Pursuing Excellence in Design and Technology - Raj Lal

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Joining W3C as a Nokian

If you ever wanted to change the World Wide Web for better, now is the time, Join W3C and make the difference.



I was nominated by Nokia for Three Groups WebApps, WebApps Security and will be soon joining Web Accessibility. Looking forward to contribute.

Am I excited ? You Bet !

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Friday, June 10, 2011

Few Photos: MeeGo Conference




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MeeGo Conference, a set on Flickr.

San Francisco, May 23-25, 2011, Hyatt Regency

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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

My Presentation at the MeeGo Conference SFO 23-25 may 2011

Performance Tips & Tricks for QT/QML Apps: MeeGo Conference San Francisco, Hyatt Regency, May 23-25,2011

Learn the Best practices for QML Application Architecture, Know the Tips and tricks related to show QML in a MeeGo device. Best practices for Qt/QML development and conventions to avoid in QML development. Learn the programming guidelines that apply to QML.

A refreshing list of Tips and Tricks and to optimize your QML applications and know what to avoid.


Here is the Video at Linux Foundation website

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Thursday, April 14, 2011

Angry Developer: Creating the Game in QML

I was getting a lot of emails about the Angry Developer so decided to blog about just the game with the slides and the code. Let me know if you have suggestions to improve the game.

Download Code here : http://tinyurl.com/AngryDeveloper

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Presentation at Linux Foundation Embedded Linux Conference

Here is my presentation on QML and JavaScript for MeeGo devices, at Embedded Linux Conference San Francisco 2011.

Description:
Learn to develop News, Social, Tools and Fun & Game Apps using QML and JavaScript on MeeGo devices. Know how to apply some advanced graphics and animations with simple QML and see how JavaScript allows you to create a feature rich application. No C++ required. A tutorial with live demos targeted to beginner to intermediate Mobile developers interested in developing mobile applications on Linux based Mobile Devices.

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Thursday, April 7, 2011

Build Cutting edge Mobile Apps using QML and JavaScript

My Presentation at Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit Apr7 2011 San Francisco.

Angry Developer Take 2
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Learn to create cutting-edge mobile applications using QML and JavaScript on MeeGo devices. Know how to apply some advanced graphics and animations with simple QML and see how JavaScript allows you to create a feature rich application. No C++ required. A tutorial with live demos targeted to beginner to intermediate Mobile developers interested in developing mobile applications on Linux based mobile devices.

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Sunday, April 3, 2011

My Presentation at Flourish conference

Here is the Video for the Conference ! Link to blip.tv



Fun with QML & JavaScript on MeeGo, at University of Illinois at Chicago for Flourish Conference, Apr 2nd 2011.

Build cutting edge mobile applications using QML and JavaScript on MeeGo devices. Know how to apply some advanced graphics and animations with simple QML and see how JavaScript allows you to create a feature rich application. A tutorial with live demos targeted to beginner to intermediate Mobile developers interested in developing mobile applications on Linux based Mobile Devices. No C++ required.

Download sourcecode for the demo game Angry Developers: http://tinyurl.com/AngryDeveloper

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Saturday, February 26, 2011

Nokia in Wonderland !

Nokia Silicon Valley Grand celebration in Sunnyvale got everybody excited. The theme was Wonderland so every floor was decorated with full of curiosities from "Alice in Wonderland". You could meet, The Queen, The Caterpillar ,The Rabbit and a number of Alice's were roaming around the floor. They seems to have captured almost everyone's imagination.

In the picture from MeeGo Team, Samir, Markku, Anna, Sarvanane, John, and more...

Nokia in Wonderland

Here is the slideshow

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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Presenting on MeeGo at Flourish 2011 Open Source Conference

Flourish goal is to promote the use of open source software and provide a gathering place for open source enthusiasts in the Chicagoland area.



I am speaking at Flourish 2011 in Chicago April 1st on MeeGo Devices ! My Presentation is on

Fun with QML and JavaScript on MeeGo
Build cutting edge mobile applications using QML and JavaScript on MeeGo devices. Know how to apply some advanced graphics and animations with simple QML and see how JavaScript allows you to create a feature rich application. No C++ required.

A tutorial with live demos targeted to beginner to intermediate Mobile developers interested in developing mobile applications on Linux based Mobile Devices.

So if MeeGo sounds like Fun, you will see how QML and JavaScript triple that fun for MeeGo Developers. mmore info on MeeGo at http://MeeGo.com.

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Sunday, November 21, 2010

10 Tips for Mobile Website Design

My other presentation at MeeGo Conference Dublin, Ireland (18th Nov.)


Session Summary:
How to create a mobile version of your website? Do you need to optimize your current website for mobile devices or design a completely new website? Do you need to worry about different platforms, Windows Mobile, iPhone, Symbian, Blackberry, Linux, Brew, Android, Nokia and MeeGo? What resolution, what screen size you should target, and what is this PPI anyway? In this session, mobile web usability expert and co-author of Beginning Smartphone Web Development, Rajesh Lal will discuss ten pragmatic tips, for designing website for mobile devices.
Session Abstract:

Ten Tips to design Mobile website for maximum number of users and devices in the least amount of time.

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Friday, November 19, 2010

Build Amazing Mobile Apps using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript

Here is my presentation at MeeGo Conference in Dublin Ireland on Building amazing mobile apps using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. It was lot of fun in front of 200+ crowd. A thrilling experience.

Develop Mobile Application for the next generation MeeGo Mobile devices using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript.


Session Abstract:

Come and know all about the Mobile Apps development process in MeeGo HTML5 technology, available device APIs, and the latest web technologies supported in MeeGo devices. The presentation with live demo is targeted for beginner to intermediate level mobile developers who are keen to learn about developing application using web technology.



Here is the Video from Linux Foundation.org http://videos.linuxfoundation.org/video/1920

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Thursday, November 18, 2010

Pictures from MeeGo Conference 2010

MeeGo Conference 2010

Finally got sometime to upload the pictures from the MeeGo Conference 2010, At Dublin Ireland. Here is the complete slideshow.

click for the picture gallery

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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

MeeGo Meetup at Hackers Dojo Mountain View



We had this great MeeGo meetup at Hacker's Dojo at Mountian View, fantastic place for any developer event, My talk was about W3C Widget and their support in MeeGo devices, I was surprised how many people were not clearly aware of this game changer W3C Widget specification which MeeGo Device supports and how easy it is to create a widget for MeeGo.

Here is my presentation on the Topic.



Lot of excitement around the web technology.

Here is my picture taken by Quim during the presentation.




And here is the audience



More info at http://www.meetup.com/SFBay-MeeGo-Network/calendar/14850928/

Cheers to MeeGo

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Saturday, December 5, 2009

My Presentation at Discover Maemo Event in Santa Clara Dec 03 2009

I presented on creating Hybrid application for Maemo N900 device using Qt Web Technology, Here is the slideshow.

Qt 4.5.3 is now officially supported in Maemo Devices and is much more than promising. In the two demos I showed in the event you can create an HTML application in no time and package it for N900. Questions ? email me at rajesh.lal@nokia !

Hybrid Application Development on Maemo N900 device



Download the demo source, Debian package and presentation here

Here is the video

Hybrid Application Development for Maemo N900 Device using Qt Webkit from rajesh lal on Vimeo.

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Monday, October 26, 2009

Video Presentation on Designing Mobile Widgets

Finally I was able to optimize and upload my presentation video at vimeo. Here is the 20 minutes video on 'Ten Tips for Designing Mobile Widgets' at Maemo Summit, Amsterdam Netherlands, 11th October 2009.

Download the slides for the presentation. Let me know your comments !

Maemo Summit 2009: 10 Tips for Designing Mobile Widgets from rajesh lal on Vimeo.

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Sunday, October 11, 2009

Ten Tips For Designing Mobile Widgets - Slides

Here is my presentation at Maemo Summit, Amsterdam Netherlands, 11th October 2009



Also check pictures of the event here

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Friday, October 9, 2009

Developing apps on Maemo with Nokia Web Runtime

Demo with Santtu Ahonen, Head of Developer Offering, Nokia
9th October - 17.00 - 17.25, Amsterdam

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