Ben Ward
British developer at Twitter, creative type, microformats admin. Living in San Francisco. Sporadically some other things. Bit of a whiner.¶Lover of punctuation.

Heeeeere's Johnny!


There once was a party at Houseku
The no other party could out-do
The decor was classy
Your costumes were trashy
And everybody had a really great time so come over this Halloween and let's do it again.
Also, take Tuesday off work.


If you want to hand out candy to little kids, our street is basically the little kid...

After an inconceivably long time (like, seriously, 10 years?!) I'm finally done with my 20s.

Come help me celebrate by drinking cheap beers and good whiskey in my living room (ie. my local watering hole, The Homestead... 321 checkins and counting).

I've rented out the back room and DJ Pete Gaudi will be spinning old soul, country and...

Yes, again, this time for my birthday! Hopefully a few people can come hang out early to grab a fire ring, and/or come later to burn stuff and sing songs around the fire!

The fire rings are near the stairs numbered 17, right in front of Beach Chalet.

If you come early and it's warm out, bring a swimming suit and a towel. The ocean is...

Kevin Marks and Tantek Çelik are attending the invite-only schema.org workshop on 9/21 so they figured it would be good to hold an *open* meet up the night before to gather input, feedback etc. to take to the workshop from the broader web community.

All topics microdata, microformats, RDFa, schema.org, search, SEO related are fair game, rants and...

You guys probably know how this works better than I do:

Arrive in the afternoon to stake out a fire ring, jump in the ocean, fly kites, picnic, chase dogs, watch the sunset…

Fire up the bonfire around dusk, make s'mores, tell stories, someone bring a banjo…

Bring warm layers, out by 10 or so, yeah?
Can someone help me bring in...

I'm coming up on 10 years in this fine country. Let's get together, talk about freedom, argue about which state would make for the best Sufjan Stevens album, discuss our favorite 4th of julys, etc.

I haven't picked a place yet. Let me know if you have any ideas; I'll send an update once I have a place in mind.

Let me know if...

After two amazing years in San Francisco, I'm moving to Boston on August 20th to start at Harvard Business School. I want to see you all before I leave! I'll be at the bar at Orson from 6pm-10pm next Tuesday—stop by to say hello & goodbye, and grab a drink or a bite to eat while you're there. Can't wait. <3

Termie transits the sun yet again, magically filling a bathtub with champagne as Houseku (and co) say goodbye to Ollie and Basti as they return to Deutschland, and Lindsay is off in the same direction on the advance.

This is a formal dress event, so look snazzy. Bulk black tie provisioning is being investigated for those who are interested.

It's time to say goodbye to your beloved friend from Tennessee. I've loved every minute of San Francisco, so come drink and be merry!

Invite your friends, the more the merrier!

Today is Morgan's birthday, so stop by Bloodhound in SoMA for drinks after work to celebrate. It's so close to your office or shuttle stop anyway, and look at you, going out on a Monday!

It's Bloodhound, not my apartment, so invite anyone you want. No gifts or shots please (I'm a lightweight who already has everything she...

It's official, we are moving to the Pacific Northwest at the end of the month (in case you missed it: http://capw.me/m5eQw5). We'd love to get all our friends together one last time for a proper send off. We've invited everyone we can think of, but as always, invite anyone we forgot (it turns out we made a lot of friends in the last...

I'm turning 33 on Saturday July 16th. I would like to celebrate with drinking. YOU SHOULD JOIN ME! Pretty please? With double chocolate fudge cake on top?

Let's all go to the lovely new bar Churchill and consume delicious beverages together. We can talk about good times and our mutual love of dessert. Because everyone loves dessert!...

Last year, we had a fun group of BBQ and football/soccer fans descend upon The Panhandle for meat and the first Panhandle World Cup football/soccer match. Let's do it again.

I will be carting my gas grill down from my apartment a few blocks away to the Panhandle at Fell and Central and playing grillmaster. I will be cleaning the grill of all...

Monthly drinkup with a techy slant. Come on down and enjoy a drink and then another one.

Oh hey, it's my birthday! Let's have a drink or two on El Rio's heat lamp-equipped back patio.

If the glorious occasion of my birth isn't enough of an enticement, El Rio also offers $1 beers, $2 wells, and cheap n' delicious Navajo frybread tacos.

Alternatively: just see this as a warmup for Double Trouble, my ridiculous...

We'll fire up the grill at 6ish for those who want to get in on that. Bring things that go with fire, and also things that you drink (we will naturally have some of both, but as per the Scouts, "be prepared").

Shenanigans will doubtless ensue as night falls.

Crazy times calls for crazy meat! Or in this year's case, a whole pig! Come celebrate my birthday* in the best possible way, with meat and SF Carnival.

For those of you not familiar, Meatstravaganza is my annual party dedicated to delicious meat foods. Specifically, a BBQ potluck where the main course is anything meat related. Bring a drink...

It's Pub Standards. Monthly drinks with fine people with both real and tangential connections to technology, and physical connections to beer.

All you can drink PBRs and all you can eat hot dogs!!

Huddle, along with our friends from LucidChart and New Relic, is hosting the next DrinkTank at Google I/O. It will be a hosted event at our favorite dive bar in SOMA, the Tempest (walking distance from Moscone). This will be quite the contrast for many of you that attended our recent event at...

It's that time of year when we celebrate multiple April birthdays (Gene, Laura, Nate, and Steph from NY!). Except we're doing it in May this time. Bananas.

Please RSVP and donate early here: http://aprilmistak.es
Download some jams here: http://www.newyearsunbear.com/

First ever Substandards in the mission! Come on down to chat with "high functioning geeks" or just to enjoy the artwork.
From "after work" till late.

10 AM at http://j.mp/SFBikeBrunchMap at the East end of The Panhandle! We'll be getting brunch somewhere on the return trip between Ocean Beach and The Panhandle.

Invite friends and let's get ready to ride!

We're totally going to have a variety of riders, so don't worry about fast, slow, or in-between. Just come ride!

We had...

The San Francisco chapter of Pub Standards, just like every month. This time with added London visitors, at least for a bit.