2.0/2006/03/jelly/
To add your name to the list of organizers or supporters, go to our wiki page: http://wiki.workatjelly.com/JellyInTampaBay
…join our Google Group for news updates and discussion: http://groups.google.com/group/jellyintampabay
…and find us on Facebook under the group name “Jelly in Tampa Bay.”
Questions? Contact Beth Long.
I want to know about Jelly in Tampa Bay
Hi,
I own a retail furniture/design Gallery but…..I do work alone alot. I miss having people to bounce idea’s off of or even help me with some new marketing idea’s. I live in a small City in Ohio and I’ve always said two heads are better than one. Sometimes I just hit a brick wall……………………:(
I love telecommuting!!! I hate people who use telecommuting as a reason to not do any work. Chat with friends, do laundry, catch up on bill paying etc.
As a CIO, I monitor this very closely. I provide all of my telecommuters with teleconferencing and video conferencing capabilities. I want them to use it extensively.
If we catch someone doing something they are not suppose to do, we terminate them. This is stealing company time and money.
Telecommuting is a privilage not a right.