Refresh Boston 4th Anniversary Event April 20, 2010

Happy Anniversary! Refresh Boston is officially 4 years old, and to celebrate we're hosting a bigger-than-usual event in the usual place, Microsoft's NERD Center.

Our speaker this time around is Fred Leblanc, a web developer and co-organizer of the Salem Build Guild, and he will present:

Development for the New Mobile Web

Everyone wants an iPhone app or a mobile website these days, but it's harder than they think. Learn the ins & outs, tips and tricks, on developing for the mobile web at a time when smart phones, iPhones and small, pocketable devices are becoming the norm for getting online to browse the web.

About Fred

Fred is a web developer, writer, photographer, beer-drinker, husband, doodler & more. He also recently built a mobile website called Am I Near Fred?, which uses location-based services to determine how far you are from Fred at the moment (use it on a mobile phone for best results). He also created Roundabout, a jQuery plugin that changes regular old HTML to highly customizable turntable-like interactive areas.

When he's not building cool stuff on the web, he helps organize the Build Guild in Salem, MA, a little monthly meetup of web folks that focuses on mustaches and beer.

Sponsors, Giveaways & More

We've got a lot of goodies in store for attendees to celebrate our 4th anniversary, including a handful of copies of Brian Fling's book entitled Mobile Web Design and Development, thanks to our friends at O'Reilly. There will be appetizers and beverages too, and we've got PixelMEDIA to thank as well for being kind enough to support us this month.

If you'd like to help sponsor this event, or a future Refresh Boston event, please let us know by visiting the Refresh Boston support page on our website.