Apparently there are several dozen internet and software startups in downtown San Mateo. This is a group for techy startupers who see each other in line at Pancho Villa and think "I wonder what that guy does?" http://www.quora.com/What-startups-are-located-in-San-Mateo We'll do tech talks, lightning talks and most importantly, have a beer! Men, women, devs, sys admins, and even you business people are welcome. Enjoy the fact that for once, we don't have to get on 101 to go to a meetup. Huzzah!

Silicon Valley is THE hotbed for hardware startups, so we thought it time to bring a showcase-style Meetup to the South Bay/Peninsula! We're a proud offshoot of the SF Hardware Startup Meetup, but aside from the different locale, we want to emphasize products that are, above all, smart! This means things that think for themselves, use novel materials/design, or otherwise make our world a better, more connected place. This Meetup aims to not only expose you to the newest of products, companies, c …

3D Printing, also known as Additive Manufacturing, is an exciting and potentially game changing technology that will dramatically alter the way products are designed, manufactured, distributed and financed. A standard digital file (.stl) of an object is created, either by using Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software or a 3D scanner, and is sent to a dedicated machine which builds the object layer-upon-layer in a material such as plastic, metal or ceramic. Today the technology is mainly used for ra …

This is a group for people interested in the intersection of technology and digital photography. If you're interested in using technology to help people make lasting memories and sharing life's joy, this is the group for you!

EdgeSpring is a San Mateo based Kleiner-Perkins & Lightspeed Startup in the business intelligence and analytics space. This group was formed as a forum for fostering community by bringing together companies that are using the technology as well as those interested in learning more. Join this group if you are interested in innovative business intelligence technology, data visualization, big data, and more. Join if you are a business analyst or a business user of BI and want to find new an innovat …

Dialog between angel investors and entrepreneurs to identify the best new ideas, teams and match them with compatible funders

Ultra Light Startups Ultra Light Startups brings together the world's most innovative technology entrepreneurs, in monthly events and accompanying online communities. Events feature pitching, networking and interactive, moderated panel discussions with leading industry experts. Topics cover: Design, Technology, Marketing and Finance And be sure to checkout our website and join our social media groups: Website - http://ultralightstartups.com/ Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/ultralightstartu …

This group is setup for IT Start-up Entrepreneurs, Network Engineers, CIO's, IT Project Managers, Business Systems Analysts,  System Administrators, Business Owners, CEO's and CFO's of the Silicon Valley. It is this groups goal to help all parties involved truly understand not only the technology requirements for scalable and rapid deployment, but the cost and logistics behind the "beast" we all know as IT design.

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.

Traditionally, businesses have leveraged print coupons, newspaper ads, and direct mail to advertise their products and services. 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. How effective are these advertising and marketing channels for small businesses today? We will explore modern, …

TinyMCE is one of the most popular open source JavaScript online text editors. It is used by Wordpress, Facebook, Jive Software and many others. In fact, even Meetup.com uses it :) We are organizing a TinyMCE developer meetup in downtown Palo Alto to discuss integration tips, prioritize bug fixes and gather ideas for the future roadmap.

Gartner predicts that by end of 2013, number of people who access the web through a mobile device will exceed the ones using a PC. In this environment, it makes sense to design your applications and plan your new web based business first for mobile devices and then adapt that to the web, rather than the other way round. This group is for Entrepreneurs, Developers, Product managers/ Product Designers and others involved in planning, designing, implementing, selling or marketing Mobile Applicatio …

This group is to enable members to increase their knowledge and understanding of HTML5. You should join if - You track HTML5 actively and want to share your knowledge - You are interested in learning more about HTML5 - You want to learn by experimentation with HTML5

This group welcomes both business and legal professionals. If you’re in business, you’ll inevitably come into contact with attorneys. Let’s listen to attorneys give presentations on ways to avoid legal pitfalls and/or succeed in business legal matters. In the end, you’ll learn how to avoid a lot of wasted time and legal bills. If you’re an attorney, join our events for legal professionals to help plan the presentations and to strategize, network, and collaborate among fellow attorneys and legal …

We get together to share technical and operational challenges facing Technical Entrepreneurs and CTO's, and to cross-pollinate experiences and solutions. We welcome both experienced and new CTO technologists.

Four to five times a year, SAP in Palo Alto (@SAPBayArea) hosts interesting speakers as part of the Hillview Speaker Series. Past speakers have included Sal Khan of the Khan Academy, Geoffrey Moore, Caleb Zigas, Dara O'Rourke and Alberto Savoia. The events are free of charge and open to the public. We encourage tech professionals, students, researchers, professors and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs to attend.

require('beer') require('javascript') developers.filter((dev) => { return distance(dev.loc, paloAlto.loc) < 20; }).forEach(inviteForBeer); // frequent, informal discussions of various things javascript in a beer-enriched environment. // 'cause the city's too far, and CalTrain stops running too early.

"The ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do" ~ Steve Jobs Welcome!  Thank you for joining!  If you are new to Ruby on Rails or an intermediate, advanced Ruby on Rails Engineer - you will love this group! I plan on offering the following: 1.  Variety of Ruby on Rails classes.  These classes will be offered for beginning RoR developers or intermediate/advanced level. 2.  Presentations given by guest speakers(RoR developers) from great startups. 3 …

This is a community forum for developers in the San Francisco Bay Area to learn, discuss, and extend the JavaFX platform. We meet monthly in person with presentations on JavaFX tutorials, topics, and bleeding edge news. Our meetings are always free to attend or watch online. IMPORTANT: Remote attendees should now sign-up for meetups. You will get asked whether you are attending online or local during registration, which helps us plan for food at the event. To attend remotely, please use the …

ThoughtWorks was a transformative experience for a lot of us. This is a real-world forum where we can meet and keep up with what we're up to since then...

The Healthcare IT SIG offers technologists, healthcare providers, and investors in Silicon Valley a forum to promote knowledge sharing, network with one another, facilitate timely debates, and collaborate on critical topics including Software, Medical Devices, Mobile Health, Electronic Health Records, Instruments, Networking & Interoperability, Telemedicine, Imaging, Clinical Decision Support, Standards & Regulations, Privacy & Security, and Economics. The cost to attend is $20.00. SVForum membe …

This Silicon Valley OpenShift group meets to discuss OpenShift and the many ways it can be used to develop awesome apps. Our first meetup will be on April 30th. Let me know if you'd like to participate. Dave

Hey Django enthusiasts, let's network, share our knowledge and learn some new things. We're planning meetups in Downtown San Mateo, Downtown San Jose, and anywhere else along Caltrain.  Once we've picked-up a few members, we'll schedule our first meeting.

Meetup of local designers, inventors, innovators and social entrepreneurs who are intrested in the design, development and distribution or products for the benefit of the Other 90% -- that's about 5.85 billion people -- that's a market. This group is sponsored by Designfluence, a nonprofit aggregator of designers and resources, and is open to collaborative relationships with like groups and individuals. More about Designfluence on our website. We've decided NOT to have membership dues or mee …

The original organizer has had to leave as organizer so now we are in the process of deciding if and with what focus this group should continue on. Please feel free to make suggestions on the main mailing list or discussion forum.

Are you an experienced Facebook app developer or itching to learn? Well then, this meetup is for you! This meetup is all about learning new things, sharing tips, and networking with others developing on the always evolving Facebook Developer Platform. Guest speakers will include Facebook Platform evangelists, successful entrepreneurs leveraging Facebook and application demos from up and coming rockstars of the Facebook Platform.

Apache Shiro is a powerful and easy-to-use Java security framework that performs authentication, authorization, cryptography, and session management. With Shiro’s easy-to-understand API, you can quickly and easily secure any application – from the smallest mobile applications to the largest web and enterprise applications. We recommend you start with the 10 Minute Tutorial which gives you a feel for Shiro and its API. Then feel free to get started using Shiro in your own applications. If you hav …

Welcome to Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs & Startup Group, world's largest mobile entrepreneurs community! From App to Startup! From Developer to Entrepreneur! Meet other local entrepreneurs /founders/Hackers/Developers, VCs, and leaders for the mobile / Internet industry, including Android, iOS, WP, HTML5 , Cloud, Facebook, Chrome! Come to our events to network and share your stories. Hear how others have overcome hurdles and achieved success. All are welcome! This fast growing Entrepreneur commu …