Archive for September, 2007

Who’sAtCooBric: Sandira Calviac

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

Sandira Calviac is a business enabler and mobile catalyst. She's working on a startup. Contact her at: nyc (at) sandira (dot) com. “I’d like to set up a workshop here about how to be a French lover. 'From a geek to a French lover.' Workshop coming soon.” A.L.: “What’s an experience ...

Making a great showing…

Friday, September 28th, 2007

As we wound down our time at Cafe Fuego, we had two terrific days this Thursday and Friday. Yesterday, on our Free Day, we found a slew of people we had not seen since our Grand Opening. What was intended as a start of a free cycle, became ...

Help Reinvent CooperBricolage!

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

Dear CooBric-ers, Gosh, do we have some news for you! The current home of CooperBricolage, Cafe Fuego, is about to begin a massive renovation of its restaurant on St. Marks Place in early October. New name, new chef, new menu, new management-- nearly everything. Since this is the current home for coworking in ...

2 More Events: Ruby On Rails Meetup and Startup Lunch!

Sunday, September 23rd, 2007

This week is going to be a busy one... if one of these events sounds like your game, come on by! Ruby On Rails Meetup with Patrick Ewing Wednesday, September 26 - 11am - 2pm Our favorite Ruby expert Pat will lead a discussion for developers who are working on (or are thinking ...

Free Thursday Next Week at CooBric!

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

When you go to Ralph's Italian Ices, you know there's only one good way to decide between Chocolate Cookies N' Creme and Strawberry Cheesecake-- you get a free taste. Next Thursday , CooperBricolage offers not just a free taste, but a whole day of working side by side with awesome people. ...

Finding “bricolage” in France

Monday, September 17th, 2007

So - I have been away for a couple of days on a bit of a "holiday" and found myself on the EuroStar in Paris this past weekend. As I was driving around with a friend of mine, I kept passing a bunch of shops along the roads with ...

Who’sAtCooBric: Jesse Engle and Swatchbox

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

Jesse Engle is a partner at Swatchbox. He recently launched DesignMyRoom.com. It helps people visualize home improvement and decoration projects. What are some themes in your life? Aside from having three boys, the kids' sports, Cub Scouts, being married, and a normal life in what's kind of rural America, I'm ...

Great ending to the week…

Saturday, September 8th, 2007

Just finishing off a slew of emails that have come in for the CooBric and wanted to share in the link love that has shown up in the past few days: Luis Villa, from Planet Gnome, gave a nice write up on his blog and Planet Gnome Chris Messina, from Citizen Agency, ...

Photos from our Grand Opening

Wednesday, September 5th, 2007

A few more here. If you took pictures or video of the event, let us know!

Incredible.

Wednesday, September 5th, 2007

In a word. The CooBric Comm and the regulars were astounded at the turnout today. Over 150 people showed up - when we only had 60 people RSVP (granted, a number did tell us that they could not put their RSVP on the wiki). But, the turnout was astonishing. Thank ...