The tech calendars are empty because everyone's recovering from Pride and/or gearing up for July 4th. I do have one tech event for you, though: the BMUGWest — that's the Best Mac User Group (ever!) West, to you — and they're meeting up at the Exploratorium. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges will be…
This weekend's plans are enough to satisfy anyone of the tech sentiment, the GLBT sentiment or those who just plain love them some mud wrasslin'. Tonight, if you're not going to the Pownce 1 Year Anniversary party (RSVP required, btw, check out the list now), head over to CELLspace to help the Bay Area Derby Girls…
OAuth 2008 is happening today, but if you're looking for where the geeks are gathering, everyone's out in full force tonight. Bay Area Girl Geek Dinner #2 is happening tonight and all 600+ female geeks from the last dinner have sold out tonight's event as well. Perhaps a little bash crashing is in order? Geeks are…
Structure 08 is happening over at the Mission Bay Conference Center, but just your luck, it's sold out. Feel free to commiserate in each other's cubes about how you're not whooping it up at the latest convention extravaganza. Tonight, if you're looking for tech events and you still haven't figured out how to make your…
As ReallyOld pointed out yesterday, you're pretty much SOL with EclipseDay at Google. Funnier still is the fact that they don't seem to know how to work a webcam (or want to). If you're really upset that you couldn't go, attendee names are listed on the Eclipse wiki page so you can get an idea of whose car you're…
Someone out there figured: Y'know what? We don't have enough conferences. Today, O'Reilly conferences is starting their new moneymaker: Velocity. If you're not there right now, show up tomorrow and figure out how to make your site run harder, better, faster, stronger. After the conference, Ignite! is happening with…
The cycle of music has found its way back to its 80s roots with the "comeback" of Aquanet-era boy band New Kids on the Block. Gone, however, are the days of cassette mixes and recording songs off the radio; thrust into the world of YouTube and Muxtape, the 'Kids are trying to catch up with the band's new…
Owen's away, so there's no better time to discover that childlike wonder that he's so effectively killed off in all of us than by attending this weekend's events. The Spore Creature Creator is out and while some of you are creating penis monsters (totally NSFW, btw), Will Wright will be at the Apple store in SF on…
If you're trying to turn your startup into YouTube-sized fame, not Vimeo-sized fame (or is that Hulu-sized fame, now?) then where do you turn to figure out all of that post-LLC/pre-IPO nonsense? Two of tonight's events deal with your precious baby startup: if you're looking at the legal issues facing startups, SCORE…
The Online Community Unconference today is so cool, so hip that its not at any of the regular ol' convention places like Moscone or the 'Clara Convention Center. It's at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View and it's sold out. Tired of conventions all-of-a-sudden reaching capacity without you? Here's your…
Being a woman in tech can have its advantages. Not only is there a shorter line for the bathroom at conferences and every event you go to is full of eligible men, but that glass ceiling thing sounds swell, too. If the women out there want to talk about their experiences in tech (all 15 of you, that is), the earnestly…
Usability Week and Supernova 2008 start this week and what better way to celebrate Web 2.0 than by attending a week of usability classes and asking "what will we do" when the iBubble pops? Tonight, forget about your Web 2.woes and head over to two decidedly non-tech events: the Interactive Marketers Summer Fest will…
The hoary joke that geeks stay pale in the summer? Still warranted, given all the conventions and day-long "camps" that take place indoors. Social Gaming Summit is happening today, from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. over at UCSF and MobileCamp San Francisco is from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday at the Swedish-American Hall.…
With information moving on the Internet moving at the fast pace that it does, how is one to keep up with information overload? And here in the Bay Area, information technology startup party overload? Faux-startup Pheltup nailed the party venue punchline: 111 Minna regularly plays host to Internet PR circle jerks, so a…
Whether you're watching a demo on Parallels Server right now or attending the Eco-Technology debates by Intel at 1 p.m., face it: you're tired. We know the Ars Technica & Gizmodo party had a big liquor budget last night, and boy is it hitting you right now. If you can pull it together for tonight, we have three events…
Yesterday was the big WWDC day where the most un-secret secret was unveiled: The new 3G iPhone shall be unleashed upon those too broke to buy it last year. But will the 3G iPhone fold my laundry? Will the 3G iPhone keep a litter box spring fresh or walk a dog? Will the 3G iPhone hold your hair back after all the WWDC…
So, there's this tiny little thing going on today in San Francisco called the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference. I haven't heard anything about it, other than the fact that it's eclipsed the entire tech calendar. There's not much to report other than the sold-out Mac-tacular except Buzz Anderson's 5th annual WWDC…
Slow calendar days are a blessing and a curse. There's not much tech-wise to boast about, but there are still some awesome (non-industry) things to do. For those determined to make their night work-related, the National Association of Women Business Owners of San Francisco (that's NAWBO-SF to you, sir) will be hosting…
If you're looking for something today, whether it's tacos, help with your startup or cocktails, we've got you covered — for free. Lunch 2.0 is happening over at Topix HQ today, where there will be a taco truck offering two hours of free taco goodness. After your taco coma, you can travel down to Google and watch a…
Everyone's talking about "social this, social that" online, but why not venture out and socialize with actual people and not Fadbook profiles? Today, Under the Radar is showcasing some recent startups in social media and entertainment. It's being held at the Microsoft Campus, making it much easier for softies to scope…
