computer science

Outside (company)

Outside (company) is a computer science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Outside (company) rather than just read about it. In short: Outside Inc., formerly called Pocket Outdoor Media until February 2021, is an American company focused on sports and recreation (especially outdoor sports), fitness and nutrition. It has various ventures such as Outside magazine, Outside TV, the Gaia GPS and Trailforks trail mapping apps, Climbing magazine, Peloton magazine, Rock & Ice magazine, Women's Running magazine and Yoga Journal.

Key takeaways

Outside (company) belongs to computer science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Outside (company) to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Outside (company) from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Outside Inc., formerly called Pocket Outdoor Media until February 2021, is an American company focused on sports and recreation (especially outdoor sports), fitness and nutrition. It has various ventures such as Outside magazine, Outside TV, the Gaia GPS and Trailforks trail mapping apps, Climbing magazine, Peloton magazine, Rock & Ice magazine, Women's Running magazine and Yoga Journal. The company is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.

Overview and history As Pocket Outdoor Media, the company received Series A venture capital financing from Jazz Venture Partners, Next Ventures, and Zone 5 Ventures, and announced the funding together with the acquisition of three divisions of Active Interest Media in June 2020. In February 2021, Pocket Outdoor Media acquired Outside Integrated Media and renamed itself to Outside, Inc. Outside Inc. is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado. As of July 2021, it also had offices in

Carbondale, Colorado Denver, Colorado Easthampton, Massachusetts Frankfurt, Germany Melbourne, Australia New York City, New York Ojai, California San Diego, California San Francisco, California Santa Fe, New Mexico Squamish, British Columbia Toronto, Ontario Company acquisitions have included:

Three divisions of Active Interest Media, purchased in June 2020 Big Stone Publishing, purchased in October 2020 FinisherPix, a sports event photography company, purchased in November 2020 Outside Integrated Media, purchased in February 2021 Inkwell Media, a marketing agency, purchased in November 2021 Roam Media, an online education brand, purchased in November 2021 Fastest Known Time (FKT), purchased in March 2022. Stomp Sessions, an online action sports tutorials learning platform, purchased in October 2022 for integration into the Outside Learn operation The company offers a monthly subscription service called Outside+ for bundled access to several of its websites, use of its mobile app navigation services, event discounts, and sports training programs.

Brands and operations Brands owned by the company include

Fastest Known Time (FKT), an outdoor sports speed record tracking website (purchased in March 2022) Inkwell Media, a marketing agency (purchased in November 2021) Roam Media, an online education brand (purchased in November 2021) Pinkbike cycling website, CyclingTips website, and Trailforks GPS-enabled trail database and mobile app (purchased in July 2021) Outside Shop outdoor-related product sales website (purchased as the Cairn subscription box service and renamed in April 2021) Brands acquired via the purchase of Outside Integrated Media in February 2021: Outside magazine Outside TV television network (launched in 2010) Peloton magazine, the athleteReg sporting events organizing service and mobile app, and the Gaia GPS trail mapping mobile app (purchased in February 2021 separately from the purchase of Outside Integrated Media) Beta mountain biking magazine (launched in March 2021) Paleo magazine (purchased in November 2020) FinisherPix, a sports event photography company (purchased in November 2020) Gym Climber, Rock & Ice, and Trail Runner magazines (via purchase of Big Stone Publishing in October 2020) Brands acquired via the purchase of three divisions of Active Interest Media in June 2020: Outside Business Journal, formerly SNEWS, a sports trade website and former trade magazine (rebranded in March 2021 after purchase as SNEWS) Yoga Journal, Vegetarian Times, Ski, Climbing, Backpacker, Oxygen, Clean Eating, Better Nutrition, Muscle & Performance and NatuRx magazines National Park Trips trip planning websites and magazines for National Parks NASTAR, a recreational ski and snowboard racing program founded in 1968 by Ski magazine Warren Miller Entertainment, an action sports film company Fly Fishing Film Tour (F3T), a fly fishing film event program Roll Massif, an event production company purchased just before the Active Interest Media purchases of June 2020 Women's Running, VeloNews, Triathlete, and Bicycle Retailer and Industry News magazines (owned prior to the June 2020 purchases from Active Interest Media) VeloPress book publishing (owned prior to the June 2020 purchases from Active Interest Media) VeloSwap biking and skiing expo event (owned prior to the June 2020 purchases from Active Interest Media) The Box, a fitness website and possibly a magazine Other "Outside" branded operations Outside Books (book publishing) Outside Events Cycling Series (cycling event program) Outside Learn (online education) Discontinued and divested brands:

PodiumRunner, a defunct running magazine shut down in March 2022 (already owned by Pocket Outdoor Media prior to the June 2020 purchases from Active Interest Media) IDEA Health and Fitness Association, a membership association for fitness and wellness professionals (purchased from Active Interest Media in June 2020, sold in April 2022 to its CEO Amy Boone Thompson)

External links Official website

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Outside (company)

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Outside (company) claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In computer science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Outside (company) before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Outside (company) ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Outside (company)

In research: Outside (company) appears in computer science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Outside (company) in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Outside (company) is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Companies based in Colorado, Magazine publishing companies of the United States, Route planning software, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Outside (company) outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Outside (company) in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Outside (company) means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Outside (company) out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Outside (company) in simple terms?

Why does Outside (company) matter?

Because it connects several computer science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Outside (company)?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Outside (company).