The year was 2015, and I was visiting Berlin with my friend Lyn. She would go on to move there, but at the time we were both job searching after our batch at the Recurse Centre and visiting the city for fun. She had probably done more solo travel than
It's July! June was a busy month for us, concluding with our Incubator Demo Day last week. We'll be writing more about how the Incubator went soon, but for now, we have an unconference to announce and give you a run down of what's
Today is the summer solstice! We're celebrating by having a week jam-packed with events! The incubator demo day is coming up next week and we really hope you'll join us. Read more below! What's happening next week 🍽️ Community Dinner # 72 Join us for our
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We're trying another experiment here at 1RG, this one is our "pivot to video." It can be hard to describe in words what being at 1RG is about, and while we've tried to capture our vibe, we normally just tell people to come experience
1RG is a container for experiments. Some of them are smaller in scope and self contained, like the Summer Fellowship, and others become mainstays, like Community Dinner. Regardless of what happens to them in the long term, they always teach us something, and often evolve with us – for example, Community
June is here, which means it's time for the 1RG community to engage in a ritual debate: does summer start on June 1st or June 20th? What's the difference? Meteorological season are defined by the temperature and last exactly 3 months each – June 1st for summer.
Next week at 1RG Community Dinner #70 Join us for our next monthly Community Dinner! We’ll be serving a home-cooked vegetarian dinner. All you have to bring is yourself, and any alcoholic beverages you may wish to have with dinner. We only have 20 spots for dinner, so if
Thoughts and musing by 1RG
We just wrapped up week 1 - here's a reflection on the first week, and the month leading up to it.
On March 28th we kicked off the 1RG Incubator. We brought together the six participants in the incubator, a sizeable contingent of our mentors, and just one of the 1RG co-founders. I was nowhere to be seen. Instead I was in Florida. For work, no less! 1RG encompasses three ventures:
The snow is finally melting 🌱 the birds are chirping 🐥 the sun is shining ☀️ and we're here for it! Next week at 1RG 👥 Salon #1: Attention Starting this Sunday, Ellen will be hosting monthly small-group (~10 people) gatherings to... 1. Collectively explore life topics that affect us all, and
Spring is not quite here, but as I started writing this post I thought to myself: "boy-howdy do we have a lot of events coming up this month" and it put a spring in my step. 🏛️ Civic Space is back Civic Space was a hit and we'
The theme for the first batch of the 1RG incubator is Toronto the Good. I LOVE a good call back to history so here's a tiny digression. I've been vaguely aware of the nickname Toronto The Good for some time, but I didn't know
On February 2nd we hosted a work session in collaboration with some friends at Civic Tech Toronto. Civic Tech Toronto is a community of Torontonians that meets every Tuesday, working on understanding and solving civic challenges with technology. They have been meeting consistently for the last 10 years and leading
Max and I got nerd sniped into hosting an "Unnamed good podcast" with our friend Boris, where we talk about tech, community, and resiliency. In the first episode we'll touch on: - building a scene in Canada 🍁 - the 1RG incubator - AT protocol and why
This Spring, we're launching a new program to support ambitious technology projects focused on community impact in Toronto.
Happy new year! We're back with our usual programming and some exciting additions. 💫 Improv Potluck Social Zoe from Holistic Improv is hosting an improv class paired with a social and a potluck. This event is perfect for beginners who want to dip their toes into improv, improve their
We've been running 1RG for a little over two years. We don't have a sign. We've been working on updating our website for several months. We barely have socials. We are the speakeasy of co-working. A few days ago, someone new came by our