Wallace Jackson - Android Apps for Absolute Beginners

Android Apps For Absolute Beginners

Copyright 2011 by Wallace Jackson

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About the Author

Wallace Jackson is the CEO of Mind Taffy Design, a new media content design and production company founded in 1991. Mind Taffy specializes in leveraging free for commercial use open source technologies to provide an extremely compact data footprint, royalty-free, digital new media advertising and branding campaigns for the leading international brands and manufacturers worldwide.

Wallace has been pushing the cutting edge of i3D and Rich Media Application Design via viral digital content deliverables, using under 512KB of Total Data Footprint, for over two decades. He has worked for leading international brands to create custom new media digital campaigns for industry-leading companies, including brand marketing, PR, product demonstration, digital signage, e-learning, AdverGaming, logo design, and end-user training for top Fortune 500 companies.

He has produced new media projects in a number of digital media verticals or content deliverable areas, including: interactive 3D [i3D], Rich Internet Applications (RIA) content production, virtual world design, user interface (UI) design, user experience (UX) design, multimedia production, 3D modeling, sound design, MIDI synthesis, music composition, image compositing, 3D animation, game programming, mobile application programming, BrandGame creation, website design, CSS programming, data optimization, digital imaging, digital painting, digital video editing, special effects, morphing, vector illustration, IPTV Programming, iTV application design, interactive product demos, and tradeshow multimedia.

Wallace has created new media digital campaigns for leading international branded manufacturers, including Sony, Samsung, Tyco, Dell, Epson, IBM, Mitsubishi, Compaq, TEAC, KDS USA, CTX International, ADI Systems, Nokia, Micron, ViewSonic, OptiQuest, SGI, Western Digital, Sun Microsystems, ProView, Sceptre, KFC, ICM, EIZO, Nanao, Digital Equipment [DEC], TechMedia, Pacific Digital, ArtMedia, Maxcall, Altrasonic, DynaScan, EZC, Smile, Kinoton GMBH, and many others.

Wallace holds an MSBA post-graduate degree in Marketing Strategy from USC, an MBA degree in Management Information Systems Design and Implementation from the USC Marshall School of Business, and a Bachelor's degree in Business Economics from UCLA Anderson School of Management. He is currently the #2 ranked All Time Top Expert on LinkedIn, out of more than 90,000,000 executives that use that social media business web site.