REMINDER - Responsive Web Design or Native App? A Case Study...on the Run - Monday, August 27, 6 PM

[Matthew Gifford]

Monday, August 27, 6 PM — Please RSVP

[http://mobileportland.com/events/responsive-web-design-or-native-app-case-studyon-run]

Running and cycling have become connected sports. When runners

and cyclists join a race, they want status, results, and social

network integration -- before the race, after the race, and even

while on the move. Because each athlete has a different mobile

device, how can a single technology support an entire race, from

registration to results?

Enter Athletepath, a Portland Incubator Experiment startup. When

Athletepath faced this challenge, they chose responsive web

design (RWD) instead of creating native apps for every

conceivable platform. Combining RWD and SMS for messaging

provides technology that serves the largest number of users with

the best cost-to-benefit ratio possible.

At this month's Mobile Portland, front-end developer Christian

Reed will explain how and why Athletepath built its platform.

As the official digital race platform of Hood to Coast,

Athletepath will receive its largest test this month, serving

over 18,000 athletes, along with their friends and family, in

the world's largest relay.

About the Speaker

Christian Reed [https://twitter.com/christianreed], Lead Front

-End Developer, Athletepath [https://www.athletepath.com/]

Christian Reed is the lead front-end developer at Athletepath,

the world's first complete race platform, and a startup based

out of Wieden+Kennedy's PIE incubator. He is also the principal

at RGB Fabrication, a consultancy specializing in standards

-based web development and responsive design. In his spare time

he curates MadeInPortland.org, a local business listing, and is

an enthusiastic amateur bicycle racer.

Responsive Web Design or Native App? A Case Study...on the Run

Monday, August 27, 6 PM

Doors open at 5:30

Urban Airship / Cloud Four

334 NW 11th Ave.

Portland, OR 97209

RSVP

[http://mobileportland.com/events/responsive-web-design-or-native-app-case-studyon-run]

Map

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Thanks to our Sponsors

Thanks to Urban Airship [http://urbanairship.com] and Cloud

Four [http://cloudfour.com] for helping sponsor Mobile Portland

this month.

About Mobile Portland

Mobile Portland [http://mobileportland.com] is a non-profit

organization (yeah!) dedicated to educating, promoting and

supporting the mobile technology community in Portland, Oregon

and the surrounding areas. We gather on the fourth Monday of

every month for presentations, discussion and networking.