...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.

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 …

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 …

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

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 …

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 …

The aim of this group is to connect technical and non technical people, so projects can be set up that have the potential to change the world and impact people's lives in a positive way. Many people have great ideas for web sites or software, but can't build them. Many people can build great software for world changing ideas, but need others to help them develop it. Hopefully this group can put people in touch with others that can help to give your non profit ideas some momentum. Please note, th …

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.

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.

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.

A chance for Bedfordians interested in technology to get together (probably in a pub) and chat. Likely topics: gadgets, operating systems, gadgets, cameras, the internet, gadgets, space stuff, cool new science, maker projects, inventions, apps, data and gadgets.

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!

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.

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

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.

Agile Peterborough aims to build a thriving community of technology advocates to enable local business growth, support local schools, share knowledge and learn from each other. Through talks, events, workshops and volunteering we hope to learn and share knowledge, to promote best practice and breed new talent. Peterborough has a wealth of both technology and engineering companies. Agile Peterborough is open to all technology and engineering enthusiasts to meet, discuss and share knowledge.

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

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: …

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 …

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

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...

A place for like minded people to meet casually and share stories about the ups and downs of starting and running a business. I am creating this group so we can all bounce ideas between each other. There will be a meetup on the first Wednesday of every month after work between 6pm to 8pm-ish. It costs peanuts to run a group on here and I am planning on using local pubs as venues so there will be no charge to participate.

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 …

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 …