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Work with Material 3 icons in Android Studio and Jetpack Compose
The Material Design system icon set contains UI elements you’d commonly encounter in an app, and Material 3 is the latest iteration. Material icons are a great resource for Android developers, and using these icons will save you from having to design the icons yourself and save your users from having to relearn new iconographic Continue reading
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Android Reading Mode
I read through a lot of material on my phone and tablet, and I often find that distractions such as flashing ads, overlays, tiny fonts on similarly-hued backgrounds, rickety bus rides, and otherwise unreadable design choices or environmental conditions block my ability to read and understand the content. I recently wrote about how to use Continue reading
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Functions in math vs programming
My coffee thought for this morning is that the fundamental concept of function in your calculus class is the same idea as a function in computer science. Basically, a function is a way of indicating a formula that can take input and produce output. To illustrate, here’s a basic example of a mathematical function: f(x)=x3 Continue reading
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Understand classes in Kotlin
In computer programming, we use classes to define templates for how to describe things. A class can represent a thing: A person, a chair, a bank account, a musical instrument, and so on. Each thing, or object, can have properties. For instance, a musical instrument can belong to a certain family: strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, Continue reading
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Speak Selection in Mac OS X Monterey
When I have to process a lot of reading material on my computer, I often find it helpful to leverage accessibility features. Larger text helps a ton, and that’s easy to enable with a simple ⌘ + keyboard shortcut in most web browsers. For my needs, text-to-speech has been extraordinarily helpful in keeping focused and moving forward Continue reading
About Me
Hello, my name is Joe Lewis. Since 2014, I’ve been working at Google as a technical writer. I have worked as a developer, researcher, and in leadership roles in the energy, security, identity, privacy, and analytics realms. I wrote a few books. I often tinker around on GitHub.
I am also a professional double bassist, actively teaching this instrument on weekends and performing with orchestras as time permits. I like to travel, exercise, and am a mountain bike enthusiast.
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