Welcome to the Marketing Roundtable sponsored by Foxxr. We are a discussion group that meets on the third Tuesday of every month at De Laveaga Golf Lodge from 12:00 - 1:30pm.  Cost is only $20.00 and includes lunch. We end our meetings on time every time. Our fun and lively group will hear speakers, share their own marketing experiences and network over lunch. Topics Covered: Brand development Market analysis, segmentation, targeting, positioning & messaging Marketing content & collateral devel …

Internet marketing encompasses a broad, diverse set of processes: search, content networks, email marketing, affiliate networks, video ads, social media, viral marketing, and more. Our organizer, Bill Belew, is The Traffic Professor = his primary source of income is from blogging AND he pays his sizable Silicon Valley mortgage from his blogging revenue. He is also the author of the best-read How to Blog for Money and Web Traffic series. We meet regularly to discuss how to utilize these tools to …

Silicon Valley Perl (SVPerl) is for people interested in the Perl programming language in the Silicon Valley area - engineers and coders, or other users. A previous Perl Mongers group existed in the area until 2005. SVPerl re-established the Perl group in 2010. See SVPerl's web site at http://svperl.org/

Santa Cruz Web Developers is an informal group of web designers, developers, appreciators and visionaries. Started in July 2008, the group is dedicated to the notion that we each have a unique angle and therefore something valuable to offer in this vast, ever-changing digital field. We take turns presenting topics of interest and value to the group, and occasionally bring in guest speakers to share their expertise. Topics range from color and design theory to xampp installation, debugging pages …

The SVForum Software Architecture and Platform SIG offers a forum for members to discuss and learn about new and emerging technologies in software architecture, development tools, and platforms. At the monthly meeting, there is a technical presentation involving software tools, techniques, platforms, or architecture used to capitalize on an emerging market opportunity or solve an enterprise computing problem. Software tools include emerging functional languages such as Scala or F#, HTML5 or new …

The Silicon Valley BlackBerry Developers Group exists to connect developers in Silicon Valley interested in gaining and sharing knowledge about developing on the BlackBerry platform. This includes all BlackBerry handsets and emergent BlackBerry devices such as the PlayBook. We meet about once a month in the Santa Clara area. Meeting topics and styles will range from month to month but will primarily be technically oriented. Anyone interested in BlackBerry development is welcome to join a meetin …

On a Hackternoon, Mobile meets Web meets Cloud, cross platform BlackBerry Developers hack and have fun together. Use this Meetup to fill gaps in your personal tech stack. This Meetup has a strong educational focus through project deployment. We learn by watching, asking, listening, and doing. We use a combo of Paired Programming, brain power, and a project deployment to help you stay caught up.  Usually we meet at a WIFI cafe or a co-working location like Ground Floor, Hacker Dojo, or NextSpace.

Startup Pitch Night provides the platform to practice and improve your pitch. The leadership team is dedicated to providing the platform for startups to practice their pitch. Our goal is make it fun to practice your pitch and to have it be within relaxed and supportive peer-driven environment. Additionally, we provide targeted networking and learning opportunities in the Silicon Valley, California region to meet, form partnerships, and launch or formulate new start-ups. RSVP to practice your pit …

The Northern California Java User Group (NorCal JUG) is located in Sacramento, CA. We aim to: Promote the use of Java and related technologies Educate through high-quality and applicable presentations Induce interactive discussions and forums Be a resource hub for whomever is interested in web development in general and Java in particular Develop close ties and relationships with the industry mentor companies and educational institutions in the United States and worldwide

This group is young professionals in the business of web design and development. Networking, collaboration and sharing resources is the goal.

Tired of WordPress Meetups where the host is trying to sell you their wares? I know I am. I've organized this meetup exclusively for WordPress users, designers, webmasters and developers. I want to share experiences, tricks and tips on the web's greatest platform. Beginners through hardcore DevTeam members are all welcome!

We are Tech in Motion: Silicon Valley. This group is designed for anyone and everyone interested in technology. If you are a tech lover, an expert in the field or simply want to know more about the industry this is the place for you. Tech in Motion is designed for you, so let’s make this group amazing and help bring the sprawling Silicon Valley Tech community closer and do something great! Have something cool you want to hear discussed? Tell us about it! *We already have 2 staffing firms dedica …

Hi I'm the new organizer for the group and I am excited to take on the responsibility. Currently I work with the HandsOn Tech Silicon Valley program. We have worked with Google, Microsoft, and Baynetwork volunteers on a number of nonprofit IT projects and hope to recruit more skill-based volunteers. I want to use this meetup as a way where nonprofits, community volunteers, business leaders can come together and make a difference using technology. Just like my predecessor, I am hoping to bring to …

Learn and Share how to build kick ass HTML5 Mobile Web Apps A place for Mobile Web Apps developers, end-users, entrepreneurs, local industries and communities stakeholders involved in evaluating, developing and providing web and mobile web applications as well as anyone wishing to learn about the business opportunities and mobile lifestyle experiences the newly created Mozilla marketplace and other mobile web development environments (Participants in the W3C Mobile Web Platform Core Community G …

This group is a place for independent game developers who live in the Silicon Valley (near San Jose, Mountain View, Palo Alto, and Los Altos) to discuss design trends, platforms, tools, testing and sales techniques, the media, the IRS, lawyers, cloning, pirates, advertising, publishers, stupid mistakes we've made, and anything else that is relevant to an indie developer who wants to successfully make it in the games industry. There are DOZENS of game development events and groups with very speci …

Compelling content is key to many entrepreneurial ventures in Silicon Valley. Whether you are a content creator, agregator, or broker, you realize that content is king. Our calendar will have an array of activities and programs to help content entrepreneurs create, package, and market content online.

We provide innovative physical and virtual infrastructure that freelancers, entrepreneurs, and creative class professionals need to succeed in the 21st century knowledge economy. What does that really mean?  We provide a professional yet comfortable workspace for freelancers, entrepreneurs, developers, designers, consultants, coaches, lawyers - anyone who might otherwise be working from home or trying to work from a coffee shop. The (R)evolution of Work We are a coworking space, but we ain't you …

As web developers, we are often faced with tough decisions when trying to decide which web development technologies to adopt. Every application is different and each technology has its own set of ideal use cases so wouldn't it be nice to hear directly from multiple experts during a session and have them debate the pros and cons of different approaches?  Instead of having attendees sit through a long talk—and only hear one point of view—we want to foster an interactive discussion that allows ever …

I think joining a group can help with individual accountability, productivity and support. Are you a writer, an entrepreneur, a designer? What do you like/need to do on your laptop? Myself, I'm a blogger. I'm looking to form a group that can meet-up with their laptops in tow, have lunch or a snack, and get some work done as well. I'm a casual, low-stress, no drama kinda person, but I am asking that if you join this group, you understand my intention for forming it and some ground rules (that I h …

Engineers talking ROR lingo and stuff

We're excited to bring the Foundation community together every month. Whether you're a Foundation expert or just getting started with the responsive framework, we'd love for you to join us.

This is a group for Developers and enthusiasts of the Raspberry Pi. Welcoming engineering beginners and experts that want to make the best of this exciting technology.

Ahoy, BB Developers ! BB10 has the most powerful and interesting set of tools to develop apps: Cascade, WebWorks, Qt, Adobe Air, and Java Android Runtime. This group is for anyone who is interested in developing in action script, c++, qml, java or plain html5 and java script. So all those who love BlackBerry, letz work together for RIM's success and have lots of fun on the way :)

This is a group for anyone interested in Open Source software and Open Hardware for the Internet of Things. I'd like to create an opportunity for engineers and programmers, entrepreneurs, hackers, makers, and enthusiasts from all areas to get together for networking and collaboration. The Internet and the Web today is built on Open Source software. Linux, Apache, Hadoop, Mozilla, Ajax, Python, PHP, Perl, Ruby, Memcached, MySQL; client and server and router software all developed by communities o …

Ever wished you had a group of people you could go to get instant feedback about your website design and content? Well now you can! Web Critique Workshop: Santa Cruz is a monthly meetup group hosted by It's Great Media. Get not only expert opinions by the workshop host designers, guest designers, but also feedback from the fellow attendees. Don't worry, the workshop is well moderated, so that you get the best constructive feedback. At the beginning there is a signup sheet to sign up for a critiq …

Hello and Welcome to CodeChix-BayArea!! Please join us here and on any of our social media (FB, G+, LinkedIn, Twitter) if you are a: Female developer (please join us also on http://groupspaces.com/codechix) Female or Male Project/Program/Product Manager Supportive and open-minded MALE developer Young person (>8 years old) aspiring to learn coding NO RECRUITERS OR RECRUITING ALLOWED. NO SOLICITATIONS For Personal or Business needs. And now a little bit about us (also check out our Skill-Levels …

This meetup about developing rich front end web applications with the Backbone.js javascript library. Pair programming, Show and Tell, philosophizing about the "Backbone Way" are prime candidates for how we might spend our time together.

Node.SC aims to bring together Santa Cruz developers and technologists who use node.js or want to learn about node. I'd like to build a community of experts and newcomers in an atmosphere where people feel comfortable teaching, learning, collaborating, and just nerding-out! I picture our typical meetup running something like: Meet and greet A couple 'lightning talks' (5 mins) on topics such as 'Quick Tips', 'Hot Modules', 'Node.JS Core Update', etc. One or two longer talks (20 mins) on topics s …