Development by Davis: “Protect choice and freedom in technology by choosing open source solutions” plus 19 more |
- Protect choice and freedom in technology by choosing open source solutions
- OpenPhoto: Elegant photo hosting in an open source package
- Localize Your Promotional Graphics on Google Play
- Localize your Promotional Graphics in Google Play
- Open source hardware relies on Creative Commons and crowdfunding
- The founder gap: Why we need more women in open source
- What government can learn from open source
- How open source is disrupting visual art
- Women in computing: An interview with Leslie Hawthorn on the Grace Hopper Conference
- Should Instagram automatically license photos under Creative Commons?
- FOSS satisfies government regulations
- EU Commissioner Kroes articulates benefits of open source and open standards
- Zanata, an open source translation platform
- Make your street an open street
- What open source licensing could learn from Creative Commons
- The most talented youth choose open source tools
- Values of science at odds with desire to turn it into a commercial product
- Representing women in STEAM and open source
- The U.K. Cabinet Office solves the open standards policy conundrum
- The 2012 Android Developer Survey
| Protect choice and freedom in technology by choosing open source solutions Posted: 21 Dec 2012 02:00 AM PST  I remember first meeting Jeffrey A. "Jam" McGuire in person at DrupalCon Denver. We talked about communities, music, and shared ways to show why open source is a better way. Even before meeting him, I could tell from my first interaction with him that he was passionate about Drupal and open source. He's becoming an in-demand Keynote speaker and presenter at Drupal and other business and software events around the world. He's already a staple for the Intro to DrupalCon session and always seems to incorporate music and singing as part of the performance. |
| OpenPhoto: Elegant photo hosting in an open source package Posted: 21 Dec 2012 01:00 AM PST  Think of all the photos and videos you've stored on various devices and social networks over the years. Enter: OpenPhoto, a new, open source platform all about gathering them into one place and never losing them. Their software imports your photos from Flickr, Facebook, and Instagram, and there's an app for the iPhone (Android coming soon). |
| Localize Your Promotional Graphics on Google Play Posted: 20 Dec 2012 12:29 PM PST Posted by Ellie Powers, Product Manager on the Google Play team Google Play is your way to reach millions and millions of Android users around the world. In fact, since the start of 2011, the number of countries where you can sell apps has increased from 30 to over 130 — including most recently, the launch of paid app support in Israel, Mexico, the Czech Republic, Poland, Brazil and Russia, and fully two-thirds of revenue for apps on Google Play comes from outside of the United States. To help you capitalize on this growing international audience, it's now even easier to market your apps to users around the world, by adding images and a video URL to your Google Play store listing for each of Google Play's 49 languages, just as you've been able to add localized text.  A localized feature graphic can show translated text or add local flavor to your app — for example, changing its theme to reflect local holidays. Always make sure that your feature graphic works at different sizes. Once you've localized your app, you'll want to make sure users in all languages can understand what your app does and how it can benefit them. Review the graphics guidelines and get started with localized graphics. Localized screenshots make it clear to the user that they'll be able to use your app in their language. As you're adding localized screenshots, remember that a lot of people will be getting new tablets for the holidays, and loading up with new apps, so you'll want to include localized tablet screenshots to show off your tablet layouts. With localized videos, you can now include a language-appropriate voiceover and text, and of course show the app running in the user's language. Ready to add localized images and videos to your store listing? To add localized graphics and video to your apps, you need to use the Google Play Developer Console preview — once you add localized graphics, you won't be able to edit the app using the old version anymore. Those of you who use APK Expansion Files will now want to try the new Developer Console because it now includes this feature. We'll be adding support for Multiple APK very soon. Once you've saved your application in the new Developer Console, automated translations become available to users on the web and devices — with no work from you. What are you doing to help your app reach a global audience?    |
| Localize your Promotional Graphics in Google Play Posted: 20 Dec 2012 10:34 AM PST Google Play is your way to reach millions and millions of Android users around the world. In fact, since the start of 2011, the number of countries where you can sell apps has increased from 30 to over 130 -- including most recently, the launch of paid app support in Israel, Mexico, the Czech Republic, Poland, Brazil and Russia. In fact, fully two-thirds of revenue for apps on Google Play comes from outside of the United States. To help you capitalize on this growing international audience, it's now even easier to market your apps to users around the world, by adding images and a video URL to your Google Play store listing for each of Google Play's 49 languages, just as you've been able to add localized text. A localized feature graphic can show translated text or add local flavor to your app -- for example, changing its theme to reflect local holidays. Always make sure that your feature graphic works at different sizes. Once you've localized your app, you'll want to make sure users in all languages can understand what your app does and how it can benefit them. Review the graphics guidelines and get started with localized graphics. Localized screenshots make it clear to the user that they'll be able to use your app in their language. As you're adding localized screenshots, remember that a lot of people will be getting new tablets for the holidays, and loading up with new apps, so you'll want to include localized tablet screenshots to show off your tablet layouts. With localized videos, you can now include a language-appropriate voiceover and text, and of course show the app running in the user's language. Ready to add localized images and videos to your store listing? To add localized graphics and video to your apps, you need to use the Google Play Developer Console preview - once you add localized graphics, you won't be able to edit the app using the old version anymore. Those of you who use APK Expansion Files will now want to try the new Developer Console because it now includes this feature. We'll be adding support for Multiple APK very soon. Once you've saved your application in the new Developer Console, automated translations become available to users on the web and devices -- with no work from you. What are you doing to help your app reach a global audience?   |
| Open source hardware relies on Creative Commons and crowdfunding Posted: 20 Dec 2012 02:00 AM PST  When talking about open source, many people's first thought is the GNU General Public License (GPL). While the software world has been revolutionised by GPL, the hardware world has seen little change. |
| The founder gap: Why we need more women in open source Posted: 20 Dec 2012 01:00 AM PST  Look at the founders of any Internet startup, and you're almost certain to find an open source expert among them. Take Google, the biggest Internet success story of them all. Co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin built and ran their brand-new web indexing tool on servers running the open source operating system Linux—and still do, 13 years and several billion dollars in profits later. Pick an Internet startup—Facebook, Zynga, Groupon—and chances are you'll find open source software running on its servers (and an open source-savvy founder in the boardroom). |
| What government can learn from open source Posted: 19 Dec 2012 02:00 AM PST  I wanted to share my notes with you all from this TED talk with Clay Shirky. You can watch the video—and I recommend that you do—but since I took notes I figured I'd share my textual summary as well! |
| How open source is disrupting visual art Posted: 19 Dec 2012 01:00 AM PST  If you've seen an unbelievable interactive projection or a mind-blowing piece of generative video art, odds are you've come across openFrameworks, an accessible programming platform that has helped create projects like Arturo Castro and |
| Women in computing: An interview with Leslie Hawthorn on the Grace Hopper Conference Posted: 18 Dec 2012 01:00 AM PST  I sat down with Leslie Hawthorn, Community Manager at Red Hat, and chatted with her about the 2012 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing conference that was held in Baltimore, Maryland this year. She confided that the theme, Are we there yet?, is a reference to the idea that while women have made many strides for equality in terms of equal pay, equal work, and so on, the group still feels like women in tech have a long way to go. The idea behind the Grace Hopper conference is to provide a gathering place for women in technology to be able to network, knowledge share, and enhance their technical skill sets; with the general conclusion being that we are going to get there, through mutual support and collaboration. |
| Should Instagram automatically license photos under Creative Commons? Posted: 18 Dec 2012 01:00 AM PST  Should Instagram automatically publish photos under Creative Commons? Yes No Maybe (Discuss in comments) Instagram has undergone several big changes lately, most noteably taking away the ability to quickly view Instagram photos on Twitter. Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom described this update during the LeWeb Internet conference in Paris as Instagram's evolution, and explained that the company would naturally change as it grew. |
| FOSS satisfies government regulations Posted: 17 Dec 2012 03:00 AM PST  Talend, a licensor of open source enterprise software, has recently received a ruling from the U.S. Customs Service corroborating that its software complies with the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (19 USC 2511 et seq.) Open source software adoption by the U.S. Federal government must comply with many regulations, some of which can be difficult given the nature of modern software development. And these rules are frequently used as a barrier, or a bar, to the use of FOSS in federal government procurement. |
| EU Commissioner Kroes articulates benefits of open source and open standards Posted: 17 Dec 2012 01:00 AM PST  In a well done video, released in mid-December, Neelie Kroes, the European Commission's Vice President for the Digital Agenda, articulates the benefits of open source software and open standards. |
| Zanata, an open source translation platform Posted: 16 Dec 2012 02:00 PM PST  Zanata is an open source translation platform written in Java that offers translation memory, an online translation editor, and workflow integration with REST APIs and command-line tools. For translators, it is a web browser-based translation environment where previous translations provide context for their work. For software developers, it's an integration tool that provides a centralized localization repository along with translation tools that save time and resources. Product Manager, Runa Bhattacharjee and Lead Developer, Sean Flanigan, have more to say in this interview. |
| Make your street an open street Posted: 14 Dec 2012 03:00 AM PST  If you think streets are for driving, you're not alone. But you are also not thinking outside the box. Open Streets initiatives are taking root across the continent, with communities everywhere looking to use their streets for walking, dancing, bicycling, partying, and dozens of other activities that can help build healthier, stronger, more sustainable communities. Here are three ideas and resources from the Planning Tool Exchange to help you open your streets to more than just cars. |
| What open source licensing could learn from Creative Commons Posted: 14 Dec 2012 01:00 AM PST  The arrival of the ten-year anniversary of Creative Commons is an opportunity to express gratitude to an organization that has done so much to promote the sharing of cultural works and to challenge traditional assumptions about the appropriate use of copyright. |
| The most talented youth choose open source tools Posted: 13 Dec 2012 03:00 AM PST  At my public library job, all day long I help people use the library's public access computers. At the end of a long day's work, I enjoy kicking back and listening to some YouTube music videos. One way I do this is to search YouTube for new Bob Dylan cover songs. I search YouTube for: Bob Dylan cover, this week. |
| Values of science at odds with desire to turn it into a commercial product Posted: 13 Dec 2012 03:00 AM PST  Scientific software tools have long lived in the conflict zone between open source ideals and proprietary exploitation. The values of science (openness, transparency, and free exchange) are at odds with the desires of individuals and organizations to transition scientific tools to a commercial product. This has been a problem in neuropsychology and neuroscience for decades, and extends outside the bounds of software. |
| Representing women in STEAM and open source Posted: 12 Dec 2012 01:00 AM PST  The latest talk in education circles is moving from a STEM-based method of teaching (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) to a STEAM-based one (science, technology, art, and mathematics). This involves using an inquiry-based approach or a project-based approach to learning through the immersion in the arts. How this helps open source and women in particular is a bone of contention for some. One would think that a focus on art would help propel female art students into pioneering territory with a focus on STEAM, however, the results seem mixed for women. |
| The U.K. Cabinet Office solves the open standards policy conundrum Posted: 11 Dec 2012 11:00 PM PST  Governments certainly have more than enough to concern themselves with these days—financial crises, natural disasters and terrorism, to name just a few. Given that's the case, it's surprising that so many are finding the time to worry about what kind of standards the products and services they purchase comply with. But they are. |
| The 2012 Android Developer Survey Posted: 11 Dec 2012 09:30 AM PST The Android Developer Relations team is passionate about making Android app development a great experience, so we're asking all of you involved in building Android apps -- from engineers, to product managers, and distribution and support folks -- to let us know what you think.  We want to better understand the challenges you face when planning, designing, writing, and distributing your Android apps, so we've put together a brief (10-15min) survey that will help us test our assumptions and allow us to create better tools and resources for you. We've had a great response from thousands of Android developers who have already responded - thank you! If you haven't yet filled in the survey, you can find it here: 2012 Android Developer Survey. We'll be closing this year's survey this Sunday (December 17th) at 12pm Pacific Time, so be sure to get your responses in before then. To keep the survey short and simple, there are no sections for general comments. That's because we want to hear your thoughts, questions, suggestions, and complaints all year. If there's anything you'd like to share with us, you can let us know by posting to us (publicly or privately) on Google+ at +Android Developers or using the hash tag #AndroidDev. We can't always respond, but we're paying close attention to everything you have to say. As always, we're looking forward to hearing your thoughts!   |
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