Author Archives: Grant

Latest launch: s1jobs Public Sector

<![CDATA[Earlier this week we launched the latest extension to s1jobs.com — a portal targetting current and prospective Public Sector workers. You can see it now at public.s1jobs.com. Although the site is mostly static content, it still contains a number of innovations for s1. Firstly, there’s a complete content CMS powered by Adobe Contribute that allowsContinue reading “Latest launch: s1jobs Public Sector”

Evening Times community sites launch today

<![CDATA[Today the Evening Times launched 12 new local community sites for areas of Glasgow. The sites are based on the “s1local” platform I developed last year. The first sites based on the s1local launched in December under the s1 brand, so we had to build in some customisations to allow the Evening Times to launchContinue reading “Evening Times community sites launch today”

s1jobs scores 9 out of 10 in independent review

<![CDATA[s1jobs.com, the recruitment site I've been working on since 2001, has just been independently reviewed by WhatJobSite.com. The "secret shopper" review was conducted without our knowledge and the first we knew of it was when we saw the results published earlier this month. The site got a lot of praise, in particular for the emergingContinue reading “s1jobs scores 9 out of 10 in independent review”

Calling all PHP programming Sudoku fans!

<![CDATA[I've been running a free Sudoku game for a couple of years at http://www.grantgibson.co.uk/sudoku. It’s available to play in desktop and mobile formats as well as on widget sites like Netvibes.com. The Flash part is really my area of expertise, but I also had to hack together a PHP script to generate the puzzles. IContinue reading “Calling all PHP programming Sudoku fans!”

Local launches today!

<![CDATA[Today sees the launch of s1’s first five ‘local’ sites, serving individual communities in Scotland. We hope to offer these sites to many more communities in future, but for now we’re focussing our attention on Bo’ness, Craigmillar, Culross, Galashiels and Millport. We hope the sites will become a place for people to discuss issues importantContinue reading “Local launches today!”

s1 nominated as one of the best ever Scottish brands

<![CDATA[ The company I work for, s1, has been nominated as one of the Best Ever Brands in Scotland, alongside Tennent???s, Irn Bru and Glenmorangie. It’s fairly exciting company to be in considering we have just 30 staff and have only been on the go for seven years. The awards are on the 26th ofContinue reading “s1 nominated as one of the best ever Scottish brands”

Job ad and skills test in one

<![CDATA[I’m currently looking for an experienced CSS/HTML/JavasScript developer to join our team. Since skills are more important for this role than qualifications, I decided to turn the job ad into a skills test. Applicants are invited to restyle the job ad on s1jobs.com using only a style sheet file — they have zero control overContinue reading “Job ad and skills test in one”