What is this "Jelly"?

 

Jelly is an every-so-often casual coworking session (we're shooting for weekly or every other week in Round Rock.) Anyone is welcome to come and bring your laptop, art supplies, or whatever, and work alongside other creative, fun people.

 

Amit Gupta and Luke Crawford started Jelly in March 2006, in New York City. They chose the name Jelly because they thought of the coworking idea while eating jellybeans. 

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What are you doing in Round Rock?

 

Round Rock has its own tech chops as the home of DELL, and the city itself has been around since 1854 (hey, join their city Flickr Group Pool, read their city Parks and Recreation blog or keep up with the ideas on their Downtown Redevelopment blog.)

 

The city's tagline is "Sports Capital of Texas," because it is home to an astounding array of amateur, youth and recreational sports facilities, including a very popular skate park (visit our local shop, too - Mustache Skateboards.)

 

Yes, there is an actual "round rock;" it was a landmark on the old cattle-driving Chisholm Trail and it still sits in the middle of Brushy Creek.

 

There's some great Jelly action in nearby Austin, but we'd like some fun a little closer to home, so it's time for Jelly in Round Rock.

 

Hope to see you soon!

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When do you meet?

 

****  We'll celebrate our First Anniversary for Jelly Coworking Round Rock this Friday, 12 February.  ****

 

Our brand-spankin'-new first meeting ever was Friday, February 13, 2009 and we continue to meet on Fridays whenever possible.

 

Drop by any time between 11 am and 2 pm; stay for part of it or all of it.

 

I try to be there most Fridays, but if I'm not, look for redhead social media whiz Brooks Bennett. 

 

Our Twitter hashtag is #RoundRockJelly.

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Where do you meet?

Most of our meetings are at Star Co. sandwich and coffee shop, 114 East Main Street downtown. They have a good gathering spot in the back with tables, and decent WiFi.

 

Our other occasional meeting place is the UK-flavored Friar Tuck's Pantry English Coffee House and Tea Room, which opened in January 2009 in Round Rock's historic downtown, at 204 Main Street. 

 

They feature British food products, lots of pastries and light lunch fare midday, plus plenty of coffee, tea and other drinks to keep you fueled.  There is open WiFi and a pretty decent number of wall plugs, but bring a power strip to share if you have one.

 

Street parking is all around, or there is a free City Garage off of Main.

 

To get to downtown Round Rock, take I-35 and go East on 620 (Main St.) 

 

We have a Round Rock Jelly Flickr Group Pool if you attend and take any good photos that you'd like to upload.

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Is someone in charge of this racket?

 

I don't know if "in charge" is an accurate description of this seat-of-the-pants endeavor, but it was my idea to launch Jelly in Round Rock, mostly to save myself driving hassles and find other freelancers/entrepreneurs in southern Williamson County and far north Austin.

 

I'm Sheila Scarborough (and @SheilaS on Twitter.)