Here at Jiva, we build creative web applications with a focus on People Search.
Sometimes you just want to find someone who really knows what they're doing to help you out and we're working on better ways to do that using the biggest networker of them all: the Internet. Our company is defined by the eclectic nature of the team; we draw inspiration from unlikely sources in the pursuit original answers to mundane problems. We also have a strong social ethos so you'll find our products have a distinct grassroots feel about them.
Beanbag, is a simple and easy way for parents and students to connect to the vast community of educators and resources that sit outside the school gate. Based on the simple philosophy that education is too important to be confined to schools, Beanbag simplifies the process of finding the thousands of really good teachers, tutors and education professionals that work outside of the school system.
For tutors, Beanbag is a place to get the most from your hard earned skills, find interesting work and share ideas with fellow practitioners.
Advisr simplifies the way small and medium sized companies search for professional advice. Search is based on what you know not where you work, so companies with a problem can connect directly with an accountant, lawyer or HR professional with the skills to solve it. Designed from the ground up to be accessible from the new generation of smart phones, Advisr is a search tool for 'people with knowledge'.
Collaborative Filtering and Social Capital
We’ve just kicked off a new blog over at blog.scrump.com with a post about Collaborative Filtering and Social Capital. Recently I have been thinking about how we can apply the techniques of collaborative filtering to people search and recommendation. Indeed we have built Beanbag Learning as a research testbed...
At Jiva we all get the advantage of having 10% time to explore projects a little off the beaten track from our day-to-day work. As I’m not a developer this presented a bit of a challenge for me initially but after a brief rant on my personal blog that struck...
Is modern society making us less creative?
We had one of those get together and bond sessions here at Planet Jiva the other day. Except, rather than shoot each other with paint in a rainy wood, we sat in a nice, dry office whilst each of us talked about things that we were interested in. With topics...
A little light amongst the gloom..
Not for the first time the guys at EduFire have written a thought provoking and timely blog post that I thought I would point to and make a quick comment on. 6 Reasons Why Online Education Will Boom in the Bust is a welcome ray of sunshine amongst the...
Social Technology for Social Change
Between the 5th and 7th of December the second Social Innovation Camp will take place in London and hopefully Jiva will be at the event to both contribute and learn from the other attendees. According to the ‘About’ section of the SI Camp website it is “an experiment in...