Jelly & coworking come to Houston

I’m aware that none, and I mean NONE, of my readers are going to understand what this is, so here’s a quick tutorial to get everybody up to speed.

Telecommuters can feel isolated working from home, and they can miss the fun interactions with other talented people. (Not to say that my dog Ernie isn’t talented – she is – but she writes the worst T-SQL.)

Coworking is getting together with other telecommuters (or freelancers, writers, whatever) in a cafe-like space that promotes interactivity and social chit-chat. Office space can be rented and turned into a coworking environment, and coworking seems to be mostly persistent in one space at a time.

Jelly, on the other hand, moves around. It’s a semi-weekly casual coworking event hosted at anybody’s office space. And now Jelly has come to Houston, just in time for my telecommuting for Southern.

Here’s some links:

• Wikipedia entry on coworking
• WorkAtJelly explains Jelly and has a great video showing what it can be like
• Houston Jelly wiki page where you can sign up to attend – to add your name, click Edit Page and the password is “j311y” (J-three-one-one-Y)
• TechBuzz first mentioned the Houston Jelly session. They’re a great resource for what’s happening in the casual Houston IT community.
• CoworkingHouston wiki page
• CitizenSpace is a San Francisco coworking spot

The first Jelly Houston will be at NutshellMail‘s offices in the Galleria area on Friday, March 14th. See you there!

Update on 3/11 – actually, I won’t be seeing you there, since I’m going to work for JPMorgan Chase.  Good news and bad news, I suppose.

Brent Ozar

Brent specializes in performance tuning for SQL Server, VMware, and storage. He's one of the very few Microsoft Certified Masters of SQL Server, a published author, and a Microsoft MVP. He likes travel, Jeeps, Apple gear, jokes, and writing about himself in the third person. Read more and contact Brent.

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