Josh Russell

join @teamBonfire – we're #hiring

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:24:41 +0000

It’s time to step it up a gear at Bonfire HQ.

We brought ‘presence’ and IM to Twitter, but there’s a whole lot more to do, and it involves the rest of the web too.

We’ll be working with the latest tech, that hardly anyone is using in a live environment yet. Things like Web Intents, Websockets and open webapp manifests, as well as oEmbed, localstorage, ‘augmented browsing’, and an authenticated social graph. These are the lines between the dots of the web, and they need drawing.

We believe in open tech, the web, and that everything we do is really about people. We work fast and iterate often, no long product cycles here.

If you want to be part of an early stage startup, guiding and shaping it with us… if you know the web can be better, more connected and consistent, now’s your chance to build it. We need crazy-awesome people to do these things:

Interaction Designer / Product Genius
An interface nerd with graphic skills, web and touch– hell, a device is a device. You think big and want to design the future of the web.

JS / Frontend Master
You write hardcore bespoke JS, and use frameworks when best e.g. backbone, jquery, strophe etc, and your HTML/CSS goes to 11.

Ruby/Erlang/XMPP/AWS Warrior
You’re big on realtime tech, websockets, XMPP/jabber, and are comfortable in Ruby, Erlang(?) and any language that’s best for the job. You design for scaling and the high concurrency challenge, get big data, and can build on AWS and nginx.

iOS Magician
Thinking this all sounds great but the future is mobile? You know there’s a different context, and the opportunity is huge. You work native, design for efficient connectivity, multi-gesture experience, and universal iPad/iPhone.

The skinny…

Get paid (We’re small, but we’re funded and exciting. Review in 6 months)

Equity options (we want you to benefit from the value you create)

Brighton or London (we haven’t decided yet, but it’s nice by the sea, and you’ll help us choose)

Modern office with other startups

Opportunity to learn

More autonomy

Big iMac

Training/conference budget

Fruit and coffee on demand

Be a significant part of building an early stage, globally focused, consumer oriented tech company, with a huge opportunity

Labs projects (we’re not afraid of bleeding edge tech in production… play and build)

Want to run your own startup one day? Awesome! Find out what it’s like from the inside, we’ll help you learn fast, and get connected.

Send your links to Josh at hello@bonfire.im – and lets grab a coffee.

am i the only one that doesn’t get @badoo? any of you use it for real, not just trying it out?

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:17:43 +0000

am i the only one that doesn’t get @badoo? any of you use it for real, not just trying it out?

Big ass world events show you that mobile is what it’s really all about.. Immediacy, right...

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 09:28:25 +0000

Big ass world events show you that mobile is what it’s really all about.. Immediacy, right now, who’s what when and where.

not on it today, at all.

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 06:24:36 +0000

not on it today, at all.

open mic (@ The Bee’s Mouth) http://t.co/cERlQsPp

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:41:03 +0000

open mic (@ The Bee’s Mouth) http://t.co/cERlQsPp

writing email to send in January. nobody wants email this week, right? (@ Small Batch Coffee...

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:18:26 +0000

writing email to send in January. nobody wants email this week, right? (@ Small Batch Coffee Roasters at MyHotel) http://t.co/ESPuauN5

you are not alone. you are not the only one that didn’t get an iphone for christmas. get some...

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:51:00 +0000

you are not alone. you are not the only one that didn’t get an iphone for christmas. get some perspective! thx @fart http://t.co/wluQ9BS1

Moby – Porcelain

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 21:47:44 +0000

Moby – Porcelain

early night then apparently. cued up some classic star trek tng data-focused episodes just in case.

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 11:57:06 +0000

early night then apparently. cued up some classic star trek tng data-focused episodes just in case.

you know how’s there’s never enough time? this weekend you have two days of quiet, and...

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 07:59:25 +0000

you know how’s there’s never enough time? this weekend you have two days of quiet, and no excuses.

M.I.A. – Jimmy

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 22:10:02 +0000

M.I.A. – Jimmy

pls RT thx.

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:49:13 +0000

pls RT thx.

Chase & Status – Eastern Jam

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:08:51 +0000

Chase & Status – Eastern Jam

pretty please can i have #newnewtwitter back again? it’s flipped back to #previoustwitter....

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:40:58 +0000

pretty please can i have #newnewtwitter back again? it’s flipped back to #previoustwitter. it’s not making @bonfireIM integration easy :/

Public Enemy – Don't Believe The Hype

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:57:58 +0100

Public Enemy – Don't Believe The Hype

sometime soon glasses may become a permanent feature of my face #futurejosh http://t.co/U5tRU8c

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 02:59:04 +0100

sometime soon glasses may become a permanent feature of my face #futurejosh http://t.co/U5tRU8c

Found a pristine 15yr old vintage record bag just like my...

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:02:14 +0100

Found a pristine 15yr old vintage record bag just like my current one:

Same except for colour and the original vintage as the old one, amazed to have found it on ebay! 15 years I’ve had that..

this morning I am an email monster, JOSH SMASH INBOX!

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:35:39 +0100

this morning I am an email monster, JOSH SMASH INBOX!

RT @pfinette: Awesome sign-up form from @SproutSocial » http://t.co/rWGxJU1

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:51:37 +0100

RT @pfinette: Awesome sign-up form from @SproutSocial » http://t.co/rWGxJU1

Muse – MK Ultra

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:54:43 +0100

Muse – MK Ultra