Ian McGee
Cofounder Expresso Fitness www.expresso.net www.expresso.com Executive Software Manager

Presents First Big Party for the Year of the Dragon! It's a New Year and we are ready to shake the game space like a DeathStar built from awesome specifically designed to network the crap out of you. The Chinese fortune cookies served in the cafeteria of aforementioned DeathStar Of Awesome™ have foretold us that 2012 will be a lucrative...

Pony on down to Google Headquarters in Mountain View for the next Silicon Valley IGDA event:

New Frontiers in Games and Apps

We got a fine selection of speakers - straight shooters, every one - to tell you about a fantastic assortment of new-fangled contraptions and concepts for making games

Join the action with sharp-shooters on:

The Shootout...

"New Games, New Plan and HTML5 Animation"

Sounds like a lot going on? Oh, yeah. You bet! We’ve got a great keynote speaker Dan Fidan and line-up of game and HMTL5 starups to fire up the 2012 Dragon for you!

RSVP on Eventbrite too: http://ertnewgamehtml5.eventbrite.com/

On the deck:

:: Dan Fidan:: CEO of Wild Needle (...

 "New Games, New Plan and HTML5 Animation"  Sounds like a lot going on?  Oh, yeah. You bet!  We’ve got a great keynote speaker Dan Fidan and line-up of game and HMTL5 starups to fire up the 2012 Dragon for you!   Date/Time:  Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, 6:00 - 9:30pm Place:  Pillsbury Law Firm, 2475 Hanover St., Palo Alto Want...

The important bit - we're keeping the day as Tuesday but chaning the TIME, so it'll be 11PM GMT, which works out at 7pm EST. The early morning slot had a good shot, but tended to exclude the wild west and was too late for Brett's beauty sleep requirements;

We have three things to tie up before TEN can go on it's Xmas break -
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pariSoma invites you once again to the latest iteration of the Mixer Series: The Gaming Mixer II ! Our first edition of this Gaming Mixer was so successful -- with over 100 attendees and 15 demoing companies -- that we couldn't resist the urge of hosting it again! So come on over to rub shoulders with cutting edge game designers, producers,...

With the Holiday Spirit, ERT is gonna do something special. Here is what we are *cooking*.
[Pls RSVP on Eventbrite too: http://ertholiday2011.eventbrite.com/ ]

1) Mini-Potluck: (optional!)
Bring something (dessert, wine, side dish, anything you're proud of) to make it more festive/warm.

2) Holiday Marketing/Sharing of Your Startup...

Date/Time:  Thursday, Dec. 08, 2011, 6:00 - 9:30pm Place:  Pillsbury Law Firm, 2475 Hanover St., Palo Alto  Want to know who else are coming too? RSVP on Facebook too to see them:  With the Holiday Spirit, ERT is gonna do something special. Here is what we are *cooking*.  1) Mini-Potluck:  Bring something (dessert, wine, side dish, anything...

What would this Valley be without innovators? Or without the pioneers who believed in them and funded their ventures?

That's the topic of "Something Ventured": an award-winning documentary about the VCs who seeded Silicon Valley by helping launch companies like Atari, Apple, Genentech and others.

Eastwick invites you to a private...

As the growth of mobile devices explodes, more people are accessing the web, using web apps, and installing native apps on the devices never more than three feet away and which are always on. This ubiquity has lead to experience design challenges, because people expect the same (or similar) experiences across all devices, regardless of the screen...

We welcome back Facebook Partner Engineer Aryeh Selekman
Aryeh's keynote: Facebook Platform Update for Devs includes:


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Leveraging NoSql Data Architectures to Enhance Analytics Through Use of Advanced Data Visualization and Analysis Applications.
Organizations are besieged by an explosive growth of information coming from an expanding universe of data sources. With the annual growth rate well over 100%, analyzing and understanding big data has become a top priority....

Presents Last Mixer of the Year All things must come to an end regardless of how freaking cool it is. The Yetis are leaving the Bay Area gaming community for the winter to find more snow! We would love to have you come party with us one more time on November 8th before we all head north to terrorize the Arctic!Time and again the YetiZen mixers...

This month in San Francisco, ERT is bringing you Margaret Wallace as keynote speaker followed by talks/demo from our very interesting startup founders. Margaret had started several VC backed game companies and she'll talk on "How Funding Choices Impact Your Start-Up".

RSVP: http://ert4vcbackedstartups.eventbrite.com/

About the...

This month in San Francisco, ERT is bringing you Margaret Wallace as keynote speaker followed by talks/demo from our very interesting startup founders.  Margaret had started several VC/angel backed game companies and she'll talk on "How Funding Choices Impact Your Start-Up".   Date/Time:  Thursday, Nov. 03, 2011, 6:00 - 9:30pm...

Game Monetization is a hot topic and many developers are willing to learn. We've put together a great set of speakers to teach you how to make more money with your game. These speakers bring a wealth of game monetization experience from some of the most prestigious companies in the industry.

Come hang with YetiZen and NOS Energy Drink for the final San Francisco Game Developer’s Workshop of 2011.

See Peter Relan (Founder of YouWeb), David Helgasson (CEO/Founder of Unity), Rizwan Virk (Gameview/DeNA), and Michael Oiknine (Apsalar) talk about what's new and exciting in the gaming space.

Schedule:
6pm – 7:30pm: Networking...

Our micro-talk event will be taking place at

An Evening with John And Brenda Join us for an Evening of Game Design with John Romero and Brenda Garno Brathwaite. What would John Romero Do? What does Brenda Garno Brathwaiite Think? This is our chance to ask! OK does anybody not know who they are or what they have created? For starters John Romero designed what is generally credited as being...

Update: Official Registration is now up at <a href="http://johnandbrenda.eventbrite.com/">http://johnandbrenda.eventbrite.com/</a>
These are top game industry professionals, kind enough to come to a local event when they are convention keynote types. Take advantage of that for your game knowledge!

Autumn is a spectacularly special season on the fertile, scenic coast around Half Moon Bay. Magnificent vistas of seaside farm country dotted with vast, rolling fields of orange, scarecrows, barns, and pick-your-own pumpkin patches. It's the perfect time of year and the perfect place to celebrate the beauty and bounty of the fall season and...

Startup Triad is back in the saddle, throwing down our second event Texas style! Once again we are generously hosted at the awesome Color offices! Come join us for an awesome panel with a Trio of Triads from the Lone Star State.        Eric Feng, Elliot Loh & Kevin Cheng will share their startup stories, from the early days of Trilogy...

It has been a busy month for exergaming! There have been a few conferences recently, that while not specifically aimed at exergaming, included exergaming in thier programmes of presentations.

The reach into other arenas has been hugely successful, be it technology, games or health conferences and TEN has been well represented. It's time to...

Register here: <a href="http://www.siliconvalley-codecamp.com/Register.aspx">http://www.siliconvalley-codecamp.com/Register.aspx</a>
<a href="http://www.siliconvalley-codecamp.com/">Silicon Valley Code Camp</a> is a new type of community event where developers learn from fellow developers. It has been...