This meetup is focused on hands-on coding for Cloud platforms. The goal is ultimately for members to share best practices and innovate. This meetup is about sharing code and building applications that run in the cloud. Although I work for Microsoft as a developer evangelist, I welcome all developers from all cloud platforms. Initially, the meetings will be focused on the Windows Azure Platform (Azure). Azure is new and initial meetings will be designed to get developers up and running and workin …

This is a group for anyone interested in learning iOS mobile development. No programming experience required and we plan to hold free workshops to help people get started with learning programming fundamentals, the fundamentals of Objective-C and building real-world iOS applications.

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.

The goal of Spiritual Arts Institute is to help people from all walks of life accelerate their spiritual understanding and development. Through the various activities of the institute, it is our aim to help reassign metaphysics to its proper place in the study of life and human development and to inspire confidence, love, self-sufficiency, charity, kindness, creativity, and inner knowing in all aspects of life. Our mission statement is: To offer clear, accurate, and understandable instruction d …

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 …

WANNA GET YOUR BODY SLIMMED, HEALTHY & FEEL FABULOUS?! Hello my name is Stephanie Stone & have a group for those who are committed to getting their bodies the way the truly desire them to be! (I am creating a Women's Weight Loss & Empowerment Group beginning in June, bi-monthly on weds eve. Give me a call at 707 364 3178 if you are interested! Also I will announce a Men's & Women's (Co-ed) group in July!) DIETS ALONE DON’T WORK! (That's for Sure!) The 5 Keys to Creating the Bodies & Life Style …

This group is for active iOS developers who would like to engage and expand their knowledge of iOS platforms. We are creating a community of developers of all skill levels who are willing to share expertise and support each other with presentations, peer discussion, and an openness to learn from each other.

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

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 …

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!

So many women who say they don't have real girlfriends or they just go from work to home. It is scientifically proven that people who laugh and have fun live longer. The older you get the harder it seems to meet women with similar interest who can be your "Girlfriends". So let's live Ladies! This group is all about doing the things we love and meeting new girlfriends in the process: Reasons to Join the Group: 1. If you are looking to meet women with solid foundation who have similar interest 2. …

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 meetup exists to facilitate tabletop board and role-playing games in the East Bay. We meet semi-regularly in the El Sobrante area (near Pinole and San Pablo), in the back of the El Sobrante public library (atop the site of an old Huichin village and burial ground). We are generally not hardcore gamers and hope to share a large spectrum of game play. We have played such games as Arkham Horror, Descent, Munchkin, Resistance, and Monopoly. Currently we are meeting semi-regularly (c.f. El Sobra …

Berkeley Events is the perfect social and business networking group for San Francisco Bay professionals who want to make new business and personal connections, build their network, find new clients and identify business opportunities. We make our networking events easy by having greeters at the door to not only welcome you - they introduce you to others, along with having events in elegant and fun Berkeley locations, making it simple to meet new people. We keep you informed and connected to th …

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 …