Training & Events

Shut Up and Code with BuzzData - Toronto, Canada

Organised by Hacks/Hackers Toronto

UPDATE: BuzzData's Hands-On Workshop format and organization has changed!Hello all!Over the last few months and a few workshops, I've observed that learning data journalism skills requires a bit more commitment and regular practice than a monthly presenter > listener format. As such, I am proposing the following, for those who really want to get their hands dirty:Every Saturday, from 11am to 3pm at the Linux Caffe (for now, looking into getting space at the Mozilla Office downtown)

From Print to Web - Intensive Paid WordPress Workshop - Los Angeles, United States

Organised by The Southern California WordPress Meetup Group

This will be a paid workshop between $250 - $300 for print designers and those new to WordPress in general. This workshop will include the kitchen sink including us registering your domain name, hosting your site, setting up WordPress, installing themes and plugins, and best practices how to write and create content. Plus learn how to add social media plugins to get more visitors to your traffic. More details including final prices TBD.Please RSVP "yes" just to indicate interest.

Lean BuildOff #17 - Saturday Feb 4th - Edmonton, Canada

Organised by Edmonton Lean Startup Circle

Hi Everyone,BuildOff 17 is confirmed. This time we see a new change.What's new?11 AM start instead of 10. Getting started is a bit tougher in the winter so we're pushing forward our start time to 11 AM.  If you're up sooner, you're welcome to come out.10 AM starts have worked pretty well in the summer, and let us enjoy the weather / downtown market for lunch as well.BuildOff 17 is confirmed and scheduled for Saturday Feb 4th starting at 11:00 AM.

Surajkund Mela on a weekend - , India

Organised by I am Happy Project - Ni Dilli, Indian

Happy people the mela is from 1-15th Feb. lets all get together one day on a weekend and have a all day outing to this mela...what say you all???We could all go in a car pool.thr r two group of ppl going to this mela, one group is going on weekend and the other one is going on weekday, so suit yourselves guys.Shiraz, rajesh jain and shilpa ojha had shown interest in this, i will request them to finalise the dates etcregardsmela is 8km frm south delhi.entry charges-Rs 50.

Tech Show & Tell (incl. "How the Hobby-Eberly Telescope controls use C and C++") - Austin, United States

Organised by The Austin C/C++ Meetup Group

UPDATE: Please take note that the start time of this event has changed from 5:00 PM to 3:00 PM ... as several people wrote me saying that would be a better time for them, and no one who RSVP'd objected when I sent mail about changing it.The "Technology Show and Tell" is a new event series for the Austin C/C++ Meetup.  It's based around getting a group in front of a big screen or projector.

Coffee & Code - Saturday, February 4 - Port Townsend, United States

Organised by Port Townsend Web Developers

Let's meet, talk about what we want out of this group, etc.Looking forward to meeting you!Lynn

HeartCamp 2012 - Davie, United States

Organised by South Florida Freelance Network

Save the Date Details to come.... https://www.facebook.

National/International Professionals Happy Hour w/ ATWYS & NYSN - , United States

Organised by #1 New York Business Professionals & Entrepreneurs Meetup

$10 in advance/$20 at the door if you say you are on Moxie's ListPrepay here - Members of AndThatsWhyYoureSingle.com and The New York Social Network for an exciting evening of socializing, networking connecting and more!We have so many people from around the world who belong to NYSN we are excited to host another fun night were we encourage all members who are from other countries ( and the U.S. ) to come out for a night of Networking, Socializing, Connecting and More!

YD&DC Meet and Greet - Union City, United States

Organised by Young Designers & Devs Collective

Calling all designers and developers from all types of skills and skillsets to come network with other young individuals in the area.Showcase PortfoliosExchange information/storiesWe want to build a community of resources to help further individual success.Food and drinks will be supplied in a wonderful location.Don't miss out on your first opportunity to join this new network!

Jeff Byttow presents RestSharp and WCF REST Services - Hinsdale, United States

Organised by Software Development Community

AbstractRestSharp is a simple, open source REST client for .NET designed primarily for consuming third-party HTTP APIs.This meetup will focus on how to use RestSharp in the following .NET Applications: *Windows Forms applications *Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) applications *Silverlight 4 applications *Windows Phone 7 applications *ASP.NET ApplicationsBioJeff Byttow has been programming since 1997.  He currently works for Stericycle in Lake Forest.

CakePHP 2.0 Upgrade Hackday - San Francisco, United States

Organised by CakePHP SF

Need to upgrade your app to 2.0 and having problems? Want to make sure your plugins will still work?Come hang out, grab a bite and bring your laptop while you help others or get help! I personally plan to spend most of the day working on 2.0 upgrades and will be taking a look at any plugins people want.

Februarmøde - Aarhus, Denmark

Organised by aarhus.rb

*Ruby og Phidgets med hardware! v. Jonas *ooapi.rb (NemID uden JRuby) v. Ole *Thrift v. Jacob

In The Brain of Linda Rising: Deception and Estimation: How We Fool Ourselves - London, United Kingdom

Linda Rising -- renowned expert on patterns, retrospectives, influence strategies, agile development, and the change process -- comes to Skills Matter this February to tackle Deception and Estimation. Cognitive scientists tell us that we are hardwired for deception; to be overly optimistic about outcomes. In fact, we surely wouldn't have survived without this trait.

The Stack - Liverpool .Net User Group - February 2012 - Liverpool, United Kingdom

Organised by The Stack

The Stack is a monthly .NET User Group supported by Mando Group in Liverpool. The user group is totally free and is a place where developers from in and around Liverpool and the North West of the UK can get together, hear some great speakers and chat about the latest developments in the .NET world.For the first session of 2012 we have two great speakers for you and of course we will be holding our monthly SWAG raffle for attendees.

Informal drinks & networking get together - London, United Kingdom

Organised by Web Wednesdays - Web Business Networking

Its time to start and build a community of friends as well as business associates.Lets all meet at 7pm in and Elephant and Castle bar for an informal networking get together.The event can just be for an hour initially so that we can all stay focussed.There is an option to stay on longer as there will be a salsa class starting at 8pm - 10pm following which the bar stays open till 1:00am with a live DJ!

[Study Group] Stanford Natural Language Processing Class - New York, United States

Organised by lotico: The New York Semantic Web Meetup

NOTE: Apologies for changing the time, I promise to return the Thursday schedule, I just thought that it would be better have an organizational first meeting after the course is open to all of us and to make sure everyone attending is on the same page.  After we get through the logistics and organization, I'd like to discuss individual and group goals for the study group.------This is a study group meeting and not a regular meetup event with a presentation etc.

Click (above) "+ SCHEDULE A NEW MEETUP" - Hoffman Estates, United States

Organised by Startup Collaboratory

Meetups can be scheduled by any member.Just click (above) "+ SCHEDULE A NEW MEETUP"- it's on the main page below the word WELCOME!It's very easy... just write a good topic & fill in the blanks!PS -our monthly meeting location is open by appointment only.- please contact me to discuss meeting at this location - thx!PPS - more event options are under the GROUP TOOLS menu.- hover on GROUP TOOLS and select SCHEDULE A MEETUP

Intro to HTML/CSS - February 2012 Section - Philadelphia, United States

Organised by Girl Develop It Philadelphia

Want to learn how to build your own website? Already have your own site and want to have more control over it? Interested in learning to program but want to start small? If you answered yes to any of the questions above, this course is for you!This beginner program will guide you through the basics of HTML and CSS and assist you along the way as you develop your own site. This 4-class HTML/CSS course runs on Mondays & Wednesdays from 7pm to 9pm on February 6, 8, 13 & 15.

CTF R3 with Scapy packet manipulation preso by Kevin. - , United States

Organised by The DCNYC Hacking Meetup Group

This month we will refine the CTF open attack network and make it a bit more interactive as we fine tune the attack presentation as well as the hands on process for the group to participate. We will review the successful compromises on the VMWare host from CTF R2 and Kevin will break out the Scapy packet manipulation preso. Date is Mid January and is tentative right now.

The 5 Keys to Business Success with Social Media in 2012 - West Sacramento, United States

Organised by Sacramento Social Media Marketing for Business

Are you ready & equipped to succeed with digital marketing in 2012?In this Meetup we're going to talk about the 5 Keys to Business Success with Social Media in 2012.  2012 is such a critical year for your business as the digital landscape is changing drastically.With more & more businesses getting online, the question isn't whether or not you're online... it's a matter of who's doing it best.

Informal Android Developer Meetup Weekly Meetup - Mountain View, United States

Organised by Informal Android Developer Meetup

Android developers get together for informal discussion at the Red Rock Coffee Shop in Mountain View.

5 Days at HootSuite ~ Seizing surprising chances to amplify brand w/ Dave Olson - Vancouver, Canada

Organised by Internet Masterminds | Monday Night Internet Marketing Group

Not all marketing campaigns can be planned or expected. By sharing 5 specific days in HootSuite's recent history, Dave will provide tips to build brand under unique circumstances. Examples including revolutions, disasters, mis-Tweets and outages – all of which required rapid mitigation strategy to resolve conundrums in a positive manner.In this presentation you will learn: *The importance of planning *Why planning is often useless *Managing cultural expectations

The Seattle MySQL Meetup Group Monthly Meetup - Seattle, United States

Organised by The Seattle MySQL Meetup Group

Monthly discussion group on MySQL, and open source projects in general.as always, you're welcome to bring questions and problems.Blue Gecko will be providing beer and snacks!

.NET Cloud - Dubuque, United States

As a developer with years of experience developing web apps using ASP.NET, SQL Server, Windows Server and Active Directory, how do you move to the cloud with Windows Azure? How can you apply your existing skills and experience to developing cloud apps in Windows Azure?

The Flag & Bell IT Networking Event - London, United Kingdom

Organised by The London Web Technology Meetup Group

The Flag and Bell IT Pub Crawl is a free, networking event for anyone interested in search engines, the Internet or web technology. It is held on the first Tuesday of the month.We visit two pubs and spend about 45 minutes at each. The second pub is in walking distance of the first one. All you need to do is to listen out for the bell and follow the flag to the next pub.

Windows Phone Development Part 3 of 4 - suite 100, United States

File -> New Project to the Marketplace - Chris Rajczi and Michael Perry will present part 3 of 4 of this series at the Dallas XAML User Group. In session three we’ll finish any application polish and testing as required and submit the application to the Windows Phone marketplace.

CMAP Main Meeting - Getting Started with SignalR - Kevin Griffin - Columbia, United States

Topic: Getting Started with SignalRSignalR is an asynchronous signaling library for ASP.NET. It's designed to help you build real-time web applications without a lot of hassle.

This Androids Life - Abingdon, United Kingdom

Organised by NxtGenUG

Ross Scott is starting our year with a talk about "This Androids Life".If you wanted to understand HTML5 and Phone Gap or even Java and Eclipse or .net and C# that can all be used on an Android device then this is a session that you cannot afford to miss.We of course will be serving Pizza, giving away great swag and maybe throw in a Nugget.

PHPNW February 2012 - Manchester, United Kingdom

For our first UG meeting of 2012 we have Mark Baker giving a talk entitled "Why Should I Consider Compiling PHP?" It's a question that crops up quite frequently on PHP boards: how can I compile my PHP code? Some people believe it will boost the speed of their scripts, or reduce memory; others consider compilation as a possible form of obfuscation to prevent their code being "stolen". A compiler can (at least partly) fulfil these requirements, but creates a whole host of additional problems.

Title - Ideas for Photography in 2012 - Dublin, Ireland

Organised by MMUG-Dublin

A keynote on Photography.Topics- Using different lens types- Shooting from different angles- Selective cropping- Lighting- SettingsAn exploration by: Eddie WongWhy not bring along a lens you use in order to contribute to discussion with some info/desc about it, eg advantages, why you use it, how best it could be used ?__________________________________________