March 16, 2010
Google Wave is a open source tool for communication and collaboration on the web that has enormous potential in many areas such as distributed collaboration, online education and health-care. Small/Medium businesses and non-profit organizations, which cannot easily afford large commercial systems, may find it particularly useful. Check it out here: http://wave.google.com/
This group is open to everyone but geared more towards users, so come check it out!
This month, Austin Chau and Pamela Fox from Google will present a talk on the new Google Robot API.
March 11, 2010
Waste Knot features dimensional work by local art group, CURRENTS.
Known for using common materials in unusual ways, and often repurposing something about to be tossed, these six artists show their work throughout the Bay Area in exhibits, galleries and in corporate and private collections. During monthly meetings they encourage each others’ art development by provoking, inspiring, confronting and sharing ideas. Their approaches to developing unexpected types of art fit right in with pariSoma’s entrepreneurial community, by generating creative and sustainable ways of working. Each artist uses different materials, from such common items as newspapers, yarn, thread, sand, paper, and wire, to found items, like an old rusted radiator,garden hose, steel pipes, or bent metal. Most materials are being given a second life, as art.
March 10, 2010
Sid Gabriel brings pariSoma the first in a series of meetups about Augmented Reality. Targeted at developers, but with interesting content for all, this particular meetup will discuss the interfaces from Minority Report using Flash and FLAR toolkit. Check it out!
March 8, 2010
SFDUG is hosted by John Faber monthly as a way to discuss Drupal and Drupal technology with other people who use Drupal. Monthly, we showcase sites which are using Drupal to help us all see real world applications of Drupal. Our Tech Sessions cover all areas of Drupal technology and are very informative. Come on down and join our vibrant community of Drupal enthusiasts!
This month we have a GREAT case study… AAA publishes its Via Magazine using Drupal!
March 4, 2010
Back in Black is a collection of photographs spanning the last ten years of music photography by award winning photographer Jérôme Brunet, featuring musical luminaries such as B.B. King, James Brown, Eric Clapton, Santana, Tom Waits and U2, as well as contemporary stars like Ben Harper and John Mayer. The exhibition will also include photographs from the 2009 S.F. Outside Lands Music & Arts festival.
Antone Johnson, founder of Bottom Line Law Group, will host “Ask The Startup Lawyer” office hours at pariSoma on Thursday, March 4 from 1 to 5 p.m.
A veteran business and intellectual property lawyer, Antone has served as an attorney and executive for technology and media companies at all stages of growth, from incorporation and seed funding through venture capital financing rounds, IPOs, mergers and acquisitions. As the former head of worldwide legal affairs for eHarmony, and one of the original lawyers at MySpace, he is particularly well versed in legal and business issues related to social media, Web 2.0, digital media, e-commerce, online advertising and marketing. pariSoma startups and San Francisco community members are welcome to sign up for free consultations.
March 3, 2010
What do Flickr, YouTube, and Nintendo all have in common? They each went through a pivot: the act of a company drastically changing their product and/or business plan to attract a larger and/or more profitable market to avoid bankruptcy or business failure. With proper planning, good advisers, and loyal users, it can still be an excellent way for any startup to bounce back. Come meet and network with industry leaders, founders, and more, then join in our panel discussion on how and when to pivot, what it entails, what to expect, and more!
March 2, 2010
Security B-Sides is a community driven unconference built for and by information security community members. The goal is to expand the spectrum of conversation beyond the traditional confines of space and time. It creates opportunities for individuals to both present and participate in an intimate atmosphere that encourages collaboration. It is an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from participants. It is where conversations for the next-big-thing are happening.
February 24, 2010
In our November event, we discussed how the social web can disempower if not used wisely. This month, we’ll discuss how to use it to improve the quality of your life and share offline. Three panelists will help seed the discussion. They’ve explored the interplay between the real and virtual deeply in both practice and thought, and have a passionate commitment to empowering others with the knowledge they’ve gained:
1-Allison Arieff is former editor in chief of Dwell Magazine, a NYTimes design blogger, and a writer for GOOD. 2-Stephanie Smith is a designer and social entrepreneur. Her most recent company WeCommune.com (now in private beta) is an application that facilitates on the ground resource-sharing.
3-Bill Ayers is a writer, Internet entrepreneur, and recognized Meetup organizing expert. He is founder and organizer of the San Francisco Webeneur Meetup Group and was Meetup organizer of the week March last year.
February 23, 2010
WWW is a networking event made for tech lovers, entrepreneurs, developers, inventors and startups and anyone who is curious about new tech applications and of course, love wine.
Because we love new Web apps and because we enjoy discovering new wines, it seemed natural to mix it all into one event.
Brought to you by the San Francisco French-American Chamber of Commerce, come and discover two Web presentations of the following startups:
- BRANDFOLIUM – BrandFolium is a company established in 2008 focused on online Social Media solutions to build relevant and engaged marketing relationships between users and brands/advertisers/publishers.
- FOOTBALISTIC – Footbalistic is the first football (soccer in the US) website of its kind to deliver professional-quality statistics and analytics of the beautiful game.
February 19, 2010
pariSoma will be hosting a discussion regarding CSS Styling of HTML Forms.
We will begin the discussion reviewing some common forms and how they are used. We will then move into discussing styling various different form elements and different techniques used to display and manage forms and dynamic forms.
I welcome you to bring example forms or [...]
February 18, 2010
Tech Atlas SF TV SHOW: Which way for Urban WiFi?
As WiFi moves from our homes, offices and cafés to city-wide networks, how can municipalities and regions best harness this new networking capability? WiFi is now also moving into places where it didn’t exist before, like trains, buses, subways and other non-traditional locations too. Here in [...]
February 16, 2010
Join us for a panel discussion about CC from an international perspective, featuring CC staffers CEO Joichi Ito, Arab World Media & Development Manager Donatella della Ratta, and International Project Manager Michelle Thorne, who will be joined by David Sasaki, Outreach Director for Global Voices. This will be a great chance to learn about the [...]
February 11, 2010
WHAT: Semantic Garage is an event that lets new semantic companies show off their products. The unifying themes are a bootstrapped philosophy, simple demoable (or locally demoable) products, and an open philosophy for your data and code.
WHO: The event will bring together people working on semantic projects with people in other spaces (media, advertising, science, [...]
February 8, 2010
SFDUG is hosted by John Faber monthly as a way to discuss Drupal and Drupal technology with other people who use Drupal. Monthly, we showcase sites which are using Drupal to help us all see real world applications of Drupal. Our Tech Sessions cover all areas of Drupal technology and are very informative.
Come on down and join [...]
January 27, 2010
We will have iPhone App developers who have successfully received funding come and discuss the do’s and don’ts of how to find a VC or angel invest in your app. Hear from the creators of Cabulous, Fluther, Tapulous, and Smule talk about what helped them get funded and grow.
The meeting will be chaired by iPhone [...]
January 24, 2010
Jena Semantic Web Programming with Taylor Cowan, Sanjiva Nath & Jeremy Carroll
In this Semantic Web Programming session we have a good mix of hands-on coding and a selection of programming related presentations.
Agenda:
12.00pm kick-off, introduction
12.30pm presentations
3.30pm Lunch break
4.00pm Coding projects discussions
4.30pm Coding
6.00pm Round up -project presentations
7.00pm closing
8.00pm dinner off-site
Introduction to Jena – Jeremy Carroll TopQuadrant
- Jena and [...]
January 22, 2010
TEDxSoMa coming to PariSoMa and the world, LIVE on January 22nd!
Tomorrow afternoon, the inaugural TEDxSoMa event will be held at the offices of PariSoMa in San Francisco and virtually around the world.
The event, called “Interactivity in Different Realms”, will feature an incredible variety of speakers, including Heather Fleming, the CEO of Catapult Design, Kevin Danaher [...]
December 17, 2009
This special ccSalon SF will be a celebration of CC’s 7 years and the wrap-up of our 2009 annual fundraising campaign. This will be a great chance to meet and talk to members of the CC staff and connect with other free culture enthusiasts from the Bay Area, or just learn more about Creative Commons. We [...]
December 4, 2009
UnPresenting : Giving talks that are more fun, require less preparation and leave your audience feeling awesome.
Join web veteran, comedian and conversational ninja Heather Gold who keynotes at Google, Web 2expo for a hands-on workshop limited to 16 participants.
You’ll learn the conversational mechanics that let you create quick intimacy and avoid boredom. Go from [...]
