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New site launch: HeraldTalk

<![CDATA[Last night we launched a new site for The Herald called HeraldTalk. Based on the Movable Type platform, the site provides a central, pre-moderated place for readers to comment on the big topics of the day. I’m fairly pleased with the look & feel we’ve achieved in a relatively short space of time. Both inContinue reading “New site launch: HeraldTalk”

Election coverage in The Herald

<![CDATA[I'm now two weeks into the new job and I'm really enjoying it. Whereas in s1 the empahsis was (rightly) on long term planning and multi-month development cycles, the new job is much more instant. Like a daily printed newspaper, we're already putting together online features that have a lifespan of just a few days,Continue reading “Election coverage in The Herald”

Two games in two days!

<![CDATA[Yesterday I wrote about my new Penguin Knockout game that had just launched. Well it turns out Flash games are like buses — you wait 6 months for one to come along and then two come at once. Today sees the launch of another product of my spare bedroom… Epidemic Emergency, a new educational gameContinue reading “Two games in two days!”

New game launch: Penguin Knockout

<![CDATA[A new wee game for you to try, fresh off the export button today. It's for the Falkirk Wheel, promoting their Christmas programme and winter sale. And it's called Penguin Knockout… For the game concept I took inspiration from the Falkirk Wheel itself. I’ve always been impressed by the fact it can raise or lowerContinue reading “New game launch: Penguin Knockout”

New job!

<![CDATA[I've been working at s1 for eight years now, designing and developing some of Scotland's leading online destinations like s1jobs, s1homes and s1's local community platform. As one of the original three members of the tech team, I've been involved in virtually everything that s1 has launched over the years. Since December 2007 I've beenContinue reading “New job!”

s1jobs.com – Now with fancy bits!

<![CDATA[Today sees the launch of the new s1jobs.com, now full of ‘fancy bits’ like homepage personalisation, AJAX search results, drag & drop personalisation of My Account, etc, etc. It’s also a completely fresh, new design which gives us more space for content while allowing new ad formats such as the leaderboard and useful new stuffContinue reading “s1jobs.com – Now with fancy bits!”

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”

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”