Welcome
About Me
Rajesh Lal works at Nokia Silicon Valley as a Senior Engineer/Developer Evangelist. He is an internationally recognized digital product leader who has designed and contributed to software used by millions of people.
Raj is the author of four popular books (Windows Gadget, Web Widget, Smartphone web development & Fun with Silverlight) in addition to many articles about web, digital product design and strategy. He is also a consistently top-rated speaker at conferences and companies around the world.
With over a decade of experience in software industry, Raj enjoys taking an objective approach to developing applications and makes extra effort to simplify complex topics. He has a master's degree in Computer Science and holds MCSD & MCAD titles. He lives in Mountain View, California.
Silverlight 4 Resources: http://silverlightfun.comWeb Widgets: http://widgets-gadgets.com
Mobile Web: http://smallinterface.com
Vista Gadget: http://innovatewithgadgets.com
Contact: connectrajesh@hotmail
Website: http://irajesh.com
Twitter: @iRajLal
Phone: +1-650-224-3812
Raj's complete resume and recommendations are available on LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/in/rajeshlal.
Skill Summary
- o 10+ years of experience in Software Analysis, Design, and Development
- o Demonstrated leader with versatile experience in Windows, Web & Mobile
- o Experience in Collaborating/Supporting multiple Silicon Valley ISVs
- o Expert in Web technologies: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, JQuery, Ajax, REST
- o Expert in User Interface technology: XAML, Silverlight, Flash and WPF
- o Excellent knowledge of client-server architecture with C#, ASP.NET & SQL
- o Experience with Linux, Mac OS, Windows, Mobile, Mylo, iPhone, and MeeGo
- o Technology Evangelist with Excellent Presentation skills
Books Written
- o Fun with Silverlight 4: Illustrated Guide to Rich Internet Applications, amazon
- o Beginning Smartphone Web Development (with Gail Fredrick, Apress, amazon
- o Developing Web Widget with HTML CSS, JSON & Ajax (with Chava, amazon)
- o Creating Vista Gadgets: Using HTML, CSS and JavaScript (Sams, amazon)
UI Inventions
- o Honeycomb User Interface I, Sony: United States Patent D622733 8/31/10
- o Honeycomb User Interface II, Sony: United States Patent D606089 12/15/09
- o UI for Digital Photo Frame, Sony: United States Patent 12/414,368 03/30/09
Awards, Certificates and Education
- o Code Project Most Valuable Professional (MVP) 2008
- o First Prize in Creative Web Design Contest, Lamar University
- o Microsoft Certified Application Developer MCAD.NET - 2004, MCSD - 2001
- o All India Merit Certificate in Mathematics - OLYMPIAD - 1994
- o Bachelors in Computer Science Hislop College India - 1994- 1997
- o Masters in Computer Science Lamar University Texas - 2003-2005
Making a difference at W3C
Yours Truly
Connect with me
Digital Design Essentials coming May 2013 
Digital Design Essentials - May 2013100 ways to design better desktop, web, and mobile interfaces
Accessible HTML5 Design article at MSDN magazine
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Accessible Design with HTML5 at MSDN Magazine
Silverlight VB Book
Fun with Silverlight 4 with VB (Amazon/ Kindle edition)
Fun with Silverlight 4 with C# (Amazon/Kindle edition)
Developing Web Widget (Amazon/Kindle edition)
My Other Books
Beginning Smartphone Web Development (Amazon)
Creating Vista Gadgets with... Silverlight (Amazon)
My Article at MSDN Magazine
Developing 3D Objects(Fun with Silverlight 4)
Code Project MVP
My Articles at CodeProject
LinkedIn Connect
My Twitter Updates
Fun Badge
Blog Archives
Association of Computing Machinery
Favorite Links
Widgets for Web 2.0Vista Sidebar Gadget
C Sharp Tricks
Trick Of Mind
Silverlight for fun
A.B.C. of Design
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