Don't code alone! Let's build great things together. This group is probably best for intermediate iPhone and iPad developers using Objective-C with Xcode. Come with a cool idea and lots of questions, and we'll work to help each other out in a cooperative, encouraging way. Depending on group size, I can rent out a conference room at the main SF Public Library. This will probably be a weekly meetup on Wednesday nights, 6:30pm to 8:00pm.

Let's use open source technology to fix the financial industry! Large financial institutions caused the Great Recession, but regulators have not reformed them. Before the next crisis hits, let's create a suite of open source financial models and feed them with big data. We can use these technologies to figure out which assets are risky and which aren't. Rather than wait for top down financial reform from Washington DC, we can do it from the group up.

Welcome to the Ultracode Meetup! This meet-up series invites you - the developer - to demo your projects and interact with an audience of like-minded folks, with a strong emphasis on problem-solving and best practices. Anyone is welcome to present at the next Ultracode, for either cross platform HTML5 or native Windows* 8 development, keeping it within 5-7 minutes and avoiding slide-ware. The presentations will be developer-driven, with a sprinkling of industry professionals and HTML5 expert spe …

We're a group that uses hacking, stats, and machine learning to dig up alpha in the financial markets. Programmers, traders, and everyone else who enjoys crunching numbers is welcome to contribute and work on ideas.

Get-Your-Climb-On (or G.Y.C.O.) is a meetup that brings together rock climbing & outdoor enthusiasts of all experience levels through meetups throughout California at destination-outdoor climbing venues, indoor rock climbing gyms, and social gatherings such as happy hours, BBQs & more. The main Goal is to create an inclusive, diverse, fun, safe, friendly, collaborative, & democratic community through which one can make life-long friendships, share and plan safe & fun climbing trips, expand outdo …

Have you ever learned something in 5 minutes that saved you hours of work every day? Do you have tips and tricks that you want to share with other developers? Did you ever go to a conference to find out that you learned just 10 minutes worth of new stuff in two hours? Do you work with modern web or mobile technologies, like iOS or Ruby on Rails? If you answered yes to anything of the above, then this meetup is for you!

Welcome Culers to this group dedicated to the FC Barcelona Fans in the Bay Area. We get together to enjoy the games while sharing the club's culture and values. We will keep you posted on upcoming gatherings to enjoy the art of soccer performed by the best artists. Stay tuned! FC Barcelona Supporters Club of San Francisco

Gathering the smartest mobile game developers from the valley and San Francisco into one super-dense neutron sphere of awesome. Lets share ideas, tech, code, frameworks, marketing tips to make better mobile games.

This is for game engineers interested in battling fellow game engineers at Starcraft II. Come one or bring a team (company) and challenge Apportable Engineering at our office! Complimentary food and drinks will be provided. Please bring the necessary equipment although there may be computers available.

Meetup Group Description Updated on 7/26/11. Hello!  Welcome to "Socialize for a Cause!"  My name is Esther Hwang and I'm delighted to be your host.  Recently I decided to change the direction of this meetup as we were formerly called "Party for a Cause" (see below).  I'm changing the direction of our mission statement because I'm trying to build a network for quality people of substance and of genuine giving hearts who can come together to socialize and help a 'cause.'  After doing this for som …

San Francisco Citizens Initiative for Technology and Innovation (sf.citi) is a 501(c)6 organization created to leverage the power of the technology community around civic action in San Francisco. sf.citi supports innovative policies and works collaboratively with government to find new solutions to historic problems facing San Francisco, and consolidate a voice in promotion of tech sector interests and growth. We actively engage our membership’s employees to focus on substantive issues, and to d …

This is a group is for anyone interested in Machine To Machine. Thank you for joining M2M group! Please join our first meeting March 5th (tentative) Date: March 5th, 2013 Time: 6PM - 8PM Where: Sunnyvale I will post more details shortly so please stay tuned. Thank you, - Roxanna C

This group is focused on educating developers on how to use the Microsoft .NET platform for web and windows development. Topics include all aspects of development for desktop, browser and web services, as well as architectural choices and application development frameworks. We provide a face to face forum and encourage peer learning and networking. We maintain a focus on development practices, demonstrations and show & tell in developer-centric interactive sessions. Meetings are free - please …

SF in SF - Science Fiction, San Francisco A Perfect Fit! www.sfinsf.org We host monthly author events and films at the Variety Screening Room at 582 Market Street @2nd & Montgomery, SF 94104. Since 2005 we've been featuring authors and films that focus on the science fiction, fantasy, horror, and related literary genres.  Previous guests include Cory Doctorow, Rudy Rucker, Patrick Rothfuss, Gail Carriger, Lev Grossman, Steven Gould, Robert J. Sawyer, Kage Baker, Mary Robinette Kowal, Carol Emshw …

"Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one." - C.S. Lewis Are you are a woman frustrated with friendships that never seem to run that deep, rarely materializing beyond activity partners, short-lived acquaintances or fair-weather folk? If so then read on... This group is about about socializing in it's purest and simplest form. It's about conversation first and foremost, with the right mix of interesting people making the time …

This group was created to provide a regular meetup for iPhone developers actively working on projects. The purpose is  to work together to support one another in bringing our ideas to life.  The goals are also to meet people in the San Francisco Bay area who are doing the same type of work (programming and creating apps for the iphone and ipad) and to have fun. This meeting is for: iPhone Developers of all levels. People who are interested in getting their hands dirty in code. People just start …

Bay.Net is an open and independent forum for evaluating and extending the knowledge of the .NET architecture, technologies, and tools. All developers are welcome, regardless of your preferred platform or language. We host meetings and activities in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, the North Bay and East Bay areas.

If you are passionate about developing mobile applications, want to expand your network and make new friends than this is the group for you. This group is NOT for recruiters.

Find other individuals, startups, or existing companies to collaborate with on topics and activities important to you or your business. Collaborate on existing topics, or list your own topic to collaborate on. There is a monthly mixer on the first Wednesday of each month beginning in May 2013. Collaboration is 50% social so the meetups are in a social, informal environment. The purpose of the meetings are: a) To get to know other members and what they are working on. b) As a planned meeting plac …

Tennis Player, We're connecting players on the tennis courts throughout San Francisco from East Bay to North San Francisco, South San Francisco and North Peninsula. We allow players to put post meetups. So feel that it is acceptable to promote an event that you will take ownership of and we'll let the meetup group know about it. We'll be running certain tennis socials, weekend tournaments and get togethers for the passionate tennis players who want to play competitive tennis. If you want to m …

Our Gay Travel Club is based in San Francisco. We are a fun group of people that love to share the world with others. We have monthly gatherings with guest speakers. We will have a great line up of exciting trips soon. Feel free to spread the word of our group. Some of places we are talking about visiting within the year are Costa Rica, Europe, Vancouver / Victoria B.C. and NYC. Come learn about what's happening in the world of travel and meet new people at our next gathering!

SF-CAPS:  Consultants, Coaches, Authors & Public Speakers As a service based professional, you are in an endless game to create more clients, charge as much as possible for your services and create extraordinary results with your clients. Join us to learn advanced techniques about how the top service professionals achieve waiting lists of clients, charge more then their peers and create unexpected results. Whether you're an expert or new to the world of consulting, coaching, authoring, and or sp …

NAAAP San Francisco is a volunteer-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. We serve and support organizations, associations, and enterprises committed to the betterment of the Asian American community. The NAAAP-SF cultivates, supports, and promotes Asian American leaders. NAAAP offers professional development opportunities on the local and national level, engages its membership in community service, and organizes professional networking events. Through NAAAP, members work together to enhance l …

Welcome to the Meetup group for TEDxConstitutionDrive! You are Invited – May 4 – The Theme is TIME.Auto-Vino, Menlo Park, CA “Time is the coin of your life.  It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent.  Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.” Carl Sandburg A limited-capacity event in a phenomenal classic car warehouse and fully working winery, with live speakers on the theme of TIME ranging from a pickling expert to a venture capitalist invento …

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Blazing Star Oasis is a chartered body of the Ordo Templi Orientis  (O.T.O.)  a fraternal organization dedicated to the promulgation of the Law of Thelema as heralded by Liber AL vel Legis, The Book of the Law, received by Aleister Crowley in 1904 e.v. The O.T.O. is committed to the high purpose of securing the Liberty of the Individual, and his or her advancement in Light, Wisdom, Understanding, Knowledge, and Power, through Beauty, Courage, and …

Mixed Roots Meetups are casual social gatherings that are local and global depending on the location individuals decide to meet which can include colleges campuses, local restaurants, private homes and/or any other public venue where people collectively come together as a united group. The goal of a Mixed Roots Meetup is to allow individuals from all different backgrounds who have been touched by adoption, who have a mixed roots experience, and/or for those who just want to support the cause to …

Meet other local fans of indie pop, indie rock, indie folk, shoegaze/nugaze, electro, twee, and the like... A place to discuss music and hear about shows in town (gamh, ind, popscene, both, fillmore, bimbos, mezzanine, c du nord etc...). If you enjoy anything from the sampling of bands below, join us! animalcollective asobiseksu atlassound autolux bandofhorses batforlashes beachhouse beirut blacklips blonderedhead boniver brighteyes britishseapower brokensocialscene clapyourhands cloudcult cry …

A San Francisco bay area meetup group whose vision is to be understand and utilize the Xamarin toolkits for building mobile apps on IPhone and Android. We will try to meet monthly with every other meeting being presentation based and the other more a hands on lab with short tutorials. Bring your questions and Problems! Xamarin now has an office in San Francisco so we expect to have awesome representation from them.