Hi Blenster, On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 8:34 AM, Ben Hibben <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello everyone; I'm the Blenster aka Ben Hibben. > > My degree is in Graphic Design though honestly I am trying to avoid doing > too much of that anymore; that said I'm very good at reviewing design and > collaborating with designers to polish an interface. I've always been "the > nerdiest designer" hence the guy who wrote the code; this has led to me > learning to write good code "the hard way" rather than through a CS > degree. I work primarily on the web, generally on higher-end projects > these days; my fulltime job is working on goarmy.com, the largest > recruiting website in the world (creating interactive content in flash or > HTML5/javascript/css) and I'm also working for a start-up that's out to > change the music industry. I'm the son of a knife-maker, the nephew of a > very famous one, and I grew up playing with electronics, circuits, building > things, making things, and customizing things. I'm a member in good > standing at the LVL1 hackerspace where I like to help out on our various > crazy and cool projects, including things like the Whitestar transatlantic > balloon or the recent 24-hour hackathon "Make Food Not War" (tied for first > place!). > > I loved my Nokia n900 and I'm about to switch to a "new to me" car that I > plan on using as a development test bed for in-car audio and entertainment > given that it's got the right dash (specifically a double-DIN that I can > mount a screen in). I'm also looking at making an open-source > arduino-based car-alarm system with as many other features as I can fit > into it as that project moves along (I won't know until I get in there and > start hacking away at it). > Very cool. I have an arduino in my car that does power management and reads some sensors. Fun little devices. > I wanted to look up and see where Maemo/meego was as it's my first > choice for development. Lacking that I'll try a flavor of linux (like > Ubuntu/Mint/etc). I prefer to avoid the mess that XP is despite the fact > that the mobile computer culture seems to use it rather a lot. > > You didn't mention Tizen, but IMHO it's worth a try. > I'm also interested in the idea of an open-source head-unit with modular > design. Having been to a custom-car shop lately and taken a look at the > $600 (crappy) MP3 players they're selling these days (with screens that'd > embarrass a phone being passed off as high-tech??) I'm convinced that it's > possible to do better for less money. I suspect I'm preaching to the choir > here. If anyone has any advice on a hardware SDK kit I'd be grateful. > > A lot of people use inexpensive Intel Atom boards and avoid using proprietary graphics (NVidia, ATI). Those are harder to work with in Linux and with Tizen. There are a couple vendors that specifically sell car pc supplies: mp3car.com mo-co-so.com If you want a little more guidance, I recommend heading over to the #linuxice channel on freenode. That is a channel dedicated to linux in car entertainment. cheers, Kevron > My goals for now are to figure out where things stand, what sort of > options I have, and what sort of stuff is needed and I'll figure out where > I fit into this situation, if I do. > > Thanks > > Blenster > > _______________________________________________ > IVI mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.tizen.org/listinfo/ivi > >
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