Here are a few mock ups for the Wubud logo re-design. We know what we like but we still can’t decide.

Tell us which one you like most, you can only pick one

We are looking for some cool people to help us with some alpha testing some of the features in Wubud. If you are an early adopter and would like a sneak peek of the service then let us know by emailing adrian@wubud.com

Some features will be locked down while we use the results to improve performance etc.

All that we ask is that you own an Nokia N95 and are willing to give us some of your time to test over the next two weeks.

If you are interested please contact adrian[at]wubud.com and he will setup your account and send you a test client.

Its all happening now folks!

Job Title: Mobile Application Developer
Company: Wubud
Location: Soho Office, London
Position Type: Contract (with view to permanent role)
Pay Rate: Please state expected rate in cover letter
Skills: J2ME/Java
Start: ASAP

Do you hate your current role and need to get out there and work with some of the best people within the industry. Would you like to smile and say “I built that”?

We’re looking for a Mobile Applications Developer – someone who is a creative thinker, flexible in their approach, a keen team player, has good ideas – oozing with the ambition to be part of a fantastic start up in London.

If you’re passionate about J2ME and looking to join a bleeding edge technology start up, and enjoy building UI core components which integrate with networking APIs and web services APIs? then, come talk to us.

Primary Responsibilities

• Development of Mobile application
• Responsibility and ownership of the framework/data/protocol
• Working within a dynamic team to introduce, establish and maintain coding techniques
• Contributing to estimating efforts and to roadmap planning with PM
• Provide status reporting and delivery schedule to the Operations Manager.
• Create design and technical specification documents for platforms such as J2ME, Symbian, iPhone, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, Android …
• Support Web Dev for app and server integration

Mandatory Requirements

• Experience with Software Architect for commercial mobile applications.
• Mobile C and Java application development.
• Strong technical writing skills, knowledge of UML.
• Experience working with MSSQL and ASP.NET
• Creative Thinker with ability to quickly grasp existing systems and provide recommended improvements
• Demonstrate ability to deliver high quality, easily maintainable code in a production software environment.
• Experience with limited resource devices, embedded platforms and mobile phones.
• Strong conceptualization and abstraction skills
• Re-architecture of a J2ME application that must be rewritten and ported to other mobile platforms

Most importantly
Be of sound mind and have the ability to smile and enjoy life

Contact adrian[at]wubud[dot]com

The DrinkTank Awards have published their shortlist, and Wubud CEO Paul Walsh is in the running for ‘The Hottest Start-up Entrepeneur’ of 2008. You can vote for Paul, or any of the other other candidates at the Awards Shortlist page here. Those other finalists:

Alicia Navarro, Skimbit
Cate Sevilla, Bitchbuzz
Claire Reid, Mobyko
Meriem Aissaoui, Smarta.com
Hermione Way, Newspepper.com
Michelle Dewberry, Chiconomise
Paul Walsh, Wubud
Sophie Cox, Worldeka
Yuri Bacas Hosaka, CityAmigo

Yes, for some reason known only to his Doctor, Paul is up for the hottest female award.

Yet again, this December Ewan Spence will be making the trip to Paris for this year’s Le Web conference, organised by Loic and Geraldine Le Meur. The theme this year is ‘Love.’

Ewan will be speaking on a panel entitled “Love in Motion: Why are Mobile Social Networks booming?” alongside Dr K F Lai (Buzz City) and Antonio Vince Staybl (Itsmy.com) with Ferhan Cook (Any Screen Productions) in the chair. The starting point may be the panellists own networks, but the conversation is likely to branch out quickly to take in a lot of the mobile market.

More info on Le Web is at their website.

A quick heads up to all you Wubud follows in Ireland… Wubud’s Ewan Spence will be doing a short presentation on Wubud at the next Mobile Monday in Dublin. Starting at 7pm this Monday (17th November) at The Odeon on Harcourt Street.

Alongside Wubud, there will also be presentations, with a ‘Location Based Services’ twist will be…

Locle – Ronan Higgins & Pieter Oonk
http://locle.com
We kick off with two of Dublin’s own mobile & location based social networking experts. They’ll be discussing LBS in general, and their own implementation, ”as featured in the Sunday Times”.

JustRoutes - Dave Rooney
http://justroutes.com
Dave will discuss the company’s online & mobile travel planner for Dublin. Definitely born out of too many traffic jams.

RateMyArea – Mike Brennan
http://ratemyarea.com
Describing and demonstrating a cool new service that lets you review, share and discuss local businesses whilst mobile.

Wubud – Ewan Spence
http://wubud.com
Our grand finale from Paul Walsh’s still-stealth mobile social networking startup – not to mention the inimitable Mr Spence.

And if you’re wondering what sort of presentation a stealth company is going to put on, then do let me know. I’m wondering how to fill up this blank PowerPoint template.

More details on the event here.

Did you know that Wubud is spread across 5 countries, 2 timezones and 3 languages? Well, it is. And now Paul is flying the corporate banner from our new base in Soho, London.

You might have read it here first. He’s now sharing an office with Alex Tew (milliondollarhomepage.com) and Paul Birch (Bebo, Birthday Alarms and Cominded).

Paul is excited about the move. He loves being around such creative likeminded people.

Everyone in the office is currently working on social network-related projects, so you can only imagine the creative juices flowing around with the exchange of ideas to help make each other’s product that bit better.

Since he’s the new kid on the block Paul will most likely try and push the bounderies. Today he shares the bean bag with Alex while hatching a cunning plan to “Make it mine”. Mind you, Tewy looks comfy, so Walsh might have a fight on his hands.

Little do they know what they’ve let themselves in for. Only last week they got a sample of Walsh’s playlist. He was on fire, ubber cool. However when the lads questioned his taste… James Blunt, Rick Ashley and Celine Dion – Paul tired to fob it off as my playlist. No truth there what so ever… rock on Metallica.

Paul will bring some flare to the office (almost guaranteed the morning after), at time’s he’ll have fantastic ideas, for example “guys its 6:30, fancy a pint”. Over said pints an issue will be presented which is likely to turn into a brainstorming session. Obviously this will all occur while Paul is at the bar. On his return they’ll change the conversation back to being about him

The benefits of this move include Paul being close to everyone for “impromptu” meetings (lunch) meetups (beers) and business meetings (more beers).

Today he sits in the dark corner, tomorrow he’ll have that window seat, along with the best chair. For now the boys have someone to fetch the coffee

After a skip from Dublin the London, I met up with Paul and caught our connecting flight to Hong Kong. Our carrier Cathy Pacific was fairly impressive.

With Paul being used to the Hong Kong hop he suggested we pick up a few munchies for the flight, a good idea given that the nuts is the only snack between meals. I found it difficult to sleep but managed to nod off for a 15 minute power nap. So, to kill the time we trashed out a few ideas and signed off some Wubud stuff.

What actually worked out very well was the fact that we both had isle seat

In true form, Paul booked us into the wrong hotel. I don’t think he should be allowed to travel beyond Guildford.

Let’s see, Paul heads over to Tech Crunch 52, sponsors a few parties, shows Wubud to about five people, and finally gets us some coverage online from (ahem) Shel Israel.

Next time, we’re hoping Paul mentions the URL for the website or does a bit more promotion rather than be completely shell shocked by an internet superstar. Thankfully he’s not in the next 60 Minutes Special from Robert Scoble…