The SF Drupal User's Group meets every second Monday in San Francisco. Information is usually posted here before the upcoming meeting; topics vary widely, from beginner information to developer-focused tools.
Chris Bryant of Gravitek Labs gave a presentation about the Patterns module. The Patterms module enables you to develop scripts in easy-to-read XML-style language to automate site configuration steps. Any form that you can submit on a Drupal site can be scripted via Patterns.Note: The audio volume changes considerably during the screencast. I was recording on an iPod, and had to move the iPod any time a person asked a question. Also, the video abruptly ends - but towards the end of the Q&A ses...
San Francisco Drupal User's Group. Screencast of Matt Cheney's demo of Swish-E Indexer. Swish-E plug-ins allow users to search within the contents of certain pages; Swish-E itself provides smart rankings of these searches. More info in the demo.
San Francisco Drupal User's Group. Screencast of Neil Drumm's presentation on Node Queue and Import Manager, for importing datasets over the web on a regular basis.