Brainstorage Beta

    Hello! Today, instead of HTTP authorization, a friendly registration form began to open at Brainstorage.me - welcome to the beta test!



    Some details under the cut.

    We realized the need to create this project almost immediately after the launch of Freelansim . Many users asked to add portfolio and reviews - useful features, but we decided to do them separately so as not to pile up a minimalistic service.

    What is Brainstorage at the moment? This is a professional network of people employed in the IT industry. The service is designed to help specialists accumulate in one place information on acquired experience (education, work experience, portfolio, professional skills, recommendations) and present it in a convenient form to friends, colleagues and everyone interested in potential cooperation.

    Single profile


    Like most resources, Brainstorage starts with registration. Further, so that your profile is not faceless, we advise you to fill out information about yourself - who you are, where you studied and worked, as well as any other relevant information, in your opinion. All this in the future will help you find a job if you suddenly look for it - we will roll out HR-functionality a bit later.



    Portfolio


    Someone will ask: why do I need another portfolio site? And it will be right - there are really many “more sites”. But the "Brain storage" has another task - to combine in one place all your information scattered throughout the network. So that the result is a kind of “single profile” that is easy to keep up to date.



    The site is a set of predefined and custom widgets - assemble your profile as a constructor. Already, you can add as many sections as you like (logos, website design, corporate identity, icons, etc.), and then add your own works to each of them - each work separately, or as part of a project. For example, you did a whole range of work for someone - all this can be laid out in one heap.

    In order to take care of your time, we made it possible to import a portfolio with Behance , Dribbble, and even everyone beloved Free-Lance.ru. That's right - now there is no need to spend $ 20 per month for a visual portfolio;) Despite the experimental nature of these functions, we will try to add new resources.



    But on some designers, creative people do not end there - after all, there are still copywriters, programmers, typesetters, and all-all-all. Including for this reason, we made support for text works (articles) with a convenient WYSIWYG editor, as well as GitHub repositories, so that your colleagues and potential employers would not have to search for yours withoutsource codes throughout the network. There is a separate widget for the authors of Habrahabr, and integration with the Freelansim and Huntim services should be expected in the very near future.



    The Portfolio section has almost complete freedom of action, but as you already understood, this is only part of the project.

    Reviews and recommendations


    We decided to abandon the word “Feedback” in favor of the more professional term “Recommendation”. Any user registered on the site can write either a new recommendation to another user (including with regard to his key skills), or confirm already left by someone.

    You can also evaluate published works.

    Activity feed


    If one of your colleagues / fans had already been subscribed to you, then they would have seen in your activity stream changes in your profile - work added to the portfolio, written recommendations, and so on. You can do the same thing - find your friends or just interesting people, and then follow their activities in your stream.



    Agree, doing this on one site is much more convenient than five different. Post links to your profiles in the comments to this post, look for colleagues through social networks - be aware of who is doing what, evaluate and discuss their work.

    Go-go-go!


    The project turned out to be quite functional, but at the same time very simple - you will understand it without any problems. I am sure that Brainstorage will be a great place to establish new professional relationships - it's time to try !

    A feedback form is waiting for your bug reports, reviews and suggestions.

    Boomburum

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