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englishVoodoo

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Webdesigner, UX, digital strategy.
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englishVoodoo··on Volvo’s first self-driving cars now being tested live on public roads in Sweden
Might be true that the supported route are favourable, Gothenburg however do operate streetcars/trams together with regular buses as public transportation. These tracks will be hard to avoid in the city.
englishVoodoo··on Why are there so many successful Swedish gaming companies?
There's a Swedish iOS game developer that's quite successful as well, Toca Boca. They're doing games for the small ones and as a father of two I have every single game they've developed on my iPads. Quality work that sits well with my kids.

http://tocaboca.com

englishVoodoo··on Realistic digital screen characters are finally here
I wonder how far off all digital characters we are. Seems logical as a next step and to be honest I'm not sure I personally would feel any different about watching a movie with zero flesh and bones humans in it.
englishVoodoo··on Web browser versions are dead – automatic updates is the future
As a new Windows user, the hassle of updating software often make me sit on older versions and I can see why people use older versions of internet explorer for example, which makes my work writing html/css a pain some times.

I'd welcome automatic updating. Should make the web more up to date.

englishVoodoo··on Ask HN: Did anyone catch the Predator release?
I'm not a developer so might not be aware of nuances, but wasn't the code under a gpl license and therefor clearly permitted to be published?
englishVoodoo··on Designers, how do we get you guys to contribute to open source projects?
Beyond the obvious difficulties in the very nature of git and stuff like that to be very technical. Without knowing to much about open source projects it really feels it's such a tremendous difference in scope.

As a developer, you can contribute small patches, bits here and there or step in deeper and create new features or improvements within the current feature set.

As a designer, the bits and pieces option really is no option. Design can't be applied like that. It needs to be applied to the entire project in a consistent manner. Both visuals and user experience thinking. This makes it a far bigger commitment, something I imagine not everybody is willing to do.

englishVoodoo··on Hong Kong gets 1 Gbps broadband service for $26 a month
When you have it you'll find good use for it. With that bandwidth you can start using cloudservices for backup and storage for starters. Currently I'm dumping photos on amazon once in a while as my sole backup, but once I've routed some cables from my new 100Mb line I plan on taking more advantage of the cloud and in the process throw away a few annoying external harddrives.
englishVoodoo··on The Sweden Solar System
Continents move but Sweden is pretty far from the edges, making the whole installment pretty set, tectonic plate wise.

Still not permanent with your definition though, as we all eventually will stop existing.

englishVoodoo··on Poll: Where do you work?
i'm the art director on the digital department of a publishing house. Many non-web companies do web as well, just not their primary business.
englishVoodoo··on Web Programming Is Hard
Is there a need to learn it all though? I'm a designer at my place and here I do all the html/css work and a bit of jQuery fluff on top of that whenever it's quite basic. I do think that's how most places work.

Of course for a developer it's necessary to have some knowledge of html primarily, but no real need for deep knowledge. Not in my, somewhat limited, experience anyway.