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Al Sutton

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    2021
      Big build farm on a budget
      Mar 16
      What makes a good build
      Mar 15
      Building an Android Firmware build machine
      Mar 10
      Buying choices for SSDs
      Mar 8
      Improving Your Docker Image Development Experience
      Mar 3
      Hosting build artifacts on AWS
      Feb 25
      Leaving Twitter
      Feb 17
    2019
      Ideas for a healthier engineering environment
      Feb 19
    2018
      Limiting the audience for RSS posts
      Mar 31
    2017
      London Commuting; Already badly broken and doesn't seem to be getting any better
      Nov 13
      Feedback - Take it, but also rate it.
      Sep 15
      Peercache - locally shared caches of build dependencies
      Sep 11
      Open Sourcing the Enterprise Password Safe
      Sep 2
      Raspberry Pi Zero Bitcoin "Wallet"
      May 21
    2014
      UK Tax Authority and Digital Goods
      Feb 14
      AmaHooGen
      Jan 8
    2013
      I can see why at least one phone OEM is not making money
      Dec 8
      Android 4.4 - Blocking Modders or Increasing Security
      Nov 28
      Android ShareActionProvider DarkActionBar Fix
      Nov 15
      Nexus 5 Bloatware
      Nov 11
      OUYA at 499 games
      Nov 5
      Android; why closed open source can be bad
      Oct 5
      Sonys' SmartWatch 2
      Sep 20
      Importing Devices
      Aug 14
      Google Play Edition Devices
      Aug 3
      Android Master Key Exploit
      Jul 8
      Leaving OUYA
      Jun 23
      Droidcon London 2013
      Jun 20
      Developing for different platforms
      May 19
      Google Glass Hardware
      Apr 30
      Facebook Developer Relations
      Mar 12
      I/O 13 or Droidcon
      Mar 7
      I/O Freebies
      Feb 22
      AndAppStore to Blackberry Store
      Jan 18
    2012
      Google Ordering Process Fails
      Dec 7
      The reason you need a "Close Account" button in your web app for users
      Dec 4
      Charging the Nexus 10
      Nov 15
      Focusing on my role at OUYA
      Oct 28
      Updates to Android Devices
      Oct 9
      Android Tablets
      Sep 7
      Crowd Funding
      Aug 31
      ICS SMS Rate Limit
      Aug 24
      The Galaxy S3 has Multi-Window management code on it
      Aug 17
      Adobe Flash
      Aug 17
      OUYA doesn't need to be pure Android
      Jul 16
      Building Android JellyBean on OS X
      Jul 11
      Experimenting with the Nexus Q
      Jul 6
      Accessing the Settings on a Nexus Q
      Jul 3
      Nexus Q ideas
      Jun 28
      Android on Google Glass
      Jun 28
      Android Launchers
      Jun 19
      Android ICS Roll-out
      May 18
      Buying Nexus Devices through the Play Store
      May 16
      HTC One V
      May 4
      Tracking down AOSP Build Bugs
      Apr 4
      Current state of building the AOSP on OS X
      Apr 4
      "Mobile" Computing
      Feb 7
      AppsLib distributing without permission
      Feb 1
    2011
      Compiling Ice Cream Sandwich on Mac OS X Lion with Xcode 4
      Dec 21
      Compiling Android master on Mac OS X Lion with Xcode 4
      Dec 20
      Ice Cream Sandwich Ideas
      Dec 18
      Android 4.0.3 - Why .3 is important
      Dec 17
      Galaxy Nexus -v- iPhone -v- Lumia 800
      Dec 9
      iPhone testing wrap-up
      Dec 9
      I/O 2012
      Nov 29
      A message for Android OEMs
      Nov 15
      Some tips about the ICS emulator
      Nov 2
      Why I used "block" on Google+ today for the first time...
      Oct 16
      Nokia/Microsoft WinPhone7 Developer Event
      Oct 11
      Android Ice Cream Sandwich
      Oct 10
      Android Developer Lab Summary
      Oct 3
      Why I'm interested in the Amazons Tablet
      Sep 28
      HTTP MultiPart on Android
      Sep 20
      Droidcon UK approaching...
      Sep 7
      Does Google see UK developers as unimportant?
      Sep 1
      Reorganising my social networks & blog
      Aug 26
      Why I recommended an iPhone
      Aug 25
      Google TV in the UK
      Aug 16
      Google/Motorola Deal opinion
      Aug 15
      Rumoured Android Ice Cream Sandwich Screenshots
      Aug 12
      New market layout suggestions
      Jul 13
      Time Capsules, Data Centres, and my iCloud ....
      Jun 6
      Combining my companies
      Apr 28
      The Amazon/? Android Eco-system
      Apr 23
      Android 'Phones.... The Next Generation?
      Apr 19
      (Partial) Android Honeycomb Source Drop?
      Apr 12
      Why I applied for a job at Google
      Apr 1
      [Opinion] Google Hiring Android Developers And The Android Ecosystem
      Feb 1
      The Android Honeycomb Emulator
      Jan 27
      Amazons Apps Store
      Jan 5
    2010
      Multi-Core Android 101
      Dec 30
      AndAppStore sold to the Seavus Group
      Dec 20
      Android Tablet & Phone UIs in one APK [HOW TO]
      Dec 7
      Android screen densities; what you see may not be what you get.
      Sep 13
      Talk on Android Tablets
      Sep 8
      Android Facebook App; now with less tablet love
      Aug 4
      Stepping back from public Android work
      Jul 28
      Community created "work in progress" books; tread carefully
      Jul 13
      Android, tablets, and mdpi-large
      Jul 3
      Building AOSP for the Nexus One
      Jun 29
      Google, Android, and Private APIs.
      May 7
      PayPal X Contest Winners - Good & Very Bad.
      Mar 25
      Be positive, even if you want to be critical
      Mar 16
      PayPal X; Where counting is not a requirement and compliance with requirements is optional.
      Mar 11
      AOSP - in need of love at both ends
      Mar 10
      Building firmware... not for the infirm...
      Mar 9
      And guess what.... yes, we didn't make the cut.
      Mar 9
      And on the last day...
      Mar 5
      And the PayPal X Developers challenge gets a little murkier..
      Mar 4
      650+ Downloads, 300+ Active Installs, and 8 Votes of support. Time to suspend development?
      Feb 26
      A PayPal Developer Challenge Experience
      Feb 23
    2009
      Why "New customer only" deals are bad for regular payment businesses.
      Sep 9
      Experiences of In-App Mobile Advertising
      Jul 10
      Google strangles Android on Netbooks before it gets going
      Jul 8
      Is the iPhone 3GS a rip-off in the UK?
      Jun 9
      Marking Apps on Googles Android Market
      Mar 23
      Google Market for Android Paid Apps launch = Fail
      Feb 22
      Will the Android Market T&Cs kill off "fun" apps?
      Feb 13
      Will US Patent laws strange Android?
      Jan 31
      Android licensing system
      Jan 9
    2008
      Google finally coming good with the Android Development Programme
      Dec 6
      The Android Email client on the G1, possibly the worst app on an "Internet" phone ever.
      Nov 11
      It pays to talk...(or how I ended up buying a G1)
      Oct 30
      Why I won't be buying the Android T-Mobile G1 phone
      Oct 29
      First Android security flaw to be publicly reported...
      Oct 25
      Expect to pay when you setup your pitch in Googles Marketplace
      Oct 22
      Android; The not-so-open open platform
      Oct 22
      Same Scam... Different Audience
      Oct 19
      Interview with Android Guys
      Oct 16
      Where Googles Android may have already failed
      Oct 14
      Unboxing the PlayStation 3 PlayTV
      Sep 19
      Google Android and Code Signing App Shops
      Sep 17
      An update on the new house
      Sep 10
      Update on the Dell mini-notebook
      Sep 4
      EC2 may not be the best option for your web startup.
      Sep 3
      PlayTV on the PS3 finally looking like it's going to ship
      Aug 29
      Account information for 1 million people, only 35 quid on eBay
      Aug 26
      The mysterious Dell mini-notebook
      Aug 23
      If you're involved in a court case at least prepare....
      Aug 16
      The UK needs a recession
      Jul 1
      Leveraging the work of others
      May 29
      Want to buck the economic downturn?, Simple; Offer good customer service.
      Apr 15
      The "joys" of a new home
      Mar 26
      Additional bandwidth on Threes cellular broadband contract
      Feb 24
      Threes' "upgrade" to Turbo Broadband
      Feb 7
      Is the maven repository creaking at the seams and starting to blow
      Jan 25
      Adobe blatently ripping off customers in the UK
      Jan 10
      Wireless Broadband for a SOHO using a Huawei E220 and a router
      Jan 8
      Cellular Broadband in the UK
      Jan 6
    2007
      Orange customer (dis-)service
      Dec 22
      Credit Reference Agencies - No substitute for customer service
      Nov 30
      Doesn't the UK have enough enemies already?
      Oct 26
      Advertising practices bordering on the dishonest
      Sep 27
      Distributed computing, the next money saving step?
      Sep 18
      Beware the bad spec........
      Aug 8
      If your using Struts 2, make sure you're using 2.0.9
      Jul 31
      Big security hole found in Struts 2 and possibly WebWork
      Jul 16
      Why CD keys will become part of history...
      Jun 5
      Oh PS3, why do you lack PSP features?
      Jun 2
      Linux, Still not there yet
      May 28
      A step in the right direction for Linux
      Feb 14
    2006
      Bots and Spam
      Dec 29
      Whats a Wii Like?
      Dec 14
      Little tip for you new Wii owners....
      Dec 14
      Java Games
      Nov 10
      Plug time....
      Nov 6
      Finally I can ditch Acrobat Reader
      Oct 2
      Vista... killer of your current disk utilities?
      Jun 15
      The quality issue with open source software
      May 13
      SpikeSource - What value do they add?
      Feb 16
      Why anti-spam black lists are bad.
      Jan 29
    2004
      Sky+ Service Menu
      Oct 10
      SonyEricsson T610 Service Menu
      Jun 10
      Java Grid Processing
      May 2
    2002
      Nokia 6210 & SMS commands
      Apr 7
      Steps to install VMware and the Linux kernel > 2.4.8
      Feb 10
    2001
      Steps to install Oracle 8.1.7 on RedHat Linux 7.1
      Dec 15
      Tiny XML Parser
      May 12
    2000
      KVMJab - JVM/KVM Jabber Client Library
      Dec 1
    1998
      Jazilla featured in Wired
      Apr 3
    1997
      King's College, London wins ISRI award
      Jul 1
      Announcing SMSmail - The Psion SMS communications package
      Apr 17