http://www.shoothill.com/blog We Do Cool Things! Thu, 17 May 2012 14:49:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.shoothill.com/blog/floodalerts-shortlisted-for-a-national-innovation-award/ http://www.shoothill.com/blog/floodalerts-shortlisted-for-a-national-innovation-award/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 14:49:42 +0000 Victoria Hammond http://www.shoothill.com/blog/?p=1657 The world’s first Facebook-based flood alert system, developed by Shoothill, has been shortlisted for a high profile national innovation award. FloodAlerts was launched on the social network last month, in partnership with the Environment Agency, and has now been named as a finalist in The Guardian and Virgin Media Business’s Innovation Nation awards. The announcement [...]]]> http://www.shoothill.com/blog/floodalerts-shortlisted-for-a-national-innovation-award/feed/ 0 http://www.shoothill.com/blog/flood-warning-app-on-facebook/ http://www.shoothill.com/blog/flood-warning-app-on-facebook/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 09:24:42 +0000 Victoria Hammond http://www.shoothill.com/blog/?p=1623 The world’s first Facebook based flood warning system has gone live, offering users in England and Wales personalised alerts and detailed, mapped flood warnings and alerts. Live data from the Environment Agency is being continually processed by one of the country’s most innovative software houses, to deliver real-time and personalised updates to users of the [...]]]> http://www.shoothill.com/blog/flood-warning-app-on-facebook/feed/ 0 http://www.shoothill.com/blog/current-vacancies/ http://www.shoothill.com/blog/current-vacancies/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:40:05 +0000 Victoria Hammond http://www.shoothill.com/blog/?p=1489 Since we were Founded in 2006, Shoothill has rapidly expanded and with clients such as Microsoft, Disney, Formula One, and the United Nations. Our products include Web Visualisation, Mapping and Image Creation Technologies that are now used by some of the worlds’ largest Companies, advertising agencies, news portals and government departments. Due to a recent [...]]]> http://www.shoothill.com/blog/current-vacancies/feed/ 0 http://www.shoothill.com/blog/fantastic-news-for-the-warhorse-journey/ http://www.shoothill.com/blog/fantastic-news-for-the-warhorse-journey/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:37:03 +0000 Victoria Hammond http://www.shoothill.com/blog/?p=1436 Although the WarHorse film missed out at the BAFTA’s last night, Shoothill did get some fantastic recognition for The WarHorse Journey on MSN over this weekend. Shoothill’s TimeMap experience was featured on the BBC’s flagship technology show, Click. During Kate Russell’s weekly review of new and interesting sites and apps, she points viewers to the [...]]]> http://www.shoothill.com/blog/fantastic-news-for-the-warhorse-journey/feed/ 0 http://www.shoothill.com/blog/interactive-war-horse-journey/ http://www.shoothill.com/blog/interactive-war-horse-journey/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:00:38 +0000 Victoria Hammond http://www.shoothill.com/blog/?p=1369 Since the Launch of The War Horse Journey on MSN USA, Shoothill have been honoured with some fantastic reviews. Fran Jurga the editor of the War Horse News Blog on Equisearch, is an editor, writer, and public relations person in the high-flying world of horse sports, she has featured in the New York Times and [...]]]> http://www.shoothill.com/blog/interactive-war-horse-journey/feed/ 0 http://www.shoothill.com/blog/war-horse-timemap/ http://www.shoothill.com/blog/war-horse-timemap/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:35:01 +0000 Victoria Hammond http://www.shoothill.com/blog/?p=1097 DreamWorks Pictures’ “War Horse,” director Steven Spielberg’s epic adventure, is a tale of loyalty, hope and tenacity set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War. To coincide with the release of “War Horse”, Shoothill have re-created Joeys Journey within a unique TimeMap experience for MSN USA. Focusing on [...]]]> http://www.shoothill.com/blog/war-horse-timemap/feed/ 0 http://www.shoothill.com/blog/energized-exhibit/ http://www.shoothill.com/blog/energized-exhibit/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:38:56 +0000 Victoria Hammond http://www.shoothill.com/blog/?p=953 Exhibit features informational and interactive displays of renewable energy technologies, and the Museum’s rooftop wind turbines and solar PV installation. The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) today highlighted the recent completion of the Museum of Science’s Energized! exhibit, featuring renewable energy innovation in Massachusetts. MassCEC encourages people throughout Massachusetts to visit the exhibit this holiday [...]]]> http://www.shoothill.com/blog/energized-exhibit/feed/ 0 http://www.shoothill.com/blog/war-horse-timemap-experience/ http://www.shoothill.com/blog/war-horse-timemap-experience/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:22:32 +0000 Victoria Hammond http://www.shoothill.com/blog/?p=884 DreamWorks Pictures’ “War Horse,” director Steven Spielberg’s epic adventure, is a tale of loyalty, hope and tenacity set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War. To coincide with the release of “War Horse”, Shoothill have re-created Joeys Journey within a unique TimeMap experience for MSN USA. Focusing on [...]]]> http://www.shoothill.com/blog/war-horse-timemap-experience/feed/ 2 http://www.shoothill.com/blog/live-your-best-life-online-mosaic/ http://www.shoothill.com/blog/live-your-best-life-online-mosaic/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:58:06 +0000 Victoria Hammond http://www.shoothill.com/blog/?p=861 What was the best day of your life? The day you got married, graduated from college, or had your first child? Now you can share your best life stories with MSN USA using the first ever sponsored Mosaic, which combines creativity with technology to deliver innovative storytelling opportunities. Shoothill created the Mosaic for OWN: Oprah [...]]]> http://www.shoothill.com/blog/live-your-best-life-online-mosaic/feed/ 0 http://www.shoothill.com/blog/software-developer-job-vacancies-at-shoothill/ http://www.shoothill.com/blog/software-developer-job-vacancies-at-shoothill/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:27:06 +0000 Shoothill http://www.shoothill.com/blog/?p=813 Due to our ever-increasing workload, Shoothill currently have 2 vacancies for Software Developers who share our zest for creating rich and compelling internet experiences. We’re looking for people with at least 4 years experience working with ASP.NET and C# right through to version 4, with strong Silverlight / Flash skills and a passion for the [...]]]> http://www.shoothill.com/blog/software-developer-job-vacancies-at-shoothill/feed/ 1