Julian Gay
Entrepreneur, Intrapreneur, Software Architect and Product Developer. Brit in SF.

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...

Net:Work 2011 Examining the Tools, Technologies and Practices shaping the future of work. The Net:Work 2011 conference explores the future of work. On December 8th, discover how the web is creating a global medium for channeling effort, and redefining how we think about both work and the organization of corporations. At the conference you’ll...

CloudBeat 2011 will be different than existing cloud conferences. Using a customer-centric approach (rather than vendor-centric), the event will hone in on 12 case studies, where we’ll dissect the most disruptive examples across all layers of the cloud.

These customer case studies will highlight the core components of the cloud revolution:
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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...

Join us for a great mix of startup demos, networking, giveaways, drinks and fun on the best deck on all of Sand Hill Road.

http://tcrn.ch/pAK5x0

CrunchUps are highly participatory mini conferences hosted by us where we focus in on important “now” themes in non-traditional formats. Join us for the afternoon to help shape the future of mobile platforms and services.

http://tcrn.ch/pAK5x0

**Register here: http://www.vlab.org/store.html?event_id=415***

Near Field Communications (NFC), Geo-location services, and augmented reality (AR) are disrupting the consumer shopping experience while increasing sales and margins for brick and mortar retailers.

Putting interested buyers in front of relevant shelves at local stores is a huge...

Now in its seventh year, SemTech 2011 is the world’s largest educational conference for the community of executives, technologists, researchers, investors and customers who are involved with semantic technologies.

SemTech 2011 features five days of presentations, panels, tutorials, announcements, new company/product launches, and conversations. ...

Mediabistro, SocialTimes and AllFacebook present SMOC: Social Media Optimization Conference.

For full details and registration, visit: http://mbist.ro/gT6Xfx

Social Media Optimization Conference is a two-day event dedicated to the latest social media optimization research and methodology Whether you are looking to boost your visibility in search...

Update: Atlassian has decided to join in on the fun and will help ensure the bar stays open for most of the evening! :)

After a wildly successful inaugural meetup this past winter, we're happy to host another night of drinks and merriment for techies who enjoy hobnobbing it with their peers.

Join Plancast, Awe.sm, Flowtown and other...

Introducing the LAUNCH conference

Fifty cutting edge, and never-before seen, technology companies will debut at the LAUNCH Conference on February 23rd and 24th, 2011.

There will be two competitions held at the event:

LAUNCH 1.0
This competition is for completely new companies that have never had any press, public demos and whose services are...

Marketing and customer service are on a collision course. Social media now shine a bright light on customer service interactions, which increasingly have brand implications. Customer care can also offer valuable insights for marketing and product development. How many companies are adapting and turning this to their advantage? Still too few as old...

GigaOM presents a new conference that highlights the opportunities broadband and mobility have created for connecting work with workers and the technologies that are changing the way companies do business.

Net:Work 2010 will assemble GigaOM editors and research analysts, top business leaders, and technology companies to explore the challenges...

Huddle is proud to bring London's favorite tech meetup, DrinkTank, back to San Francisco (who could forget that last party at Birch Castle). This time we're hosting it with our friends from Xobni and Zendesk, along with the support from Huddle's amazing VCs Matrix Partners.

DrinkTank is an invite only drink-up for tech...

Enterprise 2.0 Conference is the leading conference and expo for organizations using collaborative technologies to accelerate information flow and drive revenue. The theme for Santa Clara is "driving business value with Enterprise 2.0" with an emphasis on how real customers are using Enterprise 2.0 to enable more efficient, agile and...

Purchase tickets here > http://techcrunchdisrupt2010sf.eventbrite.com/

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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...

DJs: Manju Masi (Atish Mehta + Mark Slee).

Parking: Complimentary parking for the event at 350 2nd St. (btwn Folson & Harrison).

Food: pizza and sandwiches in the early evening.

Y Combinator Demo Day (invite only)

The first batch of August Capital summer party tickets will be released on Friday (7/2) at 9 am pst. The August Capital summer outing is 5:30 – 10:00 pm on Friday, July 30. Tickets will be released weekly in batches. Stay tuned, they sell out quickly.

Startup2Startup is an invite-only event. For the first time ever, we have assembled five giants of corporate development on one stage: Cisco, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo!

Our discussion will center on the new world of acquisitions. Now more than ever we are seeing acquisitions for talent, where teams are purchased and products end...