The Bodega, Cornmarket St, Friday 13 January at 10:15am
There are no presentations or demos lined up this week, just open networking.

And at the Rubicon Centre, CIT, Bishopstown on Friday 27th January at 10:15am
To get OCC of to an inspiring start in 2012, Stephen Bean, photographer, movie maker, lecturer and media producer for UCC is going to give us a talk.

Come along for coffee and the talk will start at 10:30. More about Stephen here: and photography at UCC here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/New-Photography-at-UCC/143207142438614 . Stephen has an astonishing breadth of experience from war photography to photographing silver tea pots (do you know how hard that is?!) to filming interviews and caves so bring along you image media questions for him.

Want to talk at Open Coffee?
If you would like to give a talk or show off a new product for some feedback
at an upcoming Cork Open Coffee, please get in touch by emailing

corkopencoffee@gmail.com

The Coder Dojo is a weekly meetup where young people aged 6+ can learn the basics
of web development and build sites/apps with the help of the volunteers there.

Their web address http://www.codrcamp.com
Follow them on twitter @CoderDojo

This should be a great neworking event for all, and for people who usually
dont get to go to open coffee.

Want to talk at Open Coffee?
If you would like to give a talk or show off a new product for some feedback
at an upcoming Cork Open Coffee, please get in touch by emailing

corkopencoffee@gmail.com

Talk to you all on Friday

Want to talk at Open Coffee?
If you would like to give a talk or show off a new product for some feedback

at an upcoming Cork Open Coffee, please get in touch by emailing

corkopencoffee@gmail.com

Talk to you all on Friday

There are no presentations or demos lined up this week, just open networking.

Want to talk at Open Coffee?

If you would like to give a talk or show off a new product for some feedback

at an upcoming Cork Open Coffee, please get in touch by emailing corkopencoffee@gmail.com

Talk to you all on Friday
Don’t forget to follow @corkopencoffee on Twitter!

The menu for the evening will be as follows

BREADS: A selection of fresh breads.
DIPS: Chef’s recommendations of dip’s
BAKED POTATO: BBQ’d piping hot baked potatoes.
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COLESLAW: Julienne of carrot and Dutch cabbage lightly seasoned and finished with real mayonnaise.
PASTA SALAD: Rigatoni pasta bound with sun-dried tomatoes, black olives and our house dressing.
MIXED LEAVES: Baby mixed leaf salad drizzled with a SoHo lemon and lime dressing.
POTATO SALAD: Classic potato salad, potato. Mayonnaise, chive and redonion.
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CHICKEN SKEWER: Marinated boneless chicken breast and vegetables topped with SoHo’s amazing herbsauce.
SAUSAGES: Grilled Irish Ispini sausages.
CHEESE BURGER: 100% Irish beef, infused with a delicate blend of herbs & spices topped with red cheddar served on a bap with lettuce, tomato & red onion.
KING PRAWNS: King tiger river prawns bbq’d to perfection.

If your interested in going just email corkopencoffee at gmail.com. Tickets are €20 each and places are limited.

There are no presentations or demos lined up this week, just open networking.

Want to talk at Open Coffee?

If you would like to give a talk or show off a new product for some feedback

at an upcoming Cork Open Coffee, please get in touch by emailing corkopencoffee@gmail.com

Talk to you all on Friday
Don’t forget to follow @corkopencoffee on Twitter!

The owners, Simon and his wife Jackie have generously invited Cork Open Coffee members to meet in their café, where we will all receive a complimentary coffee on arrival. And there’s Wifi too!

For anyone staying around for lunch, Simon has also generously offered 10% off their lunch menu.

There is parking available in the area with 2 hours free (maybe more) with a cost of 5 Euro per hour after that.

If you are unfamiliar with the area, here is a map to the Maradyke Arena, Cork.

Open Coffee – After Dark

For those who would like to attend but can’t make Cork Open Coffee during the working hours, there is ‘After Dark’. A monthly Open Coffee which takes place on the last Friday of the month.

This months After Dark takes place in The Bodega from 8pm. We usually try to take over the little cubbyhole section just inside the door to the left of the bar so look for us there.

Want to talk at Open Coffee?

If you would like to make a presentation, to demo a new app or get some feedback at an upcoming Cork Open Coffee, please get in touch by responding to this email or contacting myself, Ciara Crossan or Conor O’Neill directly.

Talk to you all on Friday,

Don’t forget to follow @corkopencoffee on Twitter!

7 Habits of Effective Websites

Frank Prendergast is a well known and respected Web Designer based in Cork and will give a brief talk on Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and then open up the topic for further discussion with the group.

Frank has been working in the web industry for over ten years and likes to work with small to medium sized businesses developing or revamping their web presence. He is a believer in clarity, simplicity and effectiveness in design.

Want to talk at Open Coffee?

If you would like to give a talk or show off a new product for some feedback at an upcoming Cork Open Coffee, please get in touch by replying to this email or emailing corkopencoffee@gmail.com

Talk to you all on Friday

Don’t forget to follow @corkopencoffee on Twitter!

For anyone not familiar with the area, here is a link to the Blackrock castle on Google Maps http://short.ie/
bcomap. There is parking around the corner from the castle gates.

Clair McSweeney, Facilities Manager of the Blackrock Castle Observatory has kindly invited us to gather in the The Castle Bar and Trattoria, which is on the right as you enter the castle gates.

Clair will also give a tour of the castle at noon for anyone interested and would also like to highlight some of the great upcoming events in the castle including:

• Tweet in to Blade Runner (Movies by Moonlight Film Club) Saturday the 29th
• Space Camp 2010 (Summer Camp July and August)
• The Castle Bar and Trattoria Summer Bar-B-Qs

Any blogging / Tweeting / Foursquare’ing about BCO or any of its event is greatly appreciated! Further events in the BCO can be seen on their events page or sign up their newsletter.

Cork Open Coffee Sponsorship

David Reilly, from Reilly & Co. Solicitors in Cork has generously offered to sponsor several of the upcoming Open Coffees which means we can bring in some excellent Coffee from Mr. Cotton coffee for a few of the upcoming Open Coffees in the Rubicon. If youd like to Thank David (or maybe get some legal advice!) you can follow him on Twitter.

Cork Open Coffee E28093 After Dark

Also taking place this coming Friday is Cork Open Coffee E28093 After Dark. This is an evening version of the Open Coffee for those who cant make it in the mornings.

It is very informal and takes place in The Bodega from 8pm onwards. Follow Ronald on Twitter for more details or questions.

Bizcamp

Bizcamp Dublin takes place this Saturday in the Guinness Storehouse. Check out their line up of speakers (PDF) C2A0and others attending the event. A fantastic event for businesses.