Next Dublin OpenCoffee: Thursday February 2nd

Posted on January 6, 2012 by martha

Hope you all had a great holiday and new year! OpenCoffee Dublin kicks off for 2012 on Thursday February 2nd at the shiny new KC Peaches on Nassau Street from 10am. We’ll be there until around noon.

KC Peaches is located at 28/29 Nassau Street, very close to the Pearse Street DART station and Grafton Street, so it’s easy to get to. Their coffee, pastries and food are all fantastic and healthy, too! (Also, if you’re having a particularly bad morning, they have just opened a great new wine cellar in the basement!) KC Peaches also provides free wifi via Bitbuzz for your first 20 minutes in the cafe.

I’ve had a few emails from people looking to hire technology talent. Please feel free to leave comments below about what you’re looking for and those interested can come along and chat with you about your company and the role. Another option are the job postings at our new Irish technology magazine, Idea: Job Board at Idea Magazine.

I have a demo slot if someone would like to share what they’re working on, just let me know or leave a comment below.

Thanks and see you on February 2nd!

Next Dublin OpenCoffee: Thursday December 8th

Posted on November 28, 2011 by martha

We’ve been on the lookout for a new spot for Dublin OpenCoffee and we’ve found one. I’m delighted to announce our next OpenCoffee Dublin meetup will be Thursday December 8th at the shiny new KC Peaches on Nassau Street from 10am. We’ll be there until around noon.

I’ll be demoing Idea Magazine (which launches that day!), a new technology magazine for the Irish tech community. I have one other demo slot if someone would like to share what they’re working on too, just let me know or leave a comment below.

Thanks and see you on December 8th!

Annnddddd We’re Back

Posted on November 16, 2011 by martha

Apologies for the downtime – OpenCoffee has a long and gnarled history of multiple owners, registers, etc. All sorted out now.

I’ll be fixing this up very shortly – in the meantime, you can follow the Twitter account or our LinkedIn account for more information.

Thanks for your patience.

Next Dublin OpenCoffee: Thursday November 3rd

Posted on October 21, 2011 by martha

Our next Dublin OpenCoffee Club will be meeting on Thursday November 3rd from 10am at Foam Cafe. We’ll be there until around noon.

Foam Cafe is at 24 Strand Street Great (near the Jervis Street Luas Stop & Bar Italia on the Quays), and they have the absolute best muffins and scones in Dublin (try the filled fruit muffins, they’re out of this world).

If you’re interested in demoing something cool you’re working on, please let me know. We have two slots available at the moment.

Thanks & see you on November 3rd!

Get OpenCoffee Dublin Updates via Email

Posted on September 20, 2011 by martha

I have received a few email requests for other ways to find out about OpenCoffee Dublin events. At the moment, I primarily use the blog, but there is also a Twitter feed with update and a LinkedIn groupwith events & update information.

One option, if you’re not a Twitter user, is to use something like SocialOomph or If This Then That to get OpenCoffee Dublin tweets e-mailed to you on a regular basis. I created an ifttt recipe you can use: just use the following to get Tweets mailed to you: http://ifttt.com/recipes/1626.

If email is the best way for you to get updates, I would suggest you use the link below to sign up for the blog updates to be e-mailed to you and/or use the mail notifications from the LinkedIn group.

Subscribe to OpenCoffee Club Dublin by Email

September OpenCoffee Recap

Posted on September 19, 2011 by martha

After our summer break, we had a great meetup this month on September 8th at Foam Cafe in Dublin with lots of new faces including a group of startups who had driven down from Derry. By the end of the morning I had completely lost my voice so I think that’s a good sign that lots of good conversations were going on!

A few things from that morning to put on your radar:

Text me a drink:

Text me a drink

Text me a drink demoed their new business to a very interested crowd. Their service, which currently works with Dublin bar Czech Inn, allows you to select drinks or food & send to your friend, who receives a code he or she can redeem at the selected bar. Other bars are signing up now so there should be one near you soon.

Inventorium Designs for Learning Competition:

Designs for Learning

Designs for Learning is an exciting competition for new products and services which bridge home, school and gallery-based learning. Five finalists will will 3,000 each to develop the ideas that best link learning between home, school and gallery. The five finalists will then go on to compete for a further 5,000 along with support to make their idea a reality. The competition is open to anyone with great ideas, but the applications are due by 5pm Friday September 30th. For more information and to apply, visit their website.

PyCon Ireland:

PyCon Ireland

PyCon Ireland returns to Dublin on October 8th-9th at the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel on Golden Lane. Check out their site for information on the talks and tutorials for this busy weekend. You can also follow the Twitter account @pyconireland for the latest updates.

Eirtight:

Eirtight

Eirtight is a provider of highly robust, scalable, custom software solutions & secure cloud-based applications. They are located in the Media Cube at IADT in Dun Laoghaire. For more information on their services and how they might be able to help you build software systems, check out their website.

PCI eCommerce Solutions:

PCI eCommerce Solutions

PCI specialises in delivering technology solutions to the Irish marketplace. Their core areas of expertise are software solutions, database design, web development and systems integration. To learn more about PCI and how they might be able to create solutions for you, visit their website.

Next Dublin OpenCoffee: Thursday October 6th

Posted on September 19, 2011 by martha

Our next Dublin OpenCoffee Club will be meeting on Thursday October 6th from 10am at Foam Cafe. We’ll be there until around noon.

If you’re interested in demoing something cool you’re working on, please let me know. We have two slots available at the moment.

Thanks & see you on October 6th!

Next Dublin OpenCoffee: Thursday September 8th 2011

Posted on August 19, 2011 by martha

Welcome back! Hope everyone had a great summer. Dublin OpenCoffee is back starting on Thursday September 8th. Based on some feedback we’re going to start a bit earlier this time so we’ll be meeting at 10am, but we’ll still stick around until about noon.

We’re meeting at Foam Cafe on 24 Great Strand Street (near the Jervis Street Luas stop / Bar Italia on the Quays). We have several start-ups coming down from Derry and we also have a small tech demo from an exciting company who are launching next week!

Should be a great meet-up, so I hope to see you all there. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to e-mail me. We’re full for demos this month but if you’d like to demo or talk about your technology (remember no sales pitches) in October, please get in touch.

Thanks and see you on September 8th!