by admin October 22nd 2010
We've just received a lovely testimonial from Mark Williamson - co-founder of Flashbck:
We decided to look for an Intern for our bootstrapped startup on the Tuesday. By Wednesday we had 3 applicants, by Thursday 5 and by the Friday 10. 7 of these came through Superscout. The other three were a mix of other sites including Eternships & Freelancestudents. Considering this was an unpaid position we're really pleased with the response and it's not showing any signs of slowing down.
Besides the response, I'm impressed with the functionality of SuperScout. The highlights: it's simple ...
by Superscout September 30th 2010
We're very pleased to announce that Superscout was picked to be in the final of the startup show at http://www.webexpo.net. Preparation for the event took a few days and we were given 5 minutes to talk about the product which was then judged by a jury and audience voting based on the prospects for the company.
The audience of web developers, designers and entrepreneurs really reacted well to Superscout's USPs: Business Model and Simple Privacy Rules.
The other competitors were Bijk, Hotgloo and Nicereply
Bijk: Server monitoring
Hotgloo: Online Wireframe Application
Nicereply: Lets people rate emails
Our presentation slides are below:
Super Scout Webexpo Deck
Thanks ...
by Superscout September 17th 2010
We are thrilled to announce that Superscout in the final of the WebExpo startup-show. 36 startups entered the show and more than 400 attendees have registered for the third edition of the WebExpo Prague 2010 Conference which will take place on September 23th – 25th at Prague. The main topics of this three-day conference will be entrepreneurship, web design, development agile management and of course the final of the startup show which will be held on 25th September from 16:15.
by Superscout September 8th 2010
Taps on shoulders, people calling your name, knocking on doors, unnecessary meetings are just some of the problems that keep you away from the job that needs to be done at work. Jason Fried, Founder of 37signals & co-author of Rework talks about the ways in which the modern day workplace is designed for maximum interruptions. Jason goes on to talk about ways in which we can minimise these distractions using collaboration software that can be easily ignored till you've got a second, after all, you can't hit the red on a person tapping your shoulder or calling your ...
by Superscout September 8th 2010
Attention art and creative directors, graphic designers, web designers, copywriters, photographers and illustrators
Communication Arts is celebrating their 50 year anniversary with six juried competitions that cover the entire field of visual design and communications.
Winning entries will be published both in print and online. A great opportunity for worldwide promotion and valuable resource for your potential clients and colleagues. View Previous Winners
Deadline: January 7, 2011 (Late fees apply after January 7)
Evocative illustration from editorial, advertising, institutional, for sale and unpublished ...
by James September 8th 2010
Here's the advice I gave a friend recently to prepare for a job interview.
Draw as many parallels as possible between your experience and the job description of the job you are interviewing for. Give examples: short stories to illustrate your experience. Saying "Yes, I have experience of X" is boring. Telling them about your experience is more engaging.
An interview is like a first date. As soon as you get the other person / people into a conversation (instead of them asking a question and you giving an ...
by Superscout September 3rd 2010
AOL is creating 20 software engineering jobs at its Dublin Development Centre as part of AOL’s Tech division. The job role will focus on “developing AOL’s global media channels” – AOL News, FailyFinance and the AOL.com homepage.
“This is a very exciting time for AOL, and particularly for our expanding operations in Dublin. We have a very clear goal to become the leading web services company in the world, and our Irish operations will play a crucial role in our success,” said Aengus McClean, head of AOL global operations.
AOL has been in Dublin for 10 years and employs over 100 people.
by Superscout September 3rd 2010
Ed Hamilton, a copyrighter has cleverly mapped out his CV on google earth "You'll find everything you'd expect from any other CV, including contact details, education, experience and interests." Ed Says. The most interesting story Ed has to offer is that when he was travelling with friends in Vietnam he was paid 1 million Dong (about £80) to run around for 2 days firing an M16 machine - as part of a war film about Vietnam of course.
by Superscout August 25th 2010
This post originally featured on Malcolm Coles blog. The daily mail has cunningly placed a job ad in their robots.txt file! In the middle it says:
# August 12th, MailOnline are looking for a talented SEO Manager so if you found this you're the kind of techie we need
What a brilliant idea!
For those who don't know, the robots.txt file is how you tell search engines which pages they can and can't crawl on your site to include in their index.
If you liked this post, you might also want to check out the Online Marketing jobs ...
by Superscout April 23rd 2010
After 18 months in planning, 10 months Development and a roller-coaster ride of emotion, challenge, frustration and excitement, Superscout goes live on the Internet for the very first time today! We will officially launch the site to the masses shortly, once we know that the technology we've built works as well as our users expect. We are very grateful to those who have contributed their ideas and time throughout this project, not least to our investors for their belief in us and their patience.
Superscout exists ...
