And finally we have metadata at Aftonbladet! Please don’t ask why we have waited until now :/ Metadata is the most important step Aftonbladet are taking this year as a product. We are done with the “Go Fish” approach . This is data infrastructure that allow us to do amazing stuff! How are we thinking […] Read more
Rickard Tornblad
We have a unique position, Aftonbladet is the first digital habit in Sweden. www.aftonbladet.se is in the backbone of many swedes and we are very grateful for that. We have worked hard for it in over 20 years. My friend Anders did put it well. ”When the Internet runs out, I allways goes back to […] Read more
Rickard Tornblad
We have been a newspaper since 1830 soon to be 200 years and the oldest newspaper still published is Post- och Inrikes Tidningar and it goes back to Axel Oxenstierna in 1645. Just to give an history on how long we have been writing articles and how they have evolved to what it is today. […] Read more
Rickard Tornblad
This has been a great week for me in San Francisco and RocketSpace. So many new impressions and so much to learn. I’m really amazed by how open minded people are and willing to share ideas and learnings. The main reson for me being at RocketSpace in SF is to work on the signed in […] Read more
Rickard Tornblad
About three weeks ago I left for San Francisco to participate in a UX conference hosted by Nielsen Norman Group called Usability Week at the Omni hotel in the financial district. They describe the event as “all-day, immersive training courses teach practical skills and offer design recommendations that you can apply immediately.” This appealed to me as it gave […] Read more
Fiona Rolander
Last week we went to Droidcon in Kista and enjoyed the company of fellow android developers in Electrum, a laboratory building for KTH. The conference was filled with lots of interesting developers and thought-provoking lectures. The overabundance of coffee, tea, fruits, and cinnamon buns was also very appreciated. In this post, I’ll try to summarize the conference by […] Read more
Freddie Lust-Hed
Two weeks ago we hosted our first meetup for designers at Aftonbladet. The topic was 3 views on prototyping and we aimed to target different aspects of what prototyping could mean to different designers. And what a turn up! 90 designers attended and not to mention the 100 others on the waiting list. The spots were filled […] Read more
Fiona Rolander
Nordic.js is over and everything is back to normal. What would a conference be without a little retrospective? Here are some gathered thoughts and tweets from us at Aftonbladet. Kenneth Ocklund, backend developer Nordic.js was held at a beautiful venue facing the ocean outside Stockholm. It was well organized with a very entertaining presenter in […] Read more
Christoffer Larsson
Hi there! Nordic.js is now open for business and as a Ruby sponsor we are of course on site. The fantastic wooden stage of Nordic.js. With trees! Lunchtime! Our monter where you can try out the Occulus Rift. Blast from the past – Aftonbladet Hackday V. Nice hat! Dropbox talking about their API:s. If you […] Read more
Christoffer Larsson
Last week WP 4.0 “Benny” was released – make sure to update as soon as possible! The new stuffs: New media archive Actually looks useful. Will be handy when editing a lot of images at once. Embeds previews I like it! Will make it a lot easier for editors and writers to understand what content […] Read more
Christoffer Larsson