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Headliner Dan St. Paul with Alycia Cooper and sketch group D...

Where: Rooster T Feathers

Date: 2008-06-27 20:00:00

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Combining a sharp, clean wit with an outstanding talent for creating characters, Dan appeals to all audiences and is a favorite at Rooster T. Feathers. Dan has been seen in the Disney movie Flubber as well as on A&E's Evening at the Improv and Caroline's Comedy Hour. Dan has also made numerous appearances on Comedy Central, NBC, ABC and FOX.Click here to see Dan in action.Also appearing: Alycia Cooper from NBC's Last Comic Standing and sketch group Diani & Devine.Thursday and Sunday: 8:00 pm, $12 plus 2-item minimumFriday and Saturday: 8:00 pm and 10:30 pm, $17 plus 2-item minimumCall (408) 736-0921 for reservations/phone orders or click to Buy Tickets

Lunch 2.0 @ Minekey

Where: Plug & Play Tech Center

Date: 2007-09-06 00:00:00

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Join the Minekey team for lunch, networking and overview of our Recommendations Widget. Bloggers and other website hosts use the Widget to present the most relevant content for each online user, based on what they are currently reading or have read before. For more information on Minekey -- Minekey: http://www.minekey.com TechCrunch: http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/02/personalize-your-sites-content-with-minekey/ Webware: http://www.webware.com/8300-1_109-2.html?search=minekey Mashable: http://mashable.com/2007/08/06/minekey/

BayCHI - Where Usability Meets Desirability: Visual Design w...

Where: Yahoo, Inc.

Date: 2007-09-19 19:00:00

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Sunnyvale Prioritization of Bicycle and Pedestrian Traffic -...

Where: Sunnyvale City Hall West Conference Room

Date: 2007-11-15 18:30:00

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SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Sunnyvale’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission (BPAC) will hold a public hearing to examine the prioritization of bicycle and pedestrian traffic with other traffic and parking on major roads. The hearing will be November 15, at 7 p.m. in the City Hall West Conference Room, 456 W. Olive Ave. The purpose of the hearing is hear public comment on a proposed policy change that would emphasize the use of major roads for the movement of vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians and transit versus on-street parking. Based on future Council action, this could potentially change the City’s transportation planning to give priority to bike facilities, sidewalks and possibly even additional travel lanes over on-street parking. For more information, contact Traffic and Transportation Manager Jack Witthaus at (408) 730-7330, TDD (408) 730-7501, or e-mail jwitthaus@ci.sunnyvale.ca.us.

Sunnyvale Cool Meeting

Where: Toyota Sunnyvale 2nd Floor Classroom

Date: 2007-11-15 19:15:00

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Since the '90's Sunnyvale has been capturing landfill gas and converting it to electricity, greatly reducing the City's carbon footprint. The City has purchased hybrids, electric cars, and electric golf carts. Sunnyvale put solar electric panels on the SeniorCenter; solar electric is going up on a firehouse. We have replaced incandescent bulbs with LED's in the traffic signals. Sunnyvale has replaced computer monitors with energy-sipping flat-screens and is replacing HVAC units in city buildings with more efficient ones. Our city government recycles extensively in its operations--even including cartridges from the police practice range--and at the curbside, saving tons of CO2 emissions each year. The City has broken ground for a multi-use downtown, with office, housing and shopping all within walking distance. The entire downtown redevelopment will be LEED (green) certified. Last summer, Sunnyvale became a pledging partner of Sustainable Silicon Valley, thereby committing to reducing greenhouse gasses from city government facilities and operations. Sunnyvale has completed a greenhouse gas audit of city government operations and facilities and is considering next steps. This fall, our council ratified the Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, thus committing Sunnyvale to striving to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the entire city. First priority: to encourage the City Council to robustly implement the recently-adopted Mayors’ Climate Protection Agreement. We urge Sunnyvale to organize to systematically reduce citywide emissions by: · conducting a citywide baseline greenhouse gas audit ; · setting a meaningful citywide goal for reducing them; · formulating a comprehensive Climate Protection Plan to reach the goal; · implementing the plan. Other Sunnyvale Cool Cities activities include informing ourselves, supporting other city actions to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions, reducing our own personal carbon footprints, helping others reduce theirs. Our next meeting will be this coming Thursday, November 15, 7:15 PM at Toyota of Sunnyvale (El Camino between Mary and Hollenbeck), second floor classroom.

Parks and Open Space of the Future Study

Where: Sunnyvale City Council Chambers

Date: 2007-11-27 17:30:00

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Joint study session with parks and recreation commission.

Buy A Feature Workshop

Where: Yahoo, Inc.

Date: 2008-01-16 18:30:00

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Tired of sitting with your team grappling over feature prioritization? Wish there was a way to incorporate customer input into the feature prioritization process? Come participate in an interactive workshop and learn a creative way to generate customer input. Traditional focus groups and surveys often lack the deep customer insights required to drive true innovation. Innovation Games, developed by Enthiosys, are tools that can be used by companies to collaborate with customers to better understand their needs and wants. This fun, hands-on session will include a brief overview of Innovation Games, what they are, how they work and why they work, as well as an in-depth interactive workshop on one game, Buy a Feature. Buy a Feature is an interactive exercise companies use to learn what features and functions their customers prefer to see in a given product. Workshop Leaders/Facilitators Phase Forward helps companies build and launch new products using innovative techniques to talk to customers and generate new ideas. Clients include companies like Plantronics, Visa International and Trend Micro. Noel Adams Noel Adams is a new product development expert with15 years of experience building, launching and marketing products for high technology companies. She is currently President of Phase Forward, a firm founded in 2002 that specializes in bringing the voice of the customer to product management. Anne Bakstad Anne Bakstad is a product launch expert with over 15 years experience leading operations, marketing, and information technology teams for technology and telecommunications companies. Skilled at managing large teams and using process reengineering and market research to launch new products, companies and business initiatives, Anne's approach allows companies to improve customer satisfaction and reduce costs. Members, Students & Partners-$10; Non-Members-$25 ($5 more at the door).

YUI Library and YPattern Library 2nd Birthday Party

Where: Yahoo!

Date: 2008-02-26 17:00:00

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Celebrate! We'd like to invite the Yahoo Pattern Library and YUI Library communities to Yahoo for a modest birthday celebration on February 26, 2008, beginning at 5 p.m. on the main Yahoo campus in Sunnyvale. We've opened up registration for 150 guests here on Upcoming, and signups will be on a first-come first-served basis. Registration is required due to limited space in our venue, so please sign up right away if you want to reserve yourself a spot. Christian Crumlish will give a short talk on the YPattern Library at 5:30 and the YUI Team will be updating you on plans for the coming year after that. Beer and some food will be served, and we're looking forward to a mellow evening with lots of opportunities to mingle, share ideas, and hear what you all are up to. About This EventIn February 2008, the YUI Library and the Yahoo Pattern Library turn two years old. In those short two years, YUI has grown into a richly featured library that embodies some of the best of what HTML, CSS and JavaScript make possible in the browser. With a light, fast core, YUI empowers you to build your own solutions that support all A-Grade Browsers. And when you want to pull additional functionality off the shelf, YUI is there for you with more than 30 a la carte components that range in complexity from a simple JSON Utility to the powerful DataTable, Menu and Rich Text Editor. When big established brands like CBS Marketwatch, Southwest Airlines, Northwest Airlines, IndyCar.com, and others join Yahoo in implementing YUI, you know you've got a library with great traction, momentum, and critical mass. And when you see young companies like Gaia Online, Mint, and OurStory building the future of their business with YUI at the foundation, you know what motivates us to keep improving the library every day. The Yahoo Pattern Library is the outgrowth of a long history of work at Yahoo and elsewhere. Bill Scott, now at NetFlix, took the Pattern Library "open" alongside YUI back in 2005, and it's now under the stewardship of Christian Crumlish. But the library really draws from the creativity, inspiration, and effort of the full community of user-experience specialists at Yahoo, as well as from those of you in the community who work with Christian to improve upon and interate the patterns. Christian is hard at work burnishing the existing patterns and creating new ones, and 2008 looks like another great year for this resource.

Sunnyvale Cool Cities Meetup

Where: Toyota Sunnyvale 2nd Floor Classroom

Date: 2008-02-27 19:15:00

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We are a team of Sunnyvale, California, residents and friends. Our mission is to act to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Sunnyvale. First priority: to encourage the City Council to robustly implement the recently-adopted Mayor's Climate Protection Agreement. We urge Sunnyvale to organize to systematically reduce citywide emissions by: - conducting a citywide baseline greenhouse gas audit - setting a meaningful citywide goal for reducing them - formulating a comprehensive Climate Protection Plan to reach the goal - implementing the plan Other Sunnyvale Cool Cities activities include informing ourselves, supporting other city actions to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions, reducing our own personal carbon footprints, helping others reduce theirs. Yahoo Groups: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sunnyvalecool/

Team Challenge - Crohn's and Colitis Napa to Sonoma Wine Cou...

Where: Sports Basement Sunnyvale

Date: 2008-03-01 09:30:00

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The Northern California Chapter of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America, Inc. (CCFA) will participate in its second Team Challenge event: the Napa to Sonoma Wine Country Half-Marathon in Napa, CA. Team Challenge is the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America’s new endurance training program. This exciting program will train team members to run or walk a half-marathon while helping the Foundation raise critical funds to find a cure for ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. Each team member will walk or run in honor of a person living with one of these chronic and debilitating diseases. Informational Meetings for interested team members are being held in March at Sports Basement stores around the Bay Area. NAPA TO SONOMA WINE COUNTRY HALF MARATHON NAPA, CA SUNDAY, July 20, 2008 To attend one of the upcoming information meetings, contact the Northern California Chapter of CCFA at 1-800-241-0758, email blong@ccfa.org or visit www.ccteamchallenge.org. UPCOMING INFORMATION MEETINGS San Francisco Thursday, March 6th at 6:00 pm Sports Basement, Potrero Hill 1590 Bryant St. San Francisco, CA Saturday, March 8th at 9:30 am Sports Basement, Presidio 610 Mason St. @ Crissy Field San Francisco, CA Saturday, March 15th at 9:30 am Sports Basement in the Presidio 610 Mason St. @ Crissy Field San Francisco, CA Peninsula Saturday, March 1st at 9:30 am Sports Basement, Sunnyvale 1177 Kern Ave Sunnyvale, CA East Bay Thursday, March 13th at 6:00 pm Sports Basement, Walnut Creek 1881 Ygnacio Valley Road @ Heather Park Farms Walnut Creek, CA

Search SIG - Using the Social Graph / Social Platforms to En...

Where: Yahoo, Inc.

Date: 2008-02-12 18:30:00

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Using the Social Graph / Social Platforms to Enhance Search & Discovery Dude, Where's My Car? Using the Social Graph / Social Platforms to Enhance Search & Discovery When: Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008 Where: Yahoo! Main Campus, Sunnyvale, CA - Building C. Classroom 5. Who: Dave McClure will moderate! (more to come soon) topics to cover: - platform overviews / highlight unique features of each platform (API overview / features) - explore social graph search / friend list lookup -- as API feature (on platform vs embedded external) - discuss targeted search vs serendipitous discovery (search box vs news feed) - enabling friend lists / social graph lookup from email / IM / other data sources - opportunities for 3rd-party developers -- distribution / viral acquisition / monetization - review privacy mgmt / data portability -- high priority or not? alpha geek issue, or mainstream?

Twiki Meetup in Silicon Valley

Where: Yahoo Campus

Date: 2008-02-15 17:30:00

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The first Silicon Valley TWiki User Meetup took place on 29 Nov 2007 at the Plug and Play Tech Center, the tech incubation center in Sunnyvale where TWIKI.NET is located. Amir Shobeiri coordinated the event. The next user meetup will be on 15 Feb 2007, coinciding with the TWiki Community Summit 2008Q1.

Green and Clean Dinner Series

Where: NetApp Founders Theater and EBC Cafe, Building 1 (headquarters)

Date: 2008-02-28 18:30:00

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SDForum is delighted to announce the launch of its evening series on "Green and Clean", devoted to exploring the issues and highlighting the movers and shakers in this burgeoning industry that spans technologies and businesses. Entrepreneurs, tech executives, investors, and other stakeholders are looking for solutions to a wide range of problems impacting society and the world we live in. This series will focus on the role of technology and business in finding solutions. If you are interested in registering please click on the following link: http://www.sdforum.org/greencleanseries In this first evening, the program will address the infrastructure challenges of global enterprises and more specifically, powering data centers- what are the issues and challenges, what solutions are on the horizon and what are firms doing today to start to manage power consumption before it gets out of control? Our panel will provide insights and learning lessons from the corporate perspective as well as from the customer perspective and the perspective of venture investors in the industry. AGENDA: 6:00-6:30 pm Registration, Networking, Cocktails 6:45-7:00pm Introduction 7:00-8:00pm Panel Discussion Sidney Morgan, Cisco Dave Robbins, NetApp Speaker TBD, Deloitte Venture investor, TBC Mitchell Zuklie, Orrick 8:00pm Q/A, networking 8:30pm Event Concludes Non-Members: $30, Members: $20, Platinum Pass: $0.

Friends of Sunnyvale Library Book Sale

Where: Raynor Community Center

Date: 2008-03-01 10:00:00

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- Preview: Sat 9-10am, Friends; join at door - 6,000 books; 95% donated; 50% hardcover; sorted; not 'picked over'; $1-$2; children's .50 - No more than 15 books at a time, but may come through the purchase line many times.

Norcal PDMA: Out-Innovating Your Competition

Where: Yahoo Campus

Date: 2008-03-19 18:30:00

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Out-Innovating Your Competition: The Flexible Development Advantage Product development guru Preston Smith will talk about embracing change (even in the middle of a development project), transforming a shifting environment from a threat into an opportunity for product innovation. Indecisive customers? Competitors with new products? Technology shifts? Learn how to make your new product development processes more adaptable. He will be joined by Chuck Blevins of LifeScan Inc. (a Johnson & Johnson company leading the blood monitoring market) to discuss techniques they used to accelerate product design and delivery including Flexible Decision-Making and Front-loaded Prototyping, as covered in Preston's recent book "Flexible Development: Building Agility for Changing Markets." Whether you work in one of many fast-moving high-tech businesses or a regulated industry subject to strict governmental controls, flexibility techniques can help in creating new offerings, managing rapidly changing environments, and innovating ahead of the competition. Preston's techniques are akin to the software industry's Agile development model, but applied to all kinds of non-software products: hardware, services, and integrated solutions. Preston Smith has led over a hundred product development workshops around the world; has spoken at dozens of professional conferences. He has taught product development at universities in the United States and Asia. In addition to publishing numerous articles and columns on advanced product development techniques, Preston is coauthor of "Developing Products in Half the Time". http://www.newproductdynamics.com/ Chuck Blevins is currently a Director within the Office of Program Management with LifeScan, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company where he has been for over 10 years. Chuck has a Ph.D. in Chemistry and has been a leader in developing new medical device products for over 18 years. $25. PDMA, SVASE, SVPMA,& PMI members & students $10.

Involution Master Academy: Web Form Design Best Practices

Where: Involution Master Academy

Date: 2008-03-15 10:00:00

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Saturday March 15, 2008 10:00 AM-6:00 PM $699 per student All classes held at: Involution Studios 1294 Kifer Rd, Ste. 707 Sunnyvale, CA 94086 Online forms are the critical bridge between your website or online application and customers actually purchasing from or making connections with you. Seemingly small differences in form design and layout can result in a customer completing their transaction — or abandoning it entirely. This can have an impact of thousands or even millions of dollars. Capitalizing on these opportunities requires an understanding of advanced concepts and experience with key details. Students will take a deep, in-depth look at online forms as a specific aspect of web design, focusing on the impact of information, interaction and visual design in a variety of different online forms. As a student, you will participate in discussions and hands-on activities that illustrate the concepts, while giving you the chance to exercise the skills so your company’s web form design will successfully facilitate users taking the action you want. Key areas of focus include: * Input Fields * Input Labels * Validation * Feedback * Calls to Action * Visual Elements * Dynamic Inputs * Progressive Disclosure LukeW is currently Senior Principal of Product Ideation & Design at Yahoo! Inc., and Principal of LukeW Interface Designs. Luke authored the book “Site-Seeing: A Visual Approach to Web Usability” and his online publication, Functioning Form, is an industry-leading resource for design intelligence. Luke taught interface design at the University of Illinois and is a top-rated speaker at conferences around the world. As with all Involution Master Academy courses, this class is limited to nine students. This guarantees each student significant interaction with Luke and a unique opportunity to roll up your sleeves and put these ideas into practice with the recognized industry expert on this topic and your eight classmates. It also means that there are very few seats available, so sign up today!

Phil Hawkins Group

Where: Senzala Restaurant

Date: 2008-04-12 19:00:00

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Join master percussionist Phil Hawkins and his group for a rare public appearance in preparation for going into the studio to record a new CD. Phil is also an accomplished jazz drummer and one of the leading innovators of music for the steelpan. He plays a unique blend of world, jazz and latin music. The group includes Paul and Mark Van Wageningen on drums and bass, Ray Obiedo on guitar and Murray Low on piano/keyboards. Senzala restaurant offers perhaps the finest authentic Brazilian food in the South Bay and is a relaxed listening venue. This is a MurrayLowGig

Smokin' Kingsnakes

Where: Murphy's Law

Date: 2008-03-28 21:00:00

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Come on down and dance your blues away to the funk-infused, driving blues tones of the Smokin' Kingsnakes!

ILPs 10th Annual Race for Literacy

Where: Shoreline Park

Date: 2008-05-04 09:00:00

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Our lives today involve a seamless flurry of activities; Running to catch trains, running to make it to meetings, running to pick up kids and invariably, running late. India Literacy Project is thrilled to give you an opportunity to explore the joy of running, just on its own, at our 10th Annual Race for Literacy on May 4th, 2008. Enjoy the onset of the Bay Area summer with your family and friends, amidst the glory of nature. Usher in the balmy weather and help raise funds to create a 100% literate India. The race provides opportunity for a leisurely 5K walk along the bay at Shoreline Park, Mountain View. Join your loved ones for an exciting morning of fitness followed by a hearty breakfast (ON US). For the serious runners we have a 10K run on a fast paced, timed USATF certified course. Bring one, bring all! Register today, with your friends and family, and make a social event out of it. By registering early, you can avail of the following promotions: * $5 off for individual registrations that come in by April 25th, 2008 * $10 off for family registrations that come in by April 25th, 2008 * Register before April 15th to be automatically entered in a raffle to win Bose Headphones And what's a sport without a few games? Highlighting the fun activities on site: * Complimentary T-shirts * Separate races for the kids * Painting supplies for the tots * A children's entertainer to regale the kids * Post-race, hearty Indian Breakfast, ON US! * Raffles galore, for those take home goody bags Come join us for a fantastic, fun-filled event that promises to enthrall your senses. Bask in the glory that your presence helps empower one more child reach out to a dream. Register NOW. $20.

eWomenNetwork "Accelerated Networking" Lunch Event

Where: Historic Del Monte Building

Date: 2008-04-17 10:30:00

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Exclusive eWomenNetwork "Accelerated Networking" Lunch Event $55.00 for non-members and $45.00 for eWN Members Late registration, beginning 4/12/2008: $65.00 Contact: Kristy Rogers 408-288-8484 kristyrogers@ewomennetwork.com https://events.ewomennetwork.com/event/details.php?eid=8215 Speaker: Renel Brooks-Moon Topic: "Renel in the Morning" and the "Voice of the SF Giants" talks about overcoming obstacles ************************************************************************ Description: San Jose businesswomen are owners, corporate professionals and entrepreneurs who are committed to supporting and transacting business with women. At this event we will maximize our networking efforts by giving first and then asking for what we need to grow our businesses. We value business relationships and interaction. We will have extended networking time to get to know each other. ************************************************************************

Mother's Day Special: Matters of the Heart

Where: Sunnyvale City Council Chambers

Date: 2008-05-28 19:00:00

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The "For Your Health" Lecture series is brought to you by Camino Medical Group and the City of Sunnyvale. Lectures are a wonderful way to learn about your health, or the health of a loved one, and sort fact from fiction. The lectures, which typically last an hour, feature a presentation followed by an informal question and answer session. All lectures are open and free to the public. Reservations are recommended as seating is limited. To reserve your spot call 408-523-3295 or register online.