Zigurd Mednieks

http://twitter.com/zigurd

Harvard, Massachusetts

Interactive device software architect

Areas of Expertise:

  • Mobile and embedded systems
  • Android applications and system software
  • handset and embedded systems integration and architecture
  • product definition
  • project and program management
  • consulting
  • speaking
  • programming
  • training
  • writing
Zigurd Mednieks is a consultant to leading OEMs, enterprises, and entrepreneurial ventures creating Android-based systems and software. Previously he was Chief Architect at D2 Technologies, a voice-over-IP (VoIP) technology provider. There he led engineering and product definition work for products that blended communication and social media in purpose-built embedded systems and on the Android platform. He is lead author of Programming Android.

Zigurd is a 25 year veteran of user interface, telephony, and social media product creation in the computing and telecommunications industries. He co-authored Android Application Development, published by O'Reilly in 2009, writing chapters on telephony and inter-process communication. In 1986, his first book, C programming Techniques for the Macintosh, co-authored with his then wife-to-be Terry, was published by Howard W. Sams & Co. and went into several printings.

Programming Android Programming Android
by Laird Dornin , Zigurd Mednieks , Blake Meike , Masumi Nakamura
July 2011
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Ebook: $35.99

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What's Wrong With the Most Important Android App?

August 22 2011

YouTube, GMail and Maps have brilliant tablet-specific implementations that are building the foundation of a similar success for Android tablets. But there is a key application that has fallen short of adding to application-based success for Android: Google+. read more

The More You Tighten Your Grip...

April 07 2011

Google's unwillingness to release Honeycomb source code has dismayed many. But, looking beyond what is probably a temporary disenchantment with the way Android is opened up through AOSP, we wonder: Is it still to Google's advantage to be so conservative about revealing Android source code and how tightly relationships with… read more

What's New In Honeycomb

January 27 2011

Google just released a preview of the Honeycomb SDK. It includes an emulator that will run the Honeycomb operating system, so you can get a taste of what it will be like to use Honeycomb, and it includes SDK support for Honeycomb, so developers can get started writing Honeycomb application read more

In 2011: Android Beyond Mobile

December 30 2010

Android created and/or coalesced all the major components needed for a wide range of embedded applications - especially those with a visual user interface - under one open platform with hassle-free licensing terms. Android's wide acceptance in mobile handsets means that every system integrator, every peripheral maker, and all other… read more

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