I’ll be in NYC this weekend (8/16 - 8/18)

I’ll be in NYC this weekend (August 16th through the 18th) to attend NYIGF for Photojojo. If you wanna meet up know of something great going on, let me know!

(And if you’re free Saturday night, stop by House 2.0 and hang out!)

Jelly on NPR’s Marketplace!

Many of you have already heard this, but I helped organize a Jelly in Manhattan on my way home from Delhi to San Francisco, and Alex Goldmark covered it for Marketplace on NPR. (This is our second time on NPR. The first was September of last year)

Here’s the audio segment:

And here’s some video they shot, featuring a whole bunch of friends and Jelly regulars!

Link: Marketplace at Jelly (Full MP3)

Green Desk is a Sweet new Coworking Space in Brooklyn

Green Desk looks like an amazing new shared office/coworking space in Brooklyn. (DUMBO)

In addition to being carbon-neutral (solar panels, carbon credits, renewable energy), they’ve got some really unique features: fitness center with shower, shared bicycles, rooftop access and views of Manhattan, shared MP3 archive, etc.

Best of all, it’s an awesome location (just one stop into Brooklyn on the A/C and F) and prices start at only $300/month!

If I were in NYC, I’d love to work here.

Link: Green Desk: Sustainable Shared Office Space
via Zach

UPDATE:

Thanks for the support and the blog post. We’re actually opening our first floor in the building on June 1 and we’re getting close to being sold out pre-opening. The response has been really amazing.

Miguel
Co-Founder
Green Desk

Opens in two weeks and they’re almost full!

I’ll be at Jelly in NYC Tomorrow (Friday, May 2nd)

Just a quick note: I’m back from India and I’ll be at Jelly tomorrow in midtown Manhattan. I hope to see many of my NYC friends there as well as some new faces.

Come if you can! (More info/RSVP)

p.s. A little birdie tells me Alex Goldmark from NPR’s Marketplace might be there, too. ;-)

Jelly on CNN!

Just a quick share: Jelly made an appearance on CNN this morning, along with House 2.0!

Link: Jelly on CNN (Video)

I’m in NYC Thursday and Friday this week

Let me know if you wanna meet up Friday/Saturday or know of anything awesome going on!

Thursday

• Noon: Lunch with John Ratcliffe-Lee (MWW)
• 2pm: Sam Lessin (Drop.io)
• 3:30pm: Ben Lerer (Thrillist)
• 5pm: Abraham Steinberg (Adorama)
• 6:30: Alex Linsker, retail anthropology expedition!!
• Evening: ???
• Sleeping: ???

Friday

• 10am - 6pm? Jelly with CS3 crew, HypeMachine crew, and others (Come say hey!)
• Evening: Bollywood
• Sleeping: ???

Saturday

Taking a morning Metro North to CT unless something interesting comes up…

Awesome Time-Lapse Video of Bryant Park

Susan put this together to go with Photojojo’s Time-Lapse Photography Guide from 30GB worth of images I’d been saving from the Bryant Park webcam every 10 minutes for the past year and a half.

You can see the park go from ice skating rink, to outdoor movie theater, to fashion show, to outdoor broadway theater. It’s quite beautiful.

Digg the tutorial or Watch the video in HD (be sure to click full-screen!)

CommandShift3 Launches Today

A new project I’ve been working on with Darrell Silver, Erin Sparling, and Lee Semel launches today: CommandShift3.

It’s like Hot or Not, but for websites.

Started on a lark during a NYC Jelly session with Adam Varga, Darrell Silver, Dan Lurie, Erin Sparling, and Lee Semel, we’re really proud to open it up to the world today.

Much thanks to everyone who’s given us advice and support, including the celeb designers who recorded short videos we’ve hidden in the site for you to find. (Khoi Vinh, Matt Linderman, Taylor McKnight, Derek Powazek, Brad Smith, Ryan Sims, Dan Cederholm, Chris Messina, Ben Brown)

In NYC this week. Want to meet?

I’m in New York a few days this week to meet with publishers about a Photojojo book proposal we’re shopping, and to work with the CS3 team prior to our launch(!)

If you’re around and want to meet up or say hi, let me know! Here’s my schedule:

Monday

• 5pm: Working on CS3 with Erin Sparling, Lee Semel, and Darrell Silver
• 7/8pm: Maybe going to Darrell’s party or Gothamist party, depending on how far we get on CS3
• late: More working on CS3, crashing at Darrell’s or Erin’s?

Tuesday

• Morning: CS3 Launches!!! (!!!) (!) (CS3 Launch Lunch anyone?)
• Daytime: Working on CS3, especially promotion. Not sure where… Erin’s? (Anyone got some desks for me, Erin, and Lee to camp out on for the day? Or want to come say hi? All set.)
• 7:30pm: Dinner and strategy with Jim Levine, our book agent
• Hanging out with House 2.0 crew, crashing at H2.0

Wednesday

• 10am-5:30pm: Meetings at Simon & Schuster, Workman Publishing, Harry N. Abrams (Stewart, Tabori & Chang), St. Martin’s Press, Random House (Clarkson Potter)
• 6pm: Meet with Nick Gray (Updated)
• 7:30pm: Dinner at the Whisk & Ladle — Mark Low, Jackie Tran, and hopefully Christine Huang, Jinal Shah, and others (you should come!)
• 11ish: Bowling party at Gutter (Updated)
• Sleeping at Erin Sparling and Jennifer Daniel’s (Updated)

Thursday

• 10am-11: Meeting at Watson-Guptil
• 12:30am: Meet with Jim Levine and agency folks
• 1:30pm: Catch-up and

NBC’s TODAY Show Visits Jelly

Some more national coverage for our twice-monthly work-together coming up! A camera crew came to Jelly to take shots for a segment airing on November 4th.

(From the shoot: photos, video clips)

Jelly in Sydney, Austin, and NYC (and other updates)

Returning to its founding location, Jelly is at House 2.0 this Friday (10/26) in Manhattan. All are welcome.

Newcomer Jelly in Sydney starts up this Friday as well, organized by Cameron Adams and Tim Lucas, followed by the first Jelly in Austin organized by Dusty Reagan next Friday. Both look like they’ll be sizable events!

Finally, Jelly in Atlanta had its first event last week, and in the past few weeks there’s been interest from people in Denver, Chicago, Singapore, Sydney, Portsmouth, Portland, Hawaii, Hartford, Tel Aviv, Tampa Bay, LA, and San Francisco! (See wiki.workatjelly.com for more)

Help spread the word to your friends in these cities!

Book Party at House 2.0

I’m in California for a few days and will miss it, but Deedee asked me to help spread the word about a party House 2.0 is throwing on Sunday to help collect used books for Deedee’s schoolkids. If you’ve got books and are in NYC, please go! (more info)

Where to find good coffee in NYC

A friend from Seattle was visiting and wanted to meet somewhere with good coffee. Knowing nothing about coffee, I asked Twitter where I should take her. These are the responses I got in the first hour. Wow, the Internet rocks / people really love coffee! (Feel free to add your own, the page is editable.)

Jelly in Brooklyn (Williamsburg) tomorrow

Jelly’s back tomorrow in a brand new location in Williamsburg. (Thanks to my friend Mark Low for hosting!)

RSVP if you’re gonna be there. We’ve got a great lineup so far. Hope you can make it!