Tom Colvin
@tomcolvin.co.uk
UK based Android GDE, freelancer or through my agency Apptaura. I wear flowery shirts. 🇬🇧 🇦🇹
tdcolvin.medium.com / tomcolvin.co.uk
tdcolvin.medium.com / tomcolvin.co.uk
Massive @vodafonegroup.bsky.social outage. I guess this about sums it up!
October 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Massive @vodafonegroup.bsky.social outage. I guess this about sums it up!
Goodness me, Thessaloniki is already beautiful and I haven't even landed yet ❤️
October 10, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Goodness me, Thessaloniki is already beautiful and I haven't even landed yet ❤️
Ushering in a new period of low productivity
October 5, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Ushering in a new period of low productivity
Thanks Google Maps, that really is a highlight
October 2, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Thanks Google Maps, that really is a highlight
This is me stuck at London Gatwick, instead of enjoying trams in Lisbon 🤣
September 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This is me stuck at London Gatwick, instead of enjoying trams in Lisbon 🤣
My version of the same ... it was working a month ago!!
August 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM
My version of the same ... it was working a month ago!!
As dictated by my 3-year-old nephew
June 17, 2025 at 10:07 PM
As dictated by my 3-year-old nephew
Thanks for the pointer... but it's not quite ready for the likes of me 😐
May 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Thanks for the pointer... but it's not quite ready for the likes of me 😐
Once, before digital photography, photos used to come back with these little advice labels.
It was literally someone's job at the processing lab to LOOK THROUGH ALL YOUR PHOTOS and stick them on.
The lack of privacy of the analogue era is wild!
It was literally someone's job at the processing lab to LOOK THROUGH ALL YOUR PHOTOS and stick them on.
The lack of privacy of the analogue era is wild!
May 16, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Once, before digital photography, photos used to come back with these little advice labels.
It was literally someone's job at the processing lab to LOOK THROUGH ALL YOUR PHOTOS and stick them on.
The lack of privacy of the analogue era is wild!
It was literally someone's job at the processing lab to LOOK THROUGH ALL YOUR PHOTOS and stick them on.
The lack of privacy of the analogue era is wild!
They'll claw at you if you even try
April 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM
They'll claw at you if you even try
Ahh 😌 home is where there's no R above my network symbols
April 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Ahh 😌 home is where there's no R above my network symbols
This photo is from 105 years ago. Unedited, original colour, created by Jules Gervais-Courtellemont using the Autochrome Lumière process. Original in @rijksmuseum.bsky.social Amsterdam
March 23, 2025 at 9:40 AM
This photo is from 105 years ago. Unedited, original colour, created by Jules Gervais-Courtellemont using the Autochrome Lumière process. Original in @rijksmuseum.bsky.social Amsterdam
Woohoo, I'm @sessionize.com speaker of the day! 😁😁😁
Need someone to talk about Android or app development at your conference or place of work? Let me know!
Need someone to talk about Android or app development at your conference or place of work? Let me know!
March 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Woohoo, I'm @sessionize.com speaker of the day! 😁😁😁
Need someone to talk about Android or app development at your conference or place of work? Let me know!
Need someone to talk about Android or app development at your conference or place of work? Let me know!
I've written 39 articles over the last few years, on Android, coding and app startups. Finally now all linked in one place on my new site: tomcolvin.co.uk/articles
March 22, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I've written 39 articles over the last few years, on Android, coding and app startups. Finally now all linked in one place on my new site: tomcolvin.co.uk/articles
FINALLY got a complete end-to-end demo of Passkeys working in Android! This has been an very hard task; so much documentation that just falls off a cliff, and weird esoteric error messages. This demo uses Jetpack Credential Manager and SimpleWebAuthn
#androiddev
#androiddev
March 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM
FINALLY got a complete end-to-end demo of Passkeys working in Android! This has been an very hard task; so much documentation that just falls off a cliff, and weird esoteric error messages. This demo uses Jetpack Credential Manager and SimpleWebAuthn
#androiddev
#androiddev
Feels like a never-ending job
February 18, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Feels like a never-ending job
My partner's car's satnav reroutes immediately to any location I send it on the app.
So I can now send her rude words whilst she's driving.
So I can now send her rude words whilst she's driving.
January 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
My partner's car's satnav reroutes immediately to any location I send it on the app.
So I can now send her rude words whilst she's driving.
So I can now send her rude words whilst she's driving.
My favourite advice from a relationship website 😆
December 23, 2024 at 2:25 PM
My favourite advice from a relationship website 😆
DevFest on Discord has just started! It's a whole 12-hour extravaganza of brilliant talks by brilliant people (...and me). Watch here: gdg.community.dev/events/detai... And I'm on at 5pm UK time to talk about creating a camera app in Android using CameraX #androiddev 😀
December 13, 2024 at 10:41 AM
DevFest on Discord has just started! It's a whole 12-hour extravaganza of brilliant talks by brilliant people (...and me). Watch here: gdg.community.dev/events/detai... And I'm on at 5pm UK time to talk about creating a camera app in Android using CameraX #androiddev 😀
My new #androaddev blog on how to use CameraX + Compose is now up on ProAndroidDev and @droidcon.bsky.social proandroiddev.com/lets-build-a...
December 11, 2024 at 7:28 PM
My new #androaddev blog on how to use CameraX + Compose is now up on ProAndroidDev and @droidcon.bsky.social proandroiddev.com/lets-build-a...
This photo was taken using my CameraX demo app, which shows you how to use Preview and ImageCapture use cases with Compose. Repo here: github.com/tdcolvin/Cam... and full blog write up coming soon! #androiddev
December 10, 2024 at 11:30 PM
This photo was taken using my CameraX demo app, which shows you how to use Preview and ImageCapture use cases with Compose. Repo here: github.com/tdcolvin/Cam... and full blog write up coming soon! #androiddev
At DevFest Kosova, talking and pointing. Thanks to all who came to my #AndroidDev workshop on building a camera app, I enjoyed it, hope you did too!
December 8, 2024 at 7:18 PM
At DevFest Kosova, talking and pointing. Thanks to all who came to my #AndroidDev workshop on building a camera app, I enjoyed it, hope you did too!
Life first: my name on stairs! At DevFest Kosova
December 7, 2024 at 11:57 AM
Life first: my name on stairs! At DevFest Kosova
Fun fact: the average UK home costs about 20 GB of roaming data in Kosovo, at my provider's rates. One house for 5 HD movies. (I'll be in Pristina this weekend to talk #androiddev !)
December 3, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Fun fact: the average UK home costs about 20 GB of roaming data in Kosovo, at my provider's rates. One house for 5 HD movies. (I'll be in Pristina this weekend to talk #androiddev !)