Category Archives: work

s1jobs 2.0 wins Online Excellence award

The new version of s1jobs has won the Online Excellence category at the prestigious Marketing Society Star Awards in Glasgow. The site, which was designed and built by my technical team last year, beat strong competition from Blonde, BigMouthMedia, Story UK and Whitespace to take the award. The win recognises the talent and dedication ofContinue reading “s1jobs 2.0 wins Online Excellence award”

The new s1jobs shortlisted for top marketing award

s1jobs has been shortlisted in the category of Online Excellence at the 2009 Marketing Excellence awards in Scotland. The nomination covers the story of the development and marketing of the new site, which was the last major project I was involved with as Web Producer in s1. The winners will be announced on May 29Continue reading “The new s1jobs shortlisted for top marketing award”

Local community platform nominated for award

<![CDATA[The Evening Times community sites — based on the ‘s1local’ content platform I developed over the past couple of years — have just been nominated for the 2009 Newspaper Awards. They’re in the category of Best Use of New Media: http://www.newspaperawards.co.uk/markup/nominations.htm My original ET community sites post is here: http://do.grantgibson.co.uk/index.php/2008/03/04/evening-times-local/

New touchscreen and web game in one

<![CDATA[I've always been a fan of developing desktop and kiosk applications in Flash. Many people see it as a web-only technology, but over the years it has matured into a very capable programming language. And if you add on a third party extension such as Zinc or mProjector, Flash has all the file/registry/device capabilities ofContinue reading “New touchscreen and web game in one”

s1jobs shortlisted for technical innovation award

s1jobs has been named as a finalist in the 2009 Onrec Awards in the category of Best Technical Innovation. The nomination — which is the first ever technical award nomination for s1 — recognises the huge technical advances made with the new site. From a UI point of view, we ripped the site up andContinue reading “s1jobs shortlisted for technical innovation award”

New game launch: Pixelated Pix

<![CDATA[My final freelance project of the year is another educational game for Glasgow Science Centre. Pixelated Pix explains some of the technology behind digital imaging, from CCD capture through to LCD display. The aim of the game is to correctly identify images that have been ‘pixelated’ in one way or another. The game also seesContinue reading “New game launch: Pixelated Pix”

New site launch: Ruth Ruthven Jewellery

<![CDATA[The second last of my freelance projects for the year, Ruth Ruthven Jewellery, was also my first ever e-commerce shopping site. I’ve integrated with payment engines in the past for s1jobs and other related sites, but this is the first time I’ve built a full shopping cart style online store. The shop was built onContinue reading “New site launch: Ruth Ruthven Jewellery”

New game launch: Glasgow Science Investigation

<![CDATA[ Another wee game I’ve been working on recently, just launched. It explains some of the science behind criminal forensics and allows players to practice matching fingerprints, footprints and DNA samples in a “Guess Who?” style format. I wanted to call it GSI: Glasvegas, but we compromised on GSI: Glasgow Science Investigation.

New game launch: Forces at the Funfair

<![CDATA[ This week we finished another game for Glasgow Science Centre. Forces at the Funfair uses a rollercoaster game to get across the concepts of rolling resistance, drag and the impact of weight, shape and colour. Forces at the Funfair was another highly technical development. Because the science centre wanted the game to be asContinue reading “New game launch: Forces at the Funfair”