James Williams
@jwill.dev
I do #FlutterDev DevRel @ Google. Androids are my people too.
Formerly Material DevRel.
🗣️ 🇫🇷 & 🇪🇸 too
Formerly Material DevRel.
🗣️ 🇫🇷 & 🇪🇸 too
Love the fire truck vibes.
July 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Love the fire truck vibes.
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We’ll be closing out the Cloud stage today talking Flutter, Dart & Gemini - see you there!
#GoogleIOConnect #BuildwithGemini
#GoogleIOConnect #BuildwithGemini
June 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
We’ll be closing out the Cloud stage today talking Flutter, Dart & Gemini - see you there!
#GoogleIOConnect #BuildwithGemini
#GoogleIOConnect #BuildwithGemini
Was minding my business in the train station Relay and saw a magazine(Analyse-Opinion-Critque) dedicated to a discussion about the rise of fascism. Front and center of the news section, no pulled punches.
Decided to pick up some light reading on economic crises.
Decided to pick up some light reading on economic crises.
June 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Was minding my business in the train station Relay and saw a magazine(Analyse-Opinion-Critque) dedicated to a discussion about the rise of fascism. Front and center of the news section, no pulled punches.
Decided to pick up some light reading on economic crises.
Decided to pick up some light reading on economic crises.
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i’d be curious to know whether any of the journalists who have taken to bluesky had prior experience in an earlier internet age with forums. for me at least, my acculturation into the social internet was by way of forums and so the lack of an algorithm seems natural to me.
June 12, 2025 at 12:09 PM
i’d be curious to know whether any of the journalists who have taken to bluesky had prior experience in an earlier internet age with forums. for me at least, my acculturation into the social internet was by way of forums and so the lack of an algorithm seems natural to me.
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Wondering how to handle image color extraction in Flutter now that palette_generator is deprecated? 🤔 My new blog post walks you through using `material_color_utilities` for a more robust and modern approach.
Read more: jwill.dev/blog/2025/06...
#FlutterDev #UI
Read more: jwill.dev/blog/2025/06...
#FlutterDev #UI
June 2, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Wondering how to handle image color extraction in Flutter now that palette_generator is deprecated? 🤔 My new blog post walks you through using `material_color_utilities` for a more robust and modern approach.
Read more: jwill.dev/blog/2025/06...
#FlutterDev #UI
Read more: jwill.dev/blog/2025/06...
#FlutterDev #UI
CEOs using AI avatars for earnings calls reminds me of the plot of the 1993 movie Dave where a doppelganger filled in for the president while he in a coma.
www.theverge.com/news/673194/...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=taDr...
www.theverge.com/news/673194/...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=taDr...
Dave (1993) Official Trailer - Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver Comedy HD
YouTube video by Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers
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May 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
CEOs using AI avatars for earnings calls reminds me of the plot of the 1993 movie Dave where a doppelganger filled in for the president while he in a coma.
www.theverge.com/news/673194/...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=taDr...
www.theverge.com/news/673194/...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=taDr...
I know it might be welcomed by some folks, but if I book travel from you online, don't call me unannounced under guise of wanting to be helpful.
How about you send the email FIRST and if I want to engage, I can. Unless there's gonna be a major change to my plans, cancelation, etc...don't call me.
How about you send the email FIRST and if I want to engage, I can. Unless there's gonna be a major change to my plans, cancelation, etc...don't call me.
May 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I know it might be welcomed by some folks, but if I book travel from you online, don't call me unannounced under guise of wanting to be helpful.
How about you send the email FIRST and if I want to engage, I can. Unless there's gonna be a major change to my plans, cancelation, etc...don't call me.
How about you send the email FIRST and if I want to engage, I can. Unless there's gonna be a major change to my plans, cancelation, etc...don't call me.
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as someone who lives nextdoor to both supportive housing and public housing, i need people to understand that the best locations for both are going to be the central neighborhoods in a metropolitan area, where there is easy and reliable access to services and jobs.
May 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
as someone who lives nextdoor to both supportive housing and public housing, i need people to understand that the best locations for both are going to be the central neighborhoods in a metropolitan area, where there is easy and reliable access to services and jobs.
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Test-drive Gemini from Dart code, directly from DartPad 🎯♊
Gemini for DartPad
Say hello to Gemini in DartPad!
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April 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Test-drive Gemini from Dart code, directly from DartPad 🎯♊
This post puts into words a lot of my gut feelings about folks advocating for letting AI take the wheel when coding vs purposeful collaboration and how overusage can hallow out one's skills.
cekrem.github.io/posts/coding...
cekrem.github.io/posts/coding...
Coding as Craft: Going Back to the Old Gym
Why 'reflexive AI usage' sounds like a diagnosis I don't want next to my name
cekrem.github.io
April 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
This post puts into words a lot of my gut feelings about folks advocating for letting AI take the wheel when coding vs purposeful collaboration and how overusage can hallow out one's skills.
cekrem.github.io/posts/coding...
cekrem.github.io/posts/coding...
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What a career for Logan Couture 👏
April 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
What a career for Logan Couture 👏
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The hard truth is that there are some products you just can't make in America. These must be imported from elsewhere. Like chocolates, for example. American workers will always become overwhelmed by the speed of the conveyor belt. They'll end up shoving the sweets into their mouths and blouses
April 10, 2025 at 3:39 AM
The hard truth is that there are some products you just can't make in America. These must be imported from elsewhere. Like chocolates, for example. American workers will always become overwhelmed by the speed of the conveyor belt. They'll end up shoving the sweets into their mouths and blouses
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someone please tell Steam that it's okay to take up horizontal space on their store. this was taken on my 1080p monitor, too! screenshots, video, and the banner image are all scrunched down to the point where they're hard to see.
April 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
someone please tell Steam that it's okay to take up horizontal space on their store. this was taken on my 1080p monitor, too! screenshots, video, and the banner image are all scrunched down to the point where they're hard to see.
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One thing I'll say to Democratic Party insiders...
Please stop listening to people who make all of their money selling TV ads. Just...every Monday for the next year, spend time imagining what you'd do if you couldn't spend money on TV and had to do other things with that money.
Please stop listening to people who make all of their money selling TV ads. Just...every Monday for the next year, spend time imagining what you'd do if you couldn't spend money on TV and had to do other things with that money.
April 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
One thing I'll say to Democratic Party insiders...
Please stop listening to people who make all of their money selling TV ads. Just...every Monday for the next year, spend time imagining what you'd do if you couldn't spend money on TV and had to do other things with that money.
Please stop listening to people who make all of their money selling TV ads. Just...every Monday for the next year, spend time imagining what you'd do if you couldn't spend money on TV and had to do other things with that money.
Happened to turn on Sen Booker 20 secs before he broke the Filibuster record.
April 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Happened to turn on Sen Booker 20 secs before he broke the Filibuster record.
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Baseball media: if you do not loudly report on this I do not want to hear a goddamn thing from you about Jackie Robinson on April 15.
bsky.app/profile/fbih...
bsky.app/profile/fbih...
The Department of Defense deemed a story about baseball hero and civil rights leader Jackie Robinson's time in the Army as "DEI" and deleted it.
March 19, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Baseball media: if you do not loudly report on this I do not want to hear a goddamn thing from you about Jackie Robinson on April 15.
bsky.app/profile/fbih...
bsky.app/profile/fbih...
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90% of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer die from the disease. That's why the medical community is excited about the results of a small trial in which nearly half of the pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease remained relapse-free three years later.
A Vaccine For Pancreatic Cancer Continues To Show Promise
In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease had no relapse three years later.
www.sciencefriday.com
March 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
90% of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer die from the disease. That's why the medical community is excited about the results of a small trial in which nearly half of the pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease remained relapse-free three years later.
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This is important!
Per @johnleguizamo.bsky.social:
“Medicaid is called by different names in different states! Stay awake America you lose everything you rely on!”
“Medicaid is called by different names in different states! Stay awake America you lose everything you rely on!”
March 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
This is important!
I got to use my meager Japanese for the first time outside Japan.
I was in the elevator and there were two Japanese ladies there chatting.
When we got to the lobby, one of them hesitated (because I had luggage and she didn't). I gestured open handed and said "どうぞ" (douzo).
I was in the elevator and there were two Japanese ladies there chatting.
When we got to the lobby, one of them hesitated (because I had luggage and she didn't). I gestured open handed and said "どうぞ" (douzo).
March 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I got to use my meager Japanese for the first time outside Japan.
I was in the elevator and there were two Japanese ladies there chatting.
When we got to the lobby, one of them hesitated (because I had luggage and she didn't). I gestured open handed and said "どうぞ" (douzo).
I was in the elevator and there were two Japanese ladies there chatting.
When we got to the lobby, one of them hesitated (because I had luggage and she didn't). I gestured open handed and said "どうぞ" (douzo).
"Step to the stage...too late I blew it up."
35 years ago today on March 9, 1990, “House Party” was released in theaters… what a time…
March 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
"Step to the stage...too late I blew it up."
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BREAKING: Elon Musk's rocket explosion nearly hit a commercial flight.
This kind of content is being downranked on X. Please share it here. This is so dangerous.
This kind of content is being downranked on X. Please share it here. This is so dangerous.
March 7, 2025 at 4:21 AM
BREAKING: Elon Musk's rocket explosion nearly hit a commercial flight.
This kind of content is being downranked on X. Please share it here. This is so dangerous.
This kind of content is being downranked on X. Please share it here. This is so dangerous.
If you are looking for versions of "Home" to compare Cynthia Erivo's to, skip the Diana Ross version ... Stephanie Mills was the originating Dorothy in The Wiz.
This is the blueprint, from when she performed it at the Apollo. #Wicked #Oscars #TheWiz #TheWizardOfOz
youtu.be/KPvIwq03NIY?...
This is the blueprint, from when she performed it at the Apollo. #Wicked #Oscars #TheWiz #TheWizardOfOz
youtu.be/KPvIwq03NIY?...
Stephanie Mills "Home" Showtime at the Apollo!
YouTube video by Antonio ///
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March 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
If you are looking for versions of "Home" to compare Cynthia Erivo's to, skip the Diana Ross version ... Stephanie Mills was the originating Dorothy in The Wiz.
This is the blueprint, from when she performed it at the Apollo. #Wicked #Oscars #TheWiz #TheWizardOfOz
youtu.be/KPvIwq03NIY?...
This is the blueprint, from when she performed it at the Apollo. #Wicked #Oscars #TheWiz #TheWizardOfOz
youtu.be/KPvIwq03NIY?...