Zach Berke
faster than a walk, slower than a train, often slightly higher than a person

(David Byrne on riding his bicycle)

We will be doing an Intro to PhoneGap/PhoneGap Roadmap followed by a talk on what it was like to use PhoneGap to build the official Wikipedia Android app: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/10/24/wikipedia-android-needs-developers/. The Wikipedia talk would include why we chose it, difficulties, ways to get involved, and whats next for us. The event...

Celebrate GAFFTA's newly minted residency in San Francisco's historic Warfield Building at the 2nd Annual Galvanize Benefit Gala. The evening will bring together GAFFTA's entrepreneurial and creative communities for an upscale rock concert, dinner and art auction at the Warfield Theatre. Join hundreds of creative and sexy Silicon...

   Welcome to the Hood Winedown! 　         Hosted by the Hub & Kiva   When5pm-7pm Friday, November 18th Where The Hub SoMa, Gallery Space 925 Mission St, San Francisco   There's some newbies on the block!  The Hub welcomes our friends at Kiva.org to their home at 5th and Howard. Drinks are on us. Come get to know your...

WE ARE FULL! ALL SUBSEQUENT REGISTRATIONS WILL BE PUT ON OUR WAITLIST. The 2011 Nonprofit Software Development Summit will take place November 16th, 17th & 18thWe’d love to see you there! The Summit will be at  Preservation Park1233 Preservation Park WayOakland, CA 94612   Please save the dates and plan to join us for this high-spirited,...

Oct 6 2011 - 6:30pm

The Race for Mayor 2011

Jeff Adachi, Public Defender, San Francisco; Mayoral Candidate 2011, SF
Michela Alioto-Pier, Former Supervisor, San Francisco District 2; Mayoral Candidate 2011, SF
Cesar Ascarrunz, Mayoral Candidate 2011, SF
John Avalos, Supervisor, San Francisco District 11; Mayoral Candidate 2011, SF
Terry Baum,...

Join us for our third annual celebration on Thursday, October 6, at Temple Nightclub in San Francisco! Yes, this is a fundraising event – tickets are $15 pre-purchase and $20 at the door – but it's also a networking event, an opportunity to see some of the latest design work with a social impact, and a good excuse for us to get the...

San Francisco/CreativeMornings September 23, 2011 @ 9:00AM: Lisa Congdon next event September 23rd. Doors open at 8.30. Event goes from 9:00 to 10:00AM @ Typekit. RSVP will open Monday morning, September 19th, at 11AM. speaker Lisa Congdon is a San Francisco-based artist and illustrator. She is best known for her colorful paintings and...

Art Explosion
Fall Open Studios
September 16th - 18th 2011

Opening Reception: Friday Sept 16th 7pm - 11pm
Open Studios: Sat & Sun Sept 17th-18th 12-5pm

Art Explosion Studios, the Mission's largest Artist's collective is holding its annual Fall Open Studios on September 16th thru 18th. Come see over 120 artists as they open...

FREE PIZZA! FREE BEER! Need we say more? Come join San Francisco WordPress meetup organizers Zach Berke and David Cowgill for a pizza and beer party. Wind down after a long day at WordCamp San Francisco. Get to know some of the local WordPress developers, designers and businesses. Or come on over and make some new friends. The party starts at...

Logistics: Date: Wednesday, August 10th, 2011 Times: 6pm - 8pm Location: GAFFTA, 998 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94131 Registration: http://sf-wifi-symposium.eventbrite.com/   Overview: Join us August 10th for a symposium on Community Wi-Fi as part of the Summer of Smart, an initiative of Gray Area Foundation for the Arts(@GAFFTA) in...

Registration: http://sfbeta503.eventbrite.com

***Online tickets to SF Beta are sold out! Door tickets will be available for $40 each.***

SF Beta is San Francisco's best and biggest startup mixer, attracting founders, innovators, investors, and executives from Silicon Valley and beyond.

Our loosely structured event attracts over 500 people,...

REGISTER: http://www.dartmouth.org/classes/2002/reunion2011

Mark your calendars: our 10th Reunion is June 17-19, 2011 in Hanover! (Yes, technically its only our 9th Reunion--for every "10th year reunion," Dartmouth "clusters" graduating years, so we will be on campus a year early - at the same time as the 01's...

For the first time, SOCAP/Europe invites you and other key European stakeholders of the social capital movement to join in an interactive, participatory event. Convening in Spring, 2011 at the historic Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam, SOCAP/Europe brings the world’s leading social impact innovators together in a lively conversation to explore...

  TransportationCamp is a weekend-long unconference bringing together transportation professionals, civic technologists, and others interested in the intersection of urban transportation and technology.  (main TransportationCamp website) Why: Transportation is a major metropolitan issue, with direct impacts on economic strength,...

It's the time of year when we ask you to come to SOMA and celebrate the anniversaries of Bolt | Peters and Exygy. We share a space and a common creed. Something in that creed dictates that we provide a whole bunch of libations, eats, and music for you to enjoy.

Feel free to bring friends, colleagues, and frenemies, but we will be checking...

Hey kids -

Normally, at New Year's I spend of a lot of time wondering if I picked the right option of all the choices before me & usually, honestly, I'm disappointed. That all changed 2 years back when Dan Nguyen-Tan & I started doing our annual NYE Bike + Music Rides. We've done it twice & each time it has just...

Can you imagine looking for a job or trying to find housing without the internet? And yet, hundreds of thousands of people in the Bay Area have limited access to the internet or lack the skills to get online.

Want to help make a difference for this underserved population? Join us for a panel discussion and learn how you can help while...

Happy Holidays Hub!      WHAT: A Holiday Party for Hub Members, Hub Organizations and Friends! WHEN: Friday, December 10th - 7:00pm - 9:30pm WHERE: Hub SoMa, 925 Mission Street, San Francisco WHY: It's the holidays, we've had an incredible year, and we want to get our community together to celebrate!  Festive Holiday Attire/Costume...

"I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore!"

Who among us has not wanted to open their window and shout that at the top of their lungs?

Seriously, who?

Because we're looking for those people. We're looking for the people who think shouting is annoying, counterproductive, and terrible for your throat;...

Help a great local business buy a bike trailer for local food deliveries. Come buy a coffee, beer, wine or snack from Matching Half Cafe between the hours of 3pm and 6pm! The owners have agreed to invest 200% of their profits in making their business more energy efficient, including buying a bike trailer and bags, increasing local food purchases,...

Chad Woodford and Joe Morris will present on the basics of open source software and creative commons licensing, both from the perspective of the author/creator and the licensee/user. We will cover the GPL, the Apache License, the various creative commons licenses, and other common licenses, as well as the basics of copyright and patent law relevant...

At the intersection of money and meaning. http://bit.ly/maiYA

Kick off this ballyhoo of bikes and beer with a fun and mellow bike cruises through Golden Gate Park with your most fabulous bike costume. Then enjoy the all-day solar-powered jamboree with live music, tasty eats, complimentary bike valet, and of course, delicious New Belgium beer. Join the SF Bicycle Coalition for this fun-filled day in the park...

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