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 …

This Bay Area meetup is for all the Flex, Flash, and AIR junkies working on Flex apps or want to get involved in Flex on the Flash Platform. The idea is to get together, network and share experiences, designs, components, best practices, learn something new and so forth. We have a strong relationship with the Adobe development teams and Evangelists who frequently present at our monthly sessions in San Jose and San Francisco. Website: http://www.silvafug.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/silvafu …

This is one of the oldest groups on meetup.com and we still welcome new members! 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 are writers and aspiring writers. We are bloggers and wannabe bloggers. We meet regularly to interact with serious and not-so serious bloggers. Our organize …

The Silicon Valley DART Meetup aims to: * Promote the use of the DART programming language 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 DART in particular * Develop close ties and relationships with the industry mentor companies and educational institutions in the United States and worldwide

Business Networking for the Construction Industry will be held in Cupertino every month. The date varies. The event will always be held at the office of LocalBizNetwork - 21040 West Homestead Road, #205 Cupertino CA 95014. A variety of professionals attend these mixers. If you want to network with General Contractors, Painters, Roofers, Flooring Companies, Interior Designers, Staging Companies, Real Estate Professionals, Commercial Real Estate Experts, Furniture Stores, Drapery Stores etc. - th …

Advertising professionals as far North of Quebec to West of LA are welcome to join this meet up group. Our goal is to offer the most unique roundtable discussions that allow advertisers from all across North America to share experiences and positive trends. This group is perfect for anyone in TV, Radio, Broadcast, News Media, Coupons Book Publishers, Yellow Page Publications, and any type of Print Media.  We will also include topics that are important to Digital Web Media, Daily Deals Sites, SEO …

The Creative Suite User Group of San Jose was established to provide professionals in San Jose and surrounding areas a venue for networking and learning about the latest in Adobe Software. Our monthly meetings will feature a prominent guest speaker who will focus on tips/tricks, integration between Adobe apps, and streamlining your workflow for more efficient business practices. We welcome your feedback and suggestions to make our user group the best possible of its kind. We look forward to …

… (Dinner is optional but encouraged since it allows us to book the room) Topics Covered: Brand development  Market analysis, segmentation, targeting, positioning & messaging  Marketing content & collateral development  Website development & analytics Online direct advertising opportunities Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Social media marketing Blogging, pod-casting, and other content-driven awareness techniques Direct-mail, email contact systems and Customer Relationship Management tools Group …

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 …

… Stanford Graphics Lab, Stanford Humanities Lab Ray Tracing with the NVIDIA OptiX Engine by Austin Robison, NVIDIA Graphics on the Web: Going Beyond Images and Rectangles by Vladimir Vukicevic, Firefox Caustic Real Time Ray Tracing by James A. McCombe and Alex Kelley, Caustic Graphics Hot Research in Silicon Valley by Avi Lev Robinson-Mosher, Solomon, Boulos, Stanford Computer Graphics Lab Photoshop CS4 Extended and 3D by Nathan Carr, Aravind Krishnaswamy, Pete Falco, Zorana G …

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!

How about having one group where you see your startup dreams coming true? How about meeting the Gurus/Mentors for entrepreneurship/legal/marketing/internet marketing/technology at one stop? And How about not spending a penny for all above? NOPAY is the place for you, whether you are an inventor or designer with product idea or  if you have just re-engineered some ideas and you feel you can do better with a start up or  if you are a thinker with an idea for startup or  if you are a developer/c …

There are DOZENS of game development events and groups with very specific topics in the Bay Area. Attempting to go to all of them is insane. Let's use this group to discuss what we've learned at other venues. This will be our crowdsourcing for indies project! This group is a place for independent developers who live near 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, pub …

Founded in 2007, The Women's Networking Alliance was created to enable a networking of women business owners that can truly and genuinely help one another. Formed in small groups of no more than 30 businesswomen, each chapter is designed to ensure strong partnerships in an intimate setting. What makes WNA successful? First, the individual person and how they present their business, support their fellow members and participate is critical. Members must attend the meetings, should provide the righ …