Monthly Archive for March, 2011

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-03-27

Published on 2011/03/27 in Twitter Updates. 0 Comments

Congrats! Well deserved! ♻ @ericcloninger: Woohoo!!! @MOTODEV Studio wins Best Mobile Product at #eclipsecon Way to go, team! #
That would be great! ♻ @romainguy: I'd like Chet and I to write the equivalent of http://t.co/BHiwVMg for #Android #
Dear oscar.. use snapshots! ♻ @oscarsalguero: Dear @Google, please make the Android Emulator to lauch faster! :'( #
Wish I could be ..♻ @alexRuiz: Attending "Android Development with Eclipse" with @tornorbye and @droidxav. Really cool stuff! #EclipseCon #
Created an example app for third party integration with intents. #androiddev rocks #
Oh man… subversion is a pain .. let me just get it in and switch to git-svn quickly.. #
#vijug meeting about #aws coming in an hour or so… see you there http://goo.gl/qa3EA #
Pull request accepted and processed. I guess I am a #hudson committer now.. #
Great presentation about #aws by Jeff Barr at #uvic with large audience. #
Someone asked me about my cool 3D application switcher running on the #mac My answers its #KDE on #ubuntu ! #
Usage example pls ♻ @romannurik: Implementing the Dashboard pattern? I just wrote this custom layout that can help: http://bit.ly/igS4HW #
Interesting tidbit from #twig … google tv has chrome in it (although only v5), android still has custom webkit based browser #
Could the not-yet open sourcing of #honeycomb have anything to do with the #rim #playbook support for #android #
Awesome! Into Maven central shortly too! ♻ @crazybob: Guice 3 is out! http://code.google.com/p/google-guice/ Way to go, Sam Berlin! #
Submitted a proposal for #oscon about #android One more to go. Fingers crossed #
Workshop proposal about #android development aspects for #oscon submitted as well now. Time for a rest. #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-03-20

Published on 2011/03/20 in Twitter Updates. 0 Comments

Awesome. Must update! RT @olamy: cool surefire 2.8 release has reached central repo (with this new feature http://bit.ly/i81JcA ) #
Tying up various loose ends from #andevcon #
Chasing down minor bugs .. I will get you! Don't try to confuse me. #
In case you missed my late night posts and tweets with the #andevcon recap…http://goo.gl/yQauc http://goo.gl/nIxtI #
Nice. The #hudson release build is now fully automated and plugins go via Nexus OSS to Maven central. #
The dependency notification and change listener stuff in the new #maven integration for #hudson is awesome. I can think of a ton uses. #
I love how my app looks like in japanese. Good thing I know the app because otherwise.. #
You should read this if you blog.. or tweet♻ @timbray: Things about Blogging: http://goo.gl/u6p4w (a last-decade-flavored piece) #
I wish I could go to EclipseCon even though I dont even use it.. #
Listening to #thisdeveloperslife just rocks. I am also one of those people that is interested in almost everything.. #
Find minor #hudson bug, fork repo, clone to local, fix bug, push, create pull request, 10 minutes later back to work. Thanks #github #
#maven uses convention over configuration is bad. Ruby on Rails does the same and it is deemed good. Same for #Grails #Gradle. Explain? #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-03-13

Published on 2011/03/13 in Twitter Updates. 0 Comments

Travel to @andevcon commenced. Ready for an overdose of #android in the next days. #
I am at #andevcon in the lobby.. anyone wanna go for dinner a bit later? #
Got an awesome T-shirt to give away at my #andevcon presentation about #maven – IronMaven .. and a bunch of books. Join me on Tuesday pm. #
ah… cmon.. its all good♻ @I_Artist: finished coding the main database stuff, now adding XML parsing and data… Not all dev'ing is fun… #
.. Soon to come to my roboguice clone♻ @mcculls: Guice 3.0-rc3 artifacts are now on their way to Maven Central via oss.sonatype.org #
Great talk by @commonsguy at @AnDevCon so far. No fragmentation to see here.. move on. Its all working like a charm #androiddev #
Lets meet in the next break in front of synergy 4 .. turquois octopus t-shirt is me @chuckwebster @robcz @sn0wshrew @chris_saunders #
Wow.. .. the #motorola xoom is a nice device. Me thinks I will need one. When can I get one in Canada? Anyone wanna sponsor me one? #
yes, fireside chat after as well ♻ @sn0wshrew: Lightning talks at #AnDevCon this evening look kind of #awesome actually. #
According to @commonsguy the next #android version will be called Insulin. Yumm @androiddev #
Great tips about adapting your #android app to take advantage of different platform features from @commonsguy #
The slides for #androiddev with #maven are up. Come to the presentation at #andevcon in the afternoon today! http://goo.gl/LhgG1/ #
Slides about #testing and continuous integration #ci for #android dev http://goo.gl/LhgG1 See the talk at #andevcon in the afternoon today! #
At the #motodev keynote at #andevcon Lets see if there is any interesting news.. #
Good insights into change of mobile for the enterprise by Christy at #andevcon #motodev #
Thanks! RT @topgenorth: @simpligility's talk here on testing and CI is probably the best one at @andevcon that I attended. IMHO. #
Interesting feedback about #svg not being a solution for duplication of resources as bitmaps. Thanks @kirillcool #
Great presentation about mobile ui/ux by @kirillcool at #andevcon #
Hope u liked it RT @tylerschultz: Attending Manfred Moser's talk on Android Unit Testing & CI at #andevcon @robolectric #TDD #
Looking forward to that! RT @romainguy: At AnDevCon to talk about Honeycomb #
RT @chris_saunders: learning lots of pretty awesome and useful stuff here that you likely won't get from #googleio All the focus on Android #
Yesterday at #andevcon was AMAZING. My preso's and the fireside chats were all a huge success. Dinner with @droidxav and @ericcloninger too! #
Gettings some new ideas for cool additions to my apps from @michaelg at #andevcon #
Seems like my #roboguice clone is working fine with #guice 3.0 rc3 .. #android #
I sure am (causing trouble) RT @motodev: RT if you're at #andevcon watching Eric C's preso on localizing ur Android app 4 multiple regions! #
Writing my #andevcon recap blogpost. Watch for it later today (or tonight..). #
When do I cut a blog post in two because it seems long? Do people read more if there are two posts? #
RT @simpligility: When do I cut a blog post in two because it seems long? Do people read more if there are two posts? #
Nice… ♻ @mcculls: starting code spike to get Hudson running on OSGi with plugins deployed as bundles #
#andevcon recap – first post live .. next one tomorrow. http://goo.gl/ZGlbN #
This one is a follow up to our discussion at #andevcon http://goo.gl/gs5V6 @chethaase #
As promised the 2nd part of my #andevcon recap. http://goo.gl/nIxtI #
Here is a bug I found on honeycomb with the xoom http://goo.gl/1QZFN @chethaase @ericcloninger @romainguy #
Also for you @romainguy RT @simpligility: This one is a follow up to our discussion at #andevcon http://goo.gl/gs5V6 @chethaase #
Next one then Sweet RT @romainguy: @simpligility @chethaase It's something we wanted to do, it just wasn't a priority for this release. #

AnDevCon 2011 in hindsight – Part 2

Published on 2011/03/12 in Android, Apache Maven, Maven Android Plugin and Maven Android SDK Deployer. 0 Comments

After a great start on Monday and Tuesday AnDevCon really got started for me with doing my presentations. Guess how I went?
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AnDevCon 2011 in hindsight – Part 1

Published on 2011/03/11 in Android and Maven Android Plugin. 1 Comment

It was just a few days before the speaker proposal submit deadline that I found out about the AnDevCon Anroid Developer Conference and luckily my proposal got accepted. In the last those three days I met an incredible amount of people, put a lot of faces to contacts I already know or know of via twitter, blogs and more and also learned a whole lot of new stuff. Not to mention that it was very inspiring on a technical level and beyond and there are now a lot of more things on my todo and want to look at list
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Presentation files for AnDevCon

Published on 2011/03/08 in Android, Apache Maven, Maven Android Plugin, Maven Android SDK Deployer and Presentation. 0 Comments Tags: AnDevCon, Continuous Integration, Instrumentation, Testing.

No matter if you were able to attend my presentation at AnDevCon 2011 or not, here are the presentation files for all of you to enjoy:

Taking Advantage of Apache Maven for Android Development

Unit Testing, Integration Testing and Continuous Builds for Android Development

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-03-06

Published on 2011/03/06 in Twitter Updates. 0 Comments

Yeah .. whats up with that! ♻ @alsutton: #Android #Honeycomb SDK…. check, #Honeycomb Device…. check, #Honeycomb AOSP….. oh . #
Goodbye SharedPreferences… you are going into a singleton .. no more unpredicated file io. Thanks #roboguice #androiddev #strictmode #
Whoa… ♻ @MatthewPatience: Oh Snap! They're comin for your wife and your kids! http://bit.ly/h8NhGQ #AndroidDev #
Just like you said at the #yvr #android meeting. Good read! ♻ @timbray: Making Money in Mobile: http://goo.gl/dVAUB #
Waterfall is a method for achieving failure. So true. Lol. @ericries #leanstartup #
Lean in Victoria .. thanks @ericries http://goo.gl/7VeKX #leanstartup #
wow… the static library for fragments and more support down to 1.6 of #android is available. How did I miss that.. time to play with it. #
Prepping for #andevcon … its gonna rock. Look forward to meet many fellow #androiddev next week.. #
Ha… I tweeted about that before you ♻ @AndroidDev: Fragments For All! http://goo.gl/OOsk6 #
RT @jvanzyl: Maven 3.0.3 Released! http://bit.ly/eMSw8K #
Look who got interviewed about #androiddev and #honeycomb . http://goo.gl/KVFoG #
ExpandableListView rocks! nuff said #android #dev http://goo.gl/3Bgw #
In the interview with steve blank I believe you did not let him finish his thoughts and were too eager @AndrewWarner .. great job anyway! #
Nice.. the #android compatibility static library has fragments, loaders, lrucache and more #android #dev #
No kidding. It is gonna rock! ♻ @gfontejon: Looking forward to monday – #andevcon #
#android #fragments and other classes from static honeycomb backport now also for #maven users http://goo.gl/4nSOo #

Fragments for all Maven users

Published on 2011/03/04 in Android, Maven Android Plugin and Maven Android SDK Deployer. 0 Comments

Now that the static library for Fragments support down to Android 1.6 is available as part of the SDK download, I have updated the Maven Android SDK Deployer to push the jar into your Maven repository so you can use it as part of your Android project built with the great Maven Android Plugin.

Check out the details on the documentation for the deployer and hopefully see you at AnDevCon next week.

About delicious honeycomb

Published on 2011/03/04 in Android. 0 Comments

Yesterday Google got the static libraries for Honeycomb features support out into the SDK so we can all use some of the new API’s down to 1.6. Just before that happened I got interviewed by SD Times about developing with HoneyComb. See what I had to say…

Lean in Victoria

Published on 2011/03/01 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments Tags: agile, lean.

I have been interested in Extreme Programming and other agile methods for ages and with that came an interest in startup listening to ThisWeekInStartups, Mixergy, Stanford Enterpreneurial Thought Leadership and other podcasts for a long time. Of course I could not help finding out about the lean startup movement so when I heard that Eric Ries is coming to town I jumped at the chance to hear him speak. Let us see how it went..
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