This is the monthly San Francisco Drupal users group. Come on down and discuss Drupal and Drupal technology with other people who use Drupal. We showcase sites which are using Drupal to help us all see real world applications of Drupal. Our Tech Sessions cover all areas of Drupal technology and are very informative. Come on down and join our vibrant community of Drupal enthusiasts.

This is the place to be for Mobile Cloud, HTML5  Android iOS WP Developers, hackers, entrepreneurs, startups, VCs! Each meeting usually consists of the following sessions: 1 Presentations. 2 Announcements. 3 Table Topics. Join group at Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1814061 FaceBook  http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=52204347917

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 …

The worlds of hackers and journalists are coming together as reporting goes digital and Internet companies become media empires. Journalists call themselves "hacks," someone who can churn out words in any situation. Hackers use the digital equivalent of duct tape to whip out code. Hacker-journalists try and bridge the two worlds. This group is to bring all these people together -- those who are working to help people make sense of their world. It's for hackers exploring technologies to filter …

Semantic Garage is at the cutting edge of semantic and natural language processing. It's where new web companies in the semantic space can showcase live demos and where open discussion and debate about the future and philosophy of semantic technologies emerge.

SF Creative Coders is a meetup every few weeks to bring our local community of hackers, designers & creative technologists together to share experiences and build new friendships here in the Bay Area. The goal is to get outside and meet fellow coders while enjoying the amazing beauty that is San Francisco. Our conversations tend to center around the intersection of human / computer interaction, emerging technologies, and interface design. If you are interested in the above, passionate about UI/U …

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 …

Welcome to the San Francisco HTML5 User Group—the largest HTML5 Meetup in the World! We have free monthly events in San Francisco with presentations by the industry's leading experts in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and other cutting-edge web technologies. Past speakers have included HTML5 superstars like Paul Irish, Bruce Lawson, Steve Souders, Divya Manian, Brian Leroux, PPK, Faruk Ates, Rob Hawkes, Peter Lubbers, and many more. We enjoy free food and drinks from our generous sponsors and encourage …

A group of hands-on engineers in San Francisco who are using Grails & Groovy at their primary gig or full-time employment who are advocating these technologies.  We have featured speakers, discussions about our tech-stack and are promoting Grails and Groovy to others using the JVM - and beyond.

This group is for software engineers who utilize Eclipse to develop applications of any variety.  We will meet and have presenters, social networking, job opportunities and more. Our meetups will be held between San Francisco and Silicon Valley on a monthly basis. Networking is about building mutually beneficial, strategic and productive business relationships.  We are trying to develop a community of hands-on software engineers who utilize the Eclipse environment and  are interested in JAVA, An …

The SVForum Emerging Technology SIG is a bi-monthly meeting focused on the future. The goal is to talk about technologies that aren’t quite here yet, to discuss trends in software technologies, and, in general, to examine what’s coming down the pipeline. We meet on the second Wednesday of every other month.

Advocate the use of MediaWiki technology and create a forum to talk about technology that improves and enhances the availability of well organized, community generated freely available information.

Startup Saturdays is all about empowering the global community through offering knowledge to enhance leadership, entrepreneurship and technical skills. With the knowledge and skillset taught though Startup Saturdays individuals are able to explore new business and career opportunities that lead to a better quality of life and higher earnings. Explore new pathways for your life by attending one of our classes. We are here to assist individuals with personal growth and help eliminate unsightly hu …

Want to learn how to code? Have a great idea? Don't be shy. Develop it. It can be intimidating for women to learn and ask questions when they are in an extreme minority. While open and welcoming, today's budding developer community is up to 91% male. There isn't a comfortable place where women can learn at their own pace and not be afraid to ask "stupid questions." We decided it was time to provide a place where all questions are OK and everyone can learn in a supportive environment. Our courses …

Tech in Motion San Francisco offers an exciting opportunity for tech pros and enthusiasts of all ages to network around our beautiful city by the bay. The Bay Area is the epicenter of technological innovation with some of the most talented engineers, programmers, designers, and bloggers in the game. This meetup group is for the SF tech lovers out there to network and stay current. Let’s ‘meetup’ San Francisco! *We already have 2 staffing firms dedicated to offering career counseling services to …

We sponsor monthly meetings on a variety of consumer technology topics. Our group is users helping users learn about computers as well as all types of consumer technology. We help with both PC's and Mac's, members range from nervous beginners to confident mentors eager to share their knowledge.

Are you intrigued by new apps like Highlight and Banjo that explore new ideas and technologies to connect likeminded people? If so, you're a great fit for this group. We'll discuss trends in the online to offline space and maybe even pair up to write some code. Some other websites and apps in this space: meetup.com (duh), shaker (Techcrunch Disrupt winner), vayable.com, planstigator.com, glancee.com and many others being written in a cafe near you. A good TC post: http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/3 …

A meetup consisting of casual evening talks and demos on the challenges and solutions of building and maintaining Wikipedia and associated sites (Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary, Wikiquotes, …) at the scale of a top five Internet site with over half a billion monthly uniques. This will be followed by Q&A and other informal lively discussion before and after. This consists of a range of topics such as the MediaWiki software (one of the largest open source web projects), website architecture and inf …

Cool startup ideas are hard to find! But so are good technology partners. The right execution of cool startup ideas matters! Join the Startup Development meetup group and share your successes (and failures) on developing startup in-house, hiring onshore and offshore contractors, share tips and learn from others.

Think of Converge-SF events as a venue to explore the intersection between design and technology. We hope to bring you inspiring speakers, letting them narrate their creative efforts by way of the presentation of a project. We will cover the many technologies which are used across the design and development workflow and delve into one or two of these technologies along the way. Find out more about us and view past presentations at Converge-SF.org Live Webcasts at: http://experts.adobeconnect/con …

A community to share and collaborate off of the ideas and innovations in music technology.

Do you want to know more about law and technology? Are you an entrepreneur, a business owner, or you work in a tech company and want to know what laws affect your business practices? Are you an attorney seeking to better understand new technologies your clients work with? If so, this is your group! What SEL offers: * EDUCATION * SEL puts the focus on the new technologies and the legal issues concerning them. We provide an opportunity to meet your peers and to learn more about the new developmen …

New tools and technologies appear daily for ingesting, munging, storing, processing, analyzing, visualizing data. These things don't often fit cleanly into existing groups. Wherever possible, we invite the authors and creators to join us to share with us their work -- be it in the form of a presentation, workshop, or happy hour. Events are held throughout the SF Bay Area. This is the sister group of the Data SF Bay LinkedIn group.

Calling all tech entrepreneurs, founders, CxOs, investors and leaders in the South Marin area! South Marin DrinkTank is  the latest off-shoot of the highly successful DrinkTank series of tech meet-ups run in London, New York and San Francisco by Huddle and its partners. This latest event is brought to you by Huddle (Alastair Mitchell, CEO & Founder) and Ping Identity (Mike Desai, VP Global Channels & Business  Development) – both of whom are new arrivals to Tiburon! The event is a high quality, …

Fashion Technology (FT) Accelerator is a program in Silicon Valley exclusively dedicated to start-ups at the intersection of fashion and technology. FT Accelerator works with a selected group of companies that are already generating revenue and are typically ready to achieve sustained growth. For pre-revenue start-up there is FT Start-up Showcase, a monthly discussion / demo centered around different topics and challenges facing the Fashion & Retail industries at the intersection with Technology …

Tech Hub/Bay Area MAKE YOUR PRODUCT MORE POWERFUL! At Getty Images and iStockphoto we thrive on providing the world’s best content, fueling amazing products and powering industry-leading ideas. Our new technology hub and meet up group provides powerful content integration solutions for tech companies in the Bay Area. It’s a community for sharing new ideas, industry insight and content trends to help elevate tech products and brands.

We love our community! We invite our friends and neighbors from local schools, community groups and organizations to take part in the San Francisco Microsoft Store. Our team members are ecstatic to help you shine by hosting complimentary events at our in-store theater, with a 103" touchscreen. Come check out cutting-edge technology alongside our experts. Our store becomes an interactive-hands-on technology classroom, where you will learn by doing. From popular products, like Windows 8, to propri …

This is a group for anyone interested in improving the health & wellness of those with chronic conditions - by the billions. Vidapost, a health technology startup, is building a community of providers, caregivers and patients to connect, engage and continuously focus on improving the health of those with chronic conditions and long term care needs. A healthy billion was started by the founder of Vidapost and is for all who are ready to tackle some of the biggest challenges within our healthcare …