http://www.phonearena.com/news/Happy-Fourth-Birthday-Android_id34798
I am sorry if this thread looks irrelevant over here, but I am excited for the fourth birthday so just shared it. I would like to know the best experience of android people had here.
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Hi guys and gals, first I'll introduce myself properly. My name is Chris, I'm 22 and live near leeds in england. I'm currently setting up a small blog interviewing android developers to give the general public a little look into the life of a developer. My aim is to try and help people realise that developers however great or small have a life beyond programming. It will also help advertise work created by some of the lesser known devs out there.
Currently I have only interviewed one developer and am uploading that at some point today, but I do have a list of others I intend to speak with.
I've even had a suggestion from one of those developers to interview an XDA moderator, to show you guys how much junk they have to put up with and clean on a regular basis to help give you the nice friendly happy community we have now. (Mikey, your name was mentioned but any mod can participate)
So without further ado, the blog address is interviewing-devs.blogspot.com
As a comic twist to the whole thing, I intend to do the whole thing from my G1 which is proving a little complicated as I seem to be getting a few FC errors with androblogger, and the blogger website looks a little funky on the G1.
As a quick note, there is no profit to be made by myself doing this, but I will be placing donation links for each developer interviewed.
So, if you're a dev and want to join in, let me know. If you know a dev and would like to see an interview, let them know about me and get them to contact me
Code:
Interview with Maxisma online now
Many thanks to all the devs on my list so far for making this whole thing possible, and also a huge thanks to everybody here for having a community worth joining.
You should interview the Wrecking Crew to show what we have to put up with too.
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You should interview the Wrecking Crew to show what we have to put up with too.
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Mornin supreme.
And also interview some complete noobs to find out what the whole developer scene looks like from their pov.
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Mornin supreme.
And also interview some complete noobs to find out what the whole developer scene looks like from their pov.
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Mornin I sent you a shout out in another post. It looks like it's gonna be me and you and codini today. Gridlock told me he ain't gonna be on til like 8 tonight. I think he just don't want to get flamed like friday.
Interviewing devs is nice but if you want to catch the entire view of the G1 hacking/modding/rooting whatever term you want to use world. Then you need the point of view from new users, seniors, and devs. Remember devs don't deal with problems unless the problem effects alot of people and is verified by themselves or people he trusts. Also there wouldn't be an interest in a dev's interview without the masses following his work. Get those interviews first so you can ask the correct, hard hitting questions to the devs.
Thanks for the feedback. I'm at work at the moment but once I get home, Maxisma's interview will be posted, and I'll move onto another dev. At the moment probably the biggest names I have are Cyanogen and manup456. I did ask haykuro but he hasn't got back to me, and I'm still asking other devs.
Your constructive critisism is greatly appreciated, and ideas taken on board
Ladies and Gents, the second interview is underway, and you're all going to be surprised at who I'm speaking to. Keep watching this space for more news. Hopefully I'll get everything asked and answered before Monday, but due to a time difference of several hours there may be a delay, just depends if my dev and I can get online at the same time.
But anyway, provided everything goes well, it should be finished by Monday for your reading pleasure.
If you have any questions you wish to ask a dev not already interviewed, let me know and I'll add it to my list
Hi as the title says I'm new to the site I seen it after reading about this forum on a tech site , so my story is Dec26my contract was ready for a upgrade took the plunge and went for the nexus S over the iPhone 4 I'm really glad I did I love the phone and the OS iknow a lot of people are bashing it but I don't see the fuss , I've had slowdown but nothing to start getting angry over. I can't wait to see what updates come out and what developers do with the tech.
I do have the issue with apps not showing but my guess is it's just comatability so biggy for me, I love the notification bar too very sweet feature I see why people always say iPhone doesn't do it as good as android, overall I find iOS has a more user-friendly feel to it and looks, but android does the job and does it good and takes the hard stuff out for you.
I'm planning on getting into development I have no experience but I plan on reading books and teaching myself it's a OS I want to stay with.
Welcome to the forums and thank you for the introduction.
I'm sure you will grow to love your Nexus S and Android even more as you play with all the excellent contributions from this development community.
Thank you, it was my main reason to joining I love what communities can do.
There comes a time, that everything you wishes for your device, is coming true.
XDA is not the same like 10 years ago. It has grown bigger. Many people have contributed to this, but certain people made the difference. Not just here, but we can assume that it has started here.
I want to suggest a poll and nominate those people that made a difference.
For example:
Geohotz, one of the first that came with a jailbreak. Altough nothing to do with XDA, but somehow remarkable. Now We call it jailbreak on WP7 too, though we don't use colourfull rain names.
Cottula and DFT, without HSPL, we'd be enjoying the devices as the manufactures intended to.
These are just a few examples. Anyone can come with some great nominees?
Why do i post it in the HD general section? I have a feeling that the HD2 section has caused some server overload the past few weeks. We are one of the most popular forums on XDA.
The idea is to vote for that one Most Valuable Hacker/Codewarrior to acknowledge their love for the scene.
Mods, if this is not in the right section, or is not wanted in here, please move it.
Hey everyone. Let me preface this all by saying this is the only post on XDA about Android Static and don't want to be accused of spamming and am only posting here since I am a Vibrant owner and have really come to enjoy the forum and all the work of developers and all the times I've been helped out by other members.
Today, I started a website called Android Static (www.androidstatic.com) that's focused on helping people discover the best Android apps. And, yes, I'm aware of how cliché starting a tech blog in 2011 that's focused on Android apps, they are a dime a dozen.
But I like to think Android Static is different. We cover apps we like in entertaining and sarcastic, bite-sized articles (because who wants to read about bad apps?) We lean more towards apps “off the beaten track” and, at the same time, try to keep our reviews and site straightforward as possible. Moreover, we focus on usability and simplicity rather than reviewing just for the sake of reviewing (So that my girlfriend or Mom can simply look here instead of bugging me on what to download all the time).
So, if you have chance check it out. I hope it is something everyone can enjoy and contribute to whether you’re a writer or developer.
I wanted to take a minute to post this little PSA from my perspective. Until about two weeks ago I had NEVER owned an Android Device, Blackberry all the way....and then dammit Amazon released their $50 Tablet. They were baiting me, bastages, so I dove in. First site I found was XDA, God Send, thanks to all the Dev's in particular the group responsible for the ROOT (http://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/development/wip-achieving-root-thread-t3238152) and @ggow for his work on CM 12.1.
So Nubes, read read read. It was tempting to post questions in the first few days but I would have short changed my learning path and lost valuable experience. One of the best features of this site is not allowing posts from nubes like me in the dev threads. EVERY answer is here, just look.
Thanks again, I'll ever be at the tech level of many here but will always appreciate the work of the masses.