{"id":3726,"date":"2016-01-18T22:27:06","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T05:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.road2cablog.com\/?p=3726"},"modified":"2016-01-18T22:27:06","modified_gmt":"2016-01-19T05:27:06","slug":"theres-a-new-app-in-town-road-to-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/18\/theres-a-new-app-in-town-road-to-california\/","title":{"rendered":"There\u2019s A New App In Town: Road To California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[Road to California strives to be a leader in presenting the best quilt show experience for our guests. That is why at Road 2016, we are introducing the <em>Road to California App.<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/road-to-california\/theres-a-new-app-in-town-road-to-california\/attachment\/road-app-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3729\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3729\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Road-App-3.jpg\" alt=\"Road App 3\" width=\"302\" height=\"340\" \/><\/a><\/em>\nSince May 2015, we have been working on this new application. Says Matt Reese, Show Manager, \u201cThe Road to California App is bringing our show in to the future. Using the app provides <strong>reliability knowing we can share the most current information about the show in real time<\/strong>.\u201d\nAnother benefit of the app: it supports Road to California\u2019s efforts in sustaining a green environment. \u00a0<strong>The app is replacing the Show Book<\/strong>, reducing the huge amount of paper used to publish the books.\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>What are some of the app features?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n\t\n\n<li><strong>A map<\/strong> to help guests locate everything at the show: Classes, Vendors, Special Exhibits, and even food<\/li>\n\n\n\t\n\n<li><strong>A personal schedule<\/strong> so guests can plan out what to see and do, including the $5 Lectures.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\n\n<li><strong>A listing of Exhibitors<\/strong> so guests can locate them on the showroom floor. Guests can keep track of the products they are interested in, and have the exhibitors\u2019 contact information for after the show.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\n\n<li><strong>A listing of Teachers<\/strong>, their classes, and their contact information.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\n\n<li><strong>A listing of Sponsors<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\n\n<li>Information about the <strong>Daily Drawings<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\n\n<li><strong>Menus<\/strong> for each of the food buffets served each day.<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/road-to-california\/theres-a-new-app-in-town-road-to-california\/attachment\/road-app4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3730\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3730\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Road-App4-465x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Road App4\" width=\"333\" height=\"733\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\nIn addition, guests can join in the fun <strong>sharing<\/strong> their pictures, comments, reviews and ratings of the show with other guests. Users can even earn badges for their participation with the app!!\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>How do you get started?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\nTo get the <strong>free app<\/strong>, for Apple users, go to the App Store and search for Road to California. Google users need to go to the Play Store and search for RoadToCalifornia (all one word). \u00a0It\u2019s best to download the app before you come to the show so that you can become familiar with its features.<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/road-to-california\/theres-a-new-app-in-town-road-to-california\/attachment\/road-app-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3728\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3728\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Road-App-2-958x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Road App 2\" width=\"409\" height=\"437\" \/><\/a>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>What if I don\u2019t have a smart device? Or I forget to bring my smart device?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\nNo worries. There will be<strong> two iPad stations<\/strong> in the Convention Center (each having five iPads running the app) available for guests to use. Road Staff will be on hand to answer questions and \u00a0guide guests with their app questions. And for those guests who just can&#8217;t manage the app this year, there will be a small number of traditional Show Books available.\nThe <em>Road to California App <\/em>allows guests to customize their Road 2016 experience and keep their information long after the show has ended. Carolyn Reese, show owner, is thrilled to offer this new addition. \u201cWe are excited to provide better and more information to our guests using the app than we ever could with a show book.\u201d\nWhat feature are you looking forward to using on the <em>Road to California App<\/em>?\n&nbsp;]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[29,32],"tags":[98,99,470,921,1113,1347],"class_list":["post-3726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-road-2016","category-road-to-california","tag-app","tag-app-store","tag-going-green","tag-play-store","tag-road-to-california-app","tag-using-smart-devices"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Road-App-3.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}