Bring Your Site, Improve Your Design Are you building a website without a designer? Do you feel like there's something wrong, but can't quite put your finger on it? Are you a designer looking for some feedback? No matter how much time you’ve put into your website, chances are it could still benefit from a designer’s “fresh pair of eyes”. We’ll review your website and make suggestions for improvement. We’ll go through examples and analyze the content, typography, look and feel, accessability, etc …

This meetup is designed to help understand what HTML5 is and how we can use it now. We'll explore the new elements and have some fun debates about semantic markup. We'll also take a look at the relationship between HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript. The meetup is great for the technical web designer/developers amongst us, but we encourage anyone to join who wishes to understand HTML5 better.

If you self-identify as a Hacker then you're likely to develop or tweak some kind of product. The lifeblood of success of any product is Sales. Customer development starts with a conversation with a customer, part of the sales process. There are lots of sales seminars and self help books out there, but many lacking relevant real world experience and lessons learned by first time Hackers and Entrepreneurs in technology. Sharing those lessons and learning from each other will be the goal of this m …

We decided to get this meetup group together to meet likeminded young designers and developers. Being able to network collab and share resources is the goal.

All aspects of the eZ Publish CMS.

Got Questions about WordPress?  This weekly support group is appropriate for users, developers, and designers working with WordPress.  Bring your questions, we'll try to figure out an answer in the group.$10

Freelance web work is lonely and isolating. We want to meet others that we can socialize with, learn from and maybe work with. All web disciplines welcome - design, development, IA, project management, whatever.

Come discuss Javascript with some of the most talented programmers in the East Bay. Show off some of the cool projects you've been working on and talk about everything happening in the JS community. Let's share tips, tricks, hacks and frameworks! We don't have a JavaScript group in the East Bay so I thought I'd start one. Our first topic is an intro to Node. Come check it out!   Logo provided by Oakland's Where It's AT-AT. http://www.oaklandiswhereitsatat.com/

We will learn about intellectual property issues—how to acquire, maintain, enforce, and defend against. In addition to intellectual property attorneys and agents, anyone dealing with intellectual property issues is welcome to share their knowledge and experience. This group is about patents, copyrights, and trademarks.

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Groovy is the second standard language for the Java platform. Grails is an open-source web application framework that leverages the Groovy language and complements Java Web development. Let's get together and talk about these important new technologies.

This started as a group to gauge interest in building a coworking space in downtown Oakland, CA.

Entrepreneurship permeates the culture of Silicon Valley -  the innovation capital of the world. Never before has it been so possible for anyone from anywhere,  with  a great idea and a burning desire to succeed,  to make it big and change the world in a relatively short period of time. Taking a startup from idea to IPO has taken on mythical proportions.   Many dream the dream, with hopes of launching the "next big thing". We are a community of entrepreneurs, technologists, academics, financial …

An Internet of Things (IoT) community group for the East Bay Area of San Francisco. Following on from IoTLondon, IoTAmsterdam and IoTNYC - we are opening a new community in the East Bay. Here's what our London Group are doing this week http://www.meetup.com/iotlondon/events/57537982/ Join for informal discussions, short presentations and socialise with fellow IoT Enthusiasts. Whether you are a hobbyist, maker or work professionally in this subject - come along for an evening out. …

Think Film. Think Design. Think Art. Architecture, Anime, Apps, Autos, Cartoons, Copywriting, Illustration, Imagination, Interactive, Interiors, Information ... you get the idea. Here is a chance for professionals and students who live, love, and work in visual arts to meet, argue, make friends, and explore the ever expanding world of possibilities. As the group grows, we can schedule events, show and tell, screenings, and get aways. We are an open group with an open mind, and all input, suggest …

A group for people in the SF East Bay who love/use/want to learn - jQuery, jQuery UI and jQuery Mobile. If you are a web developer and don't know jQuery, this group will help you get started on it. If you do know jQuery, hopefully this group will deepen your knowledge.