This Meetup group supports the SF Bay ACM Chapter.  You can join the actual SF Bay Chapter by coming to a meeting - most meetings are free, and our membership is only $20/year ! The chapter has both educational and scientific purposes: - the science, design, development, construction, languages, management and applications of modern computing. - communication between persons interested in computing. - cooperation with other professional groups See official bylaws at http://www.sfbayacm.org/?at …

Welcome to the Marketing Roundtable! We are a discussion group that meets on the second Tuesday of every month from 6:00-7:30pm. Cost is only $5 and includes two raffles if you arrive by 5:55pm. We end our meetings on time every time. Our fun and lively group will hear speakers, share their own marketing experiences and network over dinner. (Dinner is optional but encouraged since it allows us to book the room) Topics Covered: Brand development  Market analysis, segmentation, targeting, positio …

This group's focus is to explore the LAMP stack. However, we will not strictly be looking at LAMP (Linux-Apache-MySQL-PHP), instead we will look at a plethora of compatible, complimentary, and sometimes competing technologies...based upon industry trends and speaker availability. The organizer, Tish Wood, has been programming web applications professionally since 2002, began using LAMP in the last few days of that year, and is a veteran of the Silicon Valley Startup Industry. He has taught a var …

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

Tech Romp is an exclusive informal group of friends who share an interest in technology and its social impact. This group meets to learn about new software and hardware products, ideas and jobs. Areas of interest, not limited to the following, include, Mobile Apps, Home Automation, Video Streaming, Electric Vehicles and Hardware and Software Development tools (ie Arduino, Eclipse).

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 …

LocalBizNetwork, LLC is an organization for small business owners. We teach small business owners web marketing. Our teachers are good at using everyday analogies to explain concepts in Internet Marketing. In this 2 hour intensive course you will learn: * Learn how to setup your website for your business * What is CPC? * How much should you spend on Internet Marketing? * What are Landing pages? What are Link Exchanges? * What is Social Media marketing? * What is Tw …

Bring together people who are passionate about Ruby and Rails in an environment that fosters learning from and helping each other while building lasting friendships. "And as you get older, you may find that “Enabling the Dreams of Others” thing is even more fun." From the Last Lecture by Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch (Oct. 23, 1960 - July 25, 2008) Get 35% off from O’Reilly books and ebooks when you purchase directly from http://www.oreilly.com/store/. Just use discount code DSUG when …

… Our group has successfully incorporated off-shore software development ranging from using elance or odesk to interns and alliance-based shared resourcing. It is awesome to learn from success stories as well as the duds. If hubspot, SEO, Redherring, Moneytree, Incubators, TechCrunch, Onstartups, Social Media Analytics are part of your musings and you dabble with DRM, Drupal, Joomla, Moodle and Mobile Apps this is the group for you. If you understand java-based epub book platforms come on out!! …

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

… Computer Vision Techniques for High-end Visual Effects by Chris Bregler and Kiran Bhat, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), the VFX branch of LucasFilm Mobile Visual Computing by Kari Pulli and Radek Grzeszczuk, Nokia Research Center Unity Technologies - Taking the pain out of game development by David Helgason, Unity Technologies Sirikata: Open Source Virtual Worlds by Daniel Horn, Henrik Bennetsen. Stanford Graphics Lab, Stanford Humanities Lab Ray Tracing with the NVIDIA OptiX …

We'll get together to network and socialize, but mostly just to get stuff done! This coworking group is appropriate for anyone who is not tied to a particular location (or to daylight hours!) to work, whether you are an freelancer, entrepreneur, hacker, remote worker, or what have you! Why coworking at night? Some of us love to stay up late to get things done, some of us are just nocturnal, and some of us just think working at night is fun! We'll meet in a safe, professional shared office spac …

The Vertica Professionals group was created to provide a forum for those in the SF Bay Area to share tips, tricks and knowledge about using Vertica and it's ecosystem for analytics.

With the challenges of launching an internet startup, Ruby frameworks such as Rails and Merb have become a game changer. Web apps are easier than ever to launch. Small teams are developing slick web apps in rapid iterations. Let's meet and discuss Ruby, Frameworks, Rails, Merb, and Entrepreneurship. If you're a ruby startup, we would love to hear about your journeys from idea to launch and beyond. If your a venture capitalist or investor, we would love to hear about trends the ruby community sho …