Are you procrastinating, or feeling tired and frustrated in your work? Are the usual productivity techniques -- color-coding your folders, reorganizing your e-mail inbox, and so on -- not doing the trick for you? In this group, we take getting things done to a deeper level. This group's classes are about using mindfulness practices, like meditation and yoga, to find focus and motivation while you work -- without even leaving your desk. The classes are led by Chris Edgar, author of Inner Produc …

CLINE was established to encourage and facilitate the scientific exploration of the intersection of computation, language, information, complexity, and intelligence as they are influenced by, and influence, the process of evolution. Of particular interest to this group is the development of self-evolving systems. The assumption is that apex systems evolve toward greater and greater complexity-handling capacity. Some call this "artificial intelligence," but we have trouble with the term as it: 1 …

Libertarians: We are not primarily political, we simply respect property rights and thus live by a code of non-aggression. Property rights are sacred to us because civilization is built on social cooperation and social cooperation is only made possible by the clear delineation and respect of property rights. Entrepreneurs: in a general sense, we are the creative and energetic members of society seeking to produce value; weather it be economic, social or personal. The Society of Libertari …

Some may think you're a unicorn, but you just want to create. This group is dedicated to bringing out both the hacker and designer in all of us. The old dichotomy of developer vs. designer is a relic of 20th century corporate America. In this experimental group, we study interaction and visual design while simultaneously translating our new-found sensibilities into actual code. This group is about balancing our logical and linear left brains with our imaginative and creative right brains.

The Gray Area: Creative Code Meetup is an ongoing platform for the Bay Area Creative industry and technology industry to present their work. We will gather together every month to update one another on our progress. We hope that the meetup will encourage and nurture unforeseen collaborations between like-minded individuals. We encourage you to join us and meet others in the community who are using code, microcontrollers, and emerging media to stylize their artwork.

The goal of Oakland Authors is to create a virtual and physical place for East Bay writers to gather, exchange ideas, and help each other in any way needed. The publishing industry as a whole is struggling. It’s up to us to decide if it dies or reinvents itself. The modern author doesn’t have the luxury of being able to retreat to write, letting others do the work of editing, producing and distributing books, coding e-books, or marketing him or herself. We at Oakland Authors hope that by banding …

Its so exciting what is going on in the mobile ecosystem right now. I encourage any one interested in learning about anything related to mobile and meeting the exciting people behind changing the way that people interact with each other, technology, and companies/brands join. The next couple of years are going to be a fun and exciting ride for any one involved with mobile and especially the consumer. My goal is to connect people, content, and ideas so that we all may benefit from an open group t …

This group is for developers/startups that are interested in creating apps for smart glass technology, i.e. google glass project and vuzix smart glasses. We hope to work together on ideas and coding but since this technology is not available yet to the public it will have to rely on members bringing their own resources if possible and sharing with the rest of the group. We will host MeetUps with speakers and networking. Please feel free to contact one of the organizers if you can sponsor a MeetU …