šŸ’» Computing

I’ve been getting some code commits done for DSub - an opensource android music player for Airsonic/Subsonic. I’ve not touched android development for a few years and it’s interesting how little has changed. Android Studio is a great bit of software, although some of its default keyboard shortcuts don’t do what you would expect.

The project needs a bit of modernising. It’ll be interesting to see if there’s scope to use Kotlin, as Java null checking is boring.

šŸŽ¼Music

Son’s of Kemet were amazing at Koko. They’re an odd line up - 2 drummers, tuba and sax - but it really works in producing infectious rhythms and punch memorable hooks. It was also a really nice mixed crowd, although still very ā€˜Guardian’.

šŸ“š Books

This week it was Malcolm Gladwell’s Tipping Point. Gladwell’s books are regularly on ā€œmust readā€ lists but I’m not entirely sure why. He presents interesting insights, but as other reviewers have pointed out, this would probably have been better at about half the length.