Mike Dawson
@mikesdawson
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CEO+CoFounder of @UstadMobile. Working on #edtech and #mlearning in #afghanistan and others since 2006.
Dubai, UAE
Joined September 2012
Hi @EmiratesNBD_AE it would be better if you would secure your app without blocking us Android developers from getting our job done like your app was before and like every other bank I know.
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Data sovereignty should not be a luxury only for EU, US, India, and China. @ICT_Works post misses the fact that most data (education, tax records) processed on servers cannot practically be encrypted. #opensource can provide scale and data sovereignty.
ictworks.org
data localization laws are restricting global data flows in a failed attempt to increase national digital sovereignty
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🎉 Starting today, @Google officially supports Kotlin Multiplatform by @JetBrains for sharing business logic across mobile, web, server, and desktop! Enjoy first-class tooling and library support for KMP on Android. A new era of KMP begins, and we’re thrilled to join it!
Kotlin Multiplatform will boost your productivity by sharing business logic across mobile, web, server, and desktop. Jetpack libraries like DataStore and Room already support KMP with more to come! → https://t.co/M52JpX2VSI
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Hello @GooglePlay there's an app that violates the broken functionality policy: it's called Google Play.
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If you're shipping a JVM app, ProGuard can be a great way to not only reduce your download size but also speed up your app. Mike Dawson gives the numbers for the JVM app he's shipping with Conveyor: https://t.co/wnafZNWNlC
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Compose Multiplatform allows you to re-use a huge amount of your Android code to create a desktop app. There are many good reasons to have…
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. @Kotlin #Multiplatform Compose Desktop performance and size can be quite reasonable: Proguard reduces our bundle (including JVM) from 171MB to 92MB, app feels more responsive. https://t.co/PG9c3N0SHb
#softwaredevelopment
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Compose Multiplatform allows you to re-use a huge amount of your Android code to create a desktop app. There are many good reasons to have…
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CEO of @DubaiCares HE Tariq Al Gurg at @RewirEd_Summit - the education sector is as broken as the education systems it's supposed to fix. Diagnosis done.
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If women's access to work and education in Afghanistan is just a "small domestic matter" then just why hasn't it been solved over two years later? Every single other country in the world (Islamic and not) already solved it.
Islamic Emirate's Spokesman's Statement Regarding Discussions and Opinions at the United Nations Discussions and opinions in the United Nations were diverted by raising only two small and domestic topics as such women’s education and their work. In Afghanistan, security, 1/5
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The representative of the United Arab Emirates has called for the inclusion of Afghan women and girls in the Community. The representative of the UAE in a meeting of the Combating Gender Apartheid: The Situation of Women and Girls in Afghanistan “The seemingly unending set
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Finally: an Android Jetpack library for Bluetooth https://t.co/IFIOFi79Bo from @AndroidDev . Bluetooth development on Android has been very painful. Looking forward to trying this.
developer.android.com
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Using @Kotlin #kotlinmultiplatform to auto-generate HTTP REST server and #offlinefirst repository from an Android Room database: https://t.co/RoyJrk6xh7
#opensource - proof-of-concept is working!
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There are many environments (e.g. many low / low middle income countries, rural environments, flights, travel) where offline-first isn’t a…
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Today we launched the Building Foundational Learning Through Technology project in Sierra Leone! 🇸🇱 The project aims to target over 7,000 learners across 52 public primary schools in the country. 🙌 Keep an eye out on our social media to find out more! #Education #SDG4 #EdTech
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Hi @materialdesign the repo dir for Compose Material Sample ( as per https://t.co/VgQsYEd1eg ) doesn't actually have the example code for the actual components! Seems to be here: https://t.co/zP8OoMPL3t . Isn't that the whole point of this app?
m3.material.io
Discover the latest toolkit for building user interfaces with Jetpack Compose. An overview of the new Material Design catalog for Jetpack Compose.
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@jitpack what is going on recently with your up time? The numbers are disappointing for such a service and this is a blocking issue for many teams out there. Also, as we speak, jitpack is down.
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This is against the interest of Afghanistan. Denying girls an education means denying Afghanistan growth and progress -President @KarzaiH
"Denying girls an education means denying Afghanistan growth and progress." In an interview with DW, Afghanistan's former President Hamid Karzai slammed the Taliban ban on girls attending school beyond the sixth grade.
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#TeachersTransform
@VSO_Intl we believe teachers and educators are change agents and they must be valued . Let's recognise the role they play @TeachersFor2030 @GEMReport
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VSO developed #VSOSchool App in partnership with @UstadMobile to address some challenges facing teachers , learners . #opensource
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“There are young, educated people in Afghanistan who have become digital natives, it’s time the Afghan people listen to them and look forward, rather than backward” https://t.co/pg99gNiNmW
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