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Happy hour next Tuesday (6/22) at Publican

Sean Johnson — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:25:05 +0000

It’s time for the next Jelly happy hour! This time we’re heading to the West Loop to Publican, which has an awesome
atmosphere and the best pork rinds you’ll ever eat in your life.

Who: Jelly and members from The Coop
Where: Publican @ 845 W Fulton Market
When: Tuesday, June 22nd @ 5:30pm

Should be a great time. Hope to see you there!

FreelanceCamp Chicago is coming up June 26th

Sean Johnson — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:43:16 +0000

FreelanceCamp is coming to Chicago in a couple on June 26th. Following in the footsteps of the BarCamp movement, FreelanceCamp brings together entrepreneurs and self-employed folks for a weekend of spontaneous talks, demonstrations and workshops.

The event will run from 10am – 6pm, at Gallery 1028 located at 1028 N. Hooker Street. You can learn more and register here.

Flag football at Grant Park with Jelly and The Coop!

Sean Johnson — Thu, 06 May 2010 17:43:33 +0000

Spring is officially here, and I can think of no better way to take advantage than by enjoying a friendly game of flag football and eating orange slices.

Join Jelly and The Coop next Saturday, May 15th, at Grant Park for some football fun. Men and women are welcome, no special equipment or athletic talent is required, and it’s of course free. All you need to do is RSVP at the link below:

http://jelly-coop-flag-football.eventbrite.com/

We’ll be meeting at the corner of Jackson and Columbus at 10am, and heading to the field from there.

If you’ve been itching to get out to Jelly but haven’t found the time during the week, this would be a great opportunity to get to know everyone. We hope to see you there!

About The Coop:
The Coop provides daily, weekly and monthly coworking space in the West Loop. Learn more about The Coop at http://coworkchicago.com/

Jelly Family Pot Luck Pictures

Sean Johnson — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:02:22 +0000

Jelly’s last pot luck event was a great success – we had 15 people from Jelly and the COOP attend, and had a ton of great food and drink. The Jelly happy hours are always a blast, but there’s something about sitting down together and enjoying food that you actually made yourself. We’re planning on doing another one soon.

Jelly member Allie Osmar was kind enough to snap some photos from the event:

Join Jelly’s annual March Madness bracket

Sean Johnson — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:21:31 +0000

It’s that time of year again, when productivity plummets and everyone’s attention turns to college basketball. And I can think of no better way to celebrate the tournament than with your Jelly buddies.

Jelly’s annual March Madness bracket is open to everyone – all it takes is $5 (sent to sean DOT johnson AT gmail DOT com via Paypal) and you’re in. The person with the lowest score gets their money back, the winner takes the rest. Should be an awesome time.

SocialDevCamp Party at OfficePort on March 4th

Sean Johnson — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:03:49 +0000

SocialDevCamp and OfficePort are hosting a special Tech Thursday on March 4th to provide SocialDevCamp attendees with an opportunity to catch up. They’ll be showing highlights from the last event, and there will be an update from some of the Hackathon participants on the status of their applications. Food and drinks will be provided.

RSVP here.

The $5 cover charge will benefit the YWCA Metropolitan Chicago’s TechGYRLS and TechGYRLS Advanced clubs. These innovative, after-school programs are designed to broaden girls’ knowledge and interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields.

Event details
OfficePort CHI
9 W. Washington St, Chicago
Thursday March 4, 6:00-9:00
(Presentation starts at 7:00)
Cost: $5.00

Jelly Happy Hour this Friday at Clark Street Ale House!

Sean Johnson — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:08:06 +0000

The Jelly Happy Hour is getting started once again. This Friday, February 12th, join the Jelly clan at Clark Street Ale House for great beer and some great conversation. The fun starts at 6:00pm. Hope to see you there!

Android phone fundraiser for Haiti tomorrow night

Sean Johnson — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:09:22 +0000

Jelly friend and Barcamp Chicago founder Jason Rexelius is heading down to Haiti to support relief efforts there. Along with Todd Huffman, they will be working to support inSTEDD.org as well as to deploy a project that will allow Haitians to use commodity cell phone technology to gather information and intelligence for relief agencies on the ground as well as the press abroad.

The project will allow ordinary Haitians to report on road blockages, gang activities, looting, distribution of supplies and availability of food and water. This information will be fed directly into the information systems of the big relief organizations to enable them to direct their efforts.

They are raising $10,000 and gather as many Android-based smartphones (with camera and GPS capability) as possible. Toward that end, Jason and Todd are hosting a fundraising event on Wednesday, Jan 27th from 5:30-7:30PM at English Bar & Restaurant in River North.

They will have the 2nd floor and Jason will talk in more detail about what they’re doing and collect and contributions and donations – cash, checks, phones, etc. All donations over $250 are tax-deductible since InSTEDD is a registered 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

You can also provide donations via 2 other methods:

Via PayPal/GoogleCheckout at http://instedd.org/donate There is no way to specify the project on this page and so email Jason@hostedlabs.com the name of the donating entity and the amount so those funds are earmarked for this project.
Via check, payable to:
inSTEDD
480 S. California Ave, Suite 104
Palo Alto, CA 94306

Add on the comment of check “TODD-JASON-HAITI” and email jason@hostedlabs.com so he can tell them how much to expect.

Tech The Halls a success

Sean Johnson — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:03:52 +0000

Tech The Halls, our annual holiday party, turned out to be a great success – we had over 150 people show up for the event and raised $150 for Cabrini Connections. If you couldn’t make it out this year, we hope to see you in 2010!

Join Jelly Chicago, Groupon, Threadless and more for Tech The Halls!

Sean Johnson — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:06:24 +0000

You’re invited to join us Friday, December 11th, as Jelly Chicago and the local startup community celebrate the holidays together. Over 100 people have RSVP’d for the event so far and we’ve had some great sponsors pitch in. Should be a fantastic evening.

It’s free to attend, so feel free to spread the word to anyone you think would like to come. Let us know if you’re planning to attend at:

http://techthehalls.jellychicago.com

If you want to spread the word, you can direct your friends to the URL above, or to the Facebook page.