GDG Ekiti State University

Do you want to learn about the cool opportunities Google has for you? Do you want to be certified? Do you want some cool gifts from Google??? Here is an opportunity... Google Student Student Ambassadors at Ekiti State University Presents a free event  tagged: Learned Learn Ads!!! Register @   http:// goo.gl/NReU4M  to be part of this event. Date: This  Friday 14th November, 2014 . Venue: Adetutu Hall, Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti Time: 10:00Am Contact: Mary ( mary4s4j@gmail.com ) for more details. Lots of cool stuff to win and learn!!! Kindly Re-share!!!

“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...

Hello All, + The two GDG community in Ekiti have partnered to bring you the very best this season. DevFest Ekiti 2014 tagged " Season Of Android" is designed to introduce tech enthusiast who have no previous knowledge of programming to Java programming language and train them to develop on the Android platform. Also, the experts will not be left out. They will be exposed to developing on Android wear. There will be showcase of Some Android Wears. I bet you don't wanna miss out!!! So much stuff to win... Register For the event Here or copy and paste the following URL in your browser https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1N2zvm9m4D7S6lROvoIYhN1GTw1Pb5zqmcwolbAJ8pho Also RSVP the event on Google+ or copy and paste the following URL in your browser https://plus.google.com/b/110463793540880663642/events/c8q0dd7gblatsef75mdvqvvmkrk See you there!!!

The started on Wednesday with the training sessions on Google Mapmaker and Google Earth sessions and lasted for over 4 hours with every participants going home refreshed with new technologies learnt.... Some pictures is as below:

Growing the User Experience Community in Sub Saharan Africa Are you intrigued by the rapidly-growing world of user experience design? Do you wonder how good design can gain users for your technology/software products? Are you passionate about giving your users the experience they deserve? Are you looking to meet and connect with other design enthusiasts? Yes? Then please read on. At Google, user experience is central to everything we do. Indeed the top thing on our list of ten things we know to be true is: “Focus on the user and all else will follow.” This is a principle we embrace in product design as we look to build products and services that appeal to users all over the world. We believe that an Internet made up of websites and applications designed with the user in mind will lead to a better experience overall for users, regardless culture, language, location, or how they access the internet, thus resulting in a thriving technology community. This is why we...