Maximiliano Firtman

http://twitter.com/firt

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Mobile developer, trainer, author, speaker

Areas of Expertise:

  • mobile
  • actionscript
  • html5
  • ajax
  • iphone
  • javascript
  • php
  • web 2.0
  • mobile web
  • java me
  • android
  • consulting
  • speaking
  • programming
  • training
  • writing
Max Firtman is a mobile+web developer, trainer, speaker and writer. He is Adobe Community Champion and founder of ITMaster Professional Training. He wrote many books, including "Programming the Mobile Web" and "jQuery Mobile: Up and Running" published by O'Reilly Media

He has a blog about mobile web development at www.mobilexweb.com and he maintains the website www.mobilehtml5.org.

He is a frequent speaker at conferences, including QCon, OSCON, Breaking Development, Velocity Conference, Fluent, Google Developer Day, Nokia Developer Days, Campus Party Europe and many other events around the world.

He has received different recognitions, including Nokia Developer Champion yearly since 2006; Adobe Community Champion in 2011, and a Google recognition for being one of the most innovative mobile developers.

Programming the Mobile Web Programming the Mobile Web
by Maximiliano Firtman
Second Edition March 2013
Print: $49.99
Ebook: $39.99

jQuery Mobile: Up and Running jQuery Mobile: Up and Running
by Maximiliano Firtman
February 2012
Print: $29.99
Ebook: $23.99

Programming the Mobile Web Programming the Mobile Web
by Maximiliano Firtman
July 2010
Ebook: $35.99

Mobile Web High Performance Mobile Web High Performance
by Maximiliano Firtman
July 2010
Video: $49.99

Maximiliano blogs at:

Background notification hack for iPad and iPhone websites

May 09 2013

Tweet Mobile browsers may look like desktop browsers, but their behavior sometimes is different and we need to understand them to provide the right user experience. In this post I’ll show you a trick to notify the user about an update while our website is on a background tab. This… read more

BlackBerry 10: the first class HTML5 mobile platform

March 25 2013

Tweet The new BlackBerry Z10 is on sale around the world with a whole new operating system and browser. In this post I’ll go through the important information for web and app developers about one of the most powerful HTML5 platforms available today. As a BlackBerry Elite developer, I had… read more

Webcast: HTML5 for Mobile Devices
January 16, 2013
The market for mobile apps continues to evolve at a breakneck pace, as tablets join the parade of smartphones and feature phones. Join us for a hands-on webcast presented by Maximiliano Firtman author of Programming the Mobile Web, 2nd Edition, as...

Webcast: jQuery Mobile: multiplatform HTML5 webapps
May 09, 2012
Designers and web developers have the ability to create semantic mobile webapps for multiple platforms -including iOS, Android, Windows Phone and BlackBerry- with jQuery Mobile. It's an open source framework optimized for touch devices that will deliver...

Webcast: The Best of Velocity - Mobile Web & HTML5 Performance Optimization
May 29, 2012
In this two-part session by Maximiliano Firtman, you will learn in part-one How to deal with mobile browsers. Maximiliano discusess challenges on WPO measurement techniques over mobile browsers. How can we create accurate waterfall charts? Do emulators...

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