Greetings all, I am pleased to announced The Soup - http://the-soup.net/ - a tasty new resource for the Rails Community. About Are you a Talented person that is looking for new and interesting projects to work on? Are you a Project Sponsor that is looking to build quality relationships in anticipation of your next hiring cycle? Inspired by the story of The Stone Soup, The Soup provides a way for Talented people to work on great Projects with the benefit of developing long-term trusting relationships. Much more than jobs, The Soup helps build healthy relationships Would you place a job ad or hire a recruiter if you had positive experiences with talented people that could do the job? In the same way that marriage preceded by dating[1] likely increases a positive outcome, The Soup provides a tool for Talented people and Projects to work on bite sized projects getting to know each other before committing to a long term work arrangement. Here''s how it works; You, a Talented Person, who''s looking for work or interesting projects: 1.List your skills[3], Bio and other helpful info 2.We''ll match your skills, and notify you about Project matches on your ''Possible Work'' Feed; 3.Apply for projects that look interesting; 4.Once accepted by the Project Sponsor, start doing the work; 5.Complete the project and bask in the glory of having made a positive impression and a new potential work relationship. And you, Project Sponsor looking to expand your pool of talent: 1. List your Bio and other helpful info to help attract Talent; 2. Carve out a small part of a project, and place a free ad on The Soup; 3. Wait for the applications to roll in on your ''Projects'' Feed; 4. Choose 1 or more Talented People to do the work; 5. Receive the finished work and an expanded pool of Talented People. Talented People get experience and possible leads on future work opportunities, and Project Sponsors build a talent pool for a future hiring cycle. Mmmm good! As a final note, when you sign up be sure to list your favorite blogs in your profile, and subscribe to a single feed that includes everybody''s favorites. Now that''s tasty. I hope you enjoy The Soup. I''ve worked hard to provide a resource I believe the community can benefit from. I hope you enjoy The Soup. cheers, Jodi The nNovation Group, inc. the-soup.net P.S. We''re in early beta (technology beta, not Google[2] beta), so please help out by filing bug reports and feature requests in the discussion forum. [1] cultural bias? [2] All Trademarks mentioned herein belong to their respective owners. [3] Skills includes technology, creative, infrastructure, business, plus services you might provide such as hosting. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---