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Now that the calendar is walking out of your life, here is a quick and dirty guide to how you can stay up to date on tech:
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User Groups say to heck with the holidays
It's not such a bad thing that Valleywag Calendar will be gone after this week. The scarcity of upcoming events in the Valley means you'll have time to devote to the real things that matter this holiday season-shopping, eating, drinking, oh and family. But before you get festive, there are a few die hard groups still meeting tonight. The Openmoko User Group will be reporting back on their media player testing at the PariSoMa Coworking Space from 6-8 p.m. The Silicon Valley OpenSolaris User Group will be installing the latest bits of 2008.11 OpenSolaris at Sun Microsystems' Santa Clara Campus. And the SF Java Script Meetup will be casual networking about code at CBS Interactive, nee Cnet, at 5:30 p.m. If you really want to indulge your inner dork, DorkBot SF will be at Retox to chat laser cutters, touch screens for live mashups, and space tourism. Fly me to the moon! More » -
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Even the universe is getting fatter
As Thanksgiving approaches, take a minute to ponder this: some expansion is inevitable. But it isn't just your waistline that is growing. 10 years ago scientists discovered a dark energy that is pushing the universe outwards at increasing speeds. Tonight, get to the meat of one of the biggest physics quandaries of the 21st century with Dr. Eric Linder of Berkeley Labs. Starting at 5:30 p.m., Linder will discuss how dark energy has been linked to supernovas and dinosaur extinction at the Berkeley Repertory Theater. More interested in the dark forces cramping your networking skills? The Executive Sandbox will be discussing the essential communication skills to help you build rapport with clients and bosses at Patima Organic Coffee from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. (Photo by Erin O'Connor) More » -
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Live from the Herbst Pavilion, it's ... YouTube?
What, someone's hiring? Fixya, which is doling out the free food at Lunch 2.0 today, is hiring. Grab a bite and a job. Tomorrow indulge your YouTube habit. Your favorite timesuck is streaming live from the Herbst Pavilion at Fort Mason in San Francisco. Watch the new product launch/party featuring your favorite Internet stars at home or in person starting at 5 p.m. After you kill some brain cells, try learning something. The Mishap Science Fair is bringing science to Mighty. Drink, dance, and relive the best part about 3rd grade — baking soda eruptions. (Photo by Mike G. Ottawa) More » -
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The Valley is one giant cocktail party
If your office cut its holiday day party budget, don't despair! There's still ample opportunity to make out with that coworker from the 3rd floor — on someone else's dime. iWidgets is launching version 2 of its social syndication platform at Project One from 6-9 p.m. WorkIt.com's annual Silicon Valley Mixer for startup types is at Techmart from 6-9 p.m. Salesforce.com is hosting a technology social networking night with food, games, and swag at the Four Seasons from 6-8 p.m. And for something low-key, Avangate is having casual drinks with software publishers at the Tied House in Mountain View from 6-8 p.m. Drink on! (Photo by Rick) More »
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Follow the hackers
From personal computing to extreme sports, hackers out for a good time have been pioneering new ways of doing things. Tim O'Reilly, of O'Reilly Media, thinks we should follow them. To find out what O'Reilly thinks alpha geeks tell us about the future, make your way to the Stanford EE Computer Systems Colloquium at 4:15 p.m. Want to know what's next in mobile? Nokia research is sharing the results of a two-year field study on consumer mobile phone use. Get tips on mobile product design and strategy at the Berkeley Center for New Media Commons from 6-7:30 p.m. Only thinking as far as your next drink? Web Analytics Wednesday will be networking with wine at the Press Club from 6-8 p.m. while Digg lovers meet up to drink up at Mighty from 7 p.m.-12:00 a.m. (Photo by Rodrigo Paoletti) More » -
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Calling all citizen snoops
Looking for an excuse to head down to Yahoo? Get the update on Jerry Yang at the Yahoo User Interface and BrowserPlus Launch Party from 2-6 p.m. To find out what gadgets are on the chopping block, head to the Churchill Club's "What's Hot and What's Not in Personal Technology." The Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg and AllThingsD's Kara Swisher are headlining the annual gadget show-and-tell at Cabana in Palo Alto from 6-9 p.m. And SF New Tech is taking over Mighty for demos and drinks. Get your networking fix from 6:30-11 p.m. (Photo by Brian Solis) More » -
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Industries that might actually do well in 2009
It is unseasonably hot in the Bay Area. Time to lap up your vitamin D and forget about the dismal economic climate. Tonight, reps from high tech, life sciences, and the non-profit world dish about where to place your money and your time for a plausibly successful 2009. To channel the positive energy, head to the the Westin San Francisco Airport from 5:30-9 p.m. The Silicon Valley Engineering Council is having an open house. Geek out about emerging technologies at the SEMI Global Headquarter from 6-9 p.m. And Bambi Francisco, the telegenic business journalist turned cofounder/CEO of the startup social networking site Vator.tv, will be at the November Startup SIG. To find out how Francisco's venture is doing now that she is free from the shackles of journalistic integrity, head to Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP from 6:30-9 p.m. More »
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Your premier tech event resource until Dec. 1
Feast on the smorgasbord of conferences and tech events this weekend. For starters, try the 2008 Music Business Seminar at Ex'pression College for Digital Arts on Saturday. Panels on production, financing, and online marketing can you help you get the juices flowing on your next app for making money on music. Thinking bigger than widgets? Berkeley's Digital Media Play Conference at Haas is bringing together music tycoons, technology innovators, and a gaggle of up and coming MBA's to discuss issues facing the current media economy. Thinking bigger still? Convergence 08 is hosting a free-flowing unconference on everything from space tourism to open source. Envision the next technological revolution and beyond at the Computer History Museum both Saturday and Sunday. Finally, get a head a start on next week with Adobe MAX 2008 preconference festivities. The Adobe Community Leaders will be at Thirsty Bear for a welcome reception from 5:30-7:30 p.m. More » -
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Live, in San Francisco
NewTeeVee Live, the online-video blog's conference, runs today in Mission Bay. VoiceCon and ISPCon continue. Tonight: a meetup of San Francisco Flickr users at Crossroads Cafe in South Beach. More on the calendar: More » -
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PR pitches to save PR
Social media has undoubtedly democratized the Internet. But is this information free-for-all putting PR on the endangered industries list? To find out why not even social media will be able kill PR, head to the Horn Group Offices. Tonight, AllThingsD's Kara Swisher and some PR types debate why controlling the channels of communications may be more important than ever. Cocktails start at 4:30 p.m.; the panel starts at 5:30 p.m. For those of you who are over Web 2.0, see what's next. Eric Rodenbeck, founder and creative director of Stamen Design will be discussing the evolution of the Internet at the Commonwealth Club at 6 p.m. If your hump-day happy hour can't start early enough, LinkedIn is sponsoring another networking event downtown. Hobnob with other professionals at the Wine Bar SF from 12-1:30 p.m. (Photo by Brian Solis) More » -
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Give your employees the gift that keeps on giving: a job
Just in time for the holidays, layoff season is here. To avoid your own nightmare before Christmas, join a dotcom bust survivor, The Stephenz Group, at the Silicon Valley Capital Club. They'll be sharing their tips for keeping your revenue stream flowing in a tight financial market from 5-8:30 p.m. For something a bit more uplifting, tonight's Net Tuesday is out to prove that some youngs have heart. At 6 p.m., representatives from Millennials Changing America and Change.org will be at Techsoup to discuss how technology can give the next generation of leaders a voice. Lastly, Thrillist SF, the lifestyle e-newsletter that reads like one giant sponsored listing, is celebrating their first anniversary today. The party at Project One in Potrero Hill is already at capacity. So let the party crashing juices flow. (Photo by texas mustang) More » -
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Would an iPhone by any other name sell as strongly?
Your company doesn't just need a great product, it needs something that sounds cool. Put the "name" in "name brand" at tonight's SD Forum's marketing event. Athol Foden, president of Brighter Naming, will be sharing his tips on power branding and trademarks at DLA Piper from 6:30-9 p.m. At the Commonwealth Club, Jan Muehlfeit, Microsoft's European chairman, will be espousing his thoughts on what you need to maintain your competitive advantage globally. Quick hint: talent and intelligence might not be enough. And the High Tech Entrepreneurs forum is giving the floor to their fully-employed peers. Hear corporate intrapreneurs speak out on innovation at Jones Day from 5:30-7:30 p.m. More » -
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Who needs days off?
If work is your mistress, give her a little extra loving this weekend. At the Freebase Hack Day, dataheads will be getting together to unconference about Open Government applications and other topics at Metaweb Technologies from 10-6 p.m. on Saturday. Code Camp is taking over Foothill Community College for a fluff free weekend about, well, code. Whether you talk Ruby or Hadoop, geek out at 100-plus sessions at the annual event by developers for developers. Meanwhile, SIPACON 08 will be tackling social media and enterprise at Hewlett-Packard from 8:30-4 p.m. Find out how big business is planning to actually make money on Web 2.0. And finally, a quick message about Proposition 8. Californian farm animals may have fared better than the gay and lesbian community in this election, but that doesn't mean you have to pull a Yahoo and chicken out about the issue. Prop 8 protest kicks off at 7th and Market tonight at 5:30 p.m. (Photo by elliotcable) More »
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F-bomb dropping PHP advocate derails Ruby, again
Didn't make it to ZendCon08 for developer Terry Chay's expletive-laden talk on Ruby? Chay, the original PHP terrorist, is headlining the PHP meetup with an encore presentation of "Making Frameworks Suck Less" at CBS Interactive, the company formerly known as CNET, from 6:30-10 p.m. Now that the Internet has won the presidency, head to the Commonwealth Club for an update on new media's right to express itself. From 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Four Seasons in Silicon Valley, representatives from YouTube, Veoh, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation will be dissecting the impact of Viacom's attempt to sue YouTube off the Internet. For those of you missing out the raucousness of Web 2.0 Summit, the Fall Social Mixer at Roe Restaurant is giving meetups a chance to meetup. Tonight, join peeps from the SF Bay Area Tech Entrepreneurs, Fashion Replant, the Art Scene, and the Real Estate List Network for a runway show benefiting GreenPasture.org. Also getting together tonight, Tweets and Drinks will be at Mars Bars from 6:30-8 p.m. (Photo by Sebastian Bergmann) More »
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Wiggling out of deals for fun and profit
If you've ever signed an unfair contract, don't wallow in regret. Take it back! As part of Astia's "Doing it Right" series, a bunch of attorneys will show you how to weasel your way out of unfavorable terms that could cost you and your employees precious bling. To learn to play hardball, head to Fenwick and West from 3:30-5 p.m. Feeling inspired today? Break the glass ceiling at the eWomans Network's accelerated networking dinner at Villa Ragusa from 5-8:15 p.m. Also for the ladies, Janet Fouts, of Tatu Digital Media, and Anna Billstrom, of MarketingSherpa, are sharing their social marketing tips at tonight's SFWoW meeting at McCann Worldgroup from 6-9 p.m. (Photo via Inman News)) More » -
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Epic night, epic parties
Not hitting up Lead21's party for the Valley's Republican scene? Think London and Sterling Communications are sponsoring an election-night bash at 111 Minna. All of you Web 2.0 summit attendees without a couch to sit on can livestream the election results to the back beat of brit-pop. If you're planning on microblogging the historic night, raise a glass to democracy with Current, Digg, and Twitter. The new-media trio will be at 330 Ritch with real-time coverage and commentary from 5-10 p.m. Outside the City, drink liberally with Democrats at the Fireside Grill in Sunnyvale or cheers to conservatism with Republicans at the Maltby's Restaurant & Tavern in Los Altos. Whatever you do, just don't forget your "I Voted" sticker. (Photo by cursedthing) More » -
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Cleantech: Change you can believe in?
Worried about layoffs? We'd suggest you embrace the Valley's alternative-energy lifestyle, but electric carmaker Tesla's woes seem to make that a poor bet. Still, SD Forum will be looking at how the next wave of innovation can bring clean energy and water solutions to the developing world at Orrick from 6:30-9 p.m. FountainBlue is also thinking cleantech tonight. Join the likes of Symantec, EnerVault, and Element Partners for a conversation on efficient energy storage at Jones Day from 5:30 p.m-7:30 p.m. More concerned about issues of scale? The MySQL Meetup will be sharing tips on sharding and replications at CBS Interactive while the SF Java Developers will be digging into another enterprise-grade scalability solution at the Marakana Classroom tonight. (Photo by Matt Honan) More » -
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Is my watchdog a spin doctor?
Following every poll to watch swing states move from left to right and back again? A 24/7 news cycle feeds our craving for instant information, but separating fact from hype is trickier than ever. Join reps from YouTube, The Real News Network, BettyConfidential.com, and Google for a Churchill Club discussion on spin and politics in the age of online journalism at the SRI International Building tonight. If you have a post-World Series hole in your heart, fill it with beer. The Ubuntu 8.10 Release Party will be at Thirsty Bear at 7 p.m. for a low-key celebration of the latest in Linux's rapid-fire OS updates. Meanwhile, the creator of Movable Type and TypePad, Six Apart, is celebrating the second anniversary of its Vox blogging service from 6-9 p.m. at its 4th Street headquarters in SoMa. (Photo by Paul Keleher) More » -
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Make digital art not war
Tonight, fight for your right to mix and mash music with Lawrence Lessig, the intellectual-dreamboat Stanford law professor. Lessig will be launching his new book, "Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy" at the W Hotel at 6:30 p.m. More concerned about catching the next show than the culture wars? ParisSoMa is bringing Andy Gadiel, founder of concert search engine JamBase, to its Howard Street digs from 6-8 p.m. For a flashback to the original broadcasting panic attack, the Castro is presenting a 70th anniversary performance of Orson Welles' now infamous "War of the Worlds" live on stage at 7:30 p.m. More » -
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Secrets of corporate blogging
Big companies play with social media, often with hilarious results. Today, learn the lessons Robert Scoble never got in school. BlogWell at the San Jose Convention Center is giving an afternoon lesson on how to make corporate blogs a sanctioned part of your PR machine. While corporate America is getting a hold on Web 2.0, the New Voice of Business will be stepping into the next phase of capitalism. See what's in store for Web 3.0 at Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis from 5:30-7:30 p.m. On the party front, Sun Microsystems and MySQL are celebrating their merger at the SNAP Summit^3 After Party. Open Bar at Jillian's at the Metreon from 5-8 p.m. (Photo by spcoon) More » -
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Lonely hearts executive club
Sure, speed dating can find you seven minutes in heaven, but how about a chief whatever officer? Tonight, Right-Hand Partners sets out to pair fundable execs with the hot startup next door. For a shot at entrepreneurial love, get yourself to Fenwick & West at 5:30 p.m. You just might get lucky. It may be the end of the real world as we know it, but what about the virtual one? The Virtual World SIG is having their annual "Future of Virtual Worlds" panel at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman from 6:30-9 p.m. Tomorrow, learn how to go viral at the Snap Summit^3. The one-day conference on user experience and engagement will help your website find its perfect match: fans and money. (Photo by hlkljgk) More » -
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On Friday, happy hour is nonnegotiable
Terms and conditions are boring enough to make anyone glaze over. But when VC financing is on the line, do yourself a favor and understand just how much of your life you're signing away. Today, Astia is hosting an afternoon workshop on negotiating term sheets at the Microsoft San Francisco campus from 1:30-3 p.m. Once you've mastered avoiding the VC dope slap, enjoy your Friday as usual. Yelpers will be at the 500 Club from 5:30-7:30 p.m. while Laughing Squid heads to Mars Bar at 7 p.m. (Photo by sleepyneko>) More »
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I may be a geek, but my avatar is an artist
We've been wondering when Second Life's users would start fleeing the virtual ghost town. It's happening! Online-only performance troupe, Second Front, is stepping out into the real world. The artsy avatars will join a live audience at Cameraworks from 5-8 p.m. for "Identity Theft Virtual," an interactive piece between two worlds. For even more kitsch, LOLArts is hosting an art auction. You can buy sometimes serious cat art in the name of reading from 7-9 p.m. On the peninsula, Tesla Motors may be hurting, but the Menlo Park showroom is still open for partying. TheFunded.com is hosting a sold out CEO-only event at Tesla from 6:30-9 p.m. (TheFunded.com's Adeo Ressi was new Tesla CEO Elon Musk's college roommate.) Didn't anoint yourself a founder until yesterday? Don't panic. There are still a few "reserve" tickets on sale for a cool $100. To hobnob like a Facebooker, head to their Palo Alto headquarters for "Facebook Tech Talk" from 6-8 p.m. The topic: chat. (Photo by pathfinderlinden) More » -
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This is your brain on tech
Remember when the only downside to excessive typing was carpal tunnel? Now, experts predict fundamental changes to how we read, think, and learn, all thanks to our technological obsessions. To better understand your changing brain, head to Wilson Sonsini for "iBrain: Surviving the Technological Alteration of the Modern Mind" tonight at 7 p.m. If you want more than a superficial understanding of touch screens, IxDa-SF will be at Particle looking at "Multi-Everything: Multi-touch and the NUI Paradigm" starting at 6:30 p.m. And if a one night isn't enough for you, get your fill of fully immersive environments at the Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment Conference at Stanford. Game Developers and academics are getting together through Friday to discuss everything from realistic human characters, social intelligence, and Spore! (Photo by Liz Henry) More » -
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Free money still out there
Are you an orphan entrepreneur looking for your Daddy Warbucks? The Knight News Challenge has $5 million up for grabs for innovative online news and social media sites. Hey, it worked for Adrian Holovaty's EveryBlock. If you have an idea but need a boost getting your application in gear before the November 1 deadline, Knight representatives will be at Tech Soup for a workshop from 7-8:30 p.m. For those whose startup song and dance isn't winning fans, Fuzzyshot.com invites you to their Mountain View headquarters for the "World's Smallest Violin" pity party. Whining and dining begins at 7 p.m. And now a shameless plug for tech pursuits outside of the industry. MarketWatch's Tech Tales columnist Therese Poletti wrote a book on architecture, which just happens to relate to my day job. My other self will be hosting book launch/reception at the American Institute of Architects San Francisco at 5:30 p.m. Or head to House of Shields for a "No on Prop 8" happy hour and fundraiser from 6-8 p.m. (Photo bhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/freemarketmyass/2879511360/">freemarketmyass) More » -
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Throw a sheep, hit a conference
Conference roll call: Today the SanFran MusicTech Summit brings tech geeks, musicians, entrepreneurs, legal counsel, and the kitchen sink to the Hotel Kabuki for a one-day conference on the music landscape online. The Plug and Play Acceleration Trackhosts a two-day seminar on international cooperation and innovation. The expo hall will feature international startups and a global gauntlet of extreme pitching. Ajax World navigates the Web 2.0 waters with a three-day rich-Internet-technology love fest at the Fairmont in San Jose. Tuesday: Health 2.0 turns an eye on user-generated healthcare, search, the future of online medicine at the San Francisco Marriott. Feeling noncommittal? Celebrate the hate in your love/hate relationship with Facebook instead. The Global Facebook Flashmob will be at Justin Herman Plaza bringing annoying Facebookism to life from 6:15-6:20 p.m.(Photo by www.richardpeters.co.uk) More »
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Weekend warriors: Show the NSA and the CIA how it's done
Oh, decisions. You can spend your Friday night watching yet another Internet star take his act off YouTube, or you can cowboy up and tackle national security from a comfy conference room on the Peninsula. Option A? Head to Cobbs at 8 p.m. for Bo Burnham. Burnham's existential diddies of a suburban white boy include pun-heavy raps like "I'm Bo Yo" and "3.14 Apple Pie." Option B? SAP Labs is hosting the "Open Source Sensing Future Salon" from 6-9 p.m. to discuss opportunities in open-source surveillance, specifically those devices and processes "required for communities to satisfy the reasonable concerns of their neighbors — international and domestic — regarding the possible presence of specific weapons able to affect those neighbors directly." Yikes. Or maybe you could just rent the Bourne Identity instead. (Photo by Mike G. Ottawa) More » -
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One claptrap per child
Tonight, leave Intel outside. Representatives from One Laptop Per Child are here to tell you why the project's cute, cheap laptop designed for poor kids in developing countries is worthy of adoption. Edward Mokurai Cherlin, founder of Earth Treasury, will be giving an OLPC update at Apple Headquarters in Cupertino at 7 p.m. If ZenDesk hosts your helpdesk, then let them host you too. The ZenDesk meetup will be at 21st Amemdement from 6-9 p.m. Today you can also wish Sandbox Suites a happy birthday The SoMa coworking space that gives independent consultants and telecommuters a watercooler to gossip around is turning 1. Like any good birthday party, there'll be food, music, and prizes from 7-11 p.m. at its 10th Street digs. (Photo by One Laptop Per Child) More »
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The early bird gets the drink
Rest assured that if there's beer, it's here on the calendar. As long as the venture-capital-funded spigots are open, that is. Tonight Yoono and Hubpages are doing their part to keep your bar tab down at "Tweets and Dreenks" at the House of Shields. Try to leave work on time for once. The open bar closes at 7:30 p.m. For the search marketers out there, you too can mingle on someone else's dime. Search analytics company Enquisite is sponsoring the "Search Engine Marketing Happy Hour" this evening at Thirsty Bear. If you're in the mood for music, Women 2.0 is hosting a timely event on "Music Makers and Technology Shakers” at Slide from 6-9 p.m. Join representatives from the likes of SellaBand, Rhapsody, Raiden Holdings, and Persephone Bees (yes, the band!) for a panel discussion on alternative business models for the entertainment industry. (Photo by ethorson) More » -
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Thank god it's TMI Tuesday
Savor a tell-all evening of sex, lies, and teenage angst. To find out why there is more to Internet indecency than simply baring it all, join Valleywag's much missed provocateur, Melissa Gira Grant, at the Center for Sex and Culture. She'll be sharing all the dirty details about "Blogging Sex" from 7-9 p.m. Twitterbugs: Follow your FriendFeed all the way to Half Moon Bay. Chronic oversharer Robert Scoble is networking his way out of the economic dumps in true Scoble style — "cheap wine and cheeze" at the seaside Ritz-Carlton. For a night with the next generation of mediamakers, the Bay Area Video Coalition will be at Intersection for the Arts from 7-9 p.m., screening youth films. See how digital media is being used to give teens a voice and marketable skills. (Photo by king nikochan) More »
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Colonize this
Dell's attempt to trademark "cloud computing" was about as plausible as Columbus's discovery of America. (Someone else got there first, buddy!) But is the migration to the Internet cloud as inevitable as coming to America? To see what's in store for enterprise on the cloud computing frontier head to SAP Labs from 6 - 9 p.m. Hey, it can't be any worse than smallpox! For a taste of high tech's wild west, Fountain Blue is sponsoring a forum on chip design and robotics breakthroughs at Jones Day in Palo Alto from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. And because who gets Columbus Day off? Celebrate your own holiday. It's Web Monday and Cooley Godward Kronish are hosting an informal schmooze and booze on all things Web 2.0 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. (Photo by psd) More » -
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Go go gadget music
Put the tech in techno tonight. San Francisco's Apple Store on Stockton is "Making Electronic Music with Tenori-On." The digital instrument uses a grid sequencer and LEDs to create a bizarre visual soundscape even Björk could love. Would you rather spend your night playing Rock Band? You're in luck. On Saturday, Rock Band Live is hosting a battle of the bands for all of you living room rock stars. Win and you might just get to play the San Jose State Event Center Arena with the likes of actual musicians, Dashboard Confessional and Panic at the Disco. On Sunday, New York Times business and technology columnist Randall Stross will be pushing his new book, "Planet Google: One Company's Audacious Plan to Organize Everything We Know," at Keplers at 7:30 p.m.(Photo by gabreal) More »
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Health 2.0: empowering hypochondriacs one misdiagnosis at a time
A glut of online health sites makes it easier than ever before for individuals to procrastinate on calling the doctor by surfing the Web. Discuss the rise of Joe Six Pack, Web M.D. at tonight's Search SIG at the Microsoft Conference Center in Mountain View, Building 1, at 6:30 p.m. To improve your sales performance, find your way to La Paz in Berkeley around 6 p.m. The Independent Computer's Consultant Association is having demos for dinner at "Creating and Delivering Compelling Software Demonstrations." And for a some fun and games, GameLayer is having a party. Join the team at their 2nd St. offices from 6-10 p.m. (Photo by hiyori13) More »
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Wikreate auctions award to pay for party
If your sunshine comes in the form of free alcohol, then drink up the liquid happy at Wikreate's "Celebrate the Crisis Party." Basking in the affordable luxury of the Soma Grand, the communications agency/social network will be celebrating its recent Echo award. But this isn't an AIG affair. The agency ishawking the Echo on eBay to subsidize the party. So do them a favor and RSVP. For a glimpse into your tech future, head to Mighty. SF New Tech will be there for demo and drinks from 6:30 - 11 p.m. Pretending to study for the GMAT's tonight? Save your pennies, Harvard Business School is coming to you. "Getting Unstuck with the 100 Jobs Exercise" will help you navigate your career transition starting at 5:45 p.m. More » -
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What meltdown?
There is no place to hide from the economy's self-destruction. But while mass market hysteria ravages the trading room floor, just be cool. Women 2.0 will be at the Institute for the Future forecasting the outlook for funding at "Staying Cool with Your Startup During the Financial Meltdown" from 6-9 p.m. If the real world is too scary for you, the hosts will also be doing a demo of Superstruct, a multiplayer game that asks you to change the world one virtual crisis at a time. For those of those with your heads in the Internet cloud, go "Face To Face with a CIO" tonight. Lila Tretikov of SugarCRM will be a the Samovar Conference center discussing life beyond SaaS from 7-9 p.m. (Photo by electricinca) More » -
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VC reveals the secret
You already know the dirty truth: Oprah is wrong. What you need to succeed is money, talent, and a small army of overeducated lawyers. To discover how these forces can help you rule the universe, make your way over to the VC Taskforce's "Secrets For Setting Your Business Up for Success" from 6-9 p.m at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman. Oh, and bring a sleeping bag. Tuesday morning from 8-10 a.m. the SD Forum will also be Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman discussing VCs' manifest destiny to invest in India and China at the "Quarterly Venture Breakfast." If you'd rather talk in code tonight, the Java Meetup will be learning about the OSGi Service Platform at Marakana at 6:30 p.m. The MySQL Meeptup is also going to be test driving Entrance, which lets you datamine SQL analytics from your desktop, at Current Tv from 6-8 p.m. (Photo by emdot) More » -
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Do what you're told
It's a bluegrass, LoveFest, Litquake kind of weekend. So while you're kicking back and letting the best of the English language wash over you, make room in your head for another voice. For the first time in San Francisco, Improv Everywhere is asking anyone who's available at 2 p.m. on Saturday to meet in Dolores Park for The MP3 Experiment. In this quirky urban adventure that is one part guerrilla performance art and two parts silly, an omniscient narrator asks hundreds of people to download the same soundbite, wear the same colors, and the bring the same props for a jolly bit of flash-mob random. If you're an all-work sort, SuperHappyDevHouse 27 is having another Saturday session at Google's San Francisco offices at 2 p.m. The Affiliate Marketers meetup will be at the Golden Gate Perk Internet Cafe at the same time chatting about what else—making money online. And, oh yes, those layoffs you may have heard about at Valleywag? We'll be drowning our nostalgia at Joey & Eddie's, the bar formerly known as Moose's, tonight at 5 p.m. More » -
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Feeling SaaSy
While Biden and Palin posture like peacocks, you can avoid the debate while learning to build, debug and deploy widgets of mass compatibility. The PHP meetup is reveling in Adobe Flex and Adobe Air with Danny Dura, technical evangelist for Adobe, at CNET's SoMa headquarters starting at 7 p.m. Tomorrow, keep the app party going at the Coghead Developer Forum. This full-day event at the Mission Bay Conference Center is celebrating the rise of SaaS with a full line-up of networking and education. For an event too hot for the Palo Alto Fire Marshal: SVASE is hosting a networking and product launch with TiE Silicon Valley tonight. The organizers say they aren't taking walk-ins due to fire codes. Is that a dare? (Photo by FreaksAnon) More »
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