The Letter
Packing to move very soon. Tucked away in a cupboard I had saved an old jacket, for nostalgic purposes. I took it out, folded it to put it away, when I felt that there was some kind of paper in the pocket.
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Geek Meet January 2014 with Ade Oshineye
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It’s finally time for another Geek Meet! Man, it’s been a while, but now it’s actually happening again!
Looking at 2013
Now 2013 is over, 2014 has started, and it’s a new year with new possibilities, challenges and experiences. I thought I’d take a look back at what 2013 was like for me.
Why I travel
After I week in India I’ve been reminded why I travel around, meet people and give presentations. I see this amazing opportunity as a blessing, a unique chance to go out there and try to share and help people.
BrazilJS conference and a very interesting night in Brazil
I’m currently in Porto Alege in South Brazil, to speak at the BrazilJS conference. It’s an excellent event, and speaking in a cinema to almost 1000 persons is very inspiring!
The launch of Firefox OS – my thoughts and some history
It all started about two years ago. I had recently joined Mozilla, and about one or two months in, a wiki page surfaced. It was called B2G.
Tidbits from my trip to San Francisco and Bogotá, Colombia
Recently I was traveling to San Francisco and Bogotá, Colombia, and I wrote frequent updates on Facebook. It seemed to be appreciated, so I’d like to share it in a collected form here.
Geek Meet May 2013 with Marco Zehe
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Speaker change
Due to illness, Marco won’t be able to speak. The replacements are Kristina Alexanderson (@kalexanderson), talking about Creative Commons, and Robert Nyman talking about Firefox OS.
Time for the last Geek Meet before summer! Happy to have a new perspective this time, and something we haven’t really covered before: accessibility.
Thoughts on Blink, Google’s new rendering engine
Yesterday, Google announced that they’re moving from the WebKit rendering engine to their own, named Blink, for Chromium (and thus all Google products based on WebKit).
Geek Meet March 4th 2013, with Denise Jacobs
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Short notice, I know, but next Geek Meet will be March 4th! New sponsor, new premises!
WebKit: An Objective View
This post is co-written with Rob Hawkes, and as a follow-up to The WebKit culture & web rendering engine diversity. This article is also available in Chinese.
We would like to, in a factual manner, break down what the possible outcomes of having a majority of web browsers based on WebKit are, for web browser vendors and developers alike.
The WebKit culture & web rendering engine diversity
The web. Diversity. Options and competition. Today Opera announced that they’re moving from their own web rendering engine, Presto, to WebKit, and it’s described more technically in Opera’s Developer Relations blog, where it’s made clear they will also use the V8 JavaScript engine.
Using FormData to send forms with XHR as key/value pairs
Being able to easily specify what to post with XMLHttpRequest is quite a powerful way of sending things to the server, using key/value pairs and FormData. However, many seem to have missed this gem, so I thought I’d outline it here.
Watching Skyfall
Watched Skyfall, the latest James Bond, yesterday. A review, you say? Sure.
Why I don’t do apps on Facebook
As most people, I guess, I have a love/hate relationship with Facebook. It’s great for staying in touch with people, share funny stories, pics etc; however, it is not the platform I want to use for all kinds of connections with people.
What’s that in your pocket?
There is a clear trend with mobile phones that they just get bigger and bigger. Here’s my thing: I want a small smartphone.
Android tips: apps failing to update, & using any music file for ringtones & notifications
I take turns using a few different mobile phones, which is quite interesting to the see pros and cons of each platform. I’ve had a few experiences with Android lately, so I thought I’d share a couple of tips: apps failing to update, and using any music file for ringtones and notifications.
Inbox Zero vs. Inbox Five, and how to actually get things done
People are always on the hunt for efficiency and control over the massive information flow they’re facing, and the latest fix for actually getting things done. Amidst all techniques and approaches, I thought I’d outline what at least works for me.
Pussy
Today I got the tip on Twitter about a slide deck with information on how to create interesting presentations. Sounded like something I wanted to know more about, but when I went to the page and saw the first slide, I lost my interest.
How many people actually want to talk to their phones?
This article is also available in Polish.
In a world of communicating with our devices, voice control seem to have gotten a lot of attention. But is that really what we want?
Using Markdown and the Mou editor for blogging
Having learned HTML in the 1990s, I’ve always felt very comfortable with it and I’ve used plain text or HTML in text editors for as long as I can remember when I’ve been writing something. However, I’ve finally taken the plunge into Markdown now.
The value of a Facebook Like
In the world of social media, and with self-proclaimed experts on it popping up everywhere (some actually full of experience, some full of… something), it’s interesting to see how people act and how they value a Facebook Like.
Geek Meet January 2013, with John Wilander
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New date
Geek Meet has been moved to January 16th.
Time to announce the first Geek Meet of 2013! I had plans on doing it at the end of this year, but with Christmas and surrounding activities for a lot of people, I decided to have it early next year instead.
Mobile vs. Social
This article is also available in Czech, Ukrainian and German.
Reading the heading, you’re probably thinking: “It’s a typo, it should be ‘Mobile and Social'”. But no. What I wanted to talk about is the behavior, the phenomenon, if you will, of the complete dependency people seem to have developed for their mobile phones, and how it affects their social behavior.
The new Editor for Mozilla Hacks
I’ve always loved blogging, writing about things I’m interested in and then sharing and discussing it with like-minded people! Sometimes passionately agreeing, sometimes not so much. 🙂 But I believe the discussion has always been good, and as long as it’s respectful, it’s quite constructive and an excellent base for building relations and bonds with people.
Life, and how we choose to live it
I sat there looking down on my hands. One day they would be as veiny and skinny as the hands on the old men sitting in the row in front of me. Over time, they will decay, hopefully with still some sense of proudness left in their owner.
Geek Meet September 2012 with Jonathan Snook
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Time for another Geek Meet! If you’re not in Stockholm, you should make it here!
Pearl Jam in Stockholm July 7th 2012 – an amazing experience!
Pearl Jam. I’ve always thought they are a good band, but not at the top of my list. However…
Last night I got to see something purely magical during their gig in Stockholm! They were amazing! Mind-blowing!
My trip to Russia, Moscow, and the .toster conference
Last week I went to Moscow, Russia, for the .toster conference, that is being arranged several times per year but with different topics. This time one around, it was JavaScript.
Recap of my South America tour
The last 12 days of April, I was part of doing a MDN Tour of Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Chile and also attending the MozCamp in Argentina.
Why I do what I do
This blog post is also available as a video read by Phil Nash.
I’m currently in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and last night I had a very humbling experience.
Touring South America with Mozilla
In a week from now, starting next Thursday, I and some Mozilla colleagues will embark on a MDN (Mozilla Developer Network) tour of South America!
I have a drinking problem
Since I lead a life with attending a lot of events and conferences, there’s something that has been on my mind for some time. But when you just think and don’t blog about it, you can be sure someone else will cover the topic before you, and in this case Ryan Funduk did so in Our Culture of Exclusion.
Geek Meet May 10th 2012, with Rob Hawkes
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Finally, time for another Geek Meet here in Stockholm!
Social media campaigns and a critical view
This post is co-written with Cecilia von Schedvin.
This morning, we were talking about the KONY 2012 movement, various reaction around it and how easy we share things without even looking at it. How our gut reaction is to act without even knowing what we’re acting on or reflect on what it means.
(If you want to delve deeper into the KONY 2012 topic, you can, for instance, read Kony 2012: what’s the real story?).
What we want to cover here is the greater scheme of things, social media and how people react.
Using the Fullscreen API in web browsers
This post was originally published for Mozilla Hacks.
One thing which has been very important when it comes to creating special end user experiences have been the ability to show something fullscreen, effectively hiding all the other content etc.
Thoughts on PPK’s take on Web developer relations management in the mobile world
Peter-Paul Koch (PPK) wrote a blog post yesterday about his thoughts on Web developer relations management in the mobile world. Since I work for Mozilla, that he mentions, and I was also remotely involved in the discussion he refers too, I wanted to express my thoughts.
Links and reading tips – Robert’s read March 7th 2012
Time for another batch of good reading – both from a web developer perspective and a life one. A good amount of links this time, but skim all quickly to find some gems you are interested in. 🙂
Storing images and files in IndexedDB
This post was originally published for Mozilla Hacks.
The desired future approach for storing things client-side in web browsers is utilizing IndexedDB. Here I’ll walk you through how to store images and files in IndexedDB and then present them through an ObjectURL.
Twitter lists me as one of 23 Swedes to follow
It was brought to my attention that I am one of the 23 people Twitter lists as suggested Swedes to follow on Twitter!
Thoughts on the CSS prefix situation
The last week I’ve been contemplating whether to write anything or not about the situation with web browser vendor prefixes in CSS. I decided to share my thoughts on the problem and possible solutions.
Robert’s read January 31st 2012
It’s been a while since I last shared some good reading, but hey, it’s 2012 now, so I thought I’d share my first batch this year!
Interviewed for the developer book club
In the fall of last year I was happy to be interviewed by Helen Emerson for The Developer Book Club.
Summing up 2011
The end of a year. There’s so much to say and look back on, and at the same time I am already certain that I will temporarily forgot some of the amazing things that happened to me this year. For it was indeed a fantastic year!
Robert’s read: links and suggestions December 20th 2011
Last chance to share some good reading with you before the end of 2011. Some good ones in here!
Who owns your online life, and data?
We all spend a good part of our lives online, and it has helped us share information, pictures, videos and much more with family, friends and, well, the entire world. It lets us interact with a lot of people in ways never seen before. That is fantastic, but I’d also like you to give a second thought about what you share and how.
Robert’s read: links and suggestions November 29th 2011
Lots of good reading again that I’d like to share with you!
Robert’s read: links and suggestions November 16th 2011
I will soon start blogging more here again, now that time permits – for now, however, I’d like to share a round of good links I’ve collected recently.
Geek Meet December 2011 with Vitaly Friedman
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It’s been quite a busy fall for me, but finally I’m happy to announce the next Geek Meet here in Stockholm!
A different take on Star Wars
If you’ve ever seen any of my presentations lately, I’ve been using these lovely Star Wars-inspired pictures to emphasize a point or just for plainly visually improving my slides. Today I’d like to tell you a little more about the pictures and the person behind them.