http://almaer.com/blog/the-four-personality-types-on-the-spectrum-of-design-vol_07 blogging about life, the universe, and everything tech Sat, 08 Sep 2012 07:06:53 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://almaer.com/blog/the-four-personality-types-on-the-spectrum-of-design-vol_07/comment-page-1#comment-48781 BigRob Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:34:55 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/?p=3003#comment-48781 Hi Dion, I ran across your blog while surfing Linkedin and I enjoy your viewpoint. Regarding your complaint in this entry - it's amazing, isn't it? After working for 4 years at VW I am happy to say it is getting better. The auto industry has traditionally been metal benders and outsourced most electronic/sw work. They are building up the core competencies, although the traditional supplier model and conservative nature regarding quality (ironic, I know) limits the rate of change. Also, the real time requirements seem to take a large portion of development time and the UI tends to be watered down by branding considerations. I suspect the former is a result of not transitioning to modern technologies with a larger developer pool. Denso uses their own stuff, others use QNX as an OS. Ford seems to "get it" the most at the moment, overall. I was reading your WebOS post and thinking to myself what an interesting proposition it would be to have WebOS in a car. It dovetails really well with some of the current Car-to-X trends. I drive by your lab everyday - always wondered what you all do there. : ) Hi Dion, I ran across your blog while surfing Linkedin and I enjoy your viewpoint. Regarding your complaint in this entry – it’s amazing, isn’t it? After working for 4 years at VW I am happy to say it is getting better. The auto industry has traditionally been metal benders and outsourced most electronic/sw work. They are building up the core competencies, although the traditional supplier model and conservative nature regarding quality (ironic, I know) limits the rate of change. Also, the real time requirements seem to take a large portion of development time and the UI tends to be watered down by branding considerations. I suspect the former is a result of not transitioning to modern technologies with a larger developer pool. Denso uses their own stuff, others use QNX as an OS. Ford seems to “get it” the most at the moment, overall. I was reading your WebOS post and thinking to myself what an interesting proposition it would be to have WebOS in a car. It dovetails really well with some of the current Car-to-X trends. I drive by your lab everyday – always wondered what you all do there. : )

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