Friends,

Please note the change in Title.

Agenda is as below.

6:30 - 7 pm : Networking & Snacks
7:00 - 7:15 pm : Announcements
7:15 - 8 pm : Android application development with Titanium
8:00 - 8:30 pm - Demos
Demo 1 : Shapewriter , Android Developer Challenge (ADC) Finalist
Demo 2 : Cooking Capsules, Android Developer Challenge's Top 20 winner

Take aways:
T-Shirts from Titanium
O'reilly Books for interested reviewers

"The submission site for Android Developer Challenge 2 is now open"
http://bit.ly/15vY0F...

Sampath, Nelson
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Main Session : “Zero to App in Under an Hour with Titanium”

Learn how to create an iPhone or Android mobile application in under an hour using Titanium!
Appcelerator enables web developers, ISVs, and enterprises to take advantage of the explosive growth in mobile and desktop applications without delay. The company’s flagship offering, Titanium, is the only open source platform to enable cross-platform development, from a single codebase, at web development speed. Appcelerator’s customers can leverage their exiting skills and open, industry standard technologies to create and commercialize mobile, desktop, and web apps from a single platform, decreasing time-to-market and development costs, increasing customer adoption and revenues, and enjoying greater flexibility and control.
For more information, please visit www.appcelerator.com.

Bio :
Jeff Haynie,CEO and Co-Founder, Appcelerator
Jeff Haynie is Co-founder and CEO of Appcelerator. Jeff is a long-time serial entrepreneur, technologist and blogger. Previously, Jeff was Co-founder and CTO of Vocalocity, a software provider in the communications arena and before that, CTO of eHatchery, a digital incubator and off-shoot of Bill Gross’ idealab!. Jeff has worked on numerous standard committees such as IETF and W3C as well as core contributor to a number of important open source technologies such as JBoss and OpenVXI. Jeff served with distinction in the U.S. Navy. Jeff blogs at http://blog.jeffhayni... and can be found on twitter @jhaynie.

Demos

Demo 1 : Shapewriter , Android Developer Challenge (ADC) Finalist

Abstract: In the absence of a full sized physical keyboard's rich feedback, text input presents a difficult user interface challenge to touchscreen devices. ShapeWriter takes advantage of the ability to gesture on touchscreens to enter text with ease, efficiency and fun. For each word in a large lexicon, ShapeWriter defines a word pattern by connecting the word's letters on a soft keyboard. For example the word "fun" is entered by a single stroke approximating the trajectory f-u-n on the keyboard. ShapeWriter recognizes these patterns with error tolerance. A new user can look at the keyboard and trace the word from letter to letter. Over time, users are able to recall patterns and shape write rapidly. Being a form of shorthand (one word per stroke), shape writing is many times more efficient than letter based writing. ShapeWriter's has been enthusiastically received by users and reviewers. Indeed, one user went so far as to write: " 'Revolutionized typing' is the understatement of the year. This technology should be part of every keyboard on all touchscreens. Someone nominate these software developers for a Nobel. No Joke."

Bio :
Dr. Shumin Zhai is an human-computer interaction researcher with over 25 granted patents and over 100 publications, including a number of papers with his doctoral student Per Ola Kristensson on ShapeWriter. He originated and led the development of ShapeWriter from its inception to its release on multiple mobile platforms including Android.

Demo 2: Cooking Capsules , Top 20 winner of the first Android Developer Challenge

Abstract:

Mary Ann will be doing a quick demo of her app and talking about her experiences with Android and the Developer Challenge.

Bio:

Mary Ann Cotter is the Founder of Smart Capsules, Inc., the maker of Cooking Capsules, a mobile app for Android that makes cooking more fun and easy.
Cooking Capsules was one of the Top 20 winners of the first Android Developer Challenge and has received praise from Wired, Time & the Wall Street Journal among others.