John Biggs
I write for the New York Times, CrunchGear, TechCrunch.com, InSync, USA Weekend, Popular Mechanics,

One of the things that makes November so delightful is a return to parties where you are expected to show up in your normal clothing. This month's Obliterati -- Thursday, Nov. 17th from 6-11pm at Sweet and Vicious -- will be no exception. Sponsored by Metromix.com, the perfect nightlife and dining guide for New York's most glittering,...

Update 3 (1 Nov 6.40pm):

Happy to announce that Compass Offices has agreed to come on board as a Gold sponsor for the evening. Thanks to everyone on the Compass team for your continued support of the HK tech community.

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UPDATE 2 (31 Oct 2.15pm):

Hey all -

Super excited to announce that SecondMarket Asia has signed on as our...

3rd Annual Local Wine Tasting Event. Proceeds benefit the National Watch & Clock Museum, Library and Research Center. Admission includes wine tasting, food tasting and Museum admission. Current special exhibits include Clockworks! highlighting everyday objects powered by clockwork mechanisms, including two dozen rare clockwork toys on loan from...

Watch me give a talk about out smoked sausages led to Rolex watches. The evening is a lot of fun and I'd suggest buying now and arriving early.

Friday October 14, 2011
Trivia plus Nerd Nite: $14 – doors at 6pm, Trivia begins at 6:30pm
Nerd Nite Presentations Only: $10 – doors at 8pm, Nerd Nite presentations begin at 8:15pm
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TechCrunch Disrupt is a three-day, single-track conference and startup competition to immerse you in the debate about what's changing in technology right now, what's causing it and what we need to do about it to survive and thrive in real time.

TechCrunch Disrupt gathers the leaders and innovators of the technology and media industries...

"The Hack is Back And We Want It To Be The Biggest Ever

Saturday, September 10
1 pm Registration opens (come fed or bring a brown bag lunch, beverages served)
dedicated area for people to network to form hack teams
2 pm Hacking Kickoff
3 - 9 pm API workshops scheduled in 30 minute intervals
7 pm dinner
midnight food and snacks
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Po niesamowitym networkingu w ogrodzie Reaktora podczas parapetu zdecydowaliśmy, że nie możemy zmarnować potencjału tego miejsca i rozpoczynamy cykliczne, co dwutygodniowe spotkania networkingowe :) W piątkowe wieczory Reaktor otwiera się dla ludzi :)

Idea jest prosta: dwie, krótkie i praktyczne prezentacje, których celem jest tylko i...

4th Annual Micro Brewery Tasting. Proceeds benefit the National Watch & Clock Museum, Library and Research Center. We may not be the biggest beer tasting, but were definitely the most fun! Join us for live music, museum exhibits (including our current temporary exhibit Clockworks!), some of the best micro-brews around and great local eateries!...

I'll be presenting at the excellent NYC Nerd Nite on the history of Western Civilization as it relates to sausages and timekeeping. If you like watches, meat, or me, please stop in. You can buy tickets here http://nyc.nerdnite.com/ and I recommend you come a bit early because the place fills up.

Woodpecker! - http://www.myspace.com/woodpeckermusic
Nihiti (acoustic performance) - http://www.nihiti.com
Whistlin' Wolves - http://www.myspace.com/thewhistlinwolves


Woodpecker!

After a long sabbatical with band member journeys to Vietnam,
Thailand, Mongolia, Japan, Peru, and Buenos Aires, Woodpecker! is
playing its first live show in...

When everyone is gone and god's not looking, we need to pick up some sweet stereo equipment and maybe some new furniture for the mansion we're going to squat in.

New York's al fresco drinking and gabbing returns for its fifth season, and you my friends (as well as your friends) are invited.

This bar with biergarten celebrates my favorite (un) German city, Cologne with its light, delicious Koelsch beer (plus soda). Food on tap as well (one or two items without pounds of meat).

Bis Donnerstag (until...

Open Bar. Music. Smoking Patio. Free to the public.

Tokimonsta Performing!

RSVP at http://sxsw.villagevoicemedia.com/ by 3/13 to get on the list.
Get there early - RSVP does not guarantee admission!
UPDATE 3/4: The RSVP list is now closed! RSVPs on the Facebook Wall are not accepted.

21+ only.

Sponsored By:
Topless Robot
Nerd news, humor...

So we're throwing another epic event at SXSW complete with some fabulous music. We'll flesh this page out as more details emerge.

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SO YOU WANNA SEE THE SHOW? READ ON VERY CAREFULLY...

We will be able to accommodate about 1200 guests. During SXSW we will be giving away around 600-700 "Priority" wristbands randomly to those...

An epic night of fun with skeeball, bowling, karaoke, AND dancing. All under one roof with an amazing DJ and Free Booze.

Looks like not *all* the cool kids are headed down to Austin. Why should we miss out on all the fun they're having down there, so we're going to do host our own crowdsourced party called !SXSW. And to top it off we're going to do it on Pi Day (3.14) -- just so we can all get our geek on. If you're part of the cool Bay Area...

A TC/CG/TUAW Meet-up at SXSWi sponsored by Peel. We'll be in Unit 108, a large loft space. Booze and fun.

Note: an RSVP at Plancast will not get you in the door. You must RSVP at EventBrite. SXSW Interactive is the week immediately following DrupalCon Chicago, and we're going to both. You should too. DrupalCon ends on Thursday. SXSW begins on Friday, and runs until Tuesday. We're throwing the party on a Monday night, so you'll have a few...

Join Rackspace Hosting, the world’s leading specialist in the hosting and cloud computing industry, and OpenStack, the fastest growing open source cloud project creating the open standard cloud operating system, for some fun and arcade games! We hope to see you there, free food and drinks for all!

Happy hour nom before the parties, time to connect with public sector people interested in gaming projects & game developers interested in weaving real world impact into play. Nonprofit Games group @TechSoup is sponsoring this informal munch-n-meetup during SXSW Interactive. More details to come as we settle on a location....leave a comment...

Network/chat with Rackers (Rackspace employees) and other SXSWi attendees. Free arcade games and drinks.

It's that time again! We had such a great time last year, we just had to bring the Milwaukee Beer & Brat Bash back to SXSW again this year!

Join us for a little taste of Milwaukee, smack dab in the middle of Austin. Who could use a break in the day? We'll have free brats, free beer and tons of cool conversations. Come yourself, or...

Escape the madness for some R&R at the Twitter Retreat. Grab a seat under the sun, listen to some tunes, and meet some people.

Plenty of Twitter folks will be around and eager to meet you.

There will be delicious BBQ from @FranklinBBQ and fancy ice-cream sandwiches from @Coolhaus to consume throughout the day.

Eat the hair of the dog after a weekend of mandatory industry parties and non-stop beeper radiation exposure at a free meal of brunch on Groupon. Enjoy a complimentary brunch buffet to fill your empty stomach and an open bar, stocked with beer, Bloody Marys, mimosas, and well drinks, to fill your empty liver. Give your ears the wake-up call they...