Co-founder & CEO @cronofy, the scheduling platform. Anti-time waster, (ex)developer, cyclist and champion of state education.

Nottingham, UK
Joined November 2007
Adam Bird πŸ“…πŸš΄β€β™‚οΈ retweeted
πŸ“£We've undergone a rebrand! πŸ“† Our new Swiss-inspired visual identity is now live! Our Co-Founder and CEO, Adam Bird, shares the company's branding journey and what we learnt along the way in our latest blog post. hubs.ly/Q01QQy_s0 #rebrand #newdesign #branding #saas
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This seems to be stretching the definition of mixed use.
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Adam Bird πŸ“…πŸš΄β€β™‚οΈ retweeted
πŸ“£ New partnership announcement! πŸ“£ Cronofy has partnered strategically with leading ATS provider, @SmartRecruiters! Users can now take advantage of our #automated, flexible #interviewscheduling. Check out our latest article for all the details: hubs.ly/Q01wRBLk0
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As we wind down for the year, checking some stats from @cronofy 2,500+ merged PRs, 1,800+ production deploys 😎 Onwards and upwards in 2023! πŸ“ˆπŸš€πŸŒ•
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Adam Bird πŸ“…πŸš΄β€β™‚οΈ retweeted
'It’s a 10-year-old that’s read every book in the library and can repeat stuff back to you, but a little garbled and with no idea that Jonathan Swift wasn’t actually proposing a new source of income for the poor' Good primer on ChatGPT by @benedictevans ben-evans.com/benedictevans/…
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How many lumens is too many for a Christmas tree?
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Powerful new feature of the @cronofy Availability Engine. Allowing apps to set quotas for the number of events individuals are scheduled for. Perfect for sharing out the interview load for example. changelog.cronofy.com/availa…
Arrived at the hotel for the @cronofy All Hands retreat as Power Of Love was playing on the taxi radio
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Currently watching VCs trying to tesselate on the flight home from Slush. You can see why founders are the problem solvers πŸ˜›
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The government are going to spend Β£180,000,000 each decade to make it harder for us all to vote. Sign @electoralreform's petition against the government’s expensive plans #SayNoToVoterID #HandsOffOurVote #ElectionsBill ers.tools/voter-id
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Just another day in a normal functioning democracy.
"No matter what I said, it didn't make any difference." Press Photographer Tom Bowles was arrrested while covering a Just Stop Oil protest. In his first TV interview, @MinnieStephC4 speaks to him about his experience.
"More exciting than Christmas or Halloween, it’s... ✨ DST boundary bug season ✨" - @Nevettt
7 days since our US data center's OAuth authorization URL was flagged by @MicrosoftEdge SmartScreen for phishing. No response at all to our dispute, no route for escalation. Does anyone have a contact at @MSEdgeDev?
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Adam Bird πŸ“…πŸš΄β€β™‚οΈ retweeted
NEW: income inequality in US & UK is so wide that while the richest are very well off, the poorest have a worse standard of living than the poorest in countries like Slovenia ft.com/content/ef265420-45e8… Essentially, US & UK are poor societies with some very rich people. A thread:
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A thread worth reading. We need a deeper approach to the cost of energy to consumers than windfalls and caps.
The world has changed on energy bills so policy will have to too. We can wake up to that reality now or later, but either way we’ll be in a very different phase of this crisis policy wise by Christmas. A thread.
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I wonder if Liz Truss has done more to assuage imposter syndrome in people than we give her credit for.
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