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ArtStation
10/6/2016
ArtStation is the leading showcase platform for games, film, media & entertainment artists.
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About Us : Aquent
At our core, Aquent is about helping companies adapt to change, find new ways to work and stay competitive. We are committed to our four principles, which anchor the foundation of our company:
Our people make the difference
A holistic perspective is needed
We must relentlessly pursue consumer value and competitive advantage
Continuous learning and improvement drive the organization and the individual
Aquent originated the concept of specialized temporary staffing for high-end creatives and web experts. Today, we offer a broad range of services including:
Temporary and contract-to-hire staffing
Employer of record
Studios
Web Applications
Online Classes
Zerply - Go beyond the résumé - showcase your work and your talent.
Find the right person for your next project
Zerply Find — the easiest way to find talented people with specific skills and interests
Feb 25, 2013 - The IdeaLists is a digital matchmaker for brands and creative talent
IdeaLists is not just a free for all, nor is it a place for an unproven artist to get their start. Rather, its membership is highly curated to allow only proven professionals, and the marketplace administrators manually match each submitted proposal with a small group of highly-targeted and well suited potential matches – therein lies its greatest strength and its greatest weakness. This can include both freelance designers, developers, photographers, videographers, musicians, strategists, and publicists, as well as full-service global agencies like Wieden Kennedy.
“You have no idea how much time is wasted by both brands and creative shops,” Glickman says. “We allow them to be much more efficient and targeted in their search for talent.”
Once invited to join the community, creative members complete a profile which indicates their strengths and the types of campaigns for which they want to be contacted. They also upload work samples against which clients and the IdeaLists administrators can evaluate their fit for a particular job. Clients then submit briefs based on the 4D’s: Deliverable, Deadline, Dollars, and Details.
OpenIDEO
OpenIDEO is a place where people design better, together for social good. It's an online platform for creative thinkers: the veteran designer and the new guy who just signed on, the critic and the MBA, the active participant and the curious lurker. Together, this makes up the creative guts of OpenIDEO.
To become a place where good ideas gain momentum, OpenIDEO depends on participation — your inspirations, his comments, her concepts, our design process. It's these efforts, these big and small moments of sharing and collaboration, that make this platform a dynamic resource for tackling significant global challenges.
Nov 23, 2010 - Social networks for niches - by Nora Dunne
On niche social networks, however – communities where users connect around specific topics – it's hard to argue that there's not a site for every hobby, profession, ethnicity, or state of being. The niche sites are appealing to Facebook devotees and critics alike for their specificity. Users get to build profiles, swap stories, ask for advice, and otherwise interact with people who share their interest. As an added bonus to privacy-concerned users like Gardiner, the niche platform deters oversharing of extraneous information – say, family photos and random rants – because participation revolves around one subject.
For home cooks, there is Allrecipes; for intrepid travelers, CouchSurfing.org. There are social networks for figure skaters, soccer fans, stamp collectors, newlyweds, gays and lesbians, senior citizens, plus thousands of others. Niche networks have big numbers, too: More than 338,000 registered users have logged on to Ravelry in the past month, and homemade craft community Etsy has gained 278,208 new members in the same period.
CouchSurfing – The world’s largest travel community
CouchSurfing helps you meet and adventure with new friends around the world.
Github.com
GitHub is the best place to share code with friends, co-workers, classmates, and complete strangers. Over a million people use GitHub to build amazing things together.
With the collaborative features of GitHub.com, our desktop and mobile apps, and GitHub Enterprise, it has never been easier for individuals and teams to write better code, faster.
1,656,802 people hosting over 2,883,377 repositories.
Udacity - Free Classes. Awesome Instructors. Inspiring Community.
We believe university-level education can be both high quality and low cost. Using the economics of the Internet, we've connected some of the greatest teachers to hundreds of thousands of students all over the world.
Udacity was founded by three roboticists who believed much of the educational value of their university classes could be offered online. A few weeks later, over 160,000 students in more than 190 countries enrolled in our first class, "Introduction to Artificial Intelligence." ...
Etsy - Your place to buy and sell all things handmade, vintage, and supplies
Buy and sell handmade or vintage items, art and supplies on Etsy, the world's most vibrant handmade marketplace. Share stories through millions of items from around the world.
Coursera
We offer high quality courses from the top universities, for free to everyone. We currently host courses from Princeton University, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, and University of Pennsylvania. We are changing the face of education globally, and we invite you to join us.
170,000+ Recipes | Recipe Software | BigOven
BigOven is the social network about food that makes you a better cook. Leading recipe apps for iPhone, iPad and Android.
Steepster — A Tea Community
Community for tea drinkers to keep track of the teas they're drinking, get recommendations from friends, and discover great new teas. Tea drinkers, unite!
Launchpad - A software collaboration platform
21,458 projects, 701,794 bugs, 350,147 branches, 1,592,632 translations, 141,809 answers, 32,860 blueprints, and counting...
Dribbble - Twitter for creatives.
Dribbble is show and tell for creatives. Designers, developers and other creatives share shots—small screenshots of the designs and applications they are working on.
Connect, Contribute and Create | InCommons
A new community is taking shape in Minnesota, and we’re glad you can be a part of it. Throughout the state at in-person gatherings as well as on the Web, InCommons connects Minnesotans so they can find and share credible tools, knowledge and resources to solve community problems.
Sermo a sign of a larger trend toward specialized social networks « Bokardo – Social Design by Joshua Porter
Sermo is a sign of a larger trend: the move to smaller, more specialized social networks that have custom tools to support a unique activity and may cater to a private or exclusive set of users. In this case it is sharing medical information among verified doctors. But there are many other specialized networks being built
The Power of Niche Social Network Sites « Bokardo – Social Design by Joshua Porter
To the people inside that community, niche social sites are as natural as any software (if software can be natural). So as software infects all parts of our lifestyles, so it will support our various activities, no matter how odd or niche they are. For niche sites, the opportunity isn’t just connecting the people together, the opportunity is making them better at the activity they’re doing. PatientsLikeMe, Ravelry, and Dogster demonstrate the power of niche communities. It’s not just improved communication, it’s improved action. The value targeted, focused software can have is astounding…even as the novelty of the web has long since worn off.
Dogs | Dogster
For Dog's Best Friends! Dogster, is a must for any dog enthusiast! Breed info, adoption, food, health, dog advice and a vibrant community.
Ravelry - a knit and crochet community
The project notebook; Pattern search; Books, magazines, and sites; Yarn pages; Groups; People.
Ravelry - a knit and crochet community
Ravelry is a community site, an organizational tool, and a yarn & pattern database for knitters and crocheters.
The Nearly Never Ending Market for Niche Social Networks
Here's my 6 reasons why I believe that SoberCircle and many of the other seemingly random, obscure niche social networks online are in fact viable businesses in a huge, untapped market.
PatientsLikeMe - Medicine - Doctors - Computers and the Internet - New York Times
PatientsLikeMe, an Internet start-up, creates information-rich communities for the chronically ill. Is it the next step forward in medical science — or just a MySpace for the afflicted?
PatientsLikeMe :Share your treatment experiences. Find patients just like you. Learn from others who know.
PatientsLikeMe is a privately funded company dedicated to making a difference in the lives of patients diagnosed with life-changing diseases. Our personal experiences with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) inspired us to create a community of patients, doctors, and organizations that inspires, informs, and empowers individuals. We're committed to providing patients with access to the tools, information, and experiences that they need to take control of their disease.
Secure source code hosting and collaborative development - GitHub
527,000 people hosting over 1,568,000 git repositories
What is Wakoopa? on Wakoopa
Wakoopa is a social network that helps people discover the best software, games and web apps on the market. Sign-up, install a small tracker on your desktop and automatically create your online software profile that you can share with friends and the world, also through widgets. Wakoopa keeps you updated about what your contacts are using, and sends you smart recommendations. Games, audio & video players, instant messengers or office tools: Wakoopa knows what's hot.
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