Agilists have been making the drive up to San Francisco for the BayAPLN er BayALN meet up for years, now it's time for Silicon Valley area to have local access to stimulating Agile discussions and visiting agile gurus. We have big companies like Netflix, Apple, Adobe, IBM, Ebay and Yahoo that have their own agile implementations as well as many Lean and agile startups and smaller companies that can both benefit and contribute. Join us for online discussion Linkedin group at Silicon Valley Agile …

Each time Silicon Valley booms different regions lead the way. With its hot new downtown and terrific location, half way between SOMA and downtown San Jose, Redwood City is already becoming the next hot spot for Silicon Valley start-ups. Whether you are an engineer, entrepreneur, executive, product manager, technologist, marketing, sales, VC or any role in the tech industry - drop by this friendly event and meet your fellow tech industry professionals.

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/

Welcome to Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs & Startup Group! Meet other local entrepreneurs, VCs, and leaders for the mobile industry, including Android, iOS, WP, blacberry! 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 community is the the place to network with the like minds. And also, its a great place to help individuals, especially developers, engineers to become successful Entrep …

Are you someone with an engineering business or an engineering consultant in the Silicon Valley? Or are you an engineer or entrepreneur who might need to contract or partner with such a business? Silicon Valley Business of Engineering Meetup welcomes engineers from all design disciplines and the businesses that support them such as manufacturing, technical training, and sales of engineering hardware or software tools. We'll have a regular casual mixer event with light refreshments where busines …

Do you want to give back to your community while making new friends? Silicon Valley Volunteers is an organization that combines both aspirations. The organization is designed to help young people in their 20's and 30's find opportunities to volunteer in their local community while meeting others with similar interests. Silicon Valley Volunteers focuses on providing opportunities that fit into the busy schedules of young people. Many opportunities listed on the site are in the evenings or wee …

This group is for anyone who wants to get involved in the Silicon Valley Walk to End Alzheimer's, which takes place in downtown San Jose every fall. Ideally, you live in Santa Clara County and want to walk, volunteer, or support the cause. Our Volunteer Planning Committee will begin meeting in March and will help with recruiting, sponsorship, community outreach, media relations, fundraising, and more. If you want to get more involved in the community and have been touched by Alzheimer's, join us …

… http://silicon-valley.siggraph.org Recent meetings: Our annual presentation of the SIGGRAPH Electronic Theater, a video presentation of cutting edge computer animation from the SIGGRAPH conference, that occurs around the start of the year. Computer Vision Techniques for High-end Visual Effects by Chris Bregler and Kiran Bhat, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), the VFX branch of LucasFilm Mobile Visual Computing by Kari Pulli and Radek Grzeszczuk, Nokia Research Center Unity Techn …

Silicon Valley Web Builder (SVWB) is a web organization dedicated to providing web builders with useful and informative resources. We promote technological innovations and address technical challenges facing the web community. SVWB invites expert speakers to address important and critical aspects of launching, building and growing successful websites, web applications and web-based businesses. SVWB efforts cover every aspect of web building including user experience design, information architec …

I recently attended my first conference for women in technology (the Grace Hopper Celebration) and was blown away by how exciting it was to be surrounded by so many smart, awesome women in tech. Join up if you want that experience (on a smaller scale, of course) here in Silicon Valley! I'm picturing this as a group where we can get together socially and meet other women who share our passion for computers and technology. We could also meet up at events like She's Geeky or attend tech seminars.

Are you a European expat and now living in or visiting Silicon Valley? Do you miss Europe? Do you like to go out, meet new people, make friends, explore the area and have fun along the way? We like EUROPEAN EXPATS who can bring energy, wicked ideas, stories to share and great sense of humor to EESV! Interesting people and outgoing personalities, who are well traveled, open minded, smart, positive, communicative, curious and young (at heart)! If you think you are one of us, please feel welco …

Mobile China Forum is an open and non-profit community in the mobile industry in Silicon Valley. Mobile China Forum provides valuable information exchange for Mobile & App ecosystem cross China to Silicon Valley, from developers, entrepreneurs, leaders, visionaries; from Apps, platforms, devices, platforms, solutions, tools, to startups. Mobile China Forum holds various event activities and opportunities for members to meet with leaders in the China and USA, including mobile internet leaders, ap …

Join Other Entrepreneurs Who Eat Problems For Breakfast. * Compare Notes * Exchange Ideas * Learn from Others' Mistakes * Brainstorm with Peers * Find Partners * Small Group Atmosphere * Serious Conversation Bootstrappers Breakfasts® are for founders of early stage software startups. It is a chance to compare notes on operational, development, and business issues with peers. These breakfasts were designed for entrepreneurs to share ideas and leverage thoughts with other folks who are …

Introduction to PMI Silicon Valley Chapter, Inc. The Silicon Valley Chapter is a regional component of PMI and a resource for all aspects of project management leadership and information in California's Silicon Valley (southern end of San Francisco Bay). The chapter's 2,000 plus members enjoy over 180 yearly local activities supported by an all volunteer staff. In addition, Project Management Professional (PMP) certification has been achieved by over 50% of its members. The Chapter's mission i …

This is one of the oldest groups on meetup.com and we still welcome new members! 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. We are writers and aspiring writers. We are bloggers and wannabe bloggers. We meet regularly to interact with serious and not-so serious bloggers. Our organize …

Come and check out the Humanist Community in Silicon Valley! Our website is http://www.humanists.org. Our main event each week is a Sunday Forum which features a different speaker each Sunday discussing some topic of interest. A wide variety of topics are covered from week to week. To see our upcoming scheduled Forums and our past Forums, go to the http://www.humanists.org website and click on the "Sunday Forums" link. You can also check out our upcoming and recent past Forums by lookin …