Author Archives: Kio

Epson Moverio App Challenge

Posted on April 9, 2015 by Kio

I recently participated in the Epson Moverio “Develop the Future” challenge, an online hackathon.  Usually I’m not a fan of online hackathons, but I was excited at the chance to develop on some new and interesting hardware, the Epson Moverio … Continue reading →

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DroidCon Berlin

Posted on April 7, 2015 by Kio

I am very excited to announce that I will be speaking at DroidCon Berlin this summer! I am so looking forward to sharing my knowledge about accessibility at my first international speaking engagement.  You can read more about my session here. I’ve been checking … Continue reading →

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AnDevCon Boston

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Kio

So excited to announce that I will be speaking at AnDevCon Boston this year!  I will be giving a lecture & workshop on programming accessible Android applications. I am really looking forward to sharing my knowledge, and learning from the other fabulous … Continue reading →

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SVG Rendering on Android

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Kio

Recently I was working on a project which required me to obtain an SVG image from an API endpoint and display the image in the Android application. SVG stands for Scalable Vector Graphic, and is a way of describing an … Continue reading →

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Women Techmakers – GDG Boulder

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Kio

At the beginning of March I had the great opportunity to speak at GDG Boulder’s celebration for Women Techmakers.  The event was Lightning Talks by women in the tech industry, and it was a total blast! When I was invited to … Continue reading →

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I’m a Team Treehouse Success Story!

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Kio

I’m so excited to share that Team Treehouse has featured my personal journey to a career in Android development on their blog as a student success story!  You can read my full interview here. Ben Jakuben, one of my personal heroes … Continue reading →

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Android Dependency Management: A Saga

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Kio

I’ve been having quite a time playing around with dependency management on Android.  I am following the typical Model-View-Controller design pattern, and I’ve got an internal library that I want to reference, which handles the Model and Controller aspects of my … Continue reading →

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Strategies for Success

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Kio

Last month I had the phenomenal opportunity to attend a leadership conference “Strategies for Success” at Aetna, our parent company.  50 of Aetna’s ‘top high-performing, high-potential women’ were invited to attend the conference, and to say I was honored to be … Continue reading →

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Jenkins, Robolectric, & Gradle

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Kio

          Recently I was working on a project to integrate Robolectric, a great Android unit testing framework which doesn’t require an emulator to run. I ran into a few ridiculous issues that I never found documented … Continue reading →

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Denver Startup Week 2014

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Kio

Last week was Denver Startup Week here in beautiful Colorado, and man was it epic!  DSW is a weeklong event where the coolest people in Denver get together to learn, network, and celebrate Denver’s startup culture.  This year’s event was the … Continue reading →

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