Michelle Greer
Product Marketing Manager at Heroku. Lover of travel, technology, literature, movies, music, tea and chocolate. Occasional international spy.

Both men and women are invited to Women 2.0 PITCH Conference & Competition (February 14, 2012 in Mountain View, CA). Over 800 members of the digerati interested in up-and-coming trends in technology and innovation will be mobilizing to learn from the leaders of technology startups and companies as they share best practices, growth strategies...

Welcome to the 10th SF MusicTech Summit!

The SF MusicTech Summit brings together visionaries in the music/technology space, along with the best and brightest developers, entrepreneurs, investors, service providers, journalists, musicians and organizations who work with them at the convergence of culture and commerce. We meet to discuss the...

The Crunchies Awards celebrate the best tech accomplishments of 2011. Co-hosted by GigaOm, VentureBeat and TechCrunch, we will announce winners from 20 different award categories live on stage at the event. We will have special guest appearances and entertainment too.
The ceremony is to be held on Tuesday January 31, 2011 at 7:30 pm at the Louise M...

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...

Registration: http://sfbeta.eventbrite.com
Website: http://sfbeta.com

Now in its sixth year, SF Beta is a get-together for the vanguard of the internet: founders, hackers, students, investors, rockstars, creative geniuses, and more.

Join more than 500 people for a stimulating evening of conversation, cocktails, and interactive demos, focused...

The #1 European Internet event, where 3000 entrepreneurs, leaders, investors, bloggers, journalists from 60 countries will gather together for 3 days in Paris. LeWeb brings together the most influential audience in the Internet ecosystem. Top industry entrepreneurs, executives, investors, senior press & bloggers gather to focus on the key...

Okay, so my birthday is June 5, and so is Amanda Hager's. Simon Salt's is June 13. Corina Frankie's is June 21. Michelle Greer's is June 19. Nada Lulic's is June 15, and so is Kevin Koym's. Barbara Springer is June 16. Bryant Hill is June 9. Jenny Magic is June 6. Eric Robertson is June 1st. Elizabeth Quintanilla is...

This year, they are angry. The Cupcakes are ANGRY, and they want to be launched at evil green pigs. Cupcake Smackdown 3.0 is a fun mash up of technology and cupcakes and barbeque on a Texas evening. Proceeds this year will benefit the Texas Craft Brewer's Guild (YAY BEER!) and Keep Austin Dog Friendly (YAY PUPPIES!). As always, admittance...

It is hard to believe Aaron Brazell has been in Austin for a year (... and we've allowed him to stay!).

Join us at The Dogwood at 8 pm on June 3 as we raise many glasses of Deep Eddy to celebrate our human handgrenade, the man who makes us karaoke, and the owner of the chillest dog in the world.

More details to come.

A Texas sized attempt to help the people of Joplin recover from the devastating Tornado! Missouri is the "Show-Me" state and being a Kansas City native, I wanted to put on a show to help the relief efforts back home.

There will be a live concert starting at 6:30pm. Doors are at 6pm with a suggested $5 minimum donation. Cash donations...

Night Included:
Mini Tango class 9pm. DJ Patrick on the breaks!
Piazzolla + Traditional tango music live Come dance...come listen!
BYOB
Door: $10 at the door (cash or check only)



The Austin Piazzolla Quintet is an Austin based tango quintet specializing in the music of renowned Argentine ango composer, Astor Piazzolla. The Quintet was founded...

Come shake it to some fiery "old school" salsa music!
Doors open at 8:00pm, music 9:30pm - 11:30pm, DJ "Put A Fyah" (http://putafyah.colectivoodc.com) till midnight
$7 - BYOB

About Combo Saborea:

Combo Saborea is a music ensemble composed of 10 musicians, dedicated to play Latin Music in the Central Texas area. The...

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.

Howdy everyone, we have two great topics this month that will get your mind working and provide great ideas that you can put into practice.

Using Facebook Social Plugins and OpenGraph for Fun and Profit
Presented by Jon Loyens, Director of Bazaarvoice Labs (bazaarvoice.com)

Sure it's easy to add a Like button to your website but what do you...

Hey there, folks. Michelle Greer just started as the Community Director for Gowalla. To kick things off, she would like you to kick things off old school style with a blood drive.

Donating blood is easier than you think and can literally save someone's life. If you can't donate, bring your good mojo to support those who do and remember...

Gowalla & Univision Present

The Third Annual
La Condesa Cinco de Mayo Downtown Block Party

Thursday, May 5th, 2011
5pm-10pm
West 2nd Street between San Antonio and Guadalupe

Street foods, Cazadores Tequila, Dos Equis & more!

Entry is free! Fun for the whole family!

Live performances by DJ Chicken George, Mariachi Tamazula, Vallejo,...

Gowalla & Univision Present

The Third Annual
La Condesa Cinco de Mayo Downtown Block Party

Thursday, May 5th, 2011
5pm-10pm
West 2nd Street between San Antonio and Guadalupe

Street foods, Cazadores Tequila, Dos Equis & more!

Entry is free! Fun for the whole family!

Live performances by DJ Chicken George, Mariachi Tamazula, Vallejo,...

RSVP here and I (@JacquelinesLife) will bring you a cupcake, Plancast sticker and give you a hug sometime between the 25th and 29th.

To help me with logistics, please make a comment about where you normally spend your days (ex: N, S, E, W Austin). You must be within the Austin area at some point between the 25-29 (sorry Round Rockers and Cedar...

Smoke screens! Martinis! Really fancy gadgets that blow stuff up and cost a lot of money!

OK, so the next edition of Big Data Love won't feature any of these things. It will feature 1.) a free beer for everyone in attendance, 2.) interesting conversation and 3.) lots of Johnny Cash photos and music. So come hang out after a long week of...

Coding is about more than code. Whether it's building a solid community, writing good documentation, or hacking space exploration, CodeConf is about improving the software ecosystem through best practices. Come with an open mind and leave a better programmer.

The Data 2.0 Conference connects over 50 speakers, company and startup demos and 500+ participants around in the new data economy. From Google Fusion Tables and SimpleGeo, to Socrata and Rapleaf, Data 2.0 organizes the top data innovators.

Register here: http://data2con.com/register/
Get 25% off by registering before March 25.
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Hi Everyone,


James is turning TWO on April 1st, but we're tricking him into thinking I forgot about his birthday and having his birthday party on Saturday April 2, instead. :D! (Just kidding about the tricking him part.)

Anyway, we'll be out at the Balcones...

SAVE THE DATE!

Twestival will return to raise awareness and funds for a worthy local non-profit on March 24th. These events are always educational and inspiring - and of course, FUN!

More details on this year's fabulous event to come, for now, mark your calendars!

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.

The second annual Tech Cocktail SXSW will kick off the third annual SXSW Accelerator program and showcase 30+ early stage startups for an evening of conversation. The event is aimed at better connecting, educating and amplifying the SXSW Interactive community.

Join us for an evening of fun mingling with other technology enthusiasts, innovators,...