There are demands for good mathematicians to write algorithms that can churn through billions or trillions of data points and show where patterns emerge. The Economist data issue raised this issue as follows: "During the recent financial crisis it became clear that banks and rating agencies had been relying on models which, although they required a vast amount of information to be fed in, failed to reflect financial risk in the real world. This was the first crisis to be sparked by big data—and …

This is meetup group for Intuit QuickBooks for Mac. We don't get out of our office in Mountain View, CA very often (we're writing all that code!). But when we do, we'd love to meet you, answer any questions, or just say "hi." If you're a small business owner using a Mac, whether you're a current user or not, please join to find out about our Meetups. And we love our Intuit ProAdvisors, too! Even if you're on QuickBooks for Windows, if you have Mac clients, you may have questions for us. You can …

South Bay WordPress and Web Design is devoted to people who want to get the most from their blogs and websites, so they can have a web presence for their business, book, or organization.   We can help you get with: learning to use the WordPress platform  hosting needs at BM2 Hosting.com a web design to put forth a good first impression content if you find yourself time constrained Our organizers are Bill Belew, is The Traffic Professor and Dave Landis (i-wanna-start-a-blog.com). Bill is the au …

As if moms and dads didn't do enough work at home. Here is an opportunity for them to learn how to work from home and make some extra income in the process.  Gosh, who doesn't need some extra money from time to time? Okay, all the time here in Silicon Valley where a couple EACH making over $100K still canNOT buy a home in San Francisco. But sometimes that little one needs us to be home. That's when we want to work from home. And that is what this Meetup is about.  How to work from home, how to m …

This is one of the oldest groups on meetup.com and we still welcome new members! Our organizer, Bill Belew, is The Traffic Professor = his primary source of income is from blogging AND he pays his sizable Silicon Valley mortgage from his blogging revenue. He is also the author of the best-read How to Blog for Money and Web Traffic series. We are writers and aspiring writers. We are bloggers and wannabe bloggers. We meet regularly to interact with serious and not-so serious bloggers. Our organize …

LocalBizNetwork, LLC is an organization for small business owners. We teach small business owners web marketing. Our teachers are good at using everyday analogies to explain concepts in Internet Marketing. In this 2 hour intensive course you will learn: * Learn how to setup your website for your business * What is CPC? * How much should you spend on Internet Marketing? * What are Landing pages? What are Link Exchanges? * What is Social Media marketing? * What is Tw …

We are writers and aspiring writers. We meet regularly to attend author book readings, to hold informal writing workshops and discussions, and to support each others' writing aspirations. Our organizer, Bill Belew, is The Traffic Professor = his primary source of income is from blogging AND he pays his sizable Silicon Valley mortgage from his blogging revenue. He is also the author of the best-read How to Blog for Money and Web Traffic series. We are a supportive, non-competitive community focus …

Are you looking to learn how to use WordPress? or Have you ever considered starting your own website? The Press Savvy MEETUP Group is focused on helping beginners learn the basics of WordPress, the most powerful content management system on the web.  We will run demonstrations on how to install WordPress on a self-hosted service and learn the basics of Wordpress like; how to create a page, what is a tag and how do I add an image. We will also cover more advanced subjects like; Auto p …

This group is for writers of all abilities, and is an opportunity to get together with other writers.  Our group meets the first and third Thursday of every month - and can be open to more meetups if people want.     First Thursday Meeting - The first Thursday of every month is facilitated by Denise Spiller.  Her topic is Write, Publish, and Produce!  In addition to setting writing and publishing goals, Denise has some guest speakers lined up in the coming months who will talk with us about the …

Need a reason to get off your butt and write? Come join our group! Look for upcoming workshop nights, critique nights, and just plain getting down to business nights! Be inspired! Your first assignment is to write a short biography of yourself, as though you were living in 2150 and writing a report on the famous novelist that was you! Include fictitious events as well as real events, and bring it to your first East Bay Fiction Writers' Meet-Up so we can learn more about you! (If you have questio …