Group dedicated to helping small mobile game and app developers succeed. Each week we have a coding lab or workshop where we discuss new concepts, ideas, and learnings that help accelerate success.

Meet others interested in all aspects of Web, Digital, Social Game and Social Media Analytics. Gather to discuss key trends and updates around advanced analytics,as it applies to marketing and tech offerings, upcoming web, search, BI, sentiment analysis, reporting and predictive analytics software (Web Trends, Google Analytics, Net Insight, Omniture, etc.) Open to anyone interested in learning more and sharing thoughts about digital analytics, SEM, SEO and social media as it relates to web desig …

This group is for Games User Researchers or those that are interested in Games User Research in the San Francisco Bay Area.  In addition to keeping in touch on the Games User Research group on LinkedIn, we sought a need to organize face-to-face meetups to further build our community and facilitate the exchanges information and ideas.

We started this Meetup to bring together the best devs, designers and entrepreneurs in the local social games space. Come meet some friends, hear a couple of great industry speakers, and talk about what's cool in social games.

… 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 Technologies - Taking the pain out of game development by David Helgason, Unity Technologies Sirikata: Open Source Virtual Worlds by Daniel Horn, Henrik Bennetsen. Stanford Graphics Lab, Stanford Humanities Lab Ray Tracing with the NVIDIA OptiX …

This meetup is all about apps for kids, from toddlers to tweens. We'll cover content for iPhone, iPad, Android, and whatever is next. Hosted by Creativity, Inc., a company that has worked on over 4000 toys and games with companies like Hasbro, Mattel, Fisher-Price, Disney, Nickelodeon, Sesame Street, and many more. www.creativityusa.com  

Welcome to the meetup! We're just getting the ball rolling here. Look here for an announcement about the first meetup, coming Very Soon!

  EYES WIDE OPEN: This meetup group is all about increasing Awareness. Yes, living life with our Eyes Wide Open. Its about the mindset and inner game of success. Its about understanding the little voices inside our heads. Its having the understanding that how we Think, controls how we Feel, which controls how we Act.  That your INNER World creates and controls your Outer World.   Eyes Wide Open is about how; knowing what to do, and doing what you know are 2 completely different things.  How y …

BIG strives to demystify the video gaming industry for people of color. We assist individuals in evolving from consumers to producers of video games and apps. To accomplish our goals, BIG provides networking, outreach, mentoring, and entrepreneurship guidance to professionals and students.

Gamification and use of game dynamics/mechanics in non-game contexts is next wave on the internet. To quote Seth Priesbatch "This decade is the decade of games". Community owners, entrepreneurs, application developers and marketers need to understand and leverage gamification techniques to their advantage. This group brings together people interested in gamification to discuss various aspects of the game design and dynamics.

Ideas, Design, Development, DEMOs, Product Marketing, Business Development, Success or Failure Tips, Entrepreneurship, Opportunities among the whole bay area (including south to north, east to west :-))'s mobile game professional community, here is the place we can hold discussion, seminars, talks, and conference for the next big wave ! We hope to have monthly DEMOs, yeh, DEMOs, and quarterly bigger event to cheer up our own mobile game professionals for bigger success together !!!

The Oppshare Meetup group is for independent-contractors, consultants and employees who trade their time and expertise for more than a paycheck, otherwise known as "Sweat-Equity".   Our monthly MeetUps will feature guest speakers, great locations and refreshments, in addition to an open-forum to learn and share with others the pro’s and con’s of "sweat-equity", "putting-skin-in-the-game" and "consulting-for-equity".   Please join us to network, build connections and share opportunities with othe …

… The activities are usually only limited by our imagination and interest from the other members and include things like happy hours, dinners, wine tasting, sporting events, bowling, golfing,BBQs, dancing, game nights, comedy clubs, birthday parties, farmer's markets, hikes, potlucks, movies, hiking, bowling, dancing, ice skating, biking, running, and Broadway shows in SF. There are occasionally big events that include overnight trips. If that wasn’t enough, there are also initial plans for some i …

We started this group to connect with vuHunters who are interested in real-life mobile social games, want to contribute ideas and challenges to the game, and develop and grow the user community. We'd love to have ambassadors in every city in CA and the US to organize real-life challenges in the game. Anyone with an iPhone or Android phone or tablet is welcome. Real and game rewards will be offered in every meetup.

… We cover specific areas of small business success, from mindset and inner game techniques, to specific business strategies and systems that most high-achievers use on a daily basis. Come grow with a group of like-minded, driven individuals as we cover a myriad of timely topics. Come grow with someone who walks the talk and runs and owns, multiple 7-figure businesses. Each meetup will be 90 minutes long, consisting of: Quick introductions (elevator pitch) of participants. 45 minute presentatio …

As a prior owner of a Kindergarten Preparatory program fo rmore than 20 years, my mission was to assist children ages 2-5 to enter kindergarten with a solid foundation. Giving children skills necessary to excel to their full academic potential. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *JUMP * GIGGLE * FOCUS * BRAIN STORMING * LEAPING * *BALANCE * DANCE * SING * CREATIVE THINKING * *LAUGHING * LOGIC SKILLS * RELAY RACES * IMAGINATION * OBSERVATION * WIGGLE RACES * MEMORY GAMES * *EARLY READING GAM …