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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”

Science in the Dock is open!

<![CDATA[For the past few months I've been working on IT exhibits for Glasgow Science Centre. What started out as a commission for two interactive exhibits turned into a project involving five exhibits. These ranged from relatively simple touch-screen video interactives to full-blown games and dual-screen applications. A few highlights… News Editor This exhibit allows visitorsContinue reading “Science in the Dock is open!”

New Flash game: Bang or No Bang

<![CDATA[I’ve just finished another online game for Glasgow Science Centre. The Bang or No Bang live show explores the science of risk though a series of demonstrations based on popular game shows. GSC commissioned me to develop an online Flash game to allow web visitors to experience one of the demonstrations from the show. TheContinue reading “New Flash game: Bang or No Bang”

Our new TV ad for s1jobs

<![CDATA[The new TV ad for our recruitment site, s1jobs.com, has just gone on air. It's going to be shown on STV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 in Scotland. The ad is the work of The Leith Agency, animators Ink Digital, and our internal marketing team. It's a big departure from our old Lavvy Heid andContinue reading “Our new TV ad for s1jobs”

Two new mobile services for s1jobs.com

<![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago (but I forgot to hit publish in WordPress) This week we launched two new SMS services I’ve been developing for s1jobs.com. txt2apply – apply for any job advertised anywhere from your phone. The idea is quite simple, but we think it’s dead useful. Say you’re on the train and spotContinue reading “Two new mobile services for s1jobs.com”

SocialSearchr public beta

<![CDATA[I've just launched an early public beta of SocialSearchr. Using a combination of Google AJAX Search and the newly released Google Custom Search the site aims to improve the quality of search results in various niche categories by including only results from specific, trusted sites. The first category to launch was recipe search, which onlyContinue reading “SocialSearchr public beta”

Video Recruiter Profiles for s1jobs

<![CDATA[We've just launched the Video Recruiter Profiles product I was working on last week for s1jobs. It's been covered on OnRec here, and you can see the demo here if you’re interested.

New site launch

<![CDATA[I've just finished work on a new site for Innovative Learning Projects. It's a rebuild of their previous site, taking away some of the navigational complexity and adding some nice photography along with a new design. It's simple, it's more search engine friendly than the old site, and it's here: http://www.ruthruthven.co.uk/ Oh, and it’s very,Continue reading “New site launch”