Lunch 2.0

Google is going to be hosting the first Lunch 2.0 in Chicago ever! This free lunch thing is spreading like wildfire.

Hosts: Google Chicago
Address: 20 W. Kinzie St., Chicago, IL 60610
Date: Friday, November 9, 2007, 12:00pm-1:30pm

RSVP will be by email only so send your first and last name to the following address to sign up: chi-lunch-2.0@google.com

Help spread the word by inviting others. If you’re not in Chicago, but know people who are, please send them this post.

[Terry: If you want to help feed-whore this event, this is the facebook event and this is it on Upcoming. Thanks!]

UPDATE: This event has reached capacity! Thanks to all who RSVP’d and see you on Friday!

Also, other upcoming Lunch 2.0s:

• Wednesday, October 31 - AdMob, San Mateo, Silicon Valley
  
• Friday, November 2 - Shopzilla, Santa Monica, Los Angeles
• Monday, November 5 - Web 2.0 Expo, Berlin, Germany
• Tuesday, November 6 - LinkedIn Q&A with FSJ, Mountain View, CA
• Wednesday, November 7 - Goowy, San Diego
• Friday, November 9 - Google Chicago, Chicago, IL THIS EVENT
• Friday, November 9 - Google Seattle, Kirkland, Seattle
• Friday, November 9 - Zazzle, Redwood City, CA
• Tuesday, November 27 - TBA, Mountain View, Silicon Valley
• Friday, December 7 - TBA, Mountain View, Silicon Valley
• Wednesday, December 12 - TBA, Palo Alto, Silicon Valley
• Friday, January 18 - TBA, Waterfront, Seattle

Happy Halloween! Treat or Trick?

While TV geek Chuck is “Saving the world at $11 an hour”, Silicon Valley Web Builders (SVWB) are running an Amazon’s Workshop “Saving the WWW at $0.15 per GB” to celebrate Halloween night this Wed 6:30pm. I promise these 2 TV geeks Zachary Levi “Chuck Bartowski” & Adam Baldwin “Major John Casey” to tell web geeks about their Mission. You can see the filming production photos from their Halloween Episode.

Our Amazon speaker will be revealing many details on how startups survive growing pains and keep the infrastructure cost low by utilizing AWS.

Note: Thanks to NBC executives’ decision to put full episode Chuck online. I was able to watch the first 4 full episode at late nights. Watching TV is very fun these days on Browser instead of TV set. If Chuck decides to film in Silicon Valley, we’ll be happy to gather geeks as extras and find startup offices as filming sites. Chuck got my card!
Amazon Workshop: Launching and running startups using Amazon Web Services
Speaker: Jinesh Varia, Amazon Web Services Evangelist at Amazon
Date & Time: 10/31/2007 Wed 6:30pm-9:30pm
Location: Hurricane Electric “The Matrix” Building
Address 48233 Warm Springs Blvd, Fremont CA 94539
Registration: http://amazonanatomy.eventbrite.com/

Food & Drinks serving at 6:30pm

Happy Halloween! Just a quick reminder that today (Wednesday) will have Lunch 2.0 as we slowly move down the peninsula to San Mateo!

Hosts: AdMob US Headquarters
Address: 60 East 3rd Avenue, Suite 225, San Mateo, CA 94401
Date: Wednesday, October 31, 2007, 12:00pm-2:00pm
RSVP on upcoming

I’ve updated the Upcoming Events. Note that there is a Lunch 2.0 at Web 2.0 Expo in Berlin Germany and a potential one in Chicago!

• Wednesday, October 31 - AdMob, San Mateo, Silicon Valley THIS EVENT
• Friday, November 2 - Shopzilla, Santa Monica, Los Angeles
• Monday, November 5 - Web 2.0 Expo, Berlin, Germany
• Wednesday, November 7 - Goowy, San Diego
• Tuesday, November 6 - LinkedIn Q&A with FSJ, Mountain View, CA
• Friday, November 9 - TBA, Chicago
• Friday, November 9 - Google Seattle, Kirkland, Seattle
• Friday, November 9 - Zazzle, Redwood City, CA
• Tuesday, November 27 - TBA, Mountain View, Silicon Valley
• Friday, December 7 - TBA, Mountain View, Silicon Valley
• Wednesday, December 12 - TBA, Palo Alto, Silicon Valley
• Friday, January 18 - TBA, Waterfront, Seattle

AdMob is also hosting us for a Halloween Lunch 2.0!

Hosts: AdMob US Headquarters
Address: 60 East 3rd Avenue, Suite 225, San Mateo, CA 94401
Date: Wednesday, October 31, 2007, 12:00pm-2:00pm
RSVP on upcoming

Join the AdMob Team for lunch and Halloween treats! Come find out how we are changing the mobile industry through engineering innovation. Founder, CEO and former Engineer Omar Hamoui will give a brief presentation about AdMob.

Also, other upcoming Lunch 2.0s:

• Wednesday, October 31 - THIS EVENT!
• Friday, November 2 - Shopzilla, Santa Monica, Los Angeles
• Wednesday, November 7- Goowy, San Diego
• Tuesday, November 6 LinkedIn Q&A with FSJ, Mountain View, CA
  
• Friday, November 9 Google Seattle, Kirkland, Seattle
• Friday, November 9 Zazzle, Redwood City, CA

LinkedIn has invited us to join a Q&A session they’re holding in two weeks between Guy Kawasaki and Fake Steve Jobs (a.k.a. Dan Lyons). They’ll be providing free pizza and it sounds like it’ll be a fun time. Bring a friend or two and listen to FSJ tell it like it is!

Address: Computer History Museum, 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View, CA 94043
Date: Tuesday, November 6th, 2007, 6:00PM - ?
RSVP on upcoming

Also, here are some other upcoming events:

• Friday, November 2 - Shopzilla, Santa Monica, Los Angeles
• Wednesday, November 7- Goowy, San Diego
• Tuesday, November 6 THIS EVENT!
• Friday, November 9 Google Seattle, Kirkland, Seattle
• Friday, November 9 Zazzle, Redwood City, CA
  

A quick reminder that Oracle is hosting Lunch 2.0 today (Monday).

Location: Oracle Conference Center

Address: 350 Oracle Parkway, Redwood City, California 94065
Date: Monday, October 22nd, 2007, 12:00PM - 2:00PM
RSVP on upcoming

Look forward to seeing everyone there!

The SAVVIS data center tour is tomorrow (Thursday) in Santa Clara. Sure data sounds dull, but this event certainly is not, with drinks and food and acclaimed author and blogger Nicholas Carr there to speak.

The Data Center Expansion Tour - Santa Clara, CA
With Special Guest and Acclaimed Author Nicholas Carr

Celebrating the Launch of 180,000 ft² of new Data Center Space

Join SAVVIS for one, or all four unforgettable events featuring great drinks, fantastic

food, and a sneak peak of Nicholas Carr’s soon to be released book, The Big Switch: Our New Digital Destiny..

Hosts: Savvis Santa Clara Data Center (SC9)
Address: 4650 Old Ironsides Drive, Santa Clara, CA 95054
Date: Thursday, October 18, 2007, 5:30pm-7:30pm

RSVP: Savvis website.

You will need to bring a driver’s license with photo or government picture ID to enter the building.

Well, the Tagged/Netvibes Lunch 2.0 is in my stomach and my Oktoberfest beer rental has been returned in full, so as promised, I’m going to get off my duff and try to schedule some Silicon Valley L2.0s. Starting with…

Hey has it been over a year since Zazzle had their awesome outdoor BBQ?

I wonder if they’d mind us hitting their new, larger offices in Redwood City for some free food, cool demos,…

Hosts: Zazzle
Address: 1900 Seaport Blvd, 4th Floor, Redwood City
Date: Friday November 9, 2007
RSVP on Facebook (for an accurate headcount)

(and shwag, right? You guys are Zazzle after all)

Speaking of Redwood City, don’t forget that Oracle will be opening their doors to us Oracle on October 12th. Oh yes, and if you have any friends in the Big Apple, be sure to invite them to the first Lunch 2.0 in NYC tomorrow (Tuesday) at first Lunch 2.0 in NYC! Check below for new Lunch 2.0’s in D.C., San Diego, Los Angeles, and Seattle. (Which reminds me, if you want to host a Lunch 2.0 in the Bay Area, just jet Mark Jen or Terry Chay an e-mail… we’re pretty easy to find)

• Tuesday, October 16- The Ladders, New York City
• Wednesday, October 17- Lunch 2.0 D.C., Washington, D.C.
• Monday, October 22- Oracle, Redwood City, Silicon Valley
• Friday, November 2 - Shopzilla, Santa Monica, Los Angeles
• Wednesday, November 7- Goowy, San Diego
• Friday, November 9 Google Seattle, Kirkland, Seattle
• Friday, November 9 THIS EVENT
• December TBA, Waterfront, Seattle
• Wednesday, December 12 TBA, Palo Alto, Silicon Valley
• Friday, January 18 TBA, Seattle