… Marcus and Hein, along with Karen Miller, of digital animation site DoInk, and Rebecca Xiong, of social media service SocMetrics, have all cashed out at various stages and started new companies. They share tips about hiring the right lawyer, raising money, and enjoying the process. The group enables a neophyte like Candice Cabe, who’s seeking early funding for Day2Night Convertible Heels, to rub shoulders with serial entrepreneurs like Marcus, who sold her first company to Microsoft. “Bein …

Are you a fan of My Little Ponies: Friendship is Magic? Do you live in Northern California? Are you looking for some friendship near you?

… This is going to be THE group to join for information on application development, software engineering, OO, cloud, mobile, enterprise, business intelligence, HTML5, Hadoop, Python, Eclipse, JavaScript, JAVA, Machine Learning, HBASE, Mapreduce, Robotics, Erlang, jQuery, MongoDB, NoSQL, PHP, Agile, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Frameworks, IDEs, animation, design, node.js, twisted, Android, iPhone, iOS, UI/UX, social media, SEO/SEM/PPC, and how to turn applications and ideas into real business solutions an …

Have you ever read or watched a story that was okay, but something seemed to be missing? Are you currently writing a story and struggling to determine the most believable way for your characters to interact? Does one or more of the scenes in your story seem out of place? Do you want to leave your audience with a feeling of having experienced a complete story? The Dramatica Writers Group in San Francisco is for writers of all genres who want to improve their storytelling skills by using the Drama …

Global community of educators interested in arts and computer graphics. This group meets once a year at SIGGRAPH International conference.

This Meetup group supports the SF ACM SIGGRAPH Chapter.  Our mission is to promote and inspire leading-edge theory and practice of computer graphics, emerging technologies and interactive techniques. We host regular professional networking events, as well as presentations of computer graphics work done by both studios and independent artists. Our events feature a mix of film, broadcast, game, motion graphics and interactive work.   You can join the Chapter online by going to our website (http:// …

Think Film. Think Design. Think Art. Architecture, Anime, Apps, Autos, Cartoons, Copywriting, Illustration, Imagination, Interactive, Interiors, Information ... you get the idea. Here is a chance for professionals and students who live, love, and work in visual arts to meet, argue, make friends, and explore the ever expanding world of possibilities. As the group grows, we can schedule events, show and tell, screenings, and get aways. We are an open group with an open mind, and all input, suggest …