Micke Kring

Finalist in Årets AI-svensk 2023 — an award from industry and employers' organization TechSverige given to the person the jury feels has most contributed to making Swedish AI visible and advancing it.

Finalist in Stockholms stads Digitaliseringspriset with Kursportalen, which I built and filled with courses including programming.

Winner of the Guldäpple jury's special prize — an award the jury may give to "one or more people who have made long-term, significant contributions to promoting learning with IT and media".

SubzCreator (Web)

Web app that transcribes videos, creates subtitles, and translates them using Swedish AI. Videos can then be downloaded with burned-in subtitles or as subtitle files.

mickekring.se (Web)

After 15+ years with Wordpress I built my own blog system for the site you're on now. Tailored just for me.

BBC Radio 2 (Web)

When the BBC closed access to their website and web radio for people outside the UK, I decided to build my own web radio. I use the BBC's radio stream and Spotify's API to fetch cover art for songs played.

Transcribe (MacOS)

Transcription app that uses local AI models like KB Whisper for secure transcription and local language models for processing.

C64 Chat (Web)

Out of pure nostalgia I decided to build a ChatGPT as it might have looked on my old Commodore 64 if AI had existed then.

Diane (iOS)

iOS app that records voice, transcribes it, and processes the text with GPT-3.5. A prototype showcasing the possibilities of combining several different AI services.

Diane (Python)

Python app that records voice, transcribes it, and processes the text with GPT. Prototype showing the possibilities of combining multiple AI services.

Automated student absence monitoring

Robotic automation during the pandemic that fetches student absences and compiles real-time decision support from systems that don't handle it.

Automated work statistics

Python automation that reads my calendar and creates and updates statistics about my tasks and time worked.

School at Home

I helped build the site's first version and develop support materials together with RISE and partners during the COVID pandemic.

KringPing

A Python script that checks access to my websites and emails me if something's wrong. I also have a webpage.

Hearly

Audiobook app with audiobooks created by students at Årstaskolan.

Automated Room Display

Code for a room display that's been hanging on my office door since 2018. It fetches info and updates status based on my calendar.

Codebreaker

Public site with progression, sample activities, and teacher guides for programming in grades F-6. Content created together with Jonas Johansson.

The Course Portal

An open, public MOOC with courses created by me and others in Python, Scratch, 3D printing and more.

The Think Tank

App for the podcast and talk show Tänktanken at Årstaskolan.

Livsviktig Poesi

Poetry app that delivered a poem by a student from Årstaskolan every week in video form.

Looper

Digital social and video platform for the professional development of teachers and a Vinnova project.

Bloggnätverk Årstaskolan

Publik multisajt med klass- och årskursbloggar för Årstaskolan. Används som kommunikationsverktyg mellan skola och hem.

Moobis

Open, free blog portal for schools with ready-made templates. At its peak it had 8,000 blogs and 11,000 users.

Bibblis

A public e-library where the students at Årstaskolan publish their books and meet a real audience.

Kunskapshubben - PlejTV

A public video site for Årstaskolan with videos automatically converted to web‑friendly formats.