James E. Sosa

sunnyvale, ca

Events:

OpenSolaris Picnic

Where: Baylands Park

Date: 2007-06-16 11:00:00

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This event isn't just for "OpenSolaris people"...all geeks are welcome to come! The OpenSolaris 2nd birthday is this week, and we are having a picnic to celebrate! Bring your family, dogs, whathaveyou, and join us at Baylands Park in the Amphitheater. Open Source projects are just like a picnic... 10,000 people can show up but if no one brings anything to the party it'll be a pretty boring one. It's all about contribution, it's all about adding your personal and distinct gifts and talents together with other people's personal and distinct gifts and talents to create something fun, exciting, and in this case tasty. So I hope you'll join us for a good time on June 16th at Baylands Park in Sunnyvale. Please see development lead Tamarah Rockwood's blog for details and how to get involved. Baylands Park webpage: http://sunnyvale.ca.gov/Departments/Parks+and+Recreation/Parks/Baylands/Directions+and+Maps/home.htm

Christmas Musical - A Father's Love

Where: Sunnyvale Presbyterian Church

Date: 2007-12-08 12:00:00

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Sunnyvale Presbyterian Church will present A Father's Love, an original musical based on Pearl S. Buck's short story "Christmas Day in the Morning." The play (adapted from the book by Martha Groves Perry and Scott Clinton, and music by Joe Don Heath) follows a boy's search to find a way to touch his father with is first gift of real love.

Learn PR: Pitch Clinic (by SV PRSA at Yahoo Sunnyvale)

Where: Yahoo, Inc.

Date: 2007-06-26 15:00:00

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This class is brought to you by the Silicon Valley chapter of PRSA - Public Relations Society of America - http://www.siliconprsa.org/ Instructor: Sam Whitmore Sam Whitmores Media Survey Tuesday, June 26th 3:00 pm-4:30 pm Location: Yahoo! Sunnyvale Campus 701 First Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94089 Tel: (408) 349-3300 Building C, Classroom 5 ** All guests will need to check-in at the front-entrance gate, in which the guard will instruct members where to park.** Sam Whitmore Presents: Problem-Pitch Clinic -- with Benefits! Having trouble conveying key client messages to those ever-so-busy editors, reporters and bloggers? Bring your toughest pitch to Sam Whitmore, editor of Sam Whitmores Media Survey, for a two-hour working session on Tues., Jun. 26. Dubbed The Media Scientist by LEWIS PR VP Morgan McLintic, Sam has spent 24 years in tech media, including 14 at Ziff Davis Publishing and two as media columnist for Forbes.com. Youll come away with valuable insights that will lead to the breakthrough your clients expect. Sam will begin the session with an overview of the tech media landscape at the mid-point of this historic year. How has search changed the behavior of readers and publishers? In a Digg-driven world where top editors closely monitor the popularity of online stories, how can you successfully place articles that arent likely to reach the Top Ten? Well discuss these and other high-level issues before rolling up our sleeves and finding the approach that will untie that Gordian Knot. Pricing: $20.00 PRSA Members $25.00 Partner Members (SVAMA, iABC) $30.00 Non-Members $10.00 Students Sign up here: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?binid=1&bevaID=136343Event submitted by Eventful.com on behalf of slakhani.

Community Next: Platforms

Where: Plug & Play Tech Center

Date: 2007-10-05 09:00:00

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The premier event on social network Platforms and APIs is here. Over 300 entrepreneurs, developers, and marketers unite for a 2-day deep dive featuring dozens of speakers and developers. Special guests include developers of top 100 Facebook applications we are flying in from all over the country. Friday is a developer day and Saturday is fun knowledge day.

Services to Products : Challenges of Going Global for Indian...

Where: Plug & Play Tech Center

Date: 2007-05-11 17:30:00

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Is India's competitiveness in software services a good platform for developing an IT product industry in software or hardware? For many decades, this seemed to be a far-fetched notion. However, in the past few years, a range of product companies has mushroomed in the Indian environment. Some of them are linked to global markets either through sources of funding or vendors. Most sell into the domestic environment, although some plan to use their domestic experience to go global. The panel will explore whether the growing Indian domestic market, the export of services, or other aspects, such as increasing foreign direct investment are beginning to change this, and what we might expect in the next few years. CEOs and other executives from a number of Indian Software Companies are visiting the US in May. SIPA has organized this special event for its members to interact and network with these companies and determine where the next professional and entrepreneurial opportunities are. Panel Moderator : Dr Rafiq Dossani Panelists: Members from following NASSCOM delegation Companies attending the event. AmitySoft Technologies Pvt Ltd Atlantis Computing (India) Pvt Ltd Compare Infobase Limited Compulink Systems Ltd Cordiant Technologies (P) Ltd Data Infosys Limited Incture Technologies Pvt Ltd Laser Soft Infosystems Ltd Netlink Interactive Mobera Systems Pvt Ltd PXL Soft Software for Photography Industry Newgen Software Technologies Ltd R Systems Inc Sankhya Technologies Private Limited Winfoware Technologies Ltd Zensar Technologies Ltd AGENDA: 5.30 - 6.30 pm - Registration & Networking 6.30 - 8.00 pm - Event 8.00 - 8.30 pm - Q & A 8.30 - 9.00 pm - Networking Please register today. (Members also need to register to attend) Monthly events are free for members with no past dues. Registration for non member is $25 ($30 for walk-ins). *PLEASE NOTE CHANGE IN LOCATION*

WhereCampSF

Where: Yahoo Campus

Date: 2007-06-02 10:00:00

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WhereCamp un-conference. Free. A hugely energetic overlap of diverse interests ranging from newbies, web 2.0 and mobile developers, social place hackers and artists to grad students, geographers, earth scientists and people focused on humanitarian and environmental efforts. We'll kick-off at 10:00 AM Saturday morning June 2 with quick intros and session planning. Try attend the kicker so we can plan together and so that everybody has the same understanding. Then we go straight through to Sunday evening - bring a sleeping bag! We'll make food appear and probably beer too. You can register here on upcoming.org if you want but you should register on the Wiki as well and upload your self depiction.

Konfabulator Developer Day

Where: Yahoo Campus

Date: 2007-06-07 00:00:00

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Calling Konfabulator Developers! We’d like to invite you to our first ever Konfabulator Developer Day. Konfabulator (aka Yahoo! Widgets) HQ is opening our doors to a limited number of Konfabulator developers. Join us for a day of free food, backstage access to Ed’s cube, and interactive chats on everything related to the world of Widgets. Get to know the Konfabulistas, meet other Widgeteers, and get an inside look into: - The Konfabulator architecture, API and some new features we have coming down the pipes - Widget tips & tricks, and examples of cool widgets - Ways you can promote your Widgets to the world, and possibly make money Come ready to talk about your Widgets and have fun. Date: Thursday 7 June 2007 Location: Yahoo! HQ (701 First Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94089) We have a small number of spots available, and spots will be filled on a first-come basis. We can’t wait to meet you and hear your feedback to help us guide the future of Konfabulator! - The Konfabulator team

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 -- 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/

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

Where: Rooster T Feathers

Date: 2008-06-28 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

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

Where: Rooster T Feathers

Date: 2008-06-29 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

Social Billiards Mixer in Downtown Sunnyvale. All skill leve...

Where: Lucky Shot Billiards

Date: 2008-10-04 19:00:00

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No plan for Saturday yet? Come out & join us for some pool at this cozy poolroom with cool red cloth pool tables, great service & fun environment!! Hi, I am hosting another social pool mixer. As usual, we would be rotating people around the tables every 30-45 minutes. Below is the details. Our event usually has 25-30 people showed up (Please ignore the number of RSVPs on the Upcoming.Org site as I would be promoting the events via a few channels.) When: Saturday Oct 4th 7:00pm-10:30pm Location: Lucky Shot Billiards at 189 South Murphy Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA Cost: $15.00/person to be collected when signing in. If you'd like to stay & play for longer after the event finished at 10:30pm, Lucky Shot Billiards offers us a $10 flat fee per person til they close at 2am as long as they don't have a waiting list. RSVP: Please email me @ soyeeng@gmail.com by Friday Oct 3rd. I need your FULL name,email address, number of guests (if any) with their names, phone number optional. Although RSVP is not required, it would be helpful to let me know if you plan on coming. I don't have email access after 4pm on Sat, so if you do decide to join us the last minute, simply show up. How we'll find each other: Ask for Shirley's or BAPBSC's group How it works: 1. I would rotate people around tables every 40-45 minutes. Table assignment is random, though I would make my best effort to make sure a good gender mix per table. 2. I would try to have 4 people per table. 3. Since we would be rotating, it's less confusing if everyone plays the same rules. Game rules can be emailed if requested & is available on the event date. 4. When table assignment has announced, everyone has to move to their next assigned table even if you "think" you are almost done with the game, since it's impossible for every table to finish at the same time, that way it won't slow down the table rotation for everyone. 5. If you need to leave early, please let me know 10 min before you actually leave, so I would leave your name out for next rotation. To be notified with our future pool events, go to yahoo.com, then go to "group", search for BAPBSC (Stands for Bay Area Pool, Billiards, Snooker Club), then select to join/ subscribe to the club. It is FREE to join. IMPORTANT: If you don't have Yahoo ID, please email me at soyeeng@gmail.com with your email address, I would manually add you as member. I look forward to seeing you all again then. Shirley

SKMurphy: Engineering Your Sales Process

Where: Executive Suites 100

Date: 2008-05-14 08:30:00

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Building a repeatable sales process is key to a sustainable business, understanding how to scale your sales process is key to revenue growth. Learn how to synchronize your sales process with your customer buying process. We will look at ways to shorten your sales cycle. This highly interactive session allows you to analyze and debug your sales cycle. Topics we will cover: * Your Customer's Buying Process o Understand o Believe o Act * Your Sales Process o Sales Funnel: Lead Generation through Closing * Techniques for Shortening the Sales Process * Analyzing and Debugging Your Sales Process As a part of your workshop registration, we will also follow up via e-mail and brief phone calls at two weeks, four weeks, 8 weeks, and 13 weeks to help you track your progress, You will leave with a one page action plan, a workbook, and 90 days of access to a private workspace with the workshop materials. About the Workshop Leader Sean Murphy has taken an entrepreneurial approach to life since he could drive. He has served as an advisor to dozens of startups, helping them explore new options and bring their businesses to new levels. His firm, SKMurphy, Inc., focuses on early customers and early revenue for software startups, helping engineers to understand business development. Prior to SKMurphy, Sean worked in a variety of areas including software engineering, engineering management, application engineering, business development, product marketing and customer support. His clients include Cisco Systems, 3Com, AMD, MMC Networks, Escalade and VLSI Technology. Sean holds a BS in Mathematical Sciences and an MS in Engineering-Economic Systems from Stanford University. Agenda: * 8:30 AM Breakfast & Registration * 8:45 AM Workshop begins * 12:30 PM Lunch & De-brief $95 (includes breakfast & lunch).

IGDA Silicon Valley Chapter Presents: A Speaker Panel Discus...

Where: Cogswell Polytechnical College

Date: 2007-11-15 19:30:00

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With the tremendous growth in the Casual Game market, Cogswell is pleased to host this event for IGDA and discuss a topic that has such relevance for the industry. Time has also been set aside for a question and answer period. Moderator: Albert Chen Albert is a game industry veteran with over 12 years of experience and has nearly two dozen shipped titles under his belt. He has worked at LucasArts, The 3DO Company, Factor 5 and Electronic Arts. He joined Cogswell's full-time faculty this fall as Assistant Professor of Game Design and Development. Panelists: Mitzi McGilvray Mitzi McGilvray is game industry veteran with more than 20 years experience working on everything from large console games to small downloadable content. She currently holds the dual responsibility of VP of Casual Games at TikGames and is Chair of the IGDA Board of Directors. Mitzi brings the medium sized publisher/developer perspective to the table where she works with the major portals to get distribution for her company’s titles. Dave Rohrl Dave Rohrl is one of the most experienced and respected producer/designers in the casual game space. Among his accomplishments in the casual space are conceiving and launching Pogo To Go (Pogo.com’s downloadable game channel), founding and managing PopCap Games’ San Francisco development studio and creating some of Pogo’s best known and loved products including Word Whomp, Tumble Bees, and Casino Island. In all, Mr. Rohrl has produced and designed more than 20 published casual games and served as executive producer on another 8. He is currently working as a freelance producer/designer for multiple clients including Electronic Arts’ Sims label. Javier Maldonado Masq is an Interactive Story/Drama which is now being referred to by game magazines as “the father of a new game genre,” “the future of games” and "the most fun some of us have had playing a game in years.” Javier is Masq's author and executive producer and the CEO of Alteraction. He has been creating and engineering linear and interactive media in a multi-disciplinary fashion for years. He has created ad campaigns, theme park shows, comic strips and TV commercials, but also has programmed and designed multimedia software authoring tools. Location: Cogswell Polytechnical College The "Dragon's Den"

Fame: the Musical

Where: Sunnyvale Community Center

Date: 2008-04-11 20:00:00

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This musical stage version of the film and television series 'Fame,' develops the hope, candor, humor and challenges given to a group of young, inspired and determined students following their dreams for artistic success.

Toastmasters Area G2 Spring 2008 speech contests

Where: Network Appliance

Date: 2008-03-07 18:30:00

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The Area G2 International Speech and Table Topics contests will be held at Network Appliance, Sunnyvale, CA on Fri, 07 Mar 2007. All are welcome! Guests and new members are especially encouraged to attend! Raffle prizes will add to the festivities! More details at the contest website.

Community Discussion of Zero Waste Study Issue

Where: Sunnyvale Public Library

Date: 2008-04-30 19:00:00

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Wednesday, April 30 "Zero Waste” is a philosophy and design principle that goes beyond recycling to take a far-reaching systems approach to the flow of resources and waste through society. Sunnyvale’s City Council will be considering Zero Waste policy options in 2008. The City’s Recycling/Solid Waste staff will hold an informational meeting, which will include a review of Zero Waste policies and waste reduction/recycling programs from other cities, in order to engage business and residential community members in a discussion on the options that would best fit our community. An online input form will also be available by April 30 on the Recycling Program's zero waste study issue webpage to allow those that are unable to attend the community discussion to provide comments.

IEEE Mtg: Thermal Stress Modeling in Electronic and Photonic...

Where: Ramada Inn Silicon Valley

Date: 2008-06-11 20:00:00

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SCV Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Speaker: Dr. Ephraim Suhir, CPMT Society Distinguished Lecturer; Bell Laboratories (ret); Dept of Electrical Engineering, UC-Santa Cruz; Dept of Mechanical Engineering, Univ of Maryland Time: Seated dinner at 6:30 PM, Presentation (no cost) at 7:30 PM Cost: $25 for dinner Place: Ramada Inn, 1217 Wildwood Ave (Fwy 101 frontage road, near Lawrence Expy), Sunnyvale RSVP: by email to Janis Karklins, karklins@ieee.org Web: www.cpmt.org/scv

Earth Day Celebration at Sunnyvale Farmers' Market

Where: Washington at Murphy Avenue

Date: 2008-04-26 09:00:00

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Buy fresh local produce; enjoy live music while learning about the green sceen in Sunnyvale and Earth-friendly choices!

Friday Chapel With Pastor Gen

Where: Congregational Community Church of Sunnyvale

Date: 2008-05-09 10:00:00

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Friday chapel is an opportunity for young children to learn the basics of the Christian faith.

Promoting Peace in Israel Through Education

Where: Sunnyvale Presbyterian Church

Date: 2008-05-11 11:10:00

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Facilitators Miriam Kishi and Pat Plant conclude the two-week class “Promoting Peace in Israel Through Education.” This week guest speaker Don Griggs, former Executive Director of Pilgrims of Ibillin and well-known author and Christian educator, will give an updated overview with recent pictures of the Mar Elias schools established in Ibillin, Israel, by Archbishop Elias Chacour. These excellent schools serve about 4000 students from preschool through university bringing together Christians, Muslims, Jews and Druse to learn to live in peace. Join us in Soule Hall (Room 501) on Sunday morning for a cup of coffee and thoughtful discussion about topics that affect us locally and globally.