GDG Ekiti State University

“User Experience is everything you need to know,   think about and do to make sure you are launching the right product for the right people.” So I got an invite to attend the User Experience Masterclass co-organised by Google and Pan Atlantic University, the parent institution of the Lagos Business School. This event as widely announced was initiated to help raise the bar of User Experience Design in Africa. It held in cities across Africa – Nairobi in Kenya, Capetown in South Africa and Lagos in Nigeria. The 2-day Lagos edition which I was privileged to be part of was packed with a lot of process-driven activities. Towards having a first-hand understanding as to the concept of User Experience, we were being guided by Matsumi Matsumoto and Ben Davies , the instructors from Google. We learnt about the process of taking an idea from concept to launch including sketching, user testing, prototyping, and the importance of making continuous improvements on products so a...

You may be bothered by Couple of questions including: I don't know about Web designing? What is Polymer?   What is Web Component?  How can I design website that work seamlessly across all browsers (e.g. IE, Mozilla, Chrome, Safari, etc.) What is Polyfil/ a polyfiller? What's all about this Google Polymer? What does the paper/Material design mean? I want to learn Polymer, How? Where? When? How does it work? Why should I use Polymer instead of JS, Angular JS or JQuery? Is this another web Standard? Hello Devs,  If you need answers to all the above questions, Check out the following quick links and feel free to reach out to us via our email thread ( https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/gdgeksu ). learn web designing (HTML and CSS)  free: http://www.codecademy.com About Web Component:  http://css-tricks. com/modular-future-web- components/ Web component Wiki:  http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Web_Components Polymer Website (Y...

Here at Google, we always put the user first, and for the Developer Platform team, our developers are our users. We want to create the best development platform and provide the support you need to build world-changing apps, but we need to hear from you, our users, on a regular basis so we can see what’s working and what needs to change. That's why we're launching our  developer survey  -- we want to hear about how you are using our APIs and platforms, and what your experience is using our developer products and services. We'll use your responses to identify how we can support yo u better in your development efforts. Photo Credit:  Google I/O 2014 The survey should only take 10 to 15 minutes of your time, and in addition to helping us improve our products, you can also help raise money to educate children around the globe. For every developer who completes the  survey , we will donate $10 USD (up to a maximum amount of $20,000USD total) to your choice of one of the...