Its so exciting what is going on in the mobile ecosystem right now. I encourage any one interested in learning about anything related to mobile and meeting the exciting people behind changing the way that people interact with each other, technology, and companies/brands join. The next couple of years are going to be a fun and exciting ride for any one involved with mobile and especially the consumer. My goal is to connect people, content, and ideas so that we all may benefit from an open group t …

A place to learn and discuss new developments in web technologies. We are not focused exclusively on any one language or framework. Instead, this group is to help developers explore the rapidly changing world of web development and understand new technologies and techniques that might fit their needs. We'll try to have a diverse set of events from speakers, to tutorials, to hack nights.

Calling all director- and VP-level brand management and omni-channel shopper marketing pros! We are the Brand Activation Association, dedicated to creating education on all the disciplines required to activate a brand's strategy. We host a myriad of conferences each year that touch on all points of activation, but our Digital Shopper Marketing series allows us to delve into the research, technology, and case-studies behind CPG brands and agencies in the digital omi-channel world. Our content foc …

Hello--this is for service providers who focus on clients in the tech sector.

This is a community forum for developers in the San Francisco Bay Area to learn, discuss, and extend the JavaFX platform. We meet monthly in person with presentations on JavaFX tutorials, topics, and bleeding edge news. Our meetings are always free to attend or watch online. IMPORTANT: Remote attendees should now sign-up for meetups. You will get asked whether you are attending online or local during registration, which helps us plan for food at the event. To attend remotely, please use the …

ThoughtWorks was a transformative experience for a lot of us. This is a real-world forum where we can meet and keep up with what we're up to since then...

Following the theatre improv principles of "Yes, and...", non-judgment, and deep listening/participation, we have FUN with sound and music, made from instruments and our own bodies. This is like an adult PLAY group using music. So what does this have to do with CREATIVITY, TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, COLLABORATION, and KNOWLEDGE SHARING? Improvisation requires MAKING THINGS UP, MAKING DO WITH WHAT YOU HAVE, LISTENING, and PARTICIPATING. Give and take. Offer and receive. Lead and fo …

Baobab Alliance is a 501(c)3 non profit organization created to help Africans in Africa get connected to the world through the use of technology, thereby helping them financially and educationally. We collect donated laptops and ship them to various organizations in Africa which are setting up business and educational centers. We need your help in many ways! Please sign up if you are interested in volunteering or helping our cause!

Apparently there are several dozen internet and software startups in downtown San Mateo. This is a group for techy startupers who see each other in line at Pancho Villa and think "I wonder what that guy does?" http://www.quora.com/What-startups-are-located-in-San-Mateo We'll do tech talks, lightning talks and most importantly, have a beer! Men, women, devs, sys admins, and even you business people are welcome. Enjoy the fact that for once, we don't have to get on 101 to go to a meetup. Huzzah!

mHIMSS is a subgroup of HIMSS and we are building a local chapter of mHIMSS here in the bay area

Compassion Technology is Self-discovery, Self-development, and Service via logical and technological extensions of mindfulness! We welcome developers, designers, tech-evangelists, and all other Good People who are trying to become even better through repeated daily practice, deeply honest self-appraisal, and dedicated inspired study. In particular, folks who practice meditation, prayer, yoga, or other forms of mind+body awareness are especially likely to find a home here amongst like-minded soul …

Research, discuss and deconstruct exploits at the code level -- maybe even make our own. The objective is to get a code level understanding of how it works and to get a feel for common techniques. An engaged, participatory and fun atmosphere is of utmost importance. Target audience is for the people who aspire to become super l33t established hackers (or something like that). That said, if you are truly l33t and want to share your skillz you are way more than welcome to join/participate.

We are looking for people with startup skills.  It can be front-end, backend, marketing, bizdev, testing, etc. The biggest problem with joining a startup without funding is that it can be a time-sink.  The entrepreneur can have unrealistic expectations of unpaid work. SB is different. We don't hold hackathons.  We hold launchathons.  No ideas thought up on Friday and launching on Sunday.  The startups and entrepreneurs are vetted for weeks prior to development.  The tools are setup and provided. …

Silicon Barn is not an incubator, accelerator, co-working facility, etc. Silicon Barn is something new. It is a Startup Launcher. Silicon Barn is dedicated to building Startups. A lot of entrepreneurs have a problem finding a technical co-founder.  A good Tech co-founder has 10 job offers. The best Techies are not qualified to determine the viability of your idea if they do not know the industry. The Entrepreneur is asking the Techie to work without pay based on a plan. The Entrepreneur may not …

Connecting entrepreneurs, investors, technologists, hackers, autodidacts and educators who are willing to challenge the status quo of Higher and K12 educational structures. A community of people creating solutions.

This meetup is for anybody trying to aggressively grow their SaaS startup. We all know the grim statistics on the chances of startup success: 3 out of 4 will fail. So how do you become the 1 in 4 that succeeds? What have companies like Box, Zendesk, Docusign, Marketo, FireHost, HasOffers, and others, done to skyrocket their revenue and become the poster children of startup success? One of the key secrets to their success is knowing how to use pricing and packaging to grow the business: acquire n …

Presentations and discussion of innovations and applications with Lucene & Solr, the Apache Open Source Search Engine/Platform for the San Francisco Bay Area.

Join us to learn about Oracle Big Data/NoSQL and related technologies, including use cases, new features and exciting networking with other professionals.

We are a group designed to help anyone in search for information, resources and support to find a new job, change jobs or redirect a personal, professional or financial lifestyle. Looking for a job is difficult these days and can be a lonely time and we need to support each other with possible unemployment questions, insurance needs, housing ideas, etc. I am also looking for anyone who has services to offer to this group to help in our job search, i.e. resume writing, recruiters, headhunters, et …

We love big data, analytics, innovation, and strategy. We're dedicated to smarter, more intelligent methods for using big data in analytics, social media, cloud, and business intelligence. To learn more, visit http://future-bi.tv/

Navigating through the interior design industry as a new designer/entrepreneur can be difficult. This is a group where new designers can meet and collaborate ideas with other people who understands and can relate to their situation. This is a group where we can share our design/business/client dilemmas and exchange helpful information. A place where we can get a chance to network, but also have the intention of helping each other succeed in this industry. In the future, this group will be expan …

Are you tired of updating profiles on Match, Plenty of Fish, Eharmony? Is self-advertising just too much that never leads to a connection? Tired of emailing potential love partners only to find out they are not who they say they are? After a long day at the office, do you want to relax with that special someone over a nice dinner but instead faced with rating profiles on online dating sites? I am one of those many single professionals who is tired of paying monthly subscription fees to online da …

This group is created to facilitate Growth Hacking practices to allow businesses to accelerate growth in a defined metric. Growth hacking is the art and science of creatively fostering awareness, traction, adoption, engagemant, new customers and advocacy using unorthodox and surprising means (many digital). It’s quite literally a hack for traditional processes to accelerate business. The vision of this group is to hold events and meet ups where entrepreneurs with established businesses get toget …

Apache Shiro is a powerful and easy-to-use Java security framework that performs authentication, authorization, cryptography, and session management. With Shiro’s easy-to-understand API, you can quickly and easily secure any application – from the smallest mobile applications to the largest web and enterprise applications. We recommend you start with the 10 Minute Tutorial which gives you a feel for Shiro and its API. Then feel free to get started using Shiro in your own applications. If you hav …

100 Committed Businesswomen Women Business Owners, Corporate Executives, Business Managers, Consultants... Are you looking for a way to grow your business and a group of likeminded women in business to make meaningful connections with? Then get to know your WON 100 sisters and friends and let us grow your business for you! WON 100 – Peninsula (Sister organization of Women Owned Networking SFBA) is for the businesswoman who is very serious about the growth of her business and who has a heart to e …

This is a group for anyone who is a self learner, i.e. autodidact, a new word I learned recently. I started this group to meet and learn from fellow self-learners.

Hey Django enthusiasts, let's network, share our knowledge and learn some new things. We're planning meetups in Downtown San Mateo, Downtown San Jose, and anywhere else along Caltrain.  Once we've picked-up a few members, we'll schedule our first meeting.

Interested in mobile technologies?  Get together to swap gear, learn new techniques.  We will also have some developers come out and setup a paid research study where you get paid for testing apps and providing feedback.