Our friend, John Mark Walker, recently pointed us to a really cool event coming up next weekend, LugRadio Live. The event features some of the best minds in open source gathering for an irreverent celbration of life, liberty, and the persuit of free software.

Tickets are even cheaper than SF Beta — only ten bucks — and when you consider that you get a full weekend conference for the price, that’s a pretty sweet deal. If any of the above topics interest you, check it out!

A mere seven days remain until SNAP Summit 2.0. As the Bay Area’s premier conference on the business and design of social apps, we’ve got an amazing lineup of speakers, and based on how sales are going, we’re expecting a really good turnout as well.

Check out the site for more info. Hope to see you there!

I just came across a blog post written by Hiren Patel about SF Beta. He writes a wonderful guide to attending our events, and includes some great suggestions on how to approach new people. My favorite line:

“The question you might be asking right now is what do I say to get into the conversation when two people are in it: Anything.”

You can view the full post here. Thanks, Hiren!

Looking for a way to jump head-first into the startup life? Tyler Willis recently emailed me to tell me about StartupWeekend, a nationwide series of weekends that bring together a group of people to build a startup from ground floor to finished product in one weekend. According to the blog, “It’s an intellectual challenge and an exercise in teamwork, efficiency, and fun.”

This sounds like a really cool event. For those who are just looking to get into the startup space, I highly recommend you check out the event, taking place November 16-18. Tickets are free and both techincal and non-technical folks can sign up.

Looking for something to do on a cold Thursday night in San Francisco? On November 30, head on over to Roe, where Guba and AlwaysOn join forces to bring you a free evening of networking.

The event is being organized by Adriana Gascoigne, Guba’s director of PR. While I haven’t been to her previous events, her reputation precedes her: the last networking event that Guba organized had more than 500 people!

Read more about it on Upcoming.org.

If you’re part of the bubble-surfing crowd, there’s a great new blog that helps you keep track of all the tech-fueled parties and soirées in the city and beyond. (Well, mostly in the city.) Please welcome Bub.blicio.us.

Launched as the brainchild of a small group of party-hopping tech scenesters, bub.liciou.us has great coverage on a bunch of events, including Laughing Squid Decade 2, Web2point2, and of course, SF Beta.

The founders are a talented bunch, including Brian Solis of Future Works, Joanne Wan formerly of Stirr, Greg Narain & Stowe Boyd of Blue Whale Labs, and Julie Blaustein of PhotoBucket.

What inspired this hot new blog? In the words of one of the founders, Brian Solis,

After attending an overwhelming series of parties, events, and conferences, a group of dedicated professionals and talented writers decided to band together to cover the rapidly inflating bubble of events, startups, and ultimately (and hopefully) the Silicon Valley economy.

Check out the blog, and enjoy the party, Web 2.0 style.