On April 7th and 8th, I attended and spoke at Droidcon Italy 2016 in lovely Torino, Italy. For me Torino was both a first time in Italy and a first European Droidcon.
The content was fantastic with a few common threads running through different sessions. One of these threads was the role of the developer in UX. By far the best thing that I took home from Torino is an empowering feeling that developers and designers share equal and important roles in building UX.
Read MoreAt last week's Droidcon San Francisco, I gave my talk on "Loving Lean Layouts", watched other awesome sessions, participated in Speechless, and filmed a few interviews for Android Dialogs.
As well as enjoying high quality technical content, I had an amazing time meeting and hanging with other Android devs and designers. Y'all make my conference.
Read MoreLast week I both visited Japan for the first time and spoke at DroidKaigi 2016. I have virtually zero ability to properly articulate how much I enjoyed the trip. However, I will attempt a small recap with more than moderate amounts of gushing.
Read MoreLast week I attended and spoke at my first Big Android BBQ. After hearing from more than one person that the BABBQ is more of an "enthusiast" conference, I wasn't quite sure what to expect. However, I am happy to report that the BABBQ 2015 is as much a developer conference as anywhere else.
Overall, I would rate it as a *Would-Go-Next-Year*.
Here's the lowdown on my BABBQ 2015.
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