From jason at hostedlabs.com Mon Jul 21 13:56:59 2008 From: jason at hostedlabs.com (Jason Rexilius) Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:56:59 -0500 Subject: [Chirb] BARcamp Chicago 2008 Message-ID: <4884CDEB.3070506@hostedlabs.com> Hey Everyone! Its time for BARcamp Chicago 2008! Last years was great and this year will be even better. A quick intro for those who dont know: BARcamp Chicago as a weekend long (60 hours straight) technology fest. People call it an "un-conference" or a "user-defined conference" or a "Burning Man for coding". It happens once a year here in Chicago and is free to all. Come give a talk, listen, learn, code and drink. FYI- BARcamp is not about bar's but a play on FOO=BAR and Oreillys private camp called FoO camp (Friends of Oreilly) in the Valley. We are shooting for the weekend of August 15th, but here is the rub. (like every year) we need to find a venue. Requirements for space are: 1) In Chicago 2) Open for use the whole weekend, 24 hours a day. 3) Allow beer and drinks (most colleges dont). 4) Room for ~300 people. We have event insurance and can chip in cash if our sponsors are good to us this year ;-) And as always, sponsors are welcome. We have no prospectus or ROI or anything and no set amounts. If you are start-up chip in $50 or whatever you can spare, if you are further along, help out the community ;-) Its really about YOU, the engineer, the entrepreneur, the manager, the hacker, the coder, the artist. YOU the Chicago Tech community. Come make it happen and like the previous years, have a blast! If you want to keep up with it, you can join the mailing list: send email to: barcamp-unsubscribe at corp.hostedlabs.com?Subject=subscribe Or check out the wiki: http://barcampchicago.com/ Feel free to ping me with questions, suggestions, offers of help ;-) -jason From jason at hostedlabs.com Mon Jul 21 14:13:14 2008 From: jason at hostedlabs.com (Jason Rexilius) Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:13:14 -0500 Subject: [Chirb] BARcamp Chicago 2008 In-Reply-To: <4884CDEB.3070506@hostedlabs.com> References: <4884CDEB.3070506@hostedlabs.com> Message-ID: <4884D1BA.1060204@hostedlabs.com> Im an idiot.. copy-paste to fast. Corrected: If you want to keep up with it, you can join the mailing list: send email to: barcamp-subscribe at corp.hostedlabs.com?Subject=subscribe Or check out the wiki: http://barcampchicago.com/ -jason From jerome.roberts at rht.com Thu Jul 24 13:03:06 2008 From: jerome.roberts at rht.com (Roberts, Jerome (01300)) Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:03:06 -0700 Subject: [Chirb] Sr. Ruby on Rails Position Message-ID: <43339E9D0A523B4A8B84EA6F964C9E6F041E6E7F@hqp-ex-mbx05.na.msds.rhi.com> To All Ruby on Rails Developers, If anyone is interested in a Senior level position please feel free to contact me via my information below. Senior Ruby on Rails developer will work on a wide range of web applications and services as part of a growing Rails practice. Some of the things we are looking for: * Familiarity with Agile methods including Pair Programming, Test-Driven Development and Continuous Integration * Experience with Rails deployment and Mongrel clustering * Additional Preferred Expertise: Apache, C#, Java, Subversion, other Web Development Jerome L. Roberts Recruiting Manager Robert Half Technology 205 N. Michigan, 33rd Floor Chicago, IL. 60601 312-616-7974 Office 312-616-3726 Fax jerome.roberts at rht.com www.rhi.com www.rht.com Robert Half Technology is proud to be a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jcroneme at thoughtworks.com Mon Jul 28 12:30:37 2008 From: jcroneme at thoughtworks.com (Josh Cronemeyer) Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:30:37 -0500 Subject: [Chirb] Geek Girl Event Message-ID: Chirbers, I thought I would forward this Geek Girl event information along: Girl Geek Dinners have been popping up all around the world for nearly three years. They've been huge successes in Sydney, London, San Fran, Malaysia, Toronto,...(you get the point). Next stop: Chicago! And just to clarify, this is not a ThoughtWorks event. It's simply a group of women (and yes men are invited as well) in IT who are interested in networking with people in the same field. The idea is to get a group of women who work in technology together to discuss their experiences and exchange ideas in a comfortable, casual environment. The obvious goal of the event is to meet other women in jobs similar to what you do every day and share knowledge. The long term aim is to make the technical world more intriguing and accessible to people of all age, race, and gender. For more info: http://girlgeekdinners.com/ Why am I telling you this? Well we need some help. If you know any women in technology in the Chicago area, please reach out to them to see if they'd be interested in attending. There's no obligation obviously- consider this a user group that will meet monthly or bimonthly at a selected venue. We have a facebook page, as well a mailing list to keep everyone updated. I believe we already have over 30 people interested in attending. Please feel free to pass this information on to anyone you know who may be interested in joining us. Also, please let me know if you'd like to attend or help with organization. Details Where: ThoughtWorks office- 200 E. Randolph 25th Floor When: Friday, August 22nd 5:30/6:00 to 8:30 How to get involved: Email - ChicagoGGD at gmail.com, Facebook (Girls Geek Dinner Chicago) Josh Cronemeyer -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jcroneme at thoughtworks.com Mon Jul 28 12:41:27 2008 From: jcroneme at thoughtworks.com (Josh Cronemeyer) Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:41:27 -0500 Subject: [Chirb] One week until CHIRB Message-ID: Group, This is a friendly reminder that we have a meeting next week. It has been awhile since we did something of the lightning talk format. I think it would be refreshing to hear what more of us are working on. If you think you could manage a 5 minute talk on something (it can be shorter) please volunteer on the mailing list! I'll get the ball rolling. 5 minutes on Chipmunk Physics Engine for Ruby. http://wiki.slembcke.net/main/published/Chipmunk Feel free to volunteer multiple talks or to split something you can't fit into 5 minutes into multiple 5 minute segments. We will do round robin scheduling until we run out of time! PEACE! Josh Cronemeyer -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From evanfarrar at gmail.com Mon Jul 28 13:36:36 2008 From: evanfarrar at gmail.com (Evan Farrar) Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:36:36 -0500 Subject: [Chirb] One week until CHIRB In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Ooh ooh lighting talks! I've got one: An Introduction to RAD: physical computing with Ruby and the Arduino microcontoller. From stcorbett at gmail.com Mon Jul 28 16:04:05 2008 From: stcorbett at gmail.com (Sean Corbett) Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:04:05 -0500 Subject: [Chirb] One week until CHIRB In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: OMG, Ruby on a microcontroller?!?! Is next week's meeting (6PM on August 4th) on the Google calendar yet? I take it you guys will be delighted to sit through a 5 minute lighting talk with my thoughts on: "Agile Startup Methodologies" ? -Sean Corbett On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 12:36 PM, Evan Farrar wrote: > Ooh ooh lighting talks! I've got one: > > An Introduction to RAD: physical computing with Ruby and the Arduino > microcontoller. > _______________________________________________ > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I've got one: An Introduction to RAD: physical computing with Ruby and the Arduino microcontoller. _______________________________________________ ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list _______________________________________________ ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From adam.henerey at strongsuit.com Mon Jul 28 16:26:53 2008 From: adam.henerey at strongsuit.com (Adam Henerey) Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:26:53 -0500 Subject: [Chirb] Evanston Firm Assembling A 3-person Development Super-Team Message-ID: <3BF65F9F-518C-4456-9875-1975C60F647F@strongsuit.com> Hi Folks, I am on the lookout for developers (esp. Ruby) to help us build and maintain a client/candidate system complete with web apps and document processing. This position is a great learning opportunity for an up and comer (who, say, has database or web programming, but is missing something else), or a great change of pace for a seasoned developer. There is a real opportunity for project ownership here, and the compensation, benefits, and gear are all solid. Take a look at our job description, and feel free to tell anyone you know about us. We are a salesforce recruiting company on the fast-track, and you are welcome to take part. URL: http://strongsuit.com/joinourteam.php#job_desc_6 Thanks, Adam Henerey Research Analyst Strong Suit strongsuit.com 312.646.1115 t 312.261.8099 f adam.henerey at strongsuit.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From vzdravevski at gmail.com Mon Jul 28 19:36:27 2008 From: vzdravevski at gmail.com (Vasko Zdravevski) Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:36:27 -0500 Subject: [Chirb] FunFX: Acceptance tests for Adobe Flex Message-ID: <51ab7bca0807281636g72c75b50l159f0a5592a27d8b@mail.gmail.com> Hi CHIRB, I wanted to give a presentation on FunFX to the group in September. Adobe Flex (http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/) is quickly becoming the dominate technology for RIAs. I've been using FunFX on an Agile development project at Orbitz.com for a few months. I've found that FunFX allowed me to complete the project using Test-Driven Development in the truest sense: acceptance tests generated from story cards that can be executed against the Flash application generated by Flex. Adding RSpec & Storyrunner into the mix, just made everything easier and more appealing to the business/product owners. I'll have examples that show the power of the Adobe Flex framework, and also Ruby tests that show how easy it can be to test a graphical internet application. http://funfx.rubyforge.org/ Thanks, Vasko Zdravevski. From deanwampler at gmail.com Mon Jul 28 21:05:21 2008 From: deanwampler at gmail.com (Dean Wampler) Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:05:21 -0500 Subject: [Chirb] FunFX: Acceptance tests for Adobe Flex In-Reply-To: <51ab7bca0807281636g72c75b50l159f0a5592a27d8b@mail.gmail.com> References: <51ab7bca0807281636g72c75b50l159f0a5592a27d8b@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <6cf2a94f0807281805i1a259f95hc43853c6bee97dbd@mail.gmail.com> +1 On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 6:36 PM, Vasko Zdravevski wrote: > Hi CHIRB, > > I wanted to give a presentation on FunFX to the group in September. > Adobe Flex (http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/) is quickly becoming > the dominate technology for RIAs. I've been using FunFX on an Agile > development project at Orbitz.com for a few months. I've found that > FunFX allowed me to complete the project using Test-Driven Development > in the truest sense: acceptance tests generated from story cards that > can be executed against the Flash application generated by Flex. > > Adding RSpec & Storyrunner into the mix, just made everything easier > and more appealing to the business/product owners. > > I'll have examples that show the power of the Adobe Flex framework, > and also Ruby tests that show how easy it can be to test a graphical > internet application. > > http://funfx.rubyforge.org/ > > Thanks, > Vasko Zdravevski. > _______________________________________________ > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list > -- Dean Wampler http://www.objectmentor.com http://www.aspectprogramming.com http://aquarium.rubyforge.org http://www.contract4j.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I've found that FunFX allowed me to complete the project using Test-Driven Development in the truest sense: acceptance tests generated from story cards that can be executed against the Flash application generated by Flex. Adding RSpec & Storyrunner into the mix, just made everything easier and more appealing to the business/product owners. 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URL: From paytonrules at gmail.com Tue Jul 29 13:17:33 2008 From: paytonrules at gmail.com (Eric Smith) Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:17:33 -0500 Subject: [Chirb] FunFX: Acceptance tests for Adobe Flex In-Reply-To: References: <6cf2a94f0807281805i1a259f95hc43853c6bee97dbd@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: +1 (equals 3) On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 11:16 AM, Josh Cronemeyer wrote: > > Well if dean is +1, I am +1 > 1+1=2 > > PEACE! > Josh Cronemeyer > > > *"Dean Wampler" * > Sent by: chicagogroup-members-list-bounces at rubyforge.org > > 07/28/08 08:05 PM > Please respond to > Chirb discussion list > > To > "Chirb discussion list" cc > Subject > Re: [Chirb] FunFX: Acceptance tests for Adobe Flex > > > > > +1 > > On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 6:36 PM, Vasko Zdravevski <*vzdravevski at gmail.com*> > wrote: > Hi CHIRB, > > I wanted to give a presentation on FunFX to the group in September. > Adobe Flex (*http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/*) > is quickly becoming > the dominate technology for RIAs. I've been using FunFX on an Agile > development project at Orbitz.com for a few months. I've found that > FunFX allowed me to complete the project using Test-Driven Development > in the truest sense: acceptance tests generated from story cards that > can be executed against the Flash application generated by Flex. > > Adding RSpec & Storyrunner into the mix, just made everything easier > and more appealing to the business/product owners. > > I'll have examples that show the power of the Adobe Flex framework, > and also Ruby tests that show how easy it can be to test a graphical > internet application. > * > **http://funfx.rubyforge.org/* > > Thanks, > Vasko Zdravevski. > _______________________________________________* > **ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org* > * > **http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list* > > > > -- > Dean Wampler* > **http://www.objectmentor.com* * > **http://www.aspectprogramming.com* * > **http://aquarium.rubyforge.org* * > * > *http://www.contract4j.org* > _______________________________________________ > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list > > _______________________________________________ > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tdenkinger at gmail.com Wed Jul 30 02:19:16 2008 From: tdenkinger at gmail.com (Troy Denkinger) Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:19:16 -0400 Subject: [Chirb] Drop-In Office Space Message-ID: I'm probably dreaming for thinking I can find what I'm looking for, but I thought I'd see if anyone here has any ideas. I'm managing a small Rails development team here in Chicago. We're mostly on the north side in Rogers Park/Andersonville/Evanston. We all work from home and communicate by IRC, email and phone. But sometimes we want to get together and brainstorm, use a whiteboard, or shoot the breeze. We currently meet at Metropolis Coffee on Granville due to it's good coffee and free wifi. But the lack of whiteboards is a problem, not to mention the uneven availability of power outlets and tables. Has anyone ever heard of office space one can rent on a regular basis on the north side? Regus offers such a thing in the Loop, but that's not very convenient for us, and I'm not sure we really need all the services they offer. I'd be looking for something like two days a week for three hours each day, access to large whiteboards and wifi. Am I nuts to believe something like this exists outside the Loop? Thanks for any pointers, Troy From stcorbett at gmail.com Wed Jul 30 02:43:44 2008 From: stcorbett at gmail.com (Sean Corbett) Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:43:44 -0500 Subject: [Chirb] Drop-In Office Space In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Troy, You might be able to set something up with the Chicago Coworking people: http://coworking.pbwiki.com/CoworkingChicago Their space is in Ravenswood (right off of Montrose Brown I think.) They've sometimes got desk space, and have a conference room which people sign up for time slots on. It was being managed by Jeff Park (jeffpark at gmail.com) last time I was there. He's a nice guy and open to working something out. Jeff's office phone number: 773.583.4960. -Sean Corbett On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 1:19 AM, Troy Denkinger wrote: > I'm probably dreaming for thinking I can find what I'm looking for, > but I thought I'd see if anyone here has any ideas. > > I'm managing a small Rails development team here in Chicago. We're > mostly on the north side in Rogers Park/Andersonville/Evanston. We > all work from home and communicate by IRC, email and phone. But > sometimes we want to get together and brainstorm, use a whiteboard, or > shoot the breeze. We currently meet at Metropolis Coffee on Granville > due to it's good coffee and free wifi. But the lack of whiteboards is > a problem, not to mention the uneven availability of power outlets and > tables. > > Has anyone ever heard of office space one can rent on a regular basis > on the north side? Regus offers such a thing in the Loop, but that's > not very convenient for us, and I'm not sure we really need all the > services they offer. I'd be looking for something like two days a > week for three hours each day, access to large whiteboards and wifi. > > Am I nuts to believe something like this exists outside the Loop? > > Thanks for any pointers, > > Troy > _______________________________________________ > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list > From sergio_pereira at msn.com Wed Jul 30 08:13:29 2008 From: sergio_pereira at msn.com (Sergio Pereira) Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:13:29 -0500 Subject: [Chirb] Drop-In Office Space In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Have you tried public libraries? Many of them have rooms that you can reserve for usually low fees. One of the user groups I met with used to do just that. - sergio -------------------------------------------------- From: "Troy Denkinger" Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 1:19 AM To: Subject: [Chirb] Drop-In Office Space > I'm probably dreaming for thinking I can find what I'm looking for, > but I thought I'd see if anyone here has any ideas. > > I'm managing a small Rails development team here in Chicago. We're > mostly on the north side in Rogers Park/Andersonville/Evanston. We > all work from home and communicate by IRC, email and phone. But > sometimes we want to get together and brainstorm, use a whiteboard, or > shoot the breeze. We currently meet at Metropolis Coffee on Granville > due to it's good coffee and free wifi. But the lack of whiteboards is > a problem, not to mention the uneven availability of power outlets and > tables. > > Has anyone ever heard of office space one can rent on a regular basis > on the north side? Regus offers such a thing in the Loop, but that's > not very convenient for us, and I'm not sure we really need all the > services they offer. I'd be looking for something like two days a > week for three hours each day, access to large whiteboards and wifi. > > Am I nuts to believe something like this exists outside the Loop? > > Thanks for any pointers, > > Troy > _______________________________________________ > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list > From jason at hostedlabs.com Wed Jul 30 08:19:29 2008 From: jason at hostedlabs.com (Jason Rexilius) Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:19:29 -0500 Subject: [Chirb] Drop-In Office Space In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <48905C51.4030208@hostedlabs.com> Wow! Someone did the CoWorking thing. very cool.. we had talked about that at the first BARcamp. When we move into our new office space downtown, we will be offering some open Coworking space as well (215 w Ohio, the former Electronic Arts building). Will update when thats available. We are currently working out of temp office space in the Loop at 210 s Clark by the graces of Phil Tadros (of metroproper.com and dollop coffee shop fame). philcoextra at gmail.com - ping him, there is more space on the floor, although it aint pretty. The Incubator in Evanston (where I started and live) is now defunct but a couple of companies stuck around and you might be able to sublet office space. Not sure how to get a hold of people there but you could try Rob Jacobi robert.jacobi at arctg.com Sean Corbett wrote: > Hi Troy, > > You might be able to set something up with the Chicago Coworking > people: http://coworking.pbwiki.com/CoworkingChicago > > Their space is in Ravenswood (right off of Montrose Brown I think.) > They've sometimes got desk space, and have a conference room which > people sign up for time slots on. It was being managed by Jeff Park > (jeffpark at gmail.com) last time I was there. He's a nice guy and open > to working something out. Jeff's office phone number: 773.583.4960. > > -Sean Corbett > > On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 1:19 AM, Troy Denkinger wrote: >> I'm probably dreaming for thinking I can find what I'm looking for, >> but I thought I'd see if anyone here has any ideas. >> >> I'm managing a small Rails development team here in Chicago. We're >> mostly on the north side in Rogers Park/Andersonville/Evanston. We >> all work from home and communicate by IRC, email and phone. But >> sometimes we want to get together and brainstorm, use a whiteboard, or >> shoot the breeze. We currently meet at Metropolis Coffee on Granville >> due to it's good coffee and free wifi. But the lack of whiteboards is >> a problem, not to mention the uneven availability of power outlets and >> tables. >> >> Has anyone ever heard of office space one can rent on a regular basis >> on the north side? Regus offers such a thing in the Loop, but that's >> not very convenient for us, and I'm not sure we really need all the >> services they offer. I'd be looking for something like two days a >> week for three hours each day, access to large whiteboards and wifi. >> >> Am I nuts to believe something like this exists outside the Loop? >> >> Thanks for any pointers, >> >> Troy >> _______________________________________________ >> ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list >> > _______________________________________________ > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list From tdenkinger at gmail.com Wed Jul 30 14:54:31 2008 From: tdenkinger at gmail.com (Troy Denkinger) Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:54:31 -0400 Subject: [Chirb] Drop-In Office Space In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks, Sean, I'll try that. Ravenswood I think would work pretty well for us. Troy On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 2:43 AM, Sean Corbett wrote: > Hi Troy, > > You might be able to set something up with the Chicago Coworking > people: http://coworking.pbwiki.com/CoworkingChicago > > Their space is in Ravenswood (right off of Montrose Brown I think.) > They've sometimes got desk space, and have a conference room which > people sign up for time slots on. It was being managed by Jeff Park > (jeffpark at gmail.com) last time I was there. He's a nice guy and open > to working something out. Jeff's office phone number: 773.583.4960. > > -Sean Corbett > > On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 1:19 AM, Troy Denkinger wrote: >> I'm probably dreaming for thinking I can find what I'm looking for, >> but I thought I'd see if anyone here has any ideas. >> >> I'm managing a small Rails development team here in Chicago. We're >> mostly on the north side in Rogers Park/Andersonville/Evanston. We >> all work from home and communicate by IRC, email and phone. But >> sometimes we want to get together and brainstorm, use a whiteboard, or >> shoot the breeze. We currently meet at Metropolis Coffee on Granville >> due to it's good coffee and free wifi. But the lack of whiteboards is >> a problem, not to mention the uneven availability of power outlets and >> tables. >> >> Has anyone ever heard of office space one can rent on a regular basis >> on the north side? Regus offers such a thing in the Loop, but that's >> not very convenient for us, and I'm not sure we really need all the >> services they offer. I'd be looking for something like two days a >> week for three hours each day, access to large whiteboards and wifi. >> >> Am I nuts to believe something like this exists outside the Loop? >> >> Thanks for any pointers, >> >> Troy >> _______________________________________________ >> ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list >> > _______________________________________________ > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list > From tdenkinger at gmail.com Wed Jul 30 14:55:33 2008 From: tdenkinger at gmail.com (Troy Denkinger) Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:55:33 -0400 Subject: [Chirb] Drop-In Office Space In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thank you, Sergio. I hadn't thought of that one. I'll check it out. I'll look into the Evanston library as well since one of us is an Evanston resident. Troy On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 8:13 AM, Sergio Pereira wrote: > Have you tried public libraries? Many of them have rooms that you can > reserve for usually low fees. > One of the user groups I met with used to do just that. > > - sergio > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Troy Denkinger" > Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 1:19 AM > To: > Subject: [Chirb] Drop-In Office Space > >> I'm probably dreaming for thinking I can find what I'm looking for, >> but I thought I'd see if anyone here has any ideas. >> >> I'm managing a small Rails development team here in Chicago. We're >> mostly on the north side in Rogers Park/Andersonville/Evanston. We >> all work from home and communicate by IRC, email and phone. But >> sometimes we want to get together and brainstorm, use a whiteboard, or >> shoot the breeze. We currently meet at Metropolis Coffee on Granville >> due to it's good coffee and free wifi. But the lack of whiteboards is >> a problem, not to mention the uneven availability of power outlets and >> tables. >> >> Has anyone ever heard of office space one can rent on a regular basis >> on the north side? Regus offers such a thing in the Loop, but that's >> not very convenient for us, and I'm not sure we really need all the >> services they offer. I'd be looking for something like two days a >> week for three hours each day, access to large whiteboards and wifi. >> >> Am I nuts to believe something like this exists outside the Loop? >> >> Thanks for any pointers, >> >> Troy >> _______________________________________________ >> ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list >> > _______________________________________________ > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list > From tdenkinger at gmail.com Wed Jul 30 14:56:21 2008 From: tdenkinger at gmail.com (Troy Denkinger) Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:56:21 -0400 Subject: [Chirb] Drop-In Office Space In-Reply-To: <48905C51.4030208@hostedlabs.com> References: <48905C51.4030208@hostedlabs.com> Message-ID: Thanks for the pointers, Jason. I remember that incubator space -- wasn't IDEO in there at one point? Their offices would have been great -- nothing but white boards. Troy On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 8:19 AM, Jason Rexilius wrote: > Wow! Someone did the CoWorking thing. very cool.. we had talked about that > at the first BARcamp. > > When we move into our new office space downtown, we will be offering some > open Coworking space as well (215 w Ohio, the former Electronic Arts > building). Will update when thats available. > > We are currently working out of temp office space in the Loop at 210 s Clark > by the graces of Phil Tadros (of metroproper.com and dollop coffee shop > fame). philcoextra at gmail.com - ping him, there is more space on the floor, > although it aint pretty. > > The Incubator in Evanston (where I started and live) is now defunct but a > couple of companies stuck around and you might be able to sublet office > space. Not sure how to get a hold of people there but you could try Rob > Jacobi robert.jacobi at arctg.com > > > > > Sean Corbett wrote: >> >> Hi Troy, >> >> You might be able to set something up with the Chicago Coworking >> people: http://coworking.pbwiki.com/CoworkingChicago >> >> Their space is in Ravenswood (right off of Montrose Brown I think.) >> They've sometimes got desk space, and have a conference room which >> people sign up for time slots on. It was being managed by Jeff Park >> (jeffpark at gmail.com) last time I was there. He's a nice guy and open >> to working something out. Jeff's office phone number: 773.583.4960. >> >> -Sean Corbett >> >> On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 1:19 AM, Troy Denkinger >> wrote: >>> >>> I'm probably dreaming for thinking I can find what I'm looking for, >>> but I thought I'd see if anyone here has any ideas. >>> >>> I'm managing a small Rails development team here in Chicago. We're >>> mostly on the north side in Rogers Park/Andersonville/Evanston. We >>> all work from home and communicate by IRC, email and phone. But >>> sometimes we want to get together and brainstorm, use a whiteboard, or >>> shoot the breeze. We currently meet at Metropolis Coffee on Granville >>> due to it's good coffee and free wifi. But the lack of whiteboards is >>> a problem, not to mention the uneven availability of power outlets and >>> tables. >>> >>> Has anyone ever heard of office space one can rent on a regular basis >>> on the north side? Regus offers such a thing in the Loop, but that's >>> not very convenient for us, and I'm not sure we really need all the >>> services they offer. I'd be looking for something like two days a >>> week for three hours each day, access to large whiteboards and wifi. >>> >>> Am I nuts to believe something like this exists outside the Loop? >>> >>> Thanks for any pointers, >>> >>> Troy >>> _______________________________________________ >>> ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org >>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list > > _______________________________________________ > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list >