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2013-05-18 06:55:03 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 20 +1s)

#io13 was (auto) awesome. Thanks everyone at the sessions and in the hallway track.

Back to the east coast!

2013-05-17 17:03:58 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Leftovers. #io13

2013-05-17 14:44:04 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 6 +1s)

Apropos of this week.

More from the artist: http://www.behance.net/gallery/The-Post-Punk-New-Wave-Super-Friends-by-Butcher-Billy/8688795

2013-05-17 01:32:35 (6 comments, 3 reshares, 54 +1s)

Live from the Android Fireside Chat at #io13

2013-05-16 20:05:53 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 9 +1s)

Just pushed a few changes to https://code.google.com/p/android-daydream-samples/ to cover the material in my #io13  talk on Android Daydream.

Go git it!

2013-05-15 22:31:56 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 11 +1s)

Fans of +Jason Parks can catch him at #io13. He's sporting a new look, so I'll give you a picture to help spot him, along with the inspiration for his look.

Jason is the one on the right.

2013-05-15 21:21:44 (5 comments, 2 reshares, 23 +1s)

Introducing Android Studio: An IDE built for Android.

Today at Google I/O we announced a new IDE that’s built just for Android, and it’s available now as an early access preview. 

We’ve collaborated with JetBrains, creators of of IntelliJ IDEA, extending the Community Edition.  We’ve customized it for Android developers, from integrating a new build system to adding powerful editing and UI builder features all designed to simplify and optimize your Android app development.

If you’re interested in trying Android Studio, you can download it today for free. The download bundle includes includes everything you need, including the IDE, the latest SDK tools, the latest Android platform, and more.

Link: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2013/05/android-studio-ide-built-for-android.html

2013-05-15 20:17:46 (0 comments, 4 reshares, 6 +1s)

Got iOS? Get Google Hangouts NOW!

2013-05-15 20:14:56 (11 comments, 3 reshares, 9 +1s)

Here's the new Hangouts app! PSA: this will appear as an update to the Google Talk app already on your device.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.talk

2013-05-15 18:09:18 (12 comments, 8 reshares, 28 +1s)

That? Was the sound of your mind being blown. #io13

2013-05-15 16:48:59 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

ISO +Chris Yerga "swipe it away!" animated GIF kthx #io13

2013-05-15 06:22:11 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 20 +1s)

Teaser slide from the middle of my deck for “Androids Do Daydream” (https://developers.google.com/events/io/sessions/324958375).

See you tomorrow at #io13  or online at http://google.com/io !

2013-05-15 03:58:31 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 20 +1s)

#io13   #soon

2013-05-14 20:33:48 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 17 +1s)

Registration queue for #io13

2013-05-14 05:07:28 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

Working on my #io13 presentation. No, really.

2013-05-14 03:00:43 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 24 +1s)

Sunset over the San Francisco financial district. (Nexus 4 HDR.)

#io13

2013-05-13 21:05:25 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

Whether you're an expert #Android  developer looking for new tricks, or you're new to Android and want to become an expert, our advanced technical sessions at #IO13  will help you build apps that are better than just good.

+Reto Meier is back with the 3rd part of his Android Protips trilogy: Making Apps Work Like Magic and Android fan-favorites +Romain Guy and +Chet Haase will help you improve your  Android Graphics Performance and create A Moving Experience. 

+Adam Powell joins Romain to teach us about Writing Custom Views for Android and +Ficus Kirkpatrick introduces Volley as a way to add Easy, Fast Networking for Android to your app.

Learn that Androids Do Daydream with +Daniel Sandler, and for the truly hardcore amongst you check out High Performance Audio with +Glenn Kasten and +Raph Levien  and High Performance Applications with RenderScript withJason Sams... more »

2013-05-13 14:44:41 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 15 +1s)

On the way to #io13

2013-05-08 18:21:59 (0 comments, 5 reshares, 9 +1s)

How the price of paint is set in the hearts of dying stars

Today I’m going to try to explain the real reason that barns are painted red: nuclear fusion. And yes, this is an excuse to take a mad ride around some of the stranger corners of physics and chemistry in order to give you the real, this-is-not-BS, answer to a simple question.

This question got stuck in my head as a result of an episode of a long-forgotten sitcom called Head of the Class, about a high school class full of smart kids. (Sort of like Welcome Back, Kotter in reverse) This being an American show, it’s obligatory to occasionally emphasize the superiority of the ordinary virtue of “plain folk,” so in one episode the protagonists face off in some kind of academic contest with kids from a rural school, and end up losing because their city-slicker knowledge can’t answer the question “why are barnsred?” (And ... more »

2013-05-08 05:02:01 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 10 +1s)

+Romain Guy and I will be giving a talk this year at #io2013  on writing custom views for Android. We'll give you a tour of framework guarantees, patterns, best practices, gotchas, tips and tricks to add to your #androiddev  arsenal.

Impress your users! Confuse your competitors!

2013-05-07 20:43:38 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 14 +1s)

+Chris Wren: “Do you want to eat outside today?”
+Daniel Sandler: “You can do that??”

2013-05-07 14:42:52 (3 comments, 2 reshares, 11 +1s)

This will save you a lot of time writing commit messages. (Text; slightly nsfw.)

2013-05-07 14:21:52 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 14 +1s)

Unicode character "ANDROID APP WITH TOO MANY FEATURES" (U+22EE)

http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/22ee/index.htm

Special thanks to +Dan Morrill and +Jason Hsu for bringing this to our attention:
https://plus.google.com/112413860260589530492/posts/dkVvEg4TpdU

2013-05-07 13:28:19 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 20 +1s)

Seen on a bumper sticker in Somerville:

HONK IFF YOU LOVE FORMAL LOGIC

2013-05-03 04:07:28 (27 comments, 0 reshares, 23 +1s)

I am updating software.

On a camera lens.

#livinginthefuture  

2013-05-02 20:27:46 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

From: +tonx
Subject: your mom

Well played.

2013-05-01 18:27:41 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 20 +1s)

Looks like the Google I/O session descriptions are up!

Unlike 2012—when I videobombed +Chet Haase and +Romain Guy during their stirring rendition of “What’s New, Android (Woah, Woah)” to talk about notifications—this year I’ll have a session to myself. We’ll be dipping into Daydream, a fun new platform feature quietly launched late last year with Android 4.2.

Hope to see you there! (Or if not, then in the YouTube comments after the videos are posted.)

2013-05-11 23:31:35 (29 comments, 1 reshares, 15 +1s)

I just received an Android user interface question from a +Markers user:

“I really like Markers, but there's one user interface flaw in the app that I'd like changed. When ever I press on back button on my Nexus 10, expecting it to undo my latest drawn line, it instead exits out of the app, causing me to lose my drawing.”

OK, it's not exactly a question, but it's nonetheless a good opportunity for a little #AndroidDev  aside about app navigation patterns. (Edit: since there was so much confusion on this point, Markers absolutely should not clear the drawing on exit; this is a regression from previous behavior and that lazy developer should fix the bug.)

When writing an Android app that has an “undo” feature, developers must resist the temptation to wire it up to the global back button; while in certain situations it might seem like a convenient wayto reuse ... more »

2013-04-29 02:33:20 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 7 +1s)

Eagerly awaiting the Tywin/Tyrion/Cersei #reactiongif .

2013-04-28 14:28:03 (11 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

Argh.

2013-04-28 01:18:56 (9 comments, 2 reshares, 13 +1s)

This open-source convenience library for using HttpUrlConnections looks really cool. Some simple examples are given below:

Perform a GET request and get the body of the response

String response = HttpRequest.get("http://google.com").body();
System.out.println("Response was: " + response);

Perform a POST request with some data and get the status of the response

int code = HttpRequest.post("http://google.com").send("name=kevin").code();

2013-04-26 17:10:08 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

I'm not very objective here, but the opening title sequence for "The Americans" is my favorite part of that show.

Images via http://www.graphicology.com/blog/2013/2/15/387-the-americans-title-sequence.html

2013-04-26 04:18:36 (21 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Lazyweb: What is the crud that accumulates on credit cards in my wallet? What's causing it? Is there a kind of wallet or card-arrangement technique or pocket-sized fragrant sachet that will mitigate this buildup?

2013-04-26 03:40:07 (5 comments, 5 reshares, 16 +1s)

Best thing you'll read all day.

2013-04-26 01:03:59 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

“They’ll never smell you coming”

2013-04-25 20:13:21 (12 comments, 1 reshares, 15 +1s)

Worst sarcastic quotes ever?

"Do not eat" wink wink nudge nudge.

2013-04-24 21:31:53 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 8 +1s)

+Brian Swetland reminded me of this brilliant piece from the Dresden Codak archives: Caveman Science Fiction.

Remember: sometimes the future is scary because it's the future. If it felt familiar it would be, at best, the present.

#meamplaygods  

2013-04-24 21:24:43 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 17 +1s)

IMPORTANT: When the sound of kernels updating slows to one every couple of seconds, take your device out of the microwave.

2013-04-24 03:51:02 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

BTW, FakeAPStylebook is totally killing it.

2013-04-24 03:14:55 (0 comments, 7 reshares, 30 +1s)

Me coming home from work.

2013-04-24 02:47:25 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 10 +1s)

2013-04-23 01:56:32 (8 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

Shtako is the new frak.

#defiance  

2013-04-20 23:30:00 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 14 +1s)

Random Redditor sends the BPD a pizza lunch:

http://www.reddit.com/r/boston/comments/1cqw28/thank_you_for_the_pizzas_reddit_from_bpd/

2013-04-20 13:07:53 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Search your feelings, Internet. You will know this to be true. 

2013-04-20 01:50:47 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 17 +1s)

A quiet moment today.

2013-04-20 01:15:59 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

Representative image of the day.

#scanner

2013-04-19 19:15:56 (5 comments, 4 reshares, 14 +1s)

The Onion is nailing it.

Headlines include:

BREAKING NEWS: BOSTON
— BREAKING: We’re Doing A Bad Job
— BREAKING: Do You Think We’re Doing A Good Job?
— BREAKING: We Might Be Doing A Bad Job
— BREAKING: How’s Everyone Doing?
— BREAKING: Can Anyone Ever Truly Know Anything? What Is The Truth?
— BREAKING: Has The Word ‘Breaking’ Lost All Its Meaning?
— BREAKING: Still Nothing
— BREAKING: No News Breaking

(via +Paul Fisher)

2013-04-19 12:20:09 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

Official drink of Boston police scanner listeners.

2013-04-19 06:44:33 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

White male, black curly hair, grey hoodie, assault rifle and explosives, should be considered armed and dangerous.

#boston   #watertown  

2013-04-19 04:12:50 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

Shooter on the loose at MIT, officer down!
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/04/theres-shooter-loose-and-officer-down-mit/64379/