Brian Gupton
If music be the food of love, play on.

Apparently these guys have back-to-back birthdays, so we're gonna throw them one birthday bash. My neighbor who also just moved in is going to co-host, so we'll have a joint housewarming party. City Beer Store is going to let us order a keg through them, so there'll definitely be beer. FYI, my apartment is in the same building as...

Come hang with designers and other cool people. Currently no sponsor.

If you want to sponsor, contact me, Chris, or Kyle. We'll post any link you want to the group of One Hundred and Twenty One Amazing Designers. Perfect for recruiting, right?

The third installment in our series of random nerd parties has been scheduled to be the perfect cure for your post-holiday blues. Open bar will be provided by our generous sponsors from 7:30pm til the tab runs out.

Sponsored by:
• Atlassian (http://atlassian.com)
• awe.sm (http://awe.sm)
• Jimdo (http://jimdo.com)
• Storenvy...

In celebration of the life of Steve Jobs, there will be an iPhone lit vigil in San Francisco's Dolores Park tonight (Wednesday) at 9pm. Please pass along to all of your friends.

For those not local to San Francisco, we will stream pieces of the event. Stay tuned for updates.

Same thing: come, drink (or don't), hang out with cool people who you almost certainly have something in common with, laugh, etc.

Side note: 2 months in a row on the 3rd Thursday. Pretty sure this is the first time we've successfully done that. WE'RE VERY ORGANIZED.

Come drink with designers and other cool people. No idea why we still call this thing Design Lunch.

We're going back to 15 Romolo because they make some amazing bourbon drink that we like.

We're being lazy again and have no sponsor. If you or your amazing start up wants to sponsor, tell us. We'd be way excited.

We'll be having our 15th Product Design Guild at the Yammer offices in SOMA. Yammer is "Facebook for the enterprise" and currently powers over 100,000 businesses, including many Fortune 500's.

Our sponsor for this event will be Everlane, a startup trying to make it easier for men to be more stylish.

The schedule will be the...

YOU, the blissmo community, have been wonderful in your support of us over the last several months -- and in celebration of your support we're having a private launch party in San Francisco to say "thanks!" :)

Come out to say hi, meet the blissmo team, mingle with others like you and celebrate a bit.

See ya then!
Ian, Laurence,...

Since we're lazy and never find sponsors, you get to pay for your own drinks. But you also get to talk to some cool people.

UPDATE: Drinks on Liftopia!

As of PDG #9, Product Design Guild will have been going on for exactly 6 months! We decided to hold a purely social gathering to celebrate all the amazing designers who we've managed to help over the last 6 months. This will also be the first Product Design Guild event that is completely open to the public!

So come along for dinner and drinks...

RSVP via Eventbrite: http://uxbookclubsfapril-efbevent.eventbrite.com

What is the best advanced book on human interface design? Quora says it is The Humane Interface by Jef Raskin. Join us on Tuesday, April 12th as we meet to discuss The Humane Interface with special guest moderator Aza Raskin.

The Humane Interface by Jef Raskin (Amazon:...

pariSoma is welcoming us into their brand spanking new office spaces for the 7th Product Design Guild. For our newer members, pariSoma were actually our first hosts, way back in 2010 so we're excited to come back and see how they've expanded!

The schedule will be the same as always:

12 - 12:30 - Introductions
12:30 - 1:30 - Lunch
1:30 -...

Come by Yelp HQ to hear Adam Mosseri presenting on how, at Facebook, design is 'informed' by data, and not the sole driver.   Hear a great speaker, pour a beer from the Yelp Kegmate, and hang out with designers and product managers from companies around the Bay Area.

The club formerly known as DWAHWSC - Designers Who Also Happen To Work At Startup Companies.

Startups are a specialized environment to work as a designer, compared to agencies, enterprise or freelancing, so let's get together and talk shop.

IT'S TRUE! WE'RE PLAYING A SHOW AGAIN!

But this time: we're playing on a Saturday, with a cheaper cover, across the street from late night tacos. This means YOU WILL HAVE AN EVEN MORE AWESOME TIME!

Show at 10pm / $7

3 bands:
Your Cannons - http://yourcannons.bandcamp.com/
Tracing Figures - http://www.tracingfigures.com/
Anaura...

2 options to meet up with class mates.

Revive your spirit at a home football game. Purchase your tickets at the gate and look for us in the stands. Kids are welcome just don't forget your school colors. After the game, join everyone at Harvest Moon.

Not up for the game. Head to Harvest Moon for dinner or to hang-out late night. ...