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#MobileBrighton - 15th March 2012
Challenged with the task of talking to the Mobile group of Brighton about Android Resources, Matt Gaunt put on one hell of a show . . . . . and you know told some people about Android Resources for design and layout.

Android ListView with Rounded Corners and Highlighting
If you need to add rounded corners to the top and bottom elements of a list view then look no further.

A New Love For NodeJS
After playing with NodeJS for a few months I have to say I'm pretty damn impressed. Notes on why I like it so much and any concerns I have.

Agile - Are You or Aren't You?
After seeing how a few agencies work, you have to ask yourself, if you claim to be Agile, are you actually living up to it?

Facebook Sync 2.0
Facebook Sync is an Android App I created to sync my phonebook contacts with my friends on Facebook.

Android is Still a Young'un
Android is growing and doing so quickly, but let's not lose sight of the fact that it's still relatively young.

Heroku You Crafty Devil
The commands you and I NEED to know to get going with Heroku

ADB Right on the Command Line
It's helpful having all of the Android tools on the command line so that when ever you need them, you aren't hunting around for them in the IDE or trying to remember where you stashed them on your system.

Berg: Little Printer
This post is nothing more than a big congrats to Berg for releasing the Little Printer. A great looking product with a unique look on digital to physical life.

LastMinute.com + Nokia + Qt & Me
After myself and James Hugman developed the Lastminute.com app for the Nokia Symbian platform we were invited to talk about our experience with Nokia.

New Site & New Blog
The site was looking and and not all that hawt. \#Boom.

Android Source Code in Eclipse
A link to a blog post by Martyn Haigh which gives you easy access to Android source code from Eclipse

Formatting XML Files in Android
Quick reminder on how to format XML files in Eclipse for Android development

Droidcon UK 2011
It's coming....

Amazon App Store is Disgusting
After reading a somewhat disappointing story of how Amazon mis-treated a developer, I ended up in a somewhat similar situation when attempting to remove one of my own apps from their store.
Admob [Beta] + Google Accounts
A brief note on how to get Admob [Beta] working if you switch to a Google Account to access Admob.

Arch Linux - Apache Sites
Each distro seems to have slight variations on setting up a web development environment. Here's the notes from setting up Apache for Arch Linux.

Update on the Ole' Gaunt Face Front
What have I been up to I hear you ask....

Thoughts MotoDev App Summit
The MotoDev App Summit app fell far behind what you would hope for given the summit was about how to build best in class applications for Android tablets.

Motodev App Summit App
I had a go at reworking the MotoDev App Summit App.

Working on Android Ubuntu One
Some notes from working on the Ubuntu One Android App

Arduino Fun Times
Brief notes of playing with Arduino

Setting Up GitHub for Android Projects
What should be put into *.gitignore* as well as some other notes on using git.

Android Headset - Full Example
I got the Android Headset to work with one of my Android applications and moved it over to Github.

Nokia Nokia Nokia
I attended a Nokia event in London, here we have some notes as well as comments on the way Nokia positioned themselves at the event.