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Droidcon Boston '19: Community-driven, Community-built: The Droidcon Boston App Story

by Droidcon Boston

Crowd sourcing a team of professionals from around the globe for a conference is not easy. Get a first-hand account from two first-time volunteers about how just a little time in each week was enough to bring the Droidcon Boston 2019 app to life.

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Crowd sourcing a team of professionals from around the globe for a conference is not an easy task. Get a first-hand account from two first-time volunteers about how just a little time in each week was enough to bring the Droidcon Boston 2019 app to life. Learn what Android patterns we used to build the app this year, how we balanced global weekly meetings and touchpoints through Slack channels, and most importantly what it was like to get involved in the Android development community. Contributing to the community isn't as scary as it seems!

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Community-driven, Community-built: The Droidcon Boston App Story
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About the author

Droidcon Boston brings the best of Android to Boston since 2017. This conference is part of the vision of Double Espresso (www.2xe.io) that aims to keep training affordable to everyone and to give equal opportunities to speak to speakers from all over the world. Droidcon Boston is where Android experts from around the world come together to look into the future of Android, mobile development and ethics to prepare for the challenges and opportunities ahead. Droidcon Boston is where the Android co... more

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