The Android Community Is Awesome

This is my periodic “The Android community is awesome. So much love and feel so enriched as a person knowing y’all” silliness. OK. Carry on.

— Huyen Tue Dao (@queencodemonkey) October 18, 2016

Here at touchlab we could not agree more with Huyen and the many people on Twitter saying great things about this community. Droidcon NYC 2016 ended a few weeks ago, but it feels like yesterday and we already can’t wait for the next big community event.

Thank you to everyone. To the attendees who were kind enough to trust that we would do our best to make it valuable to you. To the speakers who are generous enough to come and share their knowledge and experience. To the sponsors who are forward thinking enough to invest in the community and earn their gratitude. We appreciate you all, thank for coming.

We were really grateful to hear all of your feedback afterward. You told us that Convene was the best venue yet, that the talks were stellar, and most importantly for us, you all had a great time. For many, it was a reunion of Android developers and designers scattered across the US and abroad, and we’re blessed to be able to bring you guys together every year.

Pictures of you doing things

Head to our Facebook page. Below are links to each of the albums to make your life super easy. Please tag yourself and people you know!

• Main Conference, Days 1 & 2
• VIP Party by Button and Airtime
• Conference Party by Yahoo
• Post Conference Happy Hour by Amex

And of course, The videos

So, first things first. All the livestream videos are live right now on at droidcon.nyc for anyone with a ticket to the event. Just click through to the speakers page.

But of course, what you really want is the final, edited, free version that’s going to be up on Youtube. Well good news, those will be live by the middle of November!! Even better news, we’ve got a bunch live right now. Check them out here. 

The final edited videos will be published in a few weeks on our touchlab YouTube channel, so subscribe if you want to get notified.

Let’s show some love for our amazing sponsors

These folks are the reason we could make this Android community conference happen. When it comes time to test out new tools or look for a new position or refer someone somewhere, please remember these great organizations and support them.

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Thanks again everyone – see you next year!