“ I'll try to cover all the meetups in the making. I work as a Search Engine Optimizer, and also get $ from Google's Adsense program. I'm an Aussie who loves footy, tennis & British comedy. Jay Kordich, the raw food guru is a client. Suck at vball. ”

“ Currently contracting as Marketing Manager (website and print, design and development), IT Management, and online multi-player game designer. ”

“ I'm a graphic artist, recording musician, dr. pepper enthusiast, something of a movie and music buff, and allroundniceguy (necessarily in that order). Interested in Networking, meeting new and interesting people sounds good to me. ”

“ Looking to join a variety of meet-up groups, as there are many that catch my interest! ”

“ I am joining Meetup because I want to meet people who I can share my interests and have a great time with! ”

“ I have just heard about meetup.com. Sounds like fun. I'm a watercolor artist and have just retired from teaching high school art. Now, I'm traveling the world and painting landscapes, everywhere I go. I also love to dance, ballroom and salsa! ”

“ Interactive, Photography, Video Production, Business solutions, Development ”

“ Born in Africa and coming from an Indian background, I am fluent in Spanish & believe it is critical for Americans to become much more involved politically, informed, engaged and pro-active citizens. See http://www.peterthottam.com for more info. ”

“ 29 years old. Married with 2 kids. Have been into computers and the internet since the early 90's. I am trying to work on my web design skills. I am mainly a server guy. I set things up or fix them. ”

“ As a independent sales representative in the wholesale furniture industry I'm seeing no progress in the near future. I have been attracted to technology all my life and I see a lot of opportunity in this field, and I would like to learn from the experienc ”

“ I just heard about this, looked at the people on here, and it seemed like a good idea to join. I am learning more about it as I go along. I live in the Los Angeles / SF Valley area. I am male in my late 20s. ”

“ To meetup with a group of people who are productivly involved in community and social engagements while also welcoming diversity and differring viewpoints on various subjects. ”

“ Hi, I am Mary & am planning on making The OC my home end of summer & will be happy to meet new people, maybe YOU!;-) I love web-designing, theatre, MUSIC!, concerts, reading, movies, coffee, making new friends, eavesdropping in book shops, whatever! ”

“ I design stuff and I write code. ”

“ Hi I'm Ashley, I'm a local of newport beach... I thought this was a It site, opps... 1) linkedin.com/ 2) myspace.com/newportgrrl/ 3) facebook.com/ 4) twitter.com/newportgrrl ”