Jelly!
Has it really been more than two months since my last post! Goodness, where does the time go? Well, since launching I Love Typography, things have been pretty hectic. Its success has come as something of a surprise, but it has thus far been quite an incredible journey, and one which I’m thoroughly enjoying.
Anyway, enough of my excuses. Though I won’t be posting here daily, I will try my very best to post something each week.
I want to tell you about Jelly. Yes, I love it, but not as much as I love workatjelly.com. It’s a truly inspired idea, that I’m hoping to take up on in the New Year.
What is Jelly?
The founders regularly open up their apartment and invite people to come and work with them–it’s as simple as that. A great way to meet new people, to be inspired, or to simply hang out with like-minded people.
Jelly started in NYC in February of 2006 when roommates Amit and Luke realized that they loved working from home, but they missed the creative brainstorming, sharing, and camaraderie of a traditional office. (Office politics, not so much.)
Why not start your own! You can read more about the whole thing over at workatjelly.com. There’s also a great write-up on Jelly over at Wired, Freelancers Forgo Office Space for Casual Coworking. If you do make a Jelly, be sure to tell me about it.
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LaurenMarie - Creative Curio
Dec 14th, 2007
Horrorwood
Think we’ve already got a Jelly going on over in Shionoe. Is it time to make it official? Usually got some kind of Jelly going on in our living room here too. Working from home is the future!
Dec 28th, 2007
Jeff
Where did you find this cool mutation of work culture that I’ve never heard of? It’s idealistic, interesting and youthful, but it takes me 3 months to adapt to a new workplace. How much work, and what type of work, can the new people get done in one day?
Dec 30th, 2007
inspirationbit
I can’t believe it - you’re back at redsil, John. WB!!
This Jelly thing looks like a new hippie movement a la designer style
Let us know how it works out for you.
Jan 14th, 2008
cati
Post more often, your blog is excellent!
Feb 24th, 2008
Julia
What an interesting idea. How can you be inspired any better than with a whole bunch of different people just walking in your door?
Has anyone else tried that?
Apr 9th, 2008
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