RVA Data Hackers is a community of programmers who meet regularly to develop skills and learn about the tools and techniques of Big Data. We discuss how to find, organize, understand and serve data sets large and small. We'll cover anything related to 'big data' -- machine learning, artificial intelligence and architectures to scale Big Data for the Internet. If you're a programmer interested in machine learning algorithms and managing big data, this group is for you. Topics vary from basic conc …

We're hosting an Extended Site for the Google I/O Conference. You can participate remotely in the keynotes with your peers from around the region. We'll be serving lunch and hosting a hackathon following the main sessions.

Interested in learning Unity3D, helping others learn Unity3D, Unity3D best practices and/or game development? This group helps members become better Unity3D users and game developers through face-to-face meetings, round tables and lectures.  This isn't a group for just programmers, artists are welcome too.

You are invited to join us for networking conversations over lunch with local IT professionals,  webmasters and people of diverse professions and backgrounds to exchange experiences in programming, administration, hosting, development, design, and/or just to meet to chat and learn from non-webmasters to understand where clients are coming from for greater overall long term success. These events are great for practice skills required to build business ventures and develop mutually supportive and …

This is a group for Ruby programmers who would like to start creating iOS apps for the iPad and/or iPhone. All skill levels (in both Ruby and iOS) are welcome. I started this group as a way to meet similar-minded people who can spur each other on, compare notes and share experiences as we delve into the rapidly evolving world of iOS.

A lot of indians living here as NRIs, residents or citizens have the inner urge to do something for there country but don't know how to start or can't find a support system. Some of us have decided to take an initiative to spread an awareness among community members nationwide and provide them a support system. This will serve as a forum to meet and greet like minded people, make friends and share/implement ideas to better our motherland and make it a better place to live for our extended famili …

Meetup and hack Ruby and Rails with other local programmers. Our mailing list is here: http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/harrisburg-ruby-talk/

The NTEN DC 501c3 Tech Club is now (re-)revived! Come join other techies, programmers and strategists to talk about innovative ideas in the nonprofit world. Come support the nonprofit technology sector! DC 501c3 Tech Club has been hosted by NTEN (www.nten.org), NPower DC (http://www.npowergdcr.org/) and Community IT Innovators (http://www.citidc.com).

We are Tech in Motion: Washington DC. This is a group for all DC tech lovers and enthusiasts. Whether you are an entry-level programmer, an expert in the field, an open-minded entrepreneur, or just a hobbyist- we’d love to have you. We will be having regular meetups on anything and everything that we think will interest the tech community. This is a group for the people, by the people, so if you have any suggestions on topics or presenters, let us know! Thank you for joining, and stay tuned for …

This Washington DC group is for everyone interested in Web Design, Graphics, Software Development as well as in networking, building online businesses and achieving one's Big Dream. Sometimes only a few web designer show up, therefore, we collaborate with similar groups which will meet at this same event for more new contacts, better networking, fun and mutual support. We appreciate the awesome leadership of Jonathan Perrelli, Adam Zuckerman and others at thefort.vc and foster.ly to facilitate e …

Meet nearby database professionals Users for conversation and fun!  We discuss any database related topics. We focus on different DBMSs compare and contrast. We deep dive into databae topics. We present case studies that may interest you, and you may copy and paste in your work place. Come to a local DB solutions  Meetup to talk about the world's most popular open source databases, get great tips and share new ideas. All levels of experience welcome! This group is good for you if you are: (a) A …

Baltimore city (and Baltimore-area) Pythonistas! I live in the city, and I wanted a meetup for Python programmers in the city. (But not exclusively! Of course all BW-area Pythonistas are welcome.)

We are DC-area technology entrepreneurs and innovators who want to build viable and vibrant business based on hardware, whether electronic, mechanical, or other. Atoms are the new bits: We believe that the time is ripe for a new wave of entrepreneurship in hardware in the United States and worldwide. Lean startup / pretotype methodologies: Thanks to inexpensive contract manufacturing, domestic and overseas, 3D printing, programmable hardware, and an Internet to propagate ideas, the principles of …

The Harrisburg Game Development Meetup Group is for anyone interested in the work behind making games a reality.  If you're a programmer, a designer, an artist, or even just a gamer, if you want to know more about game creation or network with others who share the same love, this meetup is the place for you. -LOCATION AND PARKING- Unless otherwise specified, all meetings will take place at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology. On the weekends, the doors along Market St. will be locked …

Meet and share information with other Drupal designers, programmers and users. 244 S. Highland Avenue Baltimore, MD 21224 www.SnakeHill.net 443-927-2176

This group is geared toward getting web designers and developers together to discuss new technology, share and promote business, and collaborate to build awesome new apps and sites. There has been much interest in the past for this type of community around the Rockville/Gburg/Bethesda area so we're trying to revive the community. This group is for: web developers (front-end and back-end) designers programmers mobile devs Drupalers/Wordpressers app/game devs tech geeks anyone else who wants to l …

ShRUG aims to bring together Ruby enthusiasts in the Shenandoah Valley. All are welcome. There will be topics of interest to web developers and designers, programmers of all kinds, students of OO development in high-level languages, and anyone wanting to use Rails to create dateabase-backed MVC web applications. Whether you are an experienced Rubyist or a curious newbie, come to our meeting and share your interests in learning and using Ruby. Official Ruby logo used under Creative Commons A …

Intel Analytics DC is a group led by the HumanGeo team to foster learning and sharing of Big Data analysis and geospatial techniques to further the state of the art for intelligence applications. This group is founded on a principle of open sharing of interesting ideas related to: highly scalable 'Big Data' architectures data-centric programming tricks and techniques emerging tools and analysis paradigms Join us now to stay up-to-date with interactive talks from some of the most innovative, i …