Aaron Avery
Banjo combines social networks to help people find friends, connect with new people, explore places and discover current events happening all over the world.

Join us as we celebrate the passion that is changing the music landscape. FutureSound will bring together artists, entrepreneurs, investors and meaningful rights-holders into the same room to foster focused and progressive conversations about next-generation opportunities for music. These ideas will be presented and discussed on-site to produce a...

The GOOGOODOLLS & others are performing live this sunday at Golden Gate Park in SF. It's sponsored by Alice 97.3 radio. What's better in the summer than a free summer concert from a band we all grew up. Let's go!!! Bring friends.

Interested in the upcoming web and mobile Startup technologies, products, and the teams behind it all? Then you need to attend Pitch '11.

Join 2,000 attendees from the tech and Startup community and meet founders of the latest web and mobile Startups, get hands-on-demos, and make connections with other like-minded entrepreneurs.

Happening...

The Telefonica/BlueVia, team are in Silicon Valley to provide an overview of Telefonica's footprint in the Latin America and Mexico and to help you understand how you can promote your Apps thru their mobile network API's. Come along and chat with James Parton, Director of Marketing, and BlueVia team about how integrating BlueVia into...

RSVP for our free live webinar on Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at 10 a.m. PST (1 p.m. EST/6 p.m. GMT) to learn how to generate and amplify word-of-mouth marketing using Sponsored Stories.

What's better than people talking about your business on their own volition? Sponsored Stories let you increase the distribution of News Feed stories,...

Free BBQ, fried snickers, brownies, oreos, funnel cakes, booze and more!

Live Performances by Theophilus London, Foster The People, Tinie Tempah, Friendly Fires, Kids of 88, Matt & Kim.

Plus MTV Hype artists Locksley, New Cassettes & Atlantic Line

The *ultimate* Gowalla Informal Meet-up for players in Austin during SXSW. This is a fan-generated meet-up.

Sunday from 1:00-3:00 or so ~ perhaps we will adjourn to a local watering hole for some refreshment!

Hopefully there will be some spare Gowalla stuff to be found!

Come on by and say howdy to Gowallaites from around the country and the...

We're gathering Austin's best food trucks together for an afternoon of BBQ, tacos, meat pies and more.

Download Foodspotting for Secret Menu items and to participate in a photo scavenger hunt - win prizes!

Featuring the following Food Truck stars:
- Along Came a Slider
- Boomerang's Pies
- Chi'Lantro
- Clem's Hot Diggity...

The Mashable SXSWi House 2011 will break the mold of the traditional SXSWi events schedule. Working with SXSWi and our partner sponsors, we will create a two-day platform that will include private events, VIP networking hours and large open parties. From Sunday, March 13th to Monday, March 14th, Mashable will be hosting a combination of private...

Polaris Venture Partners is excited to announce that a temporary Dogpatch Labs will open for two days during SXSW 2011. On Sunday March 13 and Monday March 14 Dogpatch Labs Austin will open its doors to entrepreneurs needing a place to work and hang out. Similar to the New York, Cambridge and San Francisco there will be free desks, WIFI, food and...

INVITE ONLY - Calling all GEEKS, NERDS, and PIRATES!

We're throwing an invite-only party after we throw down some serious build/measure/learn talks at our SXSWi track, "The Lean Startup" on March 12th.

Are you geeky enough to pass our muster?

If you'd like to join our private post-party (say that 3 times quickly), apply...

The legendary Opening Party lives on in a top secret new location. Come see what new tricks frog design has up its sleeve at the biggest, baddest opening bash ever.

Join us in person for our annual Live Diggnation in Austin at SXSW (you know what that means - beer, magic and the best kind of debauchery!). Also appearing is resident magician Brian Brushwood of Scam School, Indie rock duo Bad Veins, and our favorite nerd-tastic musician, DJ Mike Relm! So if you're in Austin for all the SXSW goodness, or you...

We're doing an informal SXSW drinks at the Moonshine Grill for SXSW. It'll be a good time to figure out what are the best design events to go to and also get the inside scoop on all the hottest private parties that are going on.

This is a public event. If you have friends who are not members of the PDG but are interested in what...

Note: an RSVP at Plancast will not get you in the door. You must RSVP at EventBrite. Don't forget to RSVP for the Refresh Austin party across the street as well. Update #2 Woot! The WordPress Foundation has joined us as a co-host for the party. Update #1 I just spoke with Tony Cecala of the DFW WordPress Meetup, and they will be joining us...

The masters of location-based networking, Domo (Japan) and Yobongo (U.S) are teaming up with Soundtrckr (U.S.) and Who's Free (AUS) to buy you drinks, introduce you to new people and partaaaay!


About the Crews:


Tonchidot, known for their innovative context-based mobile apps, is here to connect you with people who share your interests...

TAGGING at #GamesFTW:

Workshop & dialogue on the best in causebuilding games: how do you make play both fun and educational for campaigns and public spaces? Are you a developer, strategist, artist, nonprofit director, opengov agent for change looking to find your collaborators and potential partners? We will discuss many examples of games...

The housewarming is off, Livia is out of town, but we still have the karaoke room reserved. So let's embrace the asian in all of us and rock on!

Drinks at our place starting at 9pm. 1483 Sutter St. Unit 1106
Feel free to bring some beer, wine, or your favorite mixers.

At 11pm we'll start walking over to Do Re Mi where we have the big...

After 6 months, we're happy to announce our place is ready to be warmed! Actually, not quite yet, but it will be by Feb 5th!

Festivities will start at our apartment at 8pm with dessert and drinks!
At around 11pm we'll walk down the street to get our karaoke on until they either close or kick us out! Hope to see you!

P.S. There is a...

Youtube Clip of me riffing-http://tinyurl.com/4dqrjda

How to sign up-http://tinyurl.com/4nnhufx

Friends,
You are invited to Part II of "The Great Gatsby" Birthday.

1. This is a 1920s themed party, as I am leaving my "roaring 20s" into my 30th year. Dress code is HIGHLY ENCOURAGED. Some suggestions found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920s_in_fashion
I would also suggest local costume shops or stuff online.

2. I have...

The Town Hall is from 6pm to 7pm and the party is from 7pm to 9pm.

More details and RSVP info at
http://sxsw.com/node/6200

Foodspotting is turning one, we're dubbing it World Foodspotting Day and we'd love everyone to celebrate with us.

Swing by for street snacks like okonomiyaki and takoyaki - from which the idea for Foodspotting was born. There will also be drinks and fun mingling.

All are welcome.

And if you're not in the area, join (or host) one...

On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and begins working on a new idea. What begins in his dorm room soon becomes a global communication revolution. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history...but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both...