J. G. Anderson

Jermaine George Anderson (1979) was born in Sheffield, England. He grew up in the town of Wincobank, where he developed his passion for technology, art, design, and computing. From an early age he started coding on the family computer, using BASIC on an Amstrad CPC 6128. When he was eight, Jermaine recalls one day his father set him the task of designing a level for the critically acclaimed U.S. Gold computer game Gauntlet, which he did, only to discover that the submission date for the level entry had passed, to his disappointment. He sites this as one of the early lessons he learned, always do something for the enjoyment, that rewards come in various guises. Ultimately problem solving and working with technology are his main drivers working in Internet and Media.

Having earned a BSc honors degree in Chemistry at The University of Birmingham, and a MSc in Computer Studies from Sheffield Hallam University, Jermaine devoted much of his professional career working with Flash and online media over the last 10 years, taking a keen interest in mobile development from 2004. In 2005 he was awarded the Best Productivity category for his Mobile TV application he designed and developed for the Macromedia Flash Lite Contest.

His first book, "Professional Flash Lite Mobile Application Development", focuses on structuring several mobile application concepts using the PureMVC framework targeting the Flash Lite player. "Beginning Flash, Flex, and AIR Development for Mobile Devices", focuses on the Flex mobile development targeting Android and iOS devices.