This Meetup Group is about the Lean Startup Methodology developed by Eric Ries. It is centered on the implementation of this methodology to the Internet startups where participants work. Participants will be able to share their successes and difficulties of implementation with the group so as to create a learning process. We will focus more on tools than concepts, and on practice than on theory, as our interest is in the immediate implementation of these tools in our startups and the lessons lea …

Investor Ron Conway estimates real-time data is 1 percent to 2 percent of Web content (2009). In three years, it will climb to 25 percent of the content on the Web. That will make the market a $5 billion opportunity. “I think this is the next multi-billion dollar market.” – Ron Conway The real-time web has the potential to disrupt and fundamentally shift the way we communicate. This is THE meet-up to attend if you are shaping or wanting to know the people, technology and thought-leaders of the …

The Bicycel Trails cpouncil of the East Bay was formed in 1987, and helped to create the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) in 1988. The work of BTCEB is essential in developing the mountain biking culture and keeping trails open for local mountain biking. The BTCEB Meetup.com group was established by the Bicycle Trails Council of the East Bay (www.btceb.org). and is a tool for bringing us all, veteran and new riders, together for a great time. By joining BTCEB you'll be support …

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

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 browser implementations and new api's. We'll also take a look at the relationship between HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript on both desktop and mobile devices using Responsive Web Design. The meetup is great for the technical web designer/developers, but we encourage anyone to join who wishes to understand HTML5 better.

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.

A group for people in the SF East Bay who love/use/want to learn - jQuery, jQuery UI, jQuery Mobile and pure JavaScript too. 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. There is something for everyone to learn, from novices to experts a like.

There seem to be a lot of software-related learning/coworking/entrepreneuring groups in San Francisco and the Peninsula. What about those of us on this side of the BART tube? Are you starting a new programming or web project, and looking for someone to bounce ideas off of, or maybe chip in? Are you taking a break (voluntary or otherwise) from wage slavery, and want to hang around some other people who are upgrading their skill sets? Do you want to contribute to someone else's project? Or are yo …

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.

Welcome to Ruby on Trails, the Bay Area tech hiking group.Don't let the name fool you.  This group is definitely not limited to engineers working with Ruby on Rails and is open to anybody interested in technology, startups, hacking, designing, hiking, or just need a break from the office.We welcome everybody and their pets, and we can't wait to meet the community on a fun and challenging hike.  Activity stimulates creativity so join us in sharing ideas, talking shop, and having fun!After each hi …

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 group will meet regularly to discuss cross-device HTML5 developer tools for creating native applications for iOS, Android, and Windows along with HTML5 web apps.  We'll invite guest speakers to discuss new advances in HTML5, JavaScript and CSS3 that empower web and mobile developers to accelerate their time to market and reduce the costs associated with deploying across a variety of devices. Group Meetups will include both technical and market-oriented sessions and will try to meet on a qua …

We gather online and in-person to discuss all aspects of the eZ Publish Enterprise Content Management System. All skill levels (from beginner to expert) and roles (from end user to marketer to developer to purchase decision maker) are welcome. We are an extension of the broader, global community, focused on North and South America. We have two regularly scheduled monthly conference calls: one about the eZ Ecosystem in general, usually featuring an eZ Systems employee as a guest attendee; and one …

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. Me …

Are you annoyed that you have to separate the people that "know jQuery" from the people that actually know JavaScript? Know which direction the browser reads CSS and why that matters for performance? Know how opacity alters compositing in the GPU? Have SpeedTracer, DynaTrace, and others installed on your machine? This group is for you. Moderated by a past core developer of Firebug.

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 …

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/

Get together with other hackers and engineers to share experiences and tips for getting the most out of the Raspberry Pi. We'll also post and promote Raspberry Pi-related events by others.

A SOMA Meetup for start-ups, entrepreneurs, engineers with great ideas, VCs, Angels and anyone else who wants to build systems, platforms, products or services using elite level Ruby on Rails development.

Berkeley chapter of the Society for Technical Communication. We get together for a monthly meeting with a program and networking, but we'd love to have impromptu get-togethers of technical communicators as well.

Come join National Instruments engineers and developers for a discussion of tips, tricks, and best practices of working with LabVIEW. In this user group you will network, ask questions, and share code with fellow LabVIEW users when we meet every 3 months.

Seeking people seriously interested in learning and running Drupal meetings and learning sessions (experienced and non-experienced Drupalists). Currently, no groups exist in this area, besides San Francisco and Berkeley. * Please RSVP for initial meeting and subsequent meetings.

Entrepreneurs invariably cluster together in or gravitate toward the region known as the Tech Startup Area℠, California. The Mayor is Rauhmel Fox, CEO, WHOmentors.com, Inc. and Investor, KOMPANY Startup℠.

Come meet once a month with other like-minded cloud and API hackers. Having trouble making time to finish that side-project of yours connecting Evernote to Facebook? See how much more you can get done with other developers around. Maybe you'll even meet your next co-founder. This MeetUp will occasionally have speakers from publishers of your favorite APIs, but really it's about getting together in a shared space on a consistent basis and finishing what you've let languish.

The goal of this meetup group is to develop an interesting community of web publishers Join this group if you like: Publishing websites (blogs, forums, wikis, etc.) Web programming Tech meetups Startups

Good morning African American web professionals. If you professionally develop code, media, content, or strategy for the web, please come and join us for a networking waffle breakfast.

Monthly resource for Drupal users, developers, administrators, and designers in and around near Oakland, CA.  EBDUG meets on the last Wednesday of every month (except for November and December) to discuss all things Drupal.  Particular attention is placed on helping each other scale the Drupal Cliff -- the feeling you get that you almost, but not quite, understand enough about Drupal to get the things done that you want to.  We're here to help you succeed.

SKUID is an exciting new UI development tool for Salesforce developement. It greatly extends the work you can do while staying in the "no programming" environment and offers interface metaphors that require custom programming when you work directly in Salesforce. It's brand new and growing fast. Join us in exploring, learning and helping to develop this exiciting new product. I don't have a meeting place or times decided yet. Let me know what would work for you.