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14 days ago |
Community, Investment, Social Media, Software Development, Start-ups |
James Mayes |
5
Startups need to be as careful with the cash flow as possible. We all understand that and with the work I’ve been doing over the past few years I’ve seen this from so many...
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15 days ago |
Software Development, Start-ups |
James Mayes |
0
For those developing sites or trying to speed up their own blog, or just generally if you find your Chrome performance sometimes starts to suffer, this little plugin might prove really...
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16 days ago |
Mobile, Social Media, Social Recruiting, Start-ups, Twitter |
James Mayes |
3
There are regularly articles on new Twitter clients, new features and usage stats – but the landscape moves so fast, they’re out of date in a month or two. I’ve just...
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21 days ago |
Social Media, Software Development, Start-ups |
James Mayes |
0
Ever wondered what technology stacks power some of the world’s most successful start-ups? It’s now easier than ever to examine these sites, both for tech stacks and for other...
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64 days ago |
Facebook tips, LinkedIn, Social Media, Start-ups, Twitter Tips, Uncategorized |
James Mayes |
0
Things change in the social world. Connections can be broken, photos deleted, tweets taken down and so on. I blogged recently about Twitter’s new service allowing you to download your...
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65 days ago |
Human Resources, Personal Development, Recruitment, Social Recruiting, Start-ups, Video |
James Mayes |
0
I wrote a post over the weekend looking at the difference between share options in the UK and the US. Judging by the comments, I wasn’t too far off the mark. One comment also included...
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67 days ago |
Human Resources, Investment, Recruitment, Start-ups |
James Mayes |
7
Something I heard last week has really stuck with me. It concerns the motivation and rewarding of staff via share options. The stated view was that this mechanism was far more effective for...
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78 days ago |
Blogging, Facebook, Foursquare, Humour, Infographic, Social Media, Social Recruiting, Start-ups |
James Mayes |
0
Spotted this cartoon today – essentially social media in historical context. Needs no explanation, just love it! Credit to John Atkinson of Wrong Hands - original post over here!...
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81 days ago |
Blogging, Social Media, Start-ups |
James Mayes |
0
The more I work with new products and remote teams, the more I’ve needed to share screenshots. I also do screengrabs regularly for blog posts. I started using a new tool last week...
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83 days ago |
Recruitment, Social Recruiting, Start-ups |
James Mayes |
0
Been keeping an eye on Wolfram Alpha since it first launched a few years back as it promised a different twist on the usual web search tools. It’s billed as a computational...
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154 days ago |
Personal, Personal Development, Recruitment, Social Media, Social Recruiting, Start-ups |
James Mayes |
1
While I’ve continued to write occasional posts recently, I’ve been somewhat preoccupied with other events. Likewise, I’ve been rather quieter on the professional...
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224 days ago |
Human Resources, Recruitment, Start-ups |
James Mayes |
11
Following a great presentation by Tom Loosemore recently, I’ve been keen to take a better look at what’s happening with gov.uk, the UK Government’s new central portal. It...
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232 days ago |
Conference, Human Resources, Recruitment, Software Development, Start-ups |
James Mayes |
6
Over at HRTechEurope last week and as per the previous year, one of my highlights was the iHR contest. A handful of young tech firms with disruptive potential get a time-limited...
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267 days ago |
Infographic, Recruitment, Software Development, Start-ups |
James Mayes |
6
Big fan of what DueDil are doing to make data more accessible. Notice they’ve just completed some work with Adzuna and pulled together some analysis of the hiring position in...
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268 days ago |
Community, Personal, Personal Development, Sport, Start-ups |
James Mayes |
0
Many will know I’ve been away this weekend with TechBikers. A project kicked off by Google’s Eze Vidra, the aim was to get together a bunch of tech-focussed entrepreneurs and do...
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293 days ago |
Personal, Personal Development, Start-ups |
James Mayes |
2
While this one is a way off my usual Tech or Talent focus, it’s something that’s been buzzing round my head for a while and a spark hit this weekend that made me want to...
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405 days ago |
Personal, Recruitment, Start-ups |
James Mayes |
3
As many have noticed, I moved on from BraveNewTalent a month or so back. During the intervening period, I’ve been asked many times what I was going to do next. Truth is, I’ve...
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419 days ago |
Conference, Mobile, Software Development, Start-ups |
James Mayes |
0
Different one from me today. Booked myself a ticket to this event a while back, but overlooked my daughter’s birthday tea party… clearly more important! I don’t want the...
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426 days ago |
Conference, Facebook, Investment, Social Media, Social Recruiting, Start-ups |
James Mayes |
0
Toddling along to the Social Media in Recruitment event today and a few bits of news have caught my eye. Thought I’d round them up! The first follows the recent furore about charges...
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433 days ago |
Human Resources, Personal, Personal Development, Recruitment, Social Media, Social Recruiting, Start-ups |
James Mayes |
5
As a few people are already aware, it seems sensible to put this one out and clear. Times are changing and I’m moving to pastures new. I’ve had a great time with...
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