Van Riper
Silicon Valley Geek, Hatha Yogi and Serial Community Organizer: JUGs, GTUGs, Ignites, CLS West, ... and I also work in Google's Developer Relations Team.

This Month

hi there,

Its me Larry Chiang.

I have this theory that SXSW can be launched at for not a lot of money.

Pre-rolling, pre-promotion and pre-paring is critical before you step foot in Austin Texas for the tech conference SXSW Interactive. To execute my theory that SXSW can be launched at on a shoestring budget, for $880, or $217, or $460... I will...
SXSW Launch Party at Stanford University

Larry Chiang's Super Secret Stanford Athletics Location · February 22-23, 2012
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We are happy to announce registration is now open Wisdom 2.0 Conference 2012 February 23rd-26th in Silicon Valley. There are two types of tickets: a two day ticket and a four day ticket (the four day includes a two--day unconference, along with two days of the general conference.) (Please read cancellation policy at bottom before purchasing) ...
Wisdom 2.0 2012

Hotel Sofitel · February 23-26, 2012
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The premier event exploring the intersection of wisdom and technology ... website: http://www.wisdom2summit.com/ or http://wisdom2012.eventbrite.com/
Wisdom 2.0 2012

Hotel Sofitel in Redwood City and Google in Mountain View, CA · February 23-26, 2012
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Strata 2012

Santa Clara, CA · Tuesday, February 28, 2012
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Next Month

Interactive Festival will feature five days of compelling presentations from the brightest minds in emerging technology, scores of exciting networking events hosted by industry leaders, the unparalleled SXSW Trade Show and an unbeatable lineup of special programs showcasing the best new digital works, video games and innovative ideas the...
SXSW Interactive 2012

Austin, TX · March 9-13, 2012
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South by Southwest (SXSW) is an Austin, Texas based company dedicated to planning conferences, trade shows, festivals and other events. Their current roster of annual events include: SXSW Music, SXSW Film, SXSW Interactive, SXSWedu, and SXSWeco and take place every spring (usually in March) in Austin, Texas, United States with the exception of...
SXSW Hirl

Austin, TX · March 9-18, 2012
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June 2012

Google I/O brings together thousands of developers for two days of deep technical content, focused on building the next generation of web, mobile, and enterprise applications with Google and open web technologies such as Android, Google Chrome, Google APIs, Google Web Toolkit, App Engine, and more.
Google I/O 2012

San Francisco, CA · June 27-29, 2012
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July 2012

The Community Leadership Summit 2012 is the fourth incarnation of the popular FREE event designed to bring together community leaders and managers and the projects and organizations that are interested in growing and empowering a strong community.The event provides an unconference style schedule in which attendees can discuss, debate and explore...
Community Leadership Summit 2012

777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland, OR, United States · July 14-15, 2012
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OSCON 2012

Portland, OR · July 16-20, 2012
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December 2012