XMPP, Jabber, BOSH and all that
Until now, we’ve not given much in the way of technical updates from Planet Jiva, but with the impending release of Tutorhub, I thought it would be worth sharing some of our technical trials and tribulations. From the word go, our technical vision required a need for real time ‘conversation’, blending IM style features with [...]
Beanbag Learning and the Creative Commons
We’ve been engaged in a lively debate this morning about our site Beanbag Learning. As the site has grown rapidly over the last year or so to become one of the biggest online tutor directories in the UK, it has attracted its fair share of competitors looking to lure away tutors or use Beanbag Learning [...]
where are all the fingernails?
Its a nervous time for the folks at Jiva. Our desire to transform the world of education is coming up against the brutal reality of delivering the alpha release of our flagship product Tutorhub. We’re busy recruiting parents and offspring in school years 7-12 to help us pilot the alpha version of the site. Whilst [...]