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Explains how to build responsive Android apps by offloading work from the main UI thread to IO-bound sources using RxJava for asynchronous data flows, with practical usage patterns and expert talks.

Developing responsive Android applications by efficiently managing IO-based data retrieval outside of the main UI thread.

A practical guide to building a Ruby CLI that integrates with the SoundCloud API for the BaRuCo 2013 ticket contest.

How to build a Ruby command-line interface that uses the SoundCloud API (with an optional Ruby SDK) to enter a BaRuCo ticket contest and submit your entry via GitHub.

The blogpost provides information about the lineup and speakers for the Barcelona Ruby Conference 2013.

Music Hack Day heads to Toronto, uniting developers, designers and artists to prototype the future of music using software, hardware, mobile, web, and instruments, with organizers including SoundCloud, Rdio, Unspace and The Echo Nest.

A technical look at Music Hack Day Toronto 2013, where developers, designers and artists prototype and demo the future of music across software, hardware and web tools during August 10-11, 2013, in collaboration with SoundCloud, Rdio, Unspace and The Echo Nest.

A blog post about the upcoming Music Hack Day event in Toronto organized by Dave Haynes, who organized the first Music Hack Day in London, UK in 2009.

Recap of Berlin Geekettes' first all-women hackathon, where 80 participants demoed 29 projects across web, iOS, Android and hardware in a collaborative, sponsor-supported event with OpenTech School prep and a playful culture.

A technical roundup of Berlin Geekettes' first all-women hackathon: 80 participants, 29 projects across web, iOS/Android and hardware, featuring API mash-ups built through partnerships with SoundCloud, OpenTech School and Deutsche Telekom to foster a collaborative, inclusive developer community.

A roundup of Berlin's first all-women hackathon organized by Berlin Geekettes and SoundCloud, featuring 29 projects developed by 80 women across various platforms.

Explains the removal of the hotness parameter from the /tracks endpoint, the resulting outages and default shift to creation-date ordering, and how to approximate hotness using favoritings_count and playback_count until a more stable, idiomatic search/order API is released.