Jelly Chicago http://jellychicago.com Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:43:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Willy Franzen http://jellychicago.com/members/willy-franzen/ http://jellychicago.com/members/willy-franzen/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:43:10 +0000 Sean Johnson http://jellychicago.com/?p=408 ]]>

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]]> http://jellychicago.com/members/julie-wernau/feed/ 0 A Space Apart goes live http://jellychicago.com/projects/a-space-apart-goes-live/ http://jellychicago.com/projects/a-space-apart-goes-live/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:31:14 +0000 Sean Johnson http://jellychicago.com/?p=403 Jelly member Jason Goodrich, in partnership with Noble Tree owner Phil Tadros and his design agency Doejo, have just launched A Space Apart, a software platform for cafes and other establishments to build their community of customers.

Initially launching at Noble Tree and Dollop, the service provides a place to learn about fellow patrons, vote on music, post advertisements or announcements, and more. Congrats to Jason, Phil, Darren and the rest of the Doejo team!

]]> http://jellychicago.com/projects/a-space-apart-goes-live/feed/ 0 SocialDevCamp Party at OfficePort on March 4th http://jellychicago.com/events/socialdevcamp-party-at-officeport-on-march-4th/ http://jellychicago.com/events/socialdevcamp-party-at-officeport-on-march-4th/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:03:49 +0000 Sean Johnson http://jellychicago.com/?p=399 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

]]> http://jellychicago.com/events/socialdevcamp-party-at-officeport-on-march-4th/feed/ 0 ScaleWell in Crain’s! http://jellychicago.com/news/scalewell-in-crains/ http://jellychicago.com/news/scalewell-in-crains/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:21:01 +0000 Sean Johnson http://jellychicago.com/?p=396 Hot off the heels of the first successful funding cycle, ScaleWell founders Sean Corbett and Andy Angelos got some nice press in Crain’s. You can read the article here.

]]> http://jellychicago.com/news/scalewell-in-crains/feed/ 0 First ScaleWell winner announced http://jellychicago.com/news/first-scalewell-winner-announced/ http://jellychicago.com/news/first-scalewell-winner-announced/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:45:43 +0000 Sean Johnson http://jellychicago.com/?p=392 ScaleWell, a project organized by Jelly members Sean Corbett, Andy Angelos and Ziad Hussain, had their launch party last night and announced the first winner of the project. Scalewell provides grants of up to $1000 to ventures looking for early seed capital.

The first round had 42 submissions from entrepreneurs, which were narrowed down to five finalists, including Jelly member Jake Lumetta’s WinkVid. The winner ended up being Unatronics, a manufacturer of minimalist, retro electronic musical instruments, founded by Michael Una. Congrats to Michael, and to the ScaleWell team on a successful launch!

]]> http://jellychicago.com/news/first-scalewell-winner-announced/feed/ 0 WinkVid Beta Event February 21st http://jellychicago.com/projects/winkvid-beta-event-february-21st/ http://jellychicago.com/projects/winkvid-beta-event-february-21st/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:57:37 +0000 Sean Johnson http://jellychicago.com/?p=385 Jelly member Jake Lumetta’s new startup WinkVid is hosting a beta event on February 21st. WinkVid is a live-video speed dating site where you meet up to 20 other singles in one night. Their first “WinkUp” starts on Feb 21st at 8PM CST. It’s completely free to participate, and should be a lot of fun.

You can register for the event at http://winkvid.com/beta. Remember that you’ll need to have a webcam in order to participate. If you have any questions, feel free to email Jake.

]]> http://jellychicago.com/projects/winkvid-beta-event-february-21st/feed/ 0 Jelly Happy Hour this Friday at Clark Street Ale House! http://jellychicago.com/events/jelly-happy-hour-this-friday-at-clark-street-ale-house/ http://jellychicago.com/events/jelly-happy-hour-this-friday-at-clark-street-ale-house/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:08:06 +0000 Sean Johnson http://jellychicago.com/?p=386 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!

Read more about the Clark Street Ale House.

]]> http://jellychicago.com/events/jelly-happy-hour-this-friday-at-clark-street-ale-house/feed/ 0 Android phone fundraiser for Haiti tomorrow night http://jellychicago.com/events/help-jason-rexilius-and-haiti/ http://jellychicago.com/events/help-jason-rexilius-and-haiti/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:09:22 +0000 Sean Johnson http://jellychicago.com/?p=383 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:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

]]> http://jellychicago.com/events/help-jason-rexilius-and-haiti/feed/ 1 Want to go to New Orleans? http://jellychicago.com/news/want-to-go-to-new-orleans/ http://jellychicago.com/news/want-to-go-to-new-orleans/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:13:22 +0000 Sean Johnson http://jellychicago.com/?p=330 Jelly member Patty Huber is leading a volunteer trip to New Orleans January 30 – February 7 with the volunteer organization One Brick to help rebuild homes with the St. Bernard Project.

Anyone 21+ is welcome to come and there will be other volunteers from all over the country in this group. The fee is $200 and covers housing, project materials, and breakfast and lunch M-F. For details and to sign-up visit their Google Group page or email Patty.

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