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Scottish Government data visualised with Storm Ideas’ Interactive Silverlight Mapping Application

Storm Ideas has completed a rich interactive mapping application and web site for the Scottish Government, visualising a wealth of data for the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD). The web site comprises a careful balance of the latest advances in mapping technologies and optimised accessibility, engaging as wide an audience as possible with this data. The SIMD identifies concentrations of deprivation across Scotland. Indexing these areas allows effective targeting of policies and funding with the aim of focusing on concentrated areas. The mapping application incorporates a broad range of data indicators covering areas such as...

posted @ Friday, October 30, 2009 10:48 AM | Feedback (2)

Marc Andreessen on Charlie Rose

Excellent interview with Marc Andreessen (Founder: Netscape, Loudcloud, Ning, Investor: Plazes, Netvibes, Twitter, Board: Facebook, eBay) being interviewed on Charlie Rose. I love what he has to say about the lowering of production and infrastructure costs for web applications bringing a new wave of innovation. With colaab we’ve seen this first-hand. The tools available have enabled us to build an advanced RIA for collaboration, with a small passionate team. We’re running on Amazon Web Services which means that we only pay for usage and we can scale our infrastructure up and down dependant on demand. storm ideas was founded specifically to...

posted @ Monday, February 23, 2009 10:34 AM | Feedback (0)

11 Ways How colaab Got Real

37signals.com, the team behind popular project management site Basecamp, wrote an eBook a few years back about how they took an idea for an app and turned it into a thriving enterprise. Getting Real, describes the unconventional philosophies that propelled their company into the spotlight. When we began to develop colaab, we stumbled upon Getting Real while searching for ideas and inspiration for creating a killer web app. Backed up by their monumental success (they have over 1 million subscribers), they probably know what they’re talking about. Having studied it vigorously and applied most of its suggested techniques to the development of...

posted @ Monday, January 19, 2009 5:50 PM | Feedback (5)

Trimming Your Web App's Hedges... Effectively

Everyone’s application needs a good clean once in a while. When you’ve been building and implemented new code for a sustained period, there’s bound to be one or two bugs that need rinsing out. Spending a good couple of hours (or more or less depending on the size of your app) sweeping your product is a lot of time out of your day when you could be doing, let’s be honest, more exciting and creative activities. So you need it to be a productive session. And for every problem that you miss,...

posted @ Monday, January 12, 2009 5:50 PM | Feedback (0)

About storm ideas

storm ideas ltd, based in Edinburgh, Scotland, was formed in April 2008 with the purpose of building web applications that allow communities, networks and businesses to connect and collaborate.

In this vein, we are passionate about the viral framework of social media and the opportunities networking sites represent to connect web-users from across a socio-geographic spectrum.

Equally, we are inspired by Microsoft Silverlight as an enabler for creating richer applications within the browser and, with this in mind, we look to create systems that provide new ways of understanding and interacting with information.

Get in touch hello@stormideas.com
Visit our latest app: Twibbon

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Storm Ideas has completed official branded Twibbon destinations for hit reality television shows, The X Factor and I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here. Following these successes, Storm Ideas has been commissioned to invigorate the social media drive for ITV’s Dancing On Ice.

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