Small Interface

Gail Rahn Frederick is a mobile software architect, Mobile Web enthusiast and instructor of standards-based Mobile Web development. Her work spans Mobile Web sites and native applications on most mobile platforms. Her products target 500+ device models and have been deployed to 10+ mobile operators in 6+ countries in North America and Europe.

At Learn the Mobile Web (http://learnthemobileweb.com) and Portland Community College (http://www.computers.pcc.edu), Gail teaches standards-based Mobile Web development for smartphones and other mobile devices. Her classes teach mobile markup languages, mobile design and usability, content adaptation, best practices, defensive programming and other survival tips for the mobile ecosystem. Students build content-adapted mobile web sites as the class project.

At Medio Systems (http://medio.com), she leads a mobile software team developing personalized search and discovery products with a focus on mobile analytics.

Gail lives with her family and trusty Labrador Retriever at the base of an extinct volcano in Portland, Oregon. When she's not coding or writing, she enjoys family walks, snowshoeing and the occasional soy latte at the neighborhood hipster coffee shop.

Rajesh Lal is an author, designer, developer, and a technology evangelist with a decade of experience in Desktop, Web and Mobile devices. He has received numerous awards for his work on Vista and Sidebar Gadgets. Rajesh has been involved in Mobile UI/UX design for past five years and have expertise with a variety of Mobile devices, namely Sony Mylo, Window's Mobile, Apple's iPhone, Nokia S60, and Maemo devices.

Vista Gadget blog: http://innovatewithgadgets.com
Mobile User Interface blog: http://smallinterface.com

Rajesh has a master's degree in computer science, holds MCSD and MCAD titles. He currently works as a Senior Engineer at Nokia, Mountain View, California.