Community user groups

• Los Angeles Hadoop Meetup

  Santa Monica, CA, United States

  The L.A. Hadoop Meetup aims to be a Birds-Of-A-Feather style gathering of people working with Hadoop and related technologies.

• CEO Space Santa Monica Entrepreneur & Networking Group

  Santa Monica, CA, United States

  Imagine a Business World where you Don’t have to SELL to ANY ONEBusiness people and Industry Professionals approach and ask you “How may I help you Grow your Business”A new paradigm of doing Business No More SellingYes ! We can make that change Come Join us in the new way and new world of doing businessLet us ChangeABC TO ABCFROMAlways Be Closing TO Always be CaringAlways Be Closing TO Always be ConnectingAlways Be Closing TO Always be Cooperative

• NetSquared LA

  Los Angeles, CA, United States

  Every fourth Tuesday of the month, non-profiteers and social activists meet at NetSquared LA for one of four reasons:-- MIX: casual networking and story swapping with complimentary refreshments;-- DISCOVER: informational meetups unearthing cost-effective tools and marketing strategies;-- LEARN: technology tutorials empowering D-I-Y enthusiasts;-- SUPPORT: dedicated strategy sessions helping non-profits refine their public approach.NetSquared is a global techsoup initiative.

• LA LAMP Developers (PHP / Rails)

  Los Angeles, CA, United States

  A group dedicated to open source web application developers?perfect for those who program under PHP (Rails, JSP, PostgreSQL also welcome). Presenters will be given the opportunity to share a new idea, technology or product for the open source LAMP-R community.LinkedIn LA LAMPhttp://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/115498/2A30DE7B1577Twitter (Follow me!)http://twitter.com/zefex

• Virtual Hollywood

  Los Angeles, CA, United States

  Los Angeles is the creative capital of the world, where talented, forward-looking people flock to be the next big thing. Virtual worlds are the next big thing, and we're all about advancing those worlds. We are virtual world developers. Visual effects producers. Video game designers. Filmmakers. Screenwriters. Artists. Professional science fiction writers. Media geeks. World travelers. You're like us. You want to combine storytelling, games, visual art, programming.

• SoCal Cisco Router Gods

  Redondo Beach, CA, United States

  Anyone interested in learning more about Cisco routers, switches and voice technologies. Primary goal is to help people get certified (CCNA, CCNP, CCIE, etc) by forming study groups and giving tips. Meetings will be spread between Los Angeles and Orange Counties to give everyone a chance of attending.If you can't attend, we'll try to stream the meetings through DimDim (free Flash plugin). We'll also try recording the sessions so you can review.

• LA Web Application Developers Meetup

  Los Angeles, CA, United States

  Join us at Los Angeles's biggest meetup for web application developers (software engineers who build websites). Our purpose is to create a thriving developer community in Los Angeles, promote a free exchange of information and connect with each other at bi-monthly (or so) events. Our events are presentation style. Guests from the community present tips, tricks, new methods, frameworks, tools or anything else interesting to web application development.

• SoCal Piggies - Python Interest Group

  Los Angeles, CA, United States

  Meet other local Southern Californians who love to program in Python! The main site is at http://socal-piggies.org/scpAlso feel free to join the active email list group(http://lists.idyll.org/listinfo/socal-piggies). Our last meeting this month (September 2008) was at Disney Animation Studios. We're actively looking for more attendees and contributors. Los Angeles is huge! We want you to attend our meetings. Come participate in the python revolution in person.

• BarCamp

  Worldwide, United Kingdom

  BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from participants.