Many of us baby boomers have managed to gain a measure of true independence at this phase of our lives. We are therefore no longer tethered to a corporate job as such. Instead, we get to focus on reinventing ourselves by pursuing interests, hobbies and even dreams we did not quite have time for when we were part of the daily-commute crowd. For me, this means developing for the Kinect platform (and, in the process, falling in love with C# despite my earlier prejudices!), designing an animation pl …

The Bay Area Money Makers (BAMM) team is a group of dedicated options and technical analysis students working together to achieve financial freedom by following CAN SLIM trend trading techniques. The team was originally formed in 2004 in the Bay Area and has expanded to include serious traders who have obtained advanced educations in the industry and are committed to achieving success in this business. The group meets monthly and discusses market posture, sector rotation, specific strategies des …

**Our events are hosted in Los Altos, San Jose (by Valley Fair), Santa Clara, Sunnyvale & Mountain View area, let us know if there are other location where it can accommodate large group of crafty ladies!! ** Meet other local Card Makers, rubber stampers and crafters. Making your own greeting cards is fun and easy, especially when you do it with a fun group of people. Gather, make cards, learn new techniques, try new projects, and have fun! Make new friends and have a good time with old friends …

Robotics at the Hacker Dojo, a hackerspace where makers and hackers of all ages and skill levels come together to collaborate and network on tech projects.

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We see our world to be a place where society is able to work and play freely in an interconnected world, with confidence and trust, free from hindrance, misuse or malicious acts. Through this vision, we have decided to lead an industry wide forum for security practitioners, law enforcement, security advocates, and policy makers to identify and resolve security problems at large scale.  We are hopeful that the Security @ Scale Meet-up acts as a vehicle to facilitate and drive an industry wide sec …

Be Social Change Bay Area Meetup A collaborative group of social changers, social entrepreneurs, start-uppers, techies, non-profits, change makers, investors and students who want to contribute their passion to their community --- and the world. Our Meetups empower, connect and organize social change in the Bay Area through: " BE" Meetups: Dynamic interactive stories highlighting innovative social entrepreneurs and change makers " SOCIAL" Meetups: People coming together to share ideas, colla …

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.

DMK ELITE NETWORKING is our Bay Area Business Networking Group for business professionals. Our goal is to BUILD RELATIONSHIPS with the energetic and dynamic power partners in our community. It is  an opportunity to meet your NEXT CLIENTS, invite others, NETWORK with business owners, executives, professionals and decision makers in a warm, upscale yet fun environment. View us at http://www.dmkelite.com

This is a group for anyone interested in Open Source software and Open Hardware for the Internet of Things. I'd like to create an opportunity for engineers and programmers, entrepreneurs, hackers, makers, and enthusiasts from all areas to get together for networking and collaboration. The Internet and the Web today is built on Open Source software. Linux, Apache, Hadoop, Mozilla, Ajax, Python, PHP, Perl, Ruby, Memcached, MySQL; client and server and router software all developed by communities o …

Come help us build a new community lab for the East Bay, focused on DIY biology and citizen science. A place to explore, learn, work on fun projects, tinker with biology and other sciences. Open to biotech professionals, scientists, and citizen scientists of all stripes. Be part of our community of creative thinkers, hackers and mad scientists!

Our mission: To offer the International mobile technology and services sector an unbiased discussion dialogue on emerging technologies. Analyze their commercial, economical, social and political impact for an audience of senior business executives, researchers, financiers, policy makers and our loyal software developers. In keeping with SVForum’s history of innovation and leadership, we have decided to commit to I.P. protocol technology and the distribution of information associated. Enabling co …

We are Silicon Valley Inventors, we invent the future. Whether its a simple novelty or the next billion dollar idea, we all share the same excitement and passion for our inventions. We are the ones that get up in the middle of the night and reach for a pen, we enjoy listening to others visions of the future and sharing our creations with the world. Our group will focus on sharing knowledge, to get every member from the first step to the last. We will have a collective list of resources available …

Silicon Valley has a boatload of tech meetups and events for software companies, but where's all the hardware love? We want to bring together a strong community of folks eager to build businesses with physical products. Whether you're an engineer, designer, CEO, investor, or anyone interested in being a part of the hardware startup ecosystem, come join us and let's create an amazing addition to the tech scene in Valley.

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.

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.

The Big Big Crazy World of Big Data... The mission of this group is to bring leaders in our community, who are interested in the powers of Big Data together - - Providers, Implementers, Trainers, Analysts, and Key Business Decision Makers (and Techies are invited too) This will be a group effort to learn from each other 'Best Practices' and 'Pitfalls' around Big Data; and help us Navigate the Choices and Confusions

This is a place to promote your projects and collaborate with others that have a passion for Filmmaking & Digital Storytelling. RAW Wood to Music from Robert K. Amador on Vimeo. Network With: Digital Filmmakers Producers Directors Screenwriters Director of Photography Post your demo links here!

South Bay Entrepreneurs will be a deciding force behind economic growth! The South Bay Alliance of Entrepreneurs is a community for CEOs, Small Business Owners, Business Decision Makers, Startup Founders, MBA students, and Innovators. Our mission is to provide peer-to-peer support, bring forward expert resources and information, and to form a support network for entrepreneurs who are leading the economic future of our nation! Join us today for fun, support, community ... and shared success! …

If you are obsessed with the power of technology to influence learning, then this group is for you! This group is for any parent, educator or child that is interested in teaching other kids to code. Makers, hackers and techies are encouraged to join. Have you ever used MIT's Scratch, Alice, Kodu or GameStar Mechanic to learn programming or teach others, then we'd love to hear your experiences and wisdom to help prepare our kids for the future.

We are a business support group that brings together individuals from different professions and industries. We are focused on exchanging referrals within the group, generating leads for group members, building professional alliances, developing long lasting friendships, and the growth of our businesses. The members of our group are not only concerned with the growth of their own businesses, but we are also committed to helping our fellow group members become successful. Our group is speci …

The Swap-O-Rama-Rama is a world-wide event that helps a community explore creativity and re-use through a clothing swap and series of DIY craft and sewing workshops. Erin Scholl and Jennifer Alexander are the local coordinators of this amazing and inspirational event and every year Swap-O-Rama-Rama gathers for the ultimate celebration of creativity at Maker Faire in San Mateo in May. This group is a way to keep it going year round, bringing people who are interested in sharing and learning ideas …

Make movies mainly in Indian languages with like minded movie makers. To start a platform where people can share ideas and collaborate to create movies/shorts of good quality .

Dear All, The Lean Enterprise and Continuous Improvement meetup is a social learning initiative designed to bring together SMEs, Quality practitioners, Business owners, Technologists, Business Analysts, Managers, Decision Makers, Product Owners, Product Managers; to plan, learn, discuss and share experiences, implementations, best practices, body of knowledge, metrics, methodologies, tools and techniques as applicable; to take an enterprise through a journey of Continuous Improvement with an end …

Fellow hardwarians, it's time the Trivalley had some hardware startup meetups. Robot Garden is a new robotics hackerspace and group located at the iGate Innovation Hub business accelerator in Livermore. We love starting hardware stuff! There are more meetups and access hours on the Robot Garden Meetup and website robotgarden.org but we want the hardware startup meetup to stand alone.

We are bringing together a community of product designers, electrical and mechanical engineers, inventors, prototypers, tinkerers, marketing masterminds, makers, and anyone interested in bringing new products into the world. Our facility at Inventor Labs is large and open and a great place to get together, so we're going to roll open the bay doors this summer (and beyond) to get some collaboration and brainstorming going.