The worlds of hackers and journalists are coming together as reporting goes digital and Internet companies become media empires. Journalists call themselves "hacks," someone who can churn out words in any situation. Hackers use the digital equivalent of duct tape to whip out code. Hacker-journalists try and bridge the two worlds. This group is to bring all these people together -- those who are working to help people make sense of their world. It's for hackers exploring technologies to fil …

Interested in Web Development, Web Design, associated technologies and live or work near Worcester? We'd love to get together, share ideas and learn from each other. We meet on the third Thursday of every month: tech talks are done at The Hive, social meets at The Old Rectifying House. You can find us on IRC at #wooweb on Freenode. Follow us on Twitter at @WooWebUK

An official Adobe User Group with free monthly meetings - 3rd Thursday of each month. Speakers, hot tips, networking, sometimes informal pub meetings loosely based around the range of Adobe software products from Photoshop and Illustrator to Dreamweaver and Edge. Everything web and design related. All welcome.

Having events and discussions around; New Technologies for businesses, Cloud Computing, Businesses journey to the Cloud, Collaboration within Businesses and a new way of working. Join to discuss the above areas and more, meet and network with people with similar interests, hear from industry expects and learn more about cloud computing. Share thoughts and vision. All within a great atmosphere and a few drinks and snacks.

Learn how to code. Want to know what programming and computer science are all about? Then look no further! We will do a bit of everything: web design, data visualization, front- and backend development, and much more! So...if you are hoping to learn new skills, get creative, or just try something different, then sign up now and get involved!

What is the 'Internet of Things' and how do West Midlands small businesses work with it? Our informal 'Show and Tell' Meetup will feature short talks from those innovating with IoT applicable technologies. The aim is to build a community of likeminded organisations willing to collaborate, explore and innovate with IoT products, services and applications. Come and meet, discuss, explore and be inspired. Hosted in the International Institute for Product and Service Innovation (IIPSI) at the Uni …

HydraHack is a meetup for developers in Birmingham, who enjoy meeting likeminded people. Want to meetup with like minded web geeks and developers? HydraHack is a chance to meetup with other developers: share ideas, techniques and code. If you've not come along before you'll find a bunch of friendly, passionate and chatty developers who love what they do and have lots of interesting stuff to share. You don't have to bring a project, just come along, grab a drink and join us for a chat. Some event …

Tech Wednesday is a monthly tech meetup for the Birmingham area. Do you want to meet with like-minded individuals in the digital tech industry? Looking to collaborate with the cream of Birmingham's burgeoning tech community? Like coffee? Like talking tech? Then Tech Wednesday should be right up your street. Each month we also have 'Show 'n Tells': a couple of tech startups/people with side projects from the region will be demoing their stuff to the group for feedback and discussion. If you want …

This group is a place for developers in the Thames Valley to learn more about the non-relational, open source, document-oriented database MongoDB. So if you are facing challenges with MySQL or Postgres or Oracle and want to explore a more flexible, scalable alternative, please join us at one of our monthly sessions.

This is a great opportunity to meet other locals who earn their living from the Internet. A safe environment for people of all disciplines to get together and discuss new and emerging trends in our field! We're a friendly bunch who love to welcome new faces into the group, we'd love you to come along and meet us, if you're new then let us know and we'll introduce you around! We now meet in Copa, a lively bar on George Street in the centre of Oxford. We get together once month and its purely soci …

Meet a new network of local entrepreneurs to share tips and problem solving techniques, get advice on your ideas, brain storm with other entrepreneurs. Find useful contacts, sources of funding and grants. www.entrepreneursbirmingham.com You can also follow us on twitter @B_Entrepreneurs We meet monthly for an informal chat over a coffee or a beer. There is no set format to our meetups just turn up and introduce yourself to the other members. If you are looking for specific help or support then f …

We're setting up a fun, informal poker tournament for techies and startup/entrepreneur types. The tournament will be no-limit texas holdem, £10 in (no fees) and there will be no re-buys. The intention is to make this a monthly event. Whisk will be hosting the event and will provide a few beers and some pizza (as well as tables, chairs, heat & light.... and cards/chips) Please only apply if you're a techie, entrepreneur or involved with startups...

About At each event a company presents real business scenarios that they'd like to get you involved in thinking about. You can share ideas, ask questions and in the process you'll get to build contacts and learn more about business. Who is this group for? Whether you are experienced in business, a student or just someone interested in learning about new things you are very welcome to attend and get involved in discussions. A wide range of perspectives helps get debate going. Other Information: …

Meet other locals who earn their living from the Internet. A place for people of all disciplines to get together and discuss new and emerging trends in our field.

A Chance for all interested in Digital, Media, Tech and The Creative Industries to network, talk and generally get together in an informal environment.

Cheltenham Geek Nights is a place for Software Developers, Designers and general techies to get together, learn and have fun. We'll be having regular speakers on a broad range of themes as well as activities and discussion. We aim to build a strong technological community for people in and around Cheltenham. Hashtag #cheltgeeknights on Twitter.

Satellite Applications Catapult will be a base for space related hackathons at the newly refurbished HQ in Didcot. We will be hosting events lasting 2 days, in which a large number of people meet to engage in collaborative computer programming: This 48-hour hackathon is to build new web and mobile services revolving around satellite data. Solutions can range from predicting natural disasters, Climate change, anything you can think of to tantalize the judges, using a wealth of satellite data. Cat …

The Midlands Mobile Apps & Innovation Forum is a new Meetup designed for clients, developers, content owners, and enthusiasts of mobile and tablet technology - as well as emerging devices and trends in the mobile industry and marketplace. The goal will be to provide a regular roundtable of speakers, (not)working drinks and meetup events, and general discussion amongst members. Based in the Bletchley/Milton Keynes area - and sponsored by Entropy Labs (based in Bletchley Park), the Forum is open t …

This is a group for all who are interested in Javascript and Web Development Technologies

We're looking to setup a new meetup in Birmingham aimed at people like us; We're a group of startup techies based in Birmingham, applying the latest tools & techniques to interesting problems; these include the latest web frameworks, No-Sql databases, functional programming toolsets, cloud infrastructure and anything else new and shiny. We're looking for more people like us to share knowledge with and are setting this up to cover a broad range of hacker type topics. Whisk are sponsoring the even …

There are many networking events in london for tech people but none outside. In & around St Albans as well as Hertfordshire there are many IT companies of all shapes & sizes so I thought I'd create a meetup for us! I am looking for the group to consist of proactive people that are looking to achieve great things for their business using technology. The group will be what we make it! This meet up aims to be a platform that allows people to bounce ideas off one another, collaborate, discus …

A group for bringing together the techies and designers of Stroud and surrounding areas.

We are a group of committed Scrum professionals looking to share best practice and encourage the adoption of Scrum in the West Midlands area. We welcome all those who are interested in Scrum to attend our meetings, to share and learn. Heart Of England - Scrum User Group - Workshop with James Scrimshire from Nigel Steane on Vimeo.

Silicon Valley has inspired a number of tech hubs across the globe. You’ve got Silicon Alley (New York), Silicon Hills (Texas) and closer to home Silicon Roundabout and Silicon Fen. And now joining them: Silicon Canal. Silicon Canal is a very informal drinks meetup, just about getting a load of like-minded people involved with tech startups/digital stuff in Birmingham together. No agenda, just a good time & the chance to catch up with friends/colleagues/some new faces. We meet on the first Thurs …

...a new social/learning group for people in/around the West Midlands who are interested in everything Ruby and/or Rails! People of all abilities welcome, no fees, rules or requirements, just get in touch and join the next meeting! More the merrier. We're keen to pool together and connect the existing Ruby users of the area, and provide help/advice to inquisitive programmers from other languages/frameworks/backgrounds.

A space for girlgeeks in Birmingham and the West Midlands to come together, share experiences and encourage each other to become visible in their area of work be it IT, Media or Science. Men are welcome to our meetups are guest of a girlgeek.

The new entrepreneurship era is all about customers and their problems Lean Startup is a collection of techniques built around maximizing validated customer learning thought fast Build/Measure/Learn iteration loops. We're a group of entrepreneurs taking lean startup and customer development techniques to practice in our startups. We're ready to talk implementation and share data from our experiments. We welcome new people see what Lean Startups is all about. * The Lean Startup is a trademark and …

A new tech startup community in Leicester for existing and aspiring tech startup entrepreneurs. Aimed at geeks, techies, scientists, coders, entrepreneurs and innovators who are serious about turning great tech ideas into money via startups, spin-offs and joint ventures. Suppliers of directly relevant business services who are willing to help build the community rather than hard-sell are welcome too. Organiser: Ben Ravilious, ben@ultimateweb.co.uk, 07703460866