Once a month, we’ll be inviting some amazing speakers to visit their local Jelly and give a talk.

Each talk will be streamed live to all other Jellies taking place on that day, and we’ll follow it with a collective Q&A.

January and February kick off with my buddies Chris Messina and Dave Morin debating the relative merits of Open ID and Facebook Connect and how you can implement it on your site, followed by Guy Kawasaki talking about tips for entrepreneurs in February. (These talks will be in San Francisco, with Jellies from Boston, New York, LA, San Diego, Bangalore, Chicago, Vancouver, and Columbus tuning in.)

I’m so incredibly psyched to have these guys come speak at Jelly, and I can’t wait to see the speakers other cities line up in coming months!

A big thanks to Yahoo! for sponsoring our community and helping to make Jelly Talks happen, and to Josh Spear, Mike Arauz, and the gang at Undercurrent for making the connection!

Fellow panel members are Andrew Hoppin (NASA),
John Geraci (Outside.in & DIY City), and
Matt Stinchcomb (Etsy).

There’s 6 tickets left at this moment and it starts way too early in the morning.

Photojojo’s putting on a series of events over the next couple months in NYC and SF. They’re called Photo Safaris and the idea is simple: anyone with a camera is welcome, we find a fun event, location, or organize a tour, you have fun shooting for an hour or two, then we go to a bar, show off everyone’s photos, and give away some prizes from our sponsors.

The first one is this Saturday, October 25th in DUMBO, Brooklyn. Hope you can make it.

Link: Photojojo Photo Safaris
Link: RSVP for this Saturday

One of the rooms in my apartment just opened up, and we’re looking to fill it by November 1st or sooner. We’ll start interviewing this week.

The apartment is a three bedroom in San Francisco that I share with two other people, and one of them (Jenny) started grad school and moved into school housing*.

The room is small (12′ x 13′), has a window, a large closet, and is quiet. The rent is very cheap ($550/month + utilities) and the lease is month-to-month.

• In Duboce Triangle (seriously great, super walkable neighborhood with tree-lined streets, and lots of places to eat.) A quick walk to the Lower Haight or Castro. 2 blocks from Duboce Park (swell dog park — and the apt itself is dog-friendly.)
• Within 3 blocks, you’ll find burritos, burgers, vietnamese and chinese, bars, a gym, and a 24-hour Safeway (grocery store)
• Washer and Dryer in unit.
• Bike parking in back.
• Shared Kitchen + living room + bathroom
• 2 blocks from the Church St. MUNI (K,M,T) and N-Judah, J-Church, F-Market, and 22.
• Available 11/1 or sooner.
• $550/month. (Yes, really. It’s rent controlled because my other roommate has been here for a while.)

We might be picky, but if you are awesome and are interested, email me. And if you know someone who might be interested, pass it on. Thanks!

* Jenny was going to move out a few months ago but she decided she didn’t want to give up the room and stayed on a bit longer. In the end, paying for a room she wasn’t using didn’t seem like the best idea, so now we’re looking again!

Briefly, we’re looking for someone entrepreneurial, smart, and savvy to take charge of our online store business. We started the store two years ago and have seen impressive growth despite it being a sideline until now. We’re aiming to put a lot more time into the store, and we’re looking for a perfect someone to take over buying, marketing, promotions, and overall direction. You’ll have a good deal of responsibility, lots of flexibility to be creative, and the opportunity to learn and grow a ton.

Please pass it on to your photo-happy San Francisco friends!

Details: Photojojo Jobs: Entrepreneurial online store manager wanted

If that’s of interest, or if you know someone looking for an apartment, read on…

If you or an equally awesome friend is looking for an apartment in San Francisco (starting mid August to Sept 1), a room is about to open up in my apartment. It’s a three bedroom in San Francisco that I share with two other people, and one of them (Jenny) is starting grad school and moving into school housing.

• In Duboce Triangle (seriously great, super walkable neighborhood with tree-lined streets, and lots of places to eat.) A quick walk to the Lower Haight or Castro. 2 blocks from Duboce Park (swell dog park — and the apt itself is dog-friendly.) Within 3 blocks, you’ll find burritos, burgers, vietnamese and chinese, bars, a gym, and a 24-hour Safeway (grocery store)
• Washer and Dryer in unit.
• Shared Kitchen + living room + bathroom
• 2 blocks from the Church St. MUNI (K,M,T) and N-Judah, J-Church, F-Market, and 22.
• $550/month. (Yes this is the insane part. It’s rent controlled because my other roommate has been there for a while.)

p.s. If you’re interested in the share idea, drop me a line. I have one person interested so far, and it’d be around $100-200/month.

Either way: email me.

Sarah Austin did an interview with me for Pop17 (Thanks, Jamie!) when I was at speaking at PSFK SF a couple weeks ago, and it just went up! I talk about Photojojo and Jelly.

p.s. Here’s a post by Jeannie on the panel we did on Core77.

I’m fearful that it will start ridiculously early. (But glad that Piers took my suggestion and booked the Swedish American Hall, which is only a block away from my apt!)

Link: A mini-interview with me on PSFK
Link: Conference details + tickets
(I have one free ticket… haven’t decided how to give it out yet..)

We’ll be out on the roof, enjoying temps in the 70s. We’ll also have a grill, so feel free to bring some eatables!

Sign up to get emails about future Jellys in San Francisco, or RSVP for tomorrow’s event

p.s. Jellies in Austin and NYC also tomorrow, and next week, Jakarta!

Upcoming Jellies

* Orange County, CA *NEW* – February 28th
* San Francisco *NEW* – February 29th
* Austin – February 29th
* Brooklyn, NY – February 29th
* Los Angeles *NEW* – March 7th
* San Diego *NEW* – March 7th
* Houston – March 14th
* Dallas-Fort Worth *NEW* – March 14th
* Birmingham, AL *NEW* – March 14th
* Sydney, Australia – March 14th
* Roswell, GA *NEW* – March 19th

Getting going

* London
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Jelly Events

Plutopia at SXSW – Join us at SXSWi in Austin and meet fellow Jelly-ers at this EFF-sponsored event!

24 Hours of Jelly: On March 14th, 2008, we’ll be hosting Jellies all around the world! Find a Jelly taking part near you, or start your own. Includes: Houston, Dallas, Birmingham, Sydney, New York, and San Francisco.

I’ll be at the San Francisco Jelly this Friday. Hope to see you there. (It’s our first!)

This person will be helping with our newsletter, an upcoming book, and all sorts of other awesome photography-related projects. They’ll learn all about spreading ideas online, and building products, etc.

It’s gonna be a really cool position, and I’m hoping to find someone awesome that can grow with us.

Please spread the word to anyone in San Francisco who might be interested or might know someone who is.

Link: Photojojo is hiring a Bad Ass Writer/Editor/DIYer (San Francisco)

My pal Jesse and I want to cook more often, so we’re starting a casual cooking club. Once a week (or so) we’ll get together and make some food. Nothing fancy, location varies, you can come help.

In you’re in SF and want to come over and cook (or host a casual cooking night), let me know!

I had lunch with Ben Stein, a producer at Current TV today. Before we left, I stuck a camera in his face without warning and asked him to show me around. I think he did pretty great!

We met to talk about Jelly.

I’ll be running HalfBaked.com at MobileCampSF this Saturday at 11:30. I’m looking for one more judge if you happen to know someone doing awesome mobile work.

So far, we have:

• Jed Stremel, Head of Mobile at Facebook
• Doug Garland, Exec in Residence at Kleiner Perkins and former SVP of Mobile at Yahoo!

The event’s sort of like entrepreneurial improve theater. :) Here’s a description.

Hope to see you there!

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!

Wanna meet up? Email me

Their San Francisco Edition just launched last week!