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It was circular and black and about the size of a small side plate. Its top and its bottom were smoothly convex so that it resembled a small lightweight throwing discus. Its surfaces seemed to be completely smooth, unbroken and featureless. It was doing nothing. Then Ford noticed that there was something written on it. Strange. There hadn’t been anything written on it a moment ago and now suddenly there was. There just didn’t seem to have been any observable transition between the two states. All it said, in small, alarming letters was a single word: PANIC A moment ago there hadn’t been any marks or cracks in its surface. Now there were. They were growing. Panic, the Guide Mk II said. - “Mostly Harmless” by Douglas Adams. Click for high-res photo

It was circular and black and about the size of a small side plate. Its top and its bottom were smoothly convex so that it resembled a small lightweight throwing discus.

Its surfaces seemed to be completely smooth, unbroken and featureless.

It was doing nothing.

Then Ford noticed that there was something written on it. Strange. There hadn’t been anything written on it a moment ago and now suddenly there was. There just didn’t seem to have been any observable transition between the two states.

All it said, in small, alarming letters was a single word:

PANIC

A moment ago there hadn’t been any marks or cracks in its surface. Now there were. They were growing.

Panic, the Guide Mk II said.

- “Mostly Harmless” by Douglas Adams.

This is a video in which I nerd out about how easy it is to share content between whatever apps you have on your Android phone, how I use this in Papermill, and how this is useful for blogging, note-taking, and sharing content.

The main reason I bring it up is because all too many Android apps are bad ports of iOS apps and ignore this ability entirely. The new Readability app, for example, is a beautiful (albeit clunky) port of the iOS version that requires me to sign in to Twitter or Facebook in their app itself and offers no other way to share or use what I’m reading. It’s a terrible oversight on their part and it’s based on the premise that the best way to make an Android app is to make it like the iPhone. It is not. 
Instead, you should do take advantage of whatever each platform offers - in this case, by letting the Android OS do all the heavy-lifting, you let the user pick whatever method they want to share content and allow them to do with it whatever they want.

It’s terribly focused and you have to hear my stumbly voice. So there you go. 

Papermill is an Instapaper client for Android that I’ve been working on for the last few months. It’s now live on Google Play. I’m pretty excited about it and I’m really looking forward to making it even better.

Edit: Please note that you need a subscription Instapaper account to use Papermill. If you’ve purchased the app but don’t wish to pay for a subscription account, please feel free to get hold of me for a full refund. 

Android Developer's Design Guidelines

A total redesign of the official Android Design notes, with actual information and a clear idea of components and their appropriate styles (although it’s heavily 4.0+.)
You guys I think I’m crying a little.

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boop boop boop developin stuff

Even if we’re just dancing in the dark

Short version: I’m a Java Web Application / Android Developer with 8 years experience developing software and I’d like to find a job anywhere in Canada. I’m smart, creative, and love what I do. Employ me?

Longer version: Hi. My name is Ryan. I need a job and I’m hoping you can help.

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everythinginthesky:

I’m kinda ill, so I’m stuck at home.
I got a little bored, so I decided to finish off a port of my fireflies stuff to an Android livewallpaper. I’d like to add a few settings - colour, speed, number, etc. - but then I’ll be posting it on the Android marketplace.
I’ll tell all you guys when I do, because I love you and I want you to be happy.

Reblogging myself to say that this is now live and free on the Android app marketplace, with some settings for speed, number and size of the fireflies. I’d like to release a paid-for version soon, with choices in colour and with the addition of things like a landscape / trails, but this will do for now.
Just search for ‘firefly wallpaper’. There’s a few on there, but mine’s the one with my name.

(this post was reblogged from everythinginthesky)

I’m kinda ill, so I’m stuck at home.
I got a little bored, so I decided to finish off a port of my fireflies stuff to an Android livewallpaper. I’d like to add a few settings - colour, speed, number, etc. - but then I’ll be posting it on the Android marketplace.
I’ll tell all you guys when I do, because I love you and I want you to be happy.

ProPublica

Hi. My name’s Ryan.
As a few of you may know, I work part-time as a freelance developer of Android applications, and it just so happens that I’ve been a serious part of an app that I’m actually pretty proud of.
“But I have an iPhone / iPad!” I hear you say. It’s cool, keep reading.
ProPublica (in case you haven’t heard of them) is “an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.”
Think: Wikileaks without the international drama; Clark Kent journalism meets modern technology.
They provide in-depth, ongoing stories about things like the after-effects of the BP spill, those recovering from the recession, and the American government’s reluctance to provide brain-damage related care for soldiers posted to Iraq. The majority of their stories are published under Creative Commons, non-commercial licenses.
They won a Pulitzer prize for their reporting about doctors trying to survive and work in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
It’s cool, though, if you’re not into Google’s mobile platform. They also do some pretty amazing iPad and iPhone apps.



You can use those instead. I won’t judge you. (Yes, I will.)
Anyhow, I’m not asking you to rate it or leave a comment. Don’t go astro-turfing on my behalf, especially not on behalf of an organisation whose fundamental tenet is integrity.
But maybe, if you have an Android phone (or don’t) and feel like reading some old-school investigative journalism, you should get yourself the Android (or otherwise) ProPublica app.
The quickest way is probably to search your choice of app-market for ‘propublica’.
Thanks for reading.