RES seeks to become a coalition of average people who seek to build solutions to secure energy independence for the individual and the family. The group is not for profit. The intent is to create synergy for effective building of devices which output usable energy, such that these devices are cost-effective for middle and lower class Americans. Projects done through the group will be open source (and licensed to stay open source), but not restricted from commercialization. The group will be ope …

The International Alchemy Guild is a group of alchemists from around the world who come together to exchange views, news, and research in all forms of practical and spiritual alchemy. The Alchemy Guild membership site is at AlchemyGuild.org and the spiritual initiation site is EmeraldTablet.net. The present Guild was formed by a confederation of practicing alchemists who trace their lineage back to the sixteenth century. In 1968, the renewed Guild opened an office in Vienna, Austria, and in 1996 …

If you love to design and build blogs and CMS sites with WordPress this is the group for you. Down and dirty technical talk about WordPress php and CSS - Themes and plugins. Let's help each other solve our challenges and create friendships as well.

Hello everyone and welcome! I am so happy to be the new organizer for the "Fun Spiritual Singles" group in San Jose.  Helene, the previous organizer (who is also my dear friend, counselor, and teacher) has stepped down and has asked me to carry the torch for this group.  I am honored (and excited) to take this on! Many thanks for all of her years of service here! The intention of this group is well aligned with the many singles events and activities that I currently host so I think this is a ver …

Katie B. started this group because "I find it a challenge to meet like minded people in my area". The purpose of the group is for intelligent conversations, sharing of ideas and creative stimulation. We'll start with just coffee chats and can later include activities. The area has such a great bounty of recreational and natural beauty. Who should join?   Tolerant open minds of all ages, singles and couples. People who enjoy discussions about the Arts, Documentaries, Eco living, literature, libe …

The Google Developer Group East Bay (GDGEB) meets on a Monday of the month in East Bay. We invite our members that developer of Google technology to do brief demos of 5 minutes. This is followed by a technical presentation and/or demonstration of one or more Google technologies from 7:00 to 8:00pm. The time between 8:00pm and 9:00pm is available for longer talks, extended Q&A and/or more informal networking before everyone heads home. Our general meetings will always be free and open to the gene …

Silicon Valley Perl (SVPerl) is for people interested in the Perl programming language in the Silicon Valley area - engineers and coders, or other users. A previous Perl Mongers group existed in the area until 2005. SVPerl re-established the Perl group in 2010. See SVPerl's web site at http://svperl.org/

This group is for WordPress bloggers, designers, developers and those interested in learning more about the world's best blogging and content management software. It's social, fun, and educational. Join us to share your experiences and learn from others.

Enterprise users helping users keep the lights on.

Come join us to discuss Drupal and help strengthen Drupal in the local Tri-Valley community. We organize monthly sessions to cover topics such as theming, development, site building and other areas related to Drupal.

Bay Area Search Engineering Monthly Meetup Monthly presentation on topics of interest to search software engineers. Query Recall & Expansion (synonyms, spelling, autocomplete, related search) Machine Learning for Ranking (decision trees) Factor development for ranking (page factors, ecommerce factors) Search metrics (DCG, NDCG, RPref, etc.) Hadoop & Data Mining for Search (bipartite graphs, session analysis).

The Big Data Analytics Speaker Series is an Adobe/Omniture sponsored speaker series that is open to the general public. Meetings will be conducted monthly in a workshop style meet-up at Adobe's downtown San Jose headquarters and present expert speakers from academia and industry to discuss topics related to the analysis of big data sets and range from tutorials to expert roundtable discussions and cover analytical models to best practices. There will also be specific topics related to mobile, so …

The group is dedicated to developers and users of cloud storage and those dedicated to interoperability and open source. This includes implementers of cloud storage APIs, Big Data Analytics and even Archive and Preservation in the Cloud.

There are demands for good mathematicians to write algorithms that can churn through billions or trillions of data points and show where patterns emerge. The Economist data issue raised this issue as follows: "During the recent financial crisis it became clear that banks and rating agencies had been relying on models which, although they required a vast amount of information to be fed in, failed to reflect financial risk in the real world. This was the first crisis to be sparked by big data—and …

We are Tech in Motion: Silicon Valley. This group is designed for anyone and everyone interested in technology. If you are a tech lover, an expert in the field or simply want to know more about the industry this is the place for you. Tech in Motion is designed for you, so let’s make this group amazing and help bring the sprawling Silicon Valley Tech community closer and do something great! Have something cool you want to hear discussed? Tell us about it! *We already have 2 staffing firms dedica …

Welcome to The Sonora Software Developers Group! We are an informal group focused on educating developers on all areas of software development. Topics include development languages, frameworks, tools, techniques, best practices, and much more. 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 join us! * Network with other …

TechXploration is PayPal's free, tech-focused speaker series that occurs monthly in San Jose. Hear from Valley-based tech luminaries while sampling the finest craft beer and local eats! All are welcome. Join us!

Compelling content is key to many entrepreneurial ventures in Silicon Valley. Whether you are a content creator, agregator, or broker, you realize that content is king. Our calendar will have an array of activities and programs to help content entrepreneurs create, package, and market content online.

The Cisco Users Group of Silicon Valley meets once a month to discuss products, services, and technologies to simplify network management with Cisco Prime products for enterprise and service providers. Cisco is truly dedicated to customer success. Our mission is to shape the future of the Internet by creating unprecedented value and opportunity for our customers, partners, shareholders, and employees. Built for the human network. Disclaimer: The Cisco Users Group of Silicon Valley is an independ …

This is a group for people that are polyamorous and that identify themselves as spiritual. Many poly people have trouble finding support for their lifestyle in their community and with their circle of friends and family. This group is for you. We will do activities together, talk about all types of poly matters... including the hardships of coming out... play games together....basketball anyone?... have weekend gatherings, do alot of spiritual introspection and bonding. The spiritual events will …

This group is for anyone who likes to build things with electronics, learn about it, share knowledge and help each others in their hobby projects. I am not electronics engineer but just started learning about Arduino microcontroller and got interested in that area. I saw some you tube videos and was amazed by some of the things people created in their free time. It might be fun to do things together and learn.

Group for Django and Python developers, professionals, and enthusiasts. Python is a beautiful language and Django is a smart and powerful framework. This group allows experts to share their knowledge and passion while those new to Django or Python can develop. I would like to develop my skills and knowledge, help others (if I can), and help grow the development in and near Sacramento.

This meetup about developing rich front end web applications with the Backbone.js javascript library. Pair programming, Show and Tell, philosophizing about the "Backbone Way" are prime candidates for how we might spend our time together.

This is a  group for anyone interested in learning and sharing information about the latest and greatest Open Source solutions for small and mid-size businesses. There are great cloud based or on-premises products as Open Source that we would like to introduce and discuss. Some other groups that may benefit from joining this group are: Small to Mid-size business owners, IT Professionals & Consultants, Start-up Companies, Educators, and .... All skill levels and expertise are welcome. We will try …

This Meetup is for those who have a strong interest in new technology and its application either for profit or the sake of interest in the innovations coming our way. Innovators, Discoverers, Tinkerers, Experimenters and those who want to do more than just consume technology are the backbone of progress in our world. From Android to Zip Cars, 3D Printing to the newest Web Services, Analytics to the X Prize, there is a lot happening around us that is significant, interesting and often profitable …

We get together to help each other fix our problems recover lost information, learn how to get the most from or tech devices. Like desktop computers, tablet computers, our phones. All topics From Microsoft OS to Linux, Android, IOS, Mac OS will be looked at. We will learn to use/create  websites, desktop apps and Tablet/Phone apps. Everything computer, We were here a year or so ago, and enjoyed helping people, Back now and looking forward to learning and teaching and meeting people. I want to ta …

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.