See also http://android-dls.com/wiki/ which especially has good stuff related to the android platform.
Well said, Mark What I haven't found yet is an open listing of Android-related events: conferences, training, user groups, etc. Neal McBurnett http://neal.mcburnett.org/ On Feb 4, 7:42 am, Bob Rose <[email protected]> wrote: > Agreed it would be nice to have once place to go to get all info we > need. In today's "2.0", open-source, distributed world, though, it may > be more practical to do as Google and the OHA is doing - put out as > much info as they can, but rely on, and assist anyone else in getting > out more info as well. > > I've found the various forums, Google Groups, and websites to have > most of the information I've looked for, and people here are really > good about answering questions when I've asked. > > Also - check outhttp://androidsavvy.comif you haven't seen it, it's > a collection of the best Android resources I've found on the web. RSS > feeds, twitter streams, and hand picked websites. Lots of book and > resource references. > > Bob > > On Feb 4, 5:49 am, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Tote wrote: > > > They're now responsible for an entire > > > platform, these things should "fit on their plate", too. > > > *shrug* > > > If I had a dime for every person who came on these lists and demanded > > that Google/OHA do such-and-so, I could retire. I don't mean that in a > > bad way -- many of these demands are good ideas. However, there's a lot > > of them, and the core Android team is only so big. > > > Given a choice between them spending time on things we can't do (e.g., > > improve Android Market) or things we can do (e.g., provide more > > developer resources), I'd rather they spend time on the former. > > > But, hey, that's just me. > > > > Hmm, let me reveal it that I came from Symbian world to make > > > experiments with Android - and I like it pretty much. > > > Welcome to Android-land! Put up your feet and stay a while! ;-) > > > > What I saw "over > > > there", though, was that there were several popular 3rd-party forums > > > that were eventually beaten by Forum Nokia's blogs, discussion boards, > > > wiki, etc. Regardless of the fact that they didn't like it, it was > > > beneficial for developers in general, because what was not available > > > on FN that simply was rarely available anywhere else. Thus, eventually > > > developers have to visit a single site to get answers for their > > > questions. > > > You used the word "eventually". "Eventually" the official > > Google/OHA-sponsored resources may wind up being a one-stop shop. Or > > "eventually" things may be no different than they are today -- it kinda > > depends on why things are the way they are today. > > > > But it'd be more efficient > > > if everything was in a single place. > > > I'm not completely convinced of that. You assume that a monopoly on > > publishing outlets will result in an equivalent amount of material > > published. IMHO, if the ecosystem is crushed by Google-offered > > resources, long-format material may suffer. > > > This is not to say I'm opposed to Google/OHA beefing up their developer > > support offerings. I am hoping, though, that those offerings will > > include ways to "plug in" outside resources, rather that pretending such > > resources don't exist. > > > But, again, that's just me. > > > > Ps.: could you give us a link to the wiki you mentioned? > > > As I said, "I've been toying with setting up a wiki (or wiki-ish) > > service". Nothing's ready yet. I'm going to try to rejigger my workload > > to get moving on some of this sooner. > > > -- > > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com > > Android Training in Sweden --http://www.sotrium.com/training.php --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
