Erin Pettigrew
New media & marketing maven @ Gawker Media.

On August 12th at 7pm, Gizmodo Staff in New York, San Francisco, Portland, London and other cities will be organizing meetups, and we're looking for readers to organize Meetups in their own cities!

To find a local Meetup or create your own visit: http://gizmodo.com/5592688/

Here's how it works: We're using Meetup Everywhere to...

Quora meetup! Because as New Yorkers, we're pretty awesome, and as Quorans doubly so. So obviously we'd want to hang out together.

DATE HAS BEEN DECIDED. *beams*

Ani and I are pretty fond of this divey little bar in the East Village called Blue & Gold where the drinks are cheap, the place is never crowded on a Tuesday/Wednesday,...

Internet Week NY + Summer Fridays + Buckets of Corona + picking up your I'm on a Boat/DB Badge = <3

How can you say no!?

Come join the @nextnew crew before heading off to that night's Internet Week events.

***YOU MUST RSVP TO RSVP@BLIP.TV TO GAIN ENTRY!***

We started in a loft on 25th Street way back when. We met every Wednesday night at the World Financial Center (because they had free wifi) and every Saturday for brunch and a day of code.

Help us celebrate five years on this planet working with great show producers!

The 2010 Webutante Ball
June 8th, 2010, 7pm to midnight
Marquee
289 10th Avenue, New York, NY 10001
Cocktail Attire: 21+

To purchase tickets please visit:

www.thewebutanteball.com

For press inquiries contact Richard Blakeley at richard@gawker.tv

Looking for a ride there? Check out:

http://rideamigos.com/events/2010WebutanteBall

Everyone can check in and track your celebration of Foursquare Day!

Become a Fan: http://facebook.com/FoursquareDay

Check out the awesome new website: http://4sqday.com
Pop over to our blog resources & more: http://blog.4sqday.com
Add your special or event here: http://4sqday.com/new
Sign up for our updates/e-mail list:...

Order tickets via Eventbrite:
http://psfkconference2010-efbevent.eventbrite.com

For the fourth year, PSFK returns to Manhattan to host one of the most inspirational events available for creative professionals today. PSFK Conference New York will bring together a
large crowd of likeminds to learn and share new ideas that will help us make tomorrow...

On the last night of SXSWi, wouldn't you prefer a smaller gathering of super rad folks? If so, Join Urlesque's Kelly Reeves and Nick Douglas for a drink to celebrate the Internet!

Feel free to bring a friend or two, but the capacity is limited so first come, first served.

Have any questions? Hit up Kelly@urlesque.com.

Hope to see you...

Mashable is proud to announce our 2nd Annual MashBash SXSWi, an evening celebration during Austin’s annual SXSWi festival. On Sunday, March 14th 2010 from 10pm till 1am, Mashable will be hosting an official SXSWi evening event at Buffalo Billiards in Austin, Texas, sponsored by Cliqset and Sony.

1,600 people will come and enjoy a night of...

Join PBS, NPR, FRONTLINE, ITVS, FUTURESTATES and ReadWriteWeb @KLRU's Legendary Austin City Limits Studio. Live music, Tex-Mex, Margaritas. (Free shuttles at the Hilton). Free to SXSW Interactive and Film badge holders.

**With performances by:**
Nicole Atkins and the Black Sea (http://nicoleatkins.com/)
Band of Skulls...

Come join us for the first annual Geobash at SXSW!

Hot Potato (http://hotpotato.com), SimpleGeo (http://simplegeo.com) and Yowza!! (http://getyowza.com) are hosting the mother of all benders.

Featuring musical performances from:
SAVOY - http://www.myspace.com/savoyband
Shinobi Ninja - http://www.myspace.com/shinobininjamusic
McAlister Drive -...

The Barbarian Group and StumbleUpon invite you to Forbidden Frontier! - a Sunday evening bash at the Mohawk. The night will feature a killer line-up, including:

(doors open at 8)
Woven Bones at 9
Octopus Project at 10
Man or Astro-man? headlining at 11

Man or Astro-man? has been on hiatus for nearly ten years and this year's SXSW will...

It's sxsw time.. and we thought you might need "just another reason to get a bunch of nice people who don't all yet know each.. hopefully drinking beer and hanging out. "

It's as simple as that really. Hope to see you there:

WHEN: march 14th, 4-7pm

WHERE: club deville

WHAT: beer, good people.

WHO: you

Note that...

ZOMG, u guyse. Dashiell Bennett, Anthony DeRosa, Meg Frost, Kate Miltner, and Jessica Valenti are doing a SXSW panel on commenters. LOL! They'll be talking about:

- Sociological patterns in commenter communities
- Commenter hierarchies
- Commenter-to-editorial staff transitions
- Commenter controversies (commentroversies)
- Comment moderation...

Every startup origin story is about a couple of developers who abscond to a garage and end up building the Next Big Thing. But money and fame dont need to be your end goal. You can significantly improve your life--and impact others lives--by coding for pleasure in your spare time.

Please join Gawker Media and io9 for free drinks, a performance by MC Frontalot, and stormtroopers.