Jelly is group of folks who get together to work in the company of other people once in a while. Since knowledge workers are stuck at home or in cubes or have to go to public places where most folks aren’t working, this seems sorta reasonable to me.
The groups have sprung up in at least 20 cities so far. I bumped in to ours when a friend on Facebook set up a group and a couple of meeting dates. Thanks Tessa!
According to Wired Magazine, someone started a take off on the group and named it Cream Cheese. I guess the idea is to find a need and fill it with something delicious.
Links from their main site:
Costco Connection
Pop17
NPR’s Marketplace!
Jelly on Current TV!
Jelly on CNN!
Jelly on JetSet/EpicFu
Jelly on Clark Howard’s Radio Show
Jelly on NPR Morning Edition
Jelly in Philadelphia Inquirer
Jelly in Brooklyn Based
Jelly in PSFK
Jelly in Wired
Jelly on Buzzfeed
Jelly in the NY Post
Thanks for the support Alan! Hope you can make it out in a few weeks and experience a Jelly first-hand.
Thanks, Terri and I are thinking about how to make that work.
I usually work on folks computers locally though I may save up some boring remote maintenance for that day. She’s her own PR firm for years and spends a gob of time on the phone each day.
Anyway, we’ll probably put in a couple of hours simply because its a spiffing idea.