This OpenCoffee will be on THURSDAY, 5th AUGUST  2010 from 10:30am.

If you’re not familiar with the NCI, it’s located at Mayor Square in the IFSC in Dublin 1.  It’s easily accessible via red Luas (Mayor Square stop) and DART (Connolly Station stop), and the NCI have offered five free parking spaces for attendees (let me know if you want one) and there’s additional parking in the NCI car park & at Connolly Station car park.  Click here for a link to NCI’s location map.  We’ll be right inside in the main cafe on the ground floor.

We still have a few OpenCoffee Dublin badges left, so come along and collect one!

Please leave a comment below or register on NCI’s site http://www.ncirl.ie/Events/Dublin_OpenCoffee_Club_Meeting_) if you’re attending so that we have an idea of numbers.  If you are interested in demoing, we have a few slots for that.  Please e-mail martharo@microsoft.com and let me know.

Thanks very much to Emma Henderson from NCI for her kind offer to host & provide coffee & tea!

See you Thursday.

(NOTE: Registration link has been updated - 28/7)

Our next meeting will be Thursday, August 5th from 10:30.  Details here shortly. 
Update: apologies, I initially had the date listed incorrectly.  The correct date is August 5th.

We have plans underway for the return of Saturday OpenCoffees again.  If you have a preference for location of Saturday OpenCoffees (stick with Cafe Novo?  Or ?), please leave a comment below.  We’ll have an update for Saturday OpenCoffee in two weeks.

Enjoy your summer and see you in August.

This OpenCoffee will be on THURSDAY, 3rd JUNE 2010 from 10:30am.

If you’re not familiar with the NCI, it’s located at Mayor Square in the IFSC in Dublin 1.  It’s easily accessible via red Luas (Mayor Square stop) and DART (Connolly Station stop), and the NCI have offered five free parking spaces for attendees (let me know if you want one) and there’s additional parking in the NCI car park & at Connolly Station car park.  Click here for a link to NCI’s location map.  We’ll be right inside in the main cafe on the ground floor.

We will have more badges for those of you who missed the last one, so come along & collect your OpenCoffee Dublin badge.

Please leave a comment below or register on NCI’s site (http://www.ncirl.ie/Events/Dublin_Open_Coffee_Club_Meeting) if you’re attending so that we have an idea of numbers, and if you are interested in demoing,  please e-mail martharo@microsoft.com and let me know.

Thanks very much to Emily Barry & Emma Henderson from NCI for their offer to host & provide coffee & tea!

See you Thursday.

This OpenCoffee will be on THURSDAY, 6th MAY 2010 from 10:30am.

If you’re not familiar with the NCI, it’s located at Mayor Square in the IFSC in Dublin 1.  It’s easily accessible via red Luas (Mayor Square stop) and DART (Connolly Station stop), and the NCI have offered five free parking spaces for attendees (let me know if you want one) and there’s additional parking in the NCI car park & at Connolly Station car park.  Click here for a link to NCI’s location map.  We’ll be right inside in the main cafe on the ground floor.

I will have more badges for those of you who missed the last one, so come along & collect your OpenCoffee Dublin badge.

Please leave a comment below if you’re attending so that we have an idea of numbers, and if you are interested in demoing,  please e-mail martharo@microsoft.com and let me know.

Thanks very much to Emily Barry & Emma Henderson from NCI for their offer to host & provide coffee & tea!

See you Thursday.

4/5/2010-UPDATE: Here are wireless instructions for attendees of OpenCoffee

Visitor Wireless connection is intended for guests or visitors of NCI for temporary access to the internet from their own laptops. Staff & Students must use the Staff & Student Wireless network as applicable.

The Visitor Wireless connection password is changed on a weekly basis – please contact the IT Department for the latest password.

Instructions for connecting to the Visitor Wireless.

· Open the WiFi manager and browse the list of available networks. Highlight Visitor and click connect.

· Open Internet explorer and go to:
Tools >> Internet Options >> Connections Tab >> LAN Settings

· Check Use Automatic Configuration Script and in the address box type:
http://192.168.240.11/proxy.pac and click OK

· Close Internet Explorer and open it again and you should be presented with a log in pages as below where you enter the current username and password as provided by IT Department

This OpenCoffee will be on THURSDAY, 6th MAY 2010 from 10:30am.

If you’re not familiar with the NCI, it’s located at Mayor Square in the IFSC in Dublin 1.  It’s easily accessible via red Luas (Mayor Square stop) and DART (Connolly Station stop), and the NCI have offered five free parking spaces for attendees (let me know if you want one) and there’s additional parking in the NCI car park & at Connolly Station car park.  Click here for a link to NCI’s location map.  We’ll be right inside in the main cafe on the ground floor.

I will have more badges for those of you who missed the last one, so come along & collect your OpenCoffee Dublin badge.

Please leave a comment below if you’re attending so that we have an idea of numbers, and if you are interested in demoing,  please e-mail martharo@microsoft.com and let me know.

Thanks very much to Emily Barry & Emma Henderson from NCI for their offer to host & provide coffee & tea!

See you Thursday.

I was talking to Declan McGrath (theirishpenguin) and he has kindly created an OpenCoffee topic list at Etherpad so head along there and/or leave some comments if you get a chance.

BTW the next OpenCoffee will be Saturday 10 April in the same place as the last one: Cafe Novo at the Westbury.

Also not a joke – we have surprise giveaways for attendees at this week’s OpenCoffee Dublin.  I don’t want to spoil it, but I promise it will help you find other OpenCoffee-teers at future OpenCoffee events.

We meet in the Science Gallery in Trinity College Dublin on Pearse Street in The Naughton Institute. 

Please leave a comment below if you’re attending so that we have an idea of numbers, and if you are interested in demoing,  please e-mail martharo@microsoft.com and let me know.

See you Thursday.

Meet at Café Novo, underneath the Westbury Hotel, for OpenCoffee Dublin on SATURDAY 13th MARCH from 10:30am.

Please leave a comment below if you’re attending so that we have an idea of numbers, and if you are interested in demoing,  please e-mail martharo@microsoft.com and let me know.

See you Saturday.

FunConf – Web People Telling Stories on Buses in Ireland: http://funconf.com/
I guarantee you’ve never been to an event like this.  Just a few spots left – sign up today and save me a spot on the bus!

Irish Accounts – David Branigan & Company offers financial services to professionals and tech organisations. http://www.irishaccounts.ie 
David is a regular at Dublin OpenCoffee; come along and find out more about Irish Accounts services and how he can help your group.

Dublin Hackerspace – TOG: http://www.tog.ie/
Today we learned from Christian that TOG are working on getting a 3D printer!  Watch the TOG site for information about upcoming events and courses for developers, hobbyists, engineers and more.

BizSparkCamp – Monday March 8th Free Event for Startups: http://techludd.com/2010/02/12/microsoft-bizsparkcamp-2/
BizSpark is a Microsoft-sponsored program to provide startups with free tools, software and network opportunities.  Monday’s event is a day to learn about finding new funding sources, partner strategies, best practices, pitch techniques and more.

Opera 10.5 Release – http://www.opera.com/
Opera version 10.5 was released this week for Windows, Mac & Linux versions coming soon, and it’s sporting a slick new design, private browsing features, and more.

If I missed anything, e-mail me at martharo [at] microsoft.com & I will add it.

See you next time (with our shiny new OpenCoffee Dublin badges).

There was some interest in discussing http://crisiscommons.wordpress.com/, and talking about what we can do from Ireland to help on these projects.  If this is of interest, please come along, we’d really appreciate your input!

We meet in the Science Gallery in Trinity College Dublin on Pearse Street in The Naughton Institute. 

Please leave a comment below if you’re attending so that we have an idea of numbers, and if you are interested in demoing,  please e-mail martharo@microsoft.com and let me know.

See you Thursday.