Maybe we should get moving and start one.. By starting now all our efforts raise each ones boats so to speak and benefits all..
And of course for those that do not know the founder of EclipseZOne, Ed B of Sas, has a Android blog group at planetandroid.org so if you blog aobut android join that site.. *Fred Grott Developer* *MobileBytes Site: *http://mobilebytes.wikidot.com/ *Xspot Project Page: *http://mobilebytes.wikidot.com/xspot<http://mobilebytes.wikidot.com/xspot%20> *Xspot Demo Videos: * http://www.youtube.com/user/memine44 *Blog Site: *http://www.jroller.com/shareme *You can also find me on these IMs:* Gtalk:fred.grott skype:fred.grott Or you can find me at: [image: linkdin] <http://www.linkedin.com/in/shareme>[image: twitter]<http://twitter.com/sharemefg>[image: perssonas] <http://perssonas.com/person?who=B4N7WnNM77VXpN>[image: friendfeed] <http://friendfeed.com/shareme>[image: mahalo]<http://www.mahalo.com/member/Shareme>[image: del.icio.us] <http://delicious.com/shareme>[image: digg]<http://digg.com/users/shareme>[image: identica] <http://identi.ca/shareme>[image: facebook]<http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=592318318&ref=profile>[image: seesmic] <http://www.seesmic.com/shareme>[image: vimeo]<http://www.vimeo.com/user411149>[image: slideshare] <http://www.slideshare.net/shareme>[image: geeks]<http://geeks.pirillo.com/profile/FredGrott> --- @ WiseStamp Signature. <http://www.wisestamp.com/> Get it now<http://www.wisestamp.com/> On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 9:33 AM, Neal McBurnett <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
