How to get your talk accepted
If you want to apply to a Call for Papers, this article gives you useful guidelines, and points out common mistakes that I have often seen in my years serving on CfP committees.
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JCenter and Bintray are shutting down. What does that mean for you? Is there anything you need to do, now?
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Want to take your remote conferencing to the next level? Here's how to improve your home audio and video setup.
Squanchy and Firestore rules — a security post-mortem
How we found, and fixed, a security issue leading to potential PII leaking in Squanchy, our FOSS conference platform. Firestore access rules aren't as obvious as you'd think!
Calling for papers: Droidcon Turin 2019
Three weeks after the Droidcon Turin CfP has closed, it's time to share our retrospective notes on the conference!
Playing with elevation in Android 🥧 (part 2)
Now that we know the new APIs in Pie, we can work around their limitations to get all trippy…
Playing with elevation in Android 🥧 (part 1)
With Android Pie we gained the ability to tint our shadows. This mini-series looks into how this works and how to make the most of it.
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