mySociety have added a data dump to ScenicOrNot, the site we built for them a couple of months ago. It’s got the photos and all the votes for each of the 181,300 places that have received 3 or more votes since the site launched.

If you’re one of the many people who had something to say about the voting system that ScenicOrNot uses, we hope you might have some fun playing with the raw data! If you do make something, let us know how you get on…

The Dextrous Web is a young start-up, making its first hire. We’re looking for a PHP/Ruby developer to join the team – which is currently one full-timer and a collection of freelance designers and programmers.

The Dextrous Web was founded with a specific mission in mind. We want to make useful things on the web that solve interesting and difficult problems. We think that agile, social, programmable websites are the best thing since sliced bread, and we’re constantly amazed at the things the web makes possible.

Most of our clients are in the public sector, and that’s where our hearts lie: we want to show the Government how it ought to be doing things on the web! There’s so much that could be done, and the possibilities are exciting.

We think this is a great job for the right person. If that might be you, please do read some more and consider applying.

Isn’t secret anymore!

MySociety have just taken the wraps off Mapumental, which is a terribly clever mapping application to help you figure out where you want to live if you have a commute (and probable more besides that). We and MySociety teamed up to build ScenicOrNot, which has produced the dataset that Mapumental consults when you move the scenicness slider.

They’ve produced a video to show the site, currently in private beta, in action:

Mapumental is really quite impressive — a significant technical accomplishment as well as very useful — so significant kudos are due to mySociety. Nicely done!