ELEVATOR PITCH Gathering .NET coders, hackers, enthusiasts, evangelists, and experts to meet and discuss about all areas of the Microsoft .NET platform. WHO SHOULD JOIN Fulltime .NET practitioners only (no recruiters please!). BENEFITS Show off your work to peers. Get to know other smart developers. Bounce around ideas and discuss trends. WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND Rather than coming to *watch*, you should join this meetup to *participate*. It's about sharing war stories; comparing tools …

The Pivotal Tracker User Groups are a forum for product managers, project managers, entrepreneurs, and developers to share techniques and discuss the real day-to-day issues surrounding software project management. We’ll talk about upcoming Tracker features and look at third-party integrations. We'll discuss story estimation techniques and talk about what makes a good story. We’ll share our experience with agile planning, discuss patterns and anti-patterns of story management and acceptance, and …

This group aims to bring New York City (and surrounding area) Yii Framework enthusiasts together. Whether you're an experienced developer who wants to meet other developers, or a newbie hoping to learn some new tricks, we hope to provide a environment for shared learning and collaboration.

This Dev Meet Up is a social gathering for developers to discuss geospatial technologies, complementary third-party tools, and development platforms (e.g., Silverlight, Java, Flex, JavaScript) that are supported by Esri. Presentations run the gamut of our community: from Web development to mobile location development for iOS, Android and Windows Phone 7 to automating tasks with Python. Developers of all levels of expertise are welcome, from seasoned GIS professionals to those new to geospatial d …

The NY Tech scene is unique and growing rapidly. Join us and meet others in the technology business space and chat strategy, mobile, web, successes, failures and everything in between! While the technology startup scene is in some ways a field of dreams, developing technology isn't a matter of "build it and they will come." Successful innovation lies in a combination of intelligent business strategy and informed technology.

This group invites the developer community and technology enthusiasts in and around NJ to come together on every 1st Wed. of the month to discuss Microsoft Azure -its roadmap, experiences, challenges and future release wishlists!

The goal of JerseyCity.rb is to bring together aspiring rubyists of all skill levels in a non-hierarchical, chill environment. We can hack, chat, learn, teach, collaborate, and everything in between. All at our own pace. Come with ideas for apps, apps in progress, no ideas at all, or something you just want to show off. All are welcome.

A Coding Dojo is where a group of coders come together to work on a structured programming challenge. It is a fun way to engage in Deliberate Practice in order to improve skills and gain knowledge about technology. ShopKeep will be hosting Dojos in an effort to keep our own skills fresh, and host others interested in doing the same. ShopKeep's Coding Dojo is open to everybody: apprentices, experts or curious people - all are welcome.

This is a group for anyone interested in anything D3.js related. All skill levels are welcome. This group was started so that members could meet and learn from each other as well to help foster the D3.js related community in NYC. Events will cover things like drinks, lectures, show-and-tell's, instructional meetups, etc.

This is a group for aspiring entrepreneurs, innovators and startup teams interested in learning Lean Startup methodologies from the ground up.

We are Cloud Computing experts that are looking to share ideas and network with others in the IT industry. Even if you're new to the Cloud or IT and want to educate yourself on moving to the Cloud, this would be the best place to do so while networking with some experts. We will be hosting free seminars and workshops for different Cloud Services for our group members.

The purpose of this Meetup group is to promote the awareness, networking, and education of aspiring tech entrepreneurs in the Greater Newark area. We will facilitate a community to network, recruit talent, and learn from each other’s experiences. By empowering each other, we can later give back and promote local tech business development.

Northern New Jersey area Drupal users group. All experience levels welcome. We usually meet at the New Jersey Institute of Technology or around that area. We are also part of groups.drupal.org (http://groups.drupal.org/node/234853) "Drupal is a free, open-source software package that allows an individual, a community of users, or an enterprise to easily publish, manage and organize a wide variety of content on a website" - drupal.org

Welcome to the New York Java Special Interest Group (NYJavaSIG). The NYJavaSIG is a technical community comprised of Java software engineers, Java application designers, technical managers and new media Java developers that have a common interest in all aspects of Java Technology. The NYJavaSIG (www.javasig.com) is the LARGEST Java User Group in North America with over 7,000+ members.  We were the very first Java User Group in existence (Sept 1995).  Visit www.javasig.com for more information.

OUR MISSION This Meetup strives to make New York City a Model for 21st Century Democracy. We are committed to using technology to build a scalable, sustainable, flexible platform designed to engage more New Yorkers in their local democratic process, that can then be used to serve the Nation and inspire others globally. Never before has local government thrown its weight behind a platform that truly embraces the ideals of ‘by the people, for the people.’ Here, we will continue our conversation …

This meetup will serve as a central location for independent & emerging designers in the NYC area to collaborate, ask questions, share resources and learn from industry experts in a range of topics- production, retail strategy, design development, press/social media, sustainability and more. ABOUT MANUFACTURE NEW YORK: Manufacture NY is a fashion incubator/factory hybrid dedicated to providing independent designers with the resources & skills to streamline their production process & transform lo …

NewJerseyR NewJerseyR will be a free informal event, held quarterly and intended to serve as a platform for all local (and regional) R users to present and exchange their experiences and ideas around the usage of R. A typical meeting will consist of 3-4 talks of about 20-25 min to give plenty of room for sharing your R experiences, discussions and exchange of ideas. What is R? R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics. It is a GNU project which is similar to the S l …