#sfbeta

[bitwall]

BitWall part of Showcase at SF BETA: The Future of Gaming - Wednesday, January 27th As BitWall has grown, we have brought on a variety of different publishers. One particular subset of publishers is those who write content about games and the gaming industry. We decided to attend the SF BETA: The Future of Gaming showcase to better understand the gaming world and how to better drive value for these publishers and gaming developers in the community. As part of the startup showcase, we were able to engage with a great group of people, ranging from gaming developers to hard core gamers. This included not only industry veterans but also people looking to get started in the gaming industry, such as students studying animation and illustration at San Jose State University. 

  In the showcase, there was a wide variety of game developers showing off their latest games. There were single developer teams, such as Wigl (a flute controlled robot that teaches kids to learn music in a fun way), and companies as large as Episode, a choose-your-own story adventure produced by Pocket Gems. 

After each showcase company gave a brief pitch, Matt Conn (CEO of Midboss) moderated a panel that included Bob Mills (Developer Relations at OUYA), Rick Johnson (Founder of Technical Illusions), and Tony Parisi (Virtual Reality Pioneer). The panel engaged in a 30-minute discussion, followed by an audience Q&A segment. The panel covered topics such as augmented reality, better inclusion in the gaming industry, where board games fit in the future of gaming, and the inevitable sloth/human cross-over with the increase of technology replacing human tasks. 

  It was particularly exciting to see the panelists emphasis to foster an environment more female friendly and what larger companies should be doing to create this environment.

Huge thank you for Christian Perry and SFBeta for bringing this all together and making it possible. We look forward to future opportunities to be part of a great gaming community.

[calexn]

Anyone else going to SFBETA on January 28? I'll be heading in from San Jose so if anyone wants to carpool or just meet up that'll be grand!

[livelovemanja]

Meet jobFig at SmartRecruiters #SFBETA Event We met "Ravi" at SmartRecruiters #SFBETA event last night at San Francisco's event. Manja can honestly say that we adore the platform and think it is BRILLIANT. How many times, as an employer, have you had a bad hire? jobFig empowers employers to avoid making the mistake again by providing them with a behavior analytics tool - find the best fit candidates for the job through a series of questions (personality test). The series of questions and test results is developed by a team of psychologists (information we pulled from Ravi during our interview of his platform). Silly? Hardly! Did you know that 40% of new jobs hires to fail is a personality mismatch? With jobFig users can create a personality medallion in seven minutes (most personality tests take a full 60 minutes). The medallion allows users to reflect on personal strengths and weaknesses, making space for reflection and self improvement - aspects of a personality that may be overlooked without guidance. The medallion is also a great tool to display one's personality strengths and promote their full hiring package via multiple social media platforms such as LinkedIn and Twitter. Ashley Nicolei of LiveLoveManja especially enjoyed speaking with Ravi (jobFig representative) and learning about his severe gluten allergy. She found it interesting he responded to gluten with anaphylaxis instead of the more common intolerance (lack of enzyme) reaction. They bonded over talking about dining in (ordering in) food to the office, gluten free beer and beverage options, and life as business professionals with food allergies. This food allergy common thread really made the individual (Ravi) and demo stand out in Ashley's mind among various demos at the event. Manja has applied for jobFig access so that we can take the personality test and display the medallion with pride on our social media profiles as well as LiveLoveManja Blog. We hope to see all our readers, followers, users, clients, friends, family, and colleagues use this fantastic tool in their job search process and in hiring (staffing) their own unit. Manja! http://www.jobfig.com/

[livelovemanja]

SmartRecruiters of San Francisco hosted #sfbeta event last night at their office in San Francisco. Multiple Demos and Sponsors attended. The event is aimed at the bright future of HR and more efficient, tech friendly, job hunting and recruiting for startups and small business. Ashley Nicolei attended in place of her promotional partner at StartupSocials. Thank you for the invite and the brilliant (lightbulb) idea. Great minds think alike! To learn more about the event, sponsors, backers, and presentation please go to the provided link. Manja!

[michaelgold]

Video - Christian Perry, founder of SFbeta, and I discuss the NYC Tech scene, the SF Tech scene, #techdrinkup, the next big thing, beer, and pizza.