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Thor Galle

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Software developer & UX designer. In ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ, from ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช | CTO of https://t.co/K65Yeq6ZDR | he/him | Mastodon: https://t.co/osyVZSQgm7 (๐Ÿ‘ˆ mostly here)

Helsinki, Finland
Joined April 2011
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Dominic Szablewski
2 years
Play the original wipEout in your browser: https://t.co/6WpTgi1ySq Also check out the in-depth "Making-of" in my blog: https://t.co/9c7qmkoBrj
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Thor Galle
3 years
It seems Apple's designers were also interested in a data-based journal.
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Thor Galle
3 years
@louisbarclay Dude, mind sync! In 2018-20, I conceptualized a tool called Retrospective, which is an automated diary based on data ("records").
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Thor Galle
3 years
Most questions you want to ask have already been asked
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Thor Galle
3 years
Yeah, ChatGPT is cool and stuff, but for a few years already I can hum a random melody into Google Voice Search and it identifies my earworm in 5 out of 10 cases. Talking about a real pain reliever.
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Thor Galle
3 years
I just witnessed the first Wikipedia sidebar redesign since I've used computers?
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Thor Galle
3 years
I'm looking at https://t.co/HBSDNewXEz, trying to find a button where I can add a review for a restaurant. Help? Is it not there (yet)? What's the point? #osm Cool blockchain idea though.
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Thor Galle
3 years
Bugs today: I thought I knew this stuff, but no.
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Thor Galle
3 years
I've just been told by a reliable source that this "perceived performance" is a good UX practice. It makes apps feel faster. It's confusing though, when you're trying to debug something that should be loading, but never actually loads ๐Ÿ™ƒ
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Thor Galle
3 years
Here's a funny module: NProgress. It's an animating progress bar that you can simply .start() when something starts loading, and stop when finished. Which means that by default, it's totally making up the actual loading progress. https://t.co/Yv6gYBARhE
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Thor Galle
3 years
@kdenlive I think it's crazy that one would have to buy some 200$+ Pro Apple or Adobe tool to do something simple that iMovie can't handle... FOSS for the win! Also still using another KDE suite app, @digiKamSN, on a Mac. Great piece of software too.
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Thor Galle
3 years
Just blurred a little section of a bug demo video with @kdenlive. On a M1 Mac. Support isn't even advertised. I remember using Kdenlive 8y ago on Linux, already then more powerful than iMovie. It used to crash all the time. But not today! Really cool... ๐Ÿ‘ Shot them a few bucks!
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Thor Galle
3 years
Then again, Google is more complete on business & place information (so far). But its automatic personalization and minimal map style could flatten your worldview, both for good and bad. Takeaway: vary your maps diet!
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Thor Galle
3 years
In general: OpenStreetMap often has detailed data of actual roads, forest tracks and physical reality that Google doesn't have or show. This is very useful for slower forms of transportation.
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Thor Galle
3 years
It turns out a very ambitious bridge project is under construction, and I had no idea. I only saw the westernmost part of it so far
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Thor Galle
3 years
I like discovering differences between @openstreetmap and Google Maps in my area. Compare these two:
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@DVRansbeeck
Dries Van Ransbeeck
3 years
Excited about this launch, especially now that the days are getting shorter and the nights cooler! ๐Ÿ˜Ž From now onwards, it's possible with @slowbytravel to plan a secret hiking trip ๐Ÿฅพ and choose to sleep indoors! ๐Ÿก
@slowbytravel
Slowby
3 years
๐ŸฅWeโ€™ve got exciting news to share: today weโ€™re launching hiking trips and inside stays! So far, all our adventurers travelled by bike and camped in Welcome To My Gardens. But from now onwards, you can also leave on a secret hiking trip๐Ÿฅพ and choose to sleep inside! ๐Ÿก
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Dries Van Ransbeeck
3 years
So happy to welcome @th0rgall to our team! ๐Ÿ”ฅ When we met at @osocode back in 2017, we already talked ๐Ÿšฒ travel and trip planning ideas. Iโ€™m happy that we finally get to work together and Iโ€™m excited about the next steps that weโ€™re going to take together! Letโ€™s go!
@slowbytravel
Slowby
3 years
We have big news!! ๐ŸŽ‰ We're incredibly happy to say that Thor Galle has joined us as our CTO (Chief Technology Officer) & Co-Founder! ๐Ÿ™Œ
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