I’ve decided to candidate myself again (yes, I wasn’t elected last time) for the Maemo Council elections. During these months I’ve tried to help more the Maemo Community and I’ve started working to two Qt/C++ projects. Here you can find something more about me.
Name: Andrea Grandi
maemo.org profile: Andy80 - http://maemo.org/profile/view/andy80/
Corporate affiliation: none
Introduction
My name is Andrea Grandi, I live in Italy and I’m a Computer Science student. I’ve worked for some years as a software developer, then I started university. I’m part of the Maemo Community since 2007. Since then I like to help new users, organizing events, developing applications for Maemo. During this year I’ve started developing applications using Qt/C++ for N900, to be ready when MeeGo for handled devices will be out. I really like to collaborate with other community members to build together the best product ever.
My life in the Community
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May 2008: PyMaemo: Python for Nokia Internet Tablet @ PyCon Italia 2 - http://www.pycon.it/conference/talks/pymaemo-python-i-nokia-internet-tablet
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September 2008: ESBox and Pluthon Eclipse plugins: how to use Eclipse to develop Maemo applications @ Maemo Summit 2008 - http://wiki.maemo.org/Maemo_Summit_2008
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Summer 2009: I worked to python-mafw bindings, during a stage in Igalia.
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October 2009: python-mafw: MAFW framework for Python developers @ Maemo Summit 2009 - http://wiki.maemo.org/Maemo_Summit_2009
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May 2010: PySide: Python Bindings for the Qt Framework @ PyCon Italia 4 - http://www.pycon.it/conference/talks/qt-mobile-pyside-bindings
Current Activities
I’m currently working to two Maemo/MeeGo projects. The first one is mSoma, a Soma.Fm client that I’m developing with Lorenzo Bettini. The other one is LastGo, a Last.fm client. Both applications are written in Qt/C++ and are using QtMobility as multimedia libraries.
- mSoma: http://gitorious.org/msoma - http://maemo.org/packages/view/msoma
- LastGo: http://gitorious.org/lastgo - http://maemo.org/packages/view/lastgo
Motivations
I really would like to be able to do more for the community and one of the best way could be to be part of the council, to help both users/developers to explain their requests to Nokia and Nokia to understand the requests from the community. There are a lot of fantastic ideas coming from the community that could improve what we are doing: the key is to organize them and giving them more attention. This is what I’ve always looked for: working together to build something great! This will be probably the last Maemo Council, since now we (Maemo) and them (Moblin) are all part of the same community: MeeGo, and I’d like to help Maemo people to feel the most comfortable possible in our new Community.