“ Recently moved to bay area for a day job, senior scientist at Stanford working on biosimulation. I'm continuing to work on bootstrapped side ventures: Writertopia (built on Ruby on Rails) and an investment web app. ”

“ Heathen swine. ”

“ I am an Energetic Buck in his Prime; who thinks outside the Box. I am focused & charismatic with the goal of everyone enjoying themselves.Great leaders have to be able to get good out of all including Harmful People & minimize their Harm. ”

“ Meetups are Great! ”

“ This may be a good opportunity to network with a few like minds and progressive thought. ”

“ I want to go to these local Meetups because i want to stay in touch with what is fresh and new. Founder and CEO of youconvertit.com and the soon to be online wujwuj.com ”

“ Hi All, Its great to exchange Ideas and opportunities in person. ”

“ I want these local Meetups because check www.webguild.org ”

“ open source activist, free software preacher, social entrepreneurship disciple ”

“ An aspirational entrepreneur at the moment, interested in building an organization that makes gloriously great technology-based consumer products that millions of people would love to use. ”

“ Hi - I've just moved from point + shoot to my first Digital SLR and I'd love to get together with other photography enthusiasts to share ideas. ”

“ Looking to meet other parents of gifted children. ”

“ Hi Cheryl, I live in the Peninsula. I enjoy both fiction and non-fiction books. I have never been in a book club before. It sounds interesting and I would like to join. Narayan ”

“ I am Dipesh Khakhkhar, working as a Software Engineer at Actuate Corp. in bay area. I like to start something of my own so would like to see how others go about it. ”

“ Project manager. Moved to Silicon Valley 5/2005. Started my own blog 6/2005. Interested in enterprise content management, collaboration, social software. ”

“ I'm a private real estate investor in the bay area. I come from a strong technical (IT) background. Am considering becoming a full time active commercial real estate investor. Check my website www.hemmady.com for more info. Thanks. ”

“ Bay Area moonlighter ”

“ Hi! I am interested in trading ideas with e-biz folks! ”

“ Stanford EE grad working at Zazzle as a Product Manager and enjoying every minute of it! Passionate about building great user experiences online and listening to our community as we continue to add new features to the site. ”

“ I've been researching Myspace and other SN sites and would like to start a niche SN site. I'm looking for other like-minded people to work with or to just toss ideas around. ”

“ I am a co-founder of eDream Factory - We build Virtual Worlds like no one else. Check http://www.edreamfactory.com for more information. ”

“ It was a great meeting on May 17, met Philippe and a bunch of fun people ... exchanged some ideas. Enjoyed beer too. Should have brought a digital camera. ”

“ I've been in business and technology for many years as a consultant. I work between our new Silicon Valley office and our development center in Morelia, Mexico. We help entrepreneurs develop ideas into Internet-based software products. ”

“ I want these local Meetups because I have seen ufos, ghost, a giant cross light cross above a hospital the night I almost died, a lock ness type serpent in the oceans in Emeryville, and I would like to exchange info with people who KNOW the truth. ”

“ I want these local Meetups because I am looking for a change. ”

“ Scottish entrepreneur, based in Mountain View this year. A regular at wiki wednesday when I am in the bay. ”

“ New to the Bay Area. enjoy meeting people that are thinking of starting a new business. I am going through it now and can provide insight to my journey. ”

“ I've been thinking about organizing this type of meet-up, so it's great to find this. Maybe a few of us can help make it happen in the second half of November. ”

“ I want these local Meetups because I travel to Japan frequently for work and would love to meet more Americans living and working in Tokyo. ”

“ Looking to find or build the best way to make use of the explosion of social data. ”

“ Experienced Startup Product Manager available for short or long term assignments. Business Strategy, fundraising, Market Requirements, Product Roadmaps. The right projects get partial discounts for equity. ”

“ Hello, I am a Software Engineer with 25 years experience. Currently my areas on interest are Software Process Improvement, Project Management and Embedded Software. An area that I would very much like to learn about is Robotics and artificial intell ”

“ Very interested in social networking and new web based products and services. Looking forward to meeting some of you in person. ”