This group is for anyone who is interested in exploring the new digital industrial revolution and demand expectation economy. The old industrial age of mass manufacturing is giving way to a new demand based economy seen with the rise of crowd-funding, crowd-sourcing, hardware makers, adaptive manufacturing, and digital technology. This democratization of manufacturing is empowering consumers and producers alike with new creativity, innovations, choice, personalization, and customization. Join a …

We're all about hardware startups - the fun, and the work. We're for anyone into the Maker Movement, Industrial Design, Toys, Lean Startups, Technology, Microcontrollers, Robotics, Fashion, The Internet of Things, Entrepreneurship, Manufacturing, and anything else disruptive.

Project Society is empowering makers, DIYers, crafters, artisans, tinkerers, etc... to come together and create and build crafting businesses. We are organizing meetups for individuals to demonstrate or instruct on how they craft, and people will be able to purchase the materials before or after to make that item. Or, crafters and makers can just come and mingle and make their own items. Host: Want to invite some friends or learn about something in particular? You can let us know, we'll find a …

We are a "hackerspace", a colloquial term for a group of people who gather together in order to DIY technology and art, exchange knowledge, and pool together resources and tools. Members have access to 3d printers, laser cutters, CNC routers, woodworking tools, computers, etc.

We gather online and in-person to discuss all aspects of the eZ Publish Enterprise Content Management System. All skill levels (from beginner to expert) and roles (from end user to marketer to developer to purchase decision maker) are welcome. We are an extension of the broader, global community, focused on North and South America. We have two regularly scheduled monthly conference calls: one about the eZ Ecosystem in general, usually featuring an eZ Systems employee as a guest attendee; and one …

We're an ingenious bunch of technical improvisateurs willing to scramble in order to follow the story. Whether student or seasoned veteran, producer or editor... join this meetup group and click to receive an email about our next meeting. Meet face-to-face with other filmmakers to: share ideas for films share production knowledge share equipment resources offer or find crewing opportunities screen your film or work-in-progress ... few things beat good-old networking to help move a project alon …

We've combined the power of NetSquared & NTEN's 501 Tech Clubs to create San Francisco Tech4Good. We gather to explore an aspect of how technology is being leveraged for social impact projects. We see a big opportunity to share experiences and take action on local and global issues. We're part of a global network of grassroots-organized communities across North America, South America, Asia, Australia and Africa, all exploring social tech tools for social change. We come from a variety of organiz …

Come together to share your sculpture work, discuss different mediums and go to gallery events in the bay area. Feel free to suggest an event or host at your studio.

This is a group for business decision maker (CxO, VP), business division team leader, sales person, field worker, IT division professional, etc. who want to work more efficiently and learn how others collaborate in teams.

Meetup group focused on digital commerce innovators. Membership limited to founders, CEOs and executives who are decision makers at companies large and small. Our objective is to provide a network for getting things done in the retail, payments, ecommerce and marketplaces ecosystems. This is a curated group (e.g. it is not open to everyone).  And we expect group members to support each other within their areas of expertise.  If you are in stealth mode or otherwise don't have an obvious linkage t …

This group is to discuss sensor technology and applications, and we welcome hackers, entrepreneurs, health-care professionals, scientists, quantified-selfers, the DIY community, and anyone else who is excited about sensors and sensor data. We also have a FB discussion group: http://bit.ly/sensorites

MAFIAD brings random people together to produce a short film IN ONE DAY. The goals of this meetup are to: Have fun! Act as an outlet for people's awesome creativity Bring movie makers of all levels of experience together into a wonderful learning soup Regularly produce short films that attract a following (your mother, possibly others) As you may have surmised by now this meetup is not about making perfect movies. Anyone is welcome to attend, amateurs and seasoned professionals alike. Roles …

This group is for people interested in collaborating on fun and eduational polymer clay projects. We are about: learning by crafting, creating open educational content, youtube, using polymer clay millefiori as visualizing tool , claymation, making tutorials, video editing. See examples on openclay.org We meet at the Open Fine Art Gallery in Berkeley openfineartgallery.net

This is the official Ponoko Meetup group - based in San Francisco. Attending our regular meetups is a great way to meet other people who are interested in making extraordinary things, using the latest tools at our disposal. Ask questions from our Ponoko team members and other attendees, check out materials & example products, and learn some invaluable tips for making with Ponoko. If you're not in the Bay Area and would like to host your own Ponoko meetup, you're welcome to schedule your own h …

An Internet of Things (IoT) community group for the East Bay Area of San Francisco. Following on from IoTLondon, IoTAmsterdam and IoTNYC - we are opening a new community in the East Bay. Here's what our London Group are doing this week http://www.meetup.com/iotlondon/events/57537982/ Join for informal discussions, short presentations and socialise with fellow IoT Enthusiasts. Whether you are a hobbyist, maker or work professionally in this subject - come along for an evening out. Me …

PopUpEdu is a series of underground classes centered on food, wine, spirits, and beer. You'll learn everything that you missed out on after you left grade school Home Ec and entered the real world. The Bay Area's top bartenders, chefs, wine makers, brewers, and craft distillers will be at your fingertips in remote locations for a series of education courses where you will get schooled on everything from pre-prohibition era cocktails to gluten free cooking.

This is a forum for individuals, large and small business and non-profits, and legislative bodies to come together to discuss the most pressing internet, mobile, social media privacy issues of our day. I want to bring people to together specifically around the issues of privacy, legislation, and big data and each person's personal data. Social media and mobile privacy affects us all. What we put out there today will effect our future tomorrow: What do we really agree to as far as Terms and Condi …

Every two weeks, we all go play a 2-3 casual to midcore games, then get together and talk about them! If you're working on projects on your own and want thoughtful feedback from other game makers, this is also a great avenue for that!

If you are an entrepreneur or change-maker (or just like to hang out with them) passionate about skiing/snowboarding, then this group is for you. When like-minded, inspired, and adventurous people get in the same room--much less on the same chair lift--who knows what could happen! This group will have events in San Francisco to get to know each other and then will hit the slopes in Tahoe.

BeMyApp hosts interactive weekend-long events for the app-loving community in San Francisco, Dallas, New York and Europe. The WeekEnds are designed to accelerate collaboration, share knowledge, inspire and connect mobile app makers and idea shakers. BeMyApp WeekEnd is open to developers, designers, tech journalists and bloggers as well as non-techies, idea generators, artists, and everyone who wants to have some hands-on experience with mobile apps. Work in teams and hack apps during a whole wee …