From personal computing to extreme sports, hackers out for a good time have been pioneering new ways of doing things. Tim O'Reilly, of O'Reilly Media, thinks we should follow them. To find out what O'Reilly thinks alpha geeks tell us about the future, make your way to the Stanford EE Computer Systems Colloquium at 4:15 p.m. Want to know what's next in mobile? Nokia research is sharing the results of a two-year field study on consumer mobile phone use. Get tips on mobile product design and strategy at the Berkeley Center for New Media Commons from 6-7:30 p.m. Only thinking as far as your next drink? Web Analytics Wednesday will be networking with wine at the Press Club from 6-8 p.m. while Digg lovers meet up to drink up at Mighty from 7 p.m.-12:00 a.m. (Photo by Rodrigo Paoletti)

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