The International Multilingual User Group has been a forum for GILT* professionals and language technology users since 1987. We meet regularly in Silicon Valley. Read on...

Welcome designers, developers and visionaries! Let's learn and discuss core principles for creating effective user interfaces, design strategy and user experiences for mobile devices. We will have industry leader guest speakers and cover the trends such as form factors UI, lean mobile UX, wearable computing, GPS, gestures, augmented reality, tactile experiences, sensors, commerce, tagging and more. Learning about industry practices and techniques for the most popular platforms, and next generati …

"Are you a techie with a passion to work on new ideas/startups ?" Do you wish to have a meetup to connect with other like-minded techies but found that the existing meetup groups are too chaotic to let you meet the right people?" Do you have an idea that you would like to find people passionate to work on? The goal of this group is to help developers and  ideators connect together to work on early stages of developing an idea/creating mockups etc. You can expect to make new friends, brainstorm a …

Samsung's bada is a new smartphone platform that allows developers to create feature-rich applications that elevate the user experience in mobile spaces. Long story short, Samsung is aiming to bring the smartphone experience to every mobile phone user in the world with a robust, feature-rich, yet affordable mobile platform. With over 1M Samsung bada powered units sold worldwide in just 4 weeks, Samsung's Bada mobile initiative is off to a great start!

This is a group for all usability professionals in the Bay Area to socialize, network and share ideas. Long Term Plans are planning to establish a local chapter of the UXPA Intl Association.

With technologies such as Google Prediction API and mahout, it should now be easier to add for your website users: recommendations, separate ham from spam, and predict what newsletter content they will not consider spam. Let's explore and discuss these new technologies together and how we can use and efficienly implement/deploy them in our websites/projects/communities. Other applications of prediction/classification/clustering/collaborative filtering that I haven't thought of are welcome!

As a voice for the local design community, the IDSA Silicon Valley Chapter aims to: Celebrate Silicon Valley design, and the people who practice it; extol the value of good design to business leaders and the public alike. Fan the flames of inspiration by providing opportunities to learn from and share knowledge with others. Bring people together, face-to-face, to form meaningful relationships with other designers and those in related fields.

Mobility in Enterprises is a meetup for people to exchange ideas on how today's enterprises should embrace Mobility on the consumer and enterprise front to increase revenues, achieve higher productivity and create newer business models to transform business. The meetups would be speaker sessions, panel discussions and happy hours to mingle with like minded individuals.

We're excited to bring the Foundation community together every month. Whether you're a Foundation expert or just getting started with the responsive framework, we'd love for you to join us.

We are looking for people with startup skills.  It can be front-end, backend, marketing, bizdev, testing, etc. The biggest problem with joining a startup without funding is that it can be a time-sink.  The entrepreneur can have unrealistic expectations of unpaid work. SB is different. We don't hold hackathons.  We hold launchathons.  No ideas thought up on Friday and launching on Sunday.  The startups and entrepreneurs are vetted for weeks prior to development.  The tools are setup and provided. …

Bay Area Web Performance is focused on making the Web faster and smarter! Our members are passionate about the user experience and the Performance community here in Silicon Valley. We'll meet regularly to discuss, delight, and inform ourselves on the hot topics and industry happenings in the Web Performance world! Join us!

Let's feel, enjoy and discuss about what is visual communication here! We are crazy to find better way of communication which is visual based for fun. Welcome everybody who has interested in visual communication!

Presentations, discussions, and implementations of In-Vehicle-Infotainment (IVI) or other vehicle / automotive projects emphasizing those utilizing open source or built with open source tools.  Safety, fuel-efficiency, and innovative enabling applications beyond entertainment are especially of interest, as are fleet vehicles, farming equipment, heavy machinery, marine and aviation applications -- all sorts of intelligent transportation systems. Non-coders who are more involved in business, polic …

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 …

The WebGuild holds monthly events for web professionals in Silicon Valley. If you fall into one of these groups this is the perfect forum for you. 1. User Experience - web designers, localization specialist, qa, web analytics 2. Web Applications & SaaS - developers, architects or technologists and other on the web operations side. 3. Internet Marketing - Search Engine Marketing or Search Engine Optimization, web analytics and social media Our events provide you with a forum to learn about …

A San Francisco and Silicon Valley based group focused Oracle EPM, BI and Big Data Technologies including Endeca Information Discovery, Hyperion Essbase, Oracle BI and Analytics Applications, Big Data  including NoSQL, Hadoop, Cloudera, R, Oracle Data Integrator, Big Data Appliance, Exalytics, Master Data Management, DRM, Hyperion Planning, and Hyperion Financial Management, and an ever expanding suite of Oracle related technologies. Please join us as we share user experiences, problems and solu …

TC Camp is an Unconference focused on Technical Communications issues, skills, challenges, and the various applications used by technical communicators. The purpose of TC Camp is to provide a local bay area conference for technical communicators that is driven by the members of that community–writers, editors, designers, and the people who support them.

If you are just starting out in photography or have been in it for a while, you'll fit in just fine shooting with us in the South Bay and beyond. Our group is intended for members of all experience levels, and all photographic mediums. Our goal is to have a good time enjoying our hobby, meet new people who share the love of photography, go to places near and far, further ignite and explore the creative spark within ourselves and learn some new tips and techniques along the way. We will be sched …

Let's get together and share our user and development experience with the Pebble smart watch. Everyone is welcome! We will have presentations from the community along with food and beverages at an awesome venue.

This group was started in April of 2003. We switched from java.net to meetup.com at the beginning of 2009. This Java User Group (JUG) is for anyone interested in learning more about JEE web application development. We meet at Google in Mountain View, California, on the third Wednesday of the month. All levels of JEE web application development experience are welcome. Our meetings are always free to attend.

Running a Hadoop cluster using Cloudera Manager? Using Cloudera Manager to monitor and operate your Hadoop infrastructure? Share your experiences and best practices with other users and learn more from Cloudera engineers who will be on hand.

This is a group for Citrix enthusiasts, Citrix fans and Citrix haters. Let's meet and share your thoughts, knowledge and experience.

Tired of WordPress Meetups where the host is trying to sell you their wares? I know I am. I've organized this meetup exclusively for WordPress users, designers, webmasters and developers. I want to share experiences, tricks and tips on the web's greatest platform. Beginners through hardcore DevTeam members are all welcome!

Business measurement, modeling and metrics have become critical to businesses of all sizes and across all industries. In today's competitive environment, executives need to be at the top of their game when it comes to understanding their business performance. There is data everywhere about the market, competitors, customers and businesses, but getting to the core of the information, and turning that data into an advantage is challenging. This group brings together executives from multiple indust …

We are a Bay Area user group focused on helping Datameer users share experiences, tech tips, solve big data analytic problems and solutions.  This group is for those who want to learn and advance their knowledge and use of Datameer.  Intended to be casual, this Meetup will encourage knowledge sharing and discussions set 'unconference' style.  At the beginning of the meetup, we will showcase a best practice then break out into discussion groups.  All Datameer related topics will be welcome.

Santa Clara based Hadoop Users/Enthusiasts group, focused on sharing experiences/challenges.

Bay Area has immense expertise and interest around Eclipse platform. With Helios launch just around the corner and e4 launch soon after, there is a lot to share and learn. This meetup will regularly meet to share experiences and experiments with Eclipse Platform from Eclipse community members in Bay Area. Any developer, manager, or enthusiast of Eclipse Platform should join this group.

Support, education and advocacy for people living with implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), candidates for ICD surgery, and their friends and families. Our meetings are an opportunity for members to share experiences, express concerns and learn more about ICD therapy. From emotional adjustments and educational support to technology and medical advances, no topic is left untouched.