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<p>With Android Gear watches already in the market and Apple Watch near on the horizon, businesses and developers are scrambling to try to figure out how watches and other wearables fit into their plans.</p> <p><img src="http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/6/5/c/600_433561628.jpeg"></p> <p>
And beyond the opportunities for businesses, there remain fundamental questions about consumer interest in these products. Who will buy them? What will they use them for? Will concepts like quantified self reach a larger audience?</p> <p>Join our esteemed panel in discussing Apple Watch, Android Gear and wearables at this month's Mobile Portland meeting.</p> <p><b>MEET THE PANEL</b></p> <p><b>Amber Case</b></p> <p>Amber Case is the Director of <a href="http://pdx.esri.com/">Esri R&D Center, Portland</a>, where she works on next generation location-based technology. Previously, she co-founded Geoloqi, a location-based software company acquired by mapping company Esri in 2012. Case founded IndieWebCamp with Tantek Çelik and Aaron Parecki in 2010. You can follow her on Twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/caseorganic">@caseorganic</a> or at <a href="http://caseorganic.com/">caseorganic.com</a>.</p> <p><br><b>Brent Hieggelke</b></p> <p>Brent Hieggelke is the CMO of <a href="http://urbanairship.com">Urban Airship</a>, which enables the world's top brands to earn and maintain a presence on their customers' mobile devices through mobile relationship management solutions. Previously, he spent a decade helping brands optimize digital marketing initiatives in executive marketing posts at WebTrends, TouchClarity and Omniture. Most recently, Brent started and ran Second Porch, the first Facebook-integrated social vacation rental site sold to HomeAway, Inc. in May 2011. Early in his career, Brent co-founded New City, a media company in Chicago. Brent has received multiple marketing awards, is a frequent speaker at both marketing and digital conferences and is a member of the Mobile Marketing Association’s North America board and the International Executive Council of the Internet Marketing Association.</p> <p>
<b>Josh Marinacci</b></p> <p>Josh Marinacci is an engineer, author, speaker, designer, and general UI wrangler. He has written books for O'Reilly Media, built IDEs, coded app stores, authored developer content, and prototyped an endless array of amusing interfaces. He is currently working as a researcher at Nokia. He previously traveled the world teaching webOS, JavaFX, Swing, and HTML canvas. He works from home in rainy but green Eugene, Oregon, with his wife and 3-year-old son.</p> |
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2015-01-26 18:00:00 -0800 |
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Apple Watch, Android Wear and Wearables |
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http://www.meetup.com/Mobile-Portland/events/214416632/ |
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