David Orchard
Social Gaming, iPhone, Web standards, social and enterprise computing wonk. Father of twins.

Dear attendees (and everyone else),

On november 11, 2011 at 11:11 the date will be 11/11/11 11:11. Since 11:11 is the best time for wishing, this day will be pretty epic.

yes we know, it is not for a while, but we're excited so we made this early.

also, this is just an event fan page, not a party, a gathering, a convention, or anything...

Update your status with lyrics, quotes, links, photos, videos etc. regarding Flight Of The Conchords.

More details at http:startupdrinks.foodtree.com.

Are you achieving maximum value out of salesforce.com? The Cloud has not only changed the business model and implementation cycle for projects, it has changed the approach companies need to manage these applications post go-live. Yet 80% of customers do not have an effective strategy to manage change and innovate ongoing. See how leading companies...

A public memorial service for Derek K. Miller who passed away on Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011.

Everyone is invited to this kid-friendly event at the Granville Island Stage. The venue is located in the heart of Granville Island, right next to the Market and easily accessed by walking, aquabus, biking, transit or car.

*NOTE: I have changed the Event time...

Hi everyone my birthday is next Thursday, April 28th. I'm having a beach bonfire party on Ocean Beach that night. The bonfire pits are near the Ocean Beach parking lot, near JFK Drive and the Great Highway. Here's a Google Maps link near there:

http://bit.ly/fqVXRX

Make sure to dress warmly and bring shoes that you can walk on the sand...

What started in 2010 as a grass-roots efforts to motivate people to get out and check in is back and now with the support of over 100 local foursquare committees around the world.

On April 16th (4 and 4 squared) foursquare users are self-organizing meetups, lectures, swarms, scavenger hunts, and much more. Foursquare users can visit 4sqday.com to...

This tech talk will take a look at what's become possible with HTML5, new JavaScript APIs, and CSS3.

Cory Ondrejka (Facebook) - Cory will speak about a project that exercises browsers under game-like conditions to measure how many sprites can move around on the screen at once. The server collects the performance data and spits it back in...

This is the Cactus Club in Yaletown. IS the address on Broadway??

The official Cloud Stock After Party, hosted by Twilio. Join us at Twilio HQ for a great time eating, drinking and meeting other Cloudstock attendees.
Twilio will provide food and beverages. Limited space available, please RSVP to reserve your spot.

RSVP for the official event here:
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1071758659/efblike

Cloudstock...

Order tickets via Eventbrite:
http://lpv10-efbevent.eventbrite.com

'Tis the season to celebrate the best new crop of Internet startups in the Northwest at Launch Party Vancouver 10. Rumour has it, there will be an old friend from LA joining us and that Good ol' St. Nick may even swing by for a nightcap with a Twiist.

So, grab your...

The last Vancouver FB Garage was in 2007. Given that there have been a lot of updates to FB including the introduction of social plugins and downloadable info and that the site now reaches more than 500M people worldwide, we thought it was time for another Garage.

Please come out for a deep dive into the Facebook Platform. Share ideas, find...

Bootup is organizing our first Facebook Developer's Garage. Mike Vernal from Facebook in Palo Alto will be flying in to kick off the event. We are in the process of lining up speakers right now. Leave a comment if you would like to be involved.

This is DemoCamp Vancouver 12 – please use Twitter tag #DCV12.
Format
* come in the door and post your demo idea on the board
* 30 minutes of meeting other attendees (promote your idea, get votes!)
* presentation process starts at 6:00pm
* 30 second elevator pitches by all presenters
* attendees vote on top 4
* we will have 4 x 6 minute...

Startup Drinks is a casual gathering at the end of each month for anyone who's interested in startups. We meet at a bar in downtown Vancouver and we talk about all things startups...projects, funding, challenges, and people in the scene. It's extremely informal, so stop by and check it out!

Join us in celebrating the 15th Anniversary of Laughing Squid on October 21st at Mighty (http://www.mighty119.com) in San Francisco.

This is not one of the big public fire & robots events that we have done in the past, but more of an intimate social gathering for our close friends.

Music by DJ Maubrowncow & DJ Timmmii.

The awesome...

Startup Drinks Vancouver comes to Revel Room (238 Abbott St.) on September 29, 2010 at 5:30pm for another round of drinks and startup shop talk. Come out, meet your peers and bring your colleagues. Everyone is welcome and the format is always open.

Lots of folks are coming to town for GROWConf, and many of them will be arriving Wednesday night.

Let's do a networking breakfast and get a chance to chat over coffee & brekkie.

Yes, this is open to anyone that wants to attend.

Deacon's Corner, 101 Main Street, corner of Main at Alexander. http://www.deaconscorner.ca/

Capulet is hosting an informal pre-conference meetup for GROW conference attendees as well as local tech and social media folks at the stylish Century Bar & Restaurant. We're taking care of the venue and appetizers, you're in charge of buying drinks!

I'll be attempting to ascend theGrouse Grind a record 14x in a single day on June 28th, 2010 (plus, raise $15,000 for charity). That's 14x up a 2.9 km trail with 853 m elevation gain and an average grade of approximately 30%. If successful, I will have climbed 40.6 km and ascended 11.9 km in elevation in approximately 16 hours.

Those...