Android and iOS have been neck and neck battling for the title of “leading smartphone OS” for years now, but this month’s numbers don’t suggest a tight competition whatsoever In the first quarter of 2013 Android have capture just shy of 75% of the smartphone sales, with iOS at just 18% and Microsoft at 3%. [...]
SYP Elections – The results are in!
March 2013 proved to be a particularly historic month for Scottish politics, and not just because the date for the referendum on Scottish Independence was announced. In fact, tens of thousands of people were already voting about how they would like to be represented. The decision making in question being the Scottish Youth Parliament Elections [...]
Data driven methodologies
The performance team wanted to review the parts of our delivery amenable to improvements via a more data-driven approach. We started by jotting down some of the constituent processes we use when delivering a solution. ..plenty of work ahead :) Developing our Capabilities Manifesto capturing core principles Assemble a team of specialists Analytics expert [...]
Some new faces at Storm ID!
Over the past few months we’ve been recruiting like crazy – adding to our talented team with even more digital innovators. Now’s your chance to check out some of the new additions to the Storm ID family: Wojtek Job title: User Experience Designer Which means: I try to make websites and mobile apps more enjoyable [...]
We <3 data
Storm is fully committed to a scientific approach to web development. Creative, technical, support, testing, user experience, mobile, health, data, account management, digital marketing and even business development teams all need to handle data as part of the full project lifecycle. Our obsession with data commitment to data has lead to us recruiting a data scientist to provide [...]
The science of web development
Storm is built on strong technical foundations wedded to strategic and creative thinking. We are committed to using measurable performance to demonstrate quality and value of our solutions. Web development is not a dark art. The effects of creative thinking and technical innovation has never been more measurable. We have at our fingertips instantaneous and extremely detailed [...]
Using a Performance Framework
How do we know if our solutions are working for our clients and their users? How do we know how well they are working? How can we tell if the changes we make are improving the solution? Tracking the use of our websites is vital for improving the quality of our work and the performance [...]
Sheila Fleet Jewellery Celebrate Record Online Sales
Orcadian jewellery designer, Sheila Fleet Jewellery, is no stranger to breaking records. Working with Storm ID to relaunch their website in November 2011, the company has experienced record breaking e-commerce results; a mere 62% increase on last year overall. Following a full redesign and redevelopment, the new site boasts improved user experience, optimised payment pipeline [...]
The technology platform behind the Scottish Business Portal
During our initial discussions about the way we would implement business.scotland, we used our experience in building the DirectScot prototype, as well as some of the experiences the team building Gov.uk had kindly shared with their “coding in the open” approach. It was clear to us that rather than building a single, monolithic application, we [...]
A “colophon” for the Scottish Business Portal
Following the lead of Gov.uk we thought it might be useful to publish a colophon for the Scottish Business Portal. We hope this provides a useful reference around technology choices for agencies engaged in creating a platform of this type / scale. Technology used in the Scottish Business Portal Front End HTML/CSS/JavaScript, using HTML5 where appropriate [...]