UpFront aims to deliver real world examples of front end technologies that you can apply to your workflow today. By attending events, you'll become a better developer and can network with other likeminded people around Kansas City. UpFront isn't only for front end developers. Managers and back end developers may find the content of the meetings valuable to their own work.

The Cowtown Computer Congress (CCCKC) was formed in 2008 to create a shared space for local technology enthusiasts to meet, collaborate on group projects, share tools and to support Kansas City's technology community. Kansas City has a rich and diverse technology community, however unlike some major metropolitan areas such as Austin, Texas or the Bay Area there was little structure or leadership. This lack of organization has perpetuated a false perception that Kansas City and the midwest are pl …

Our group was founded in 2007 as one of four official Adobe groups in Kansas City. We're designers, developers, digital photographers, freelancers, producers, in-house corporate marketing types, and interested students of all ages — focusing mostly on visually-oriented products in the entire Adobe Creative Suite and Creative Cloud, with a strong emphasis on Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Fireworks, and other tools with a visual emphasis. NO program is off-limits, though...if it's visual, we'l …

Weekly Monday night gathering of geeks who enjoy topics including, but not limited to, application and web development (code of all kinds), entrepreneurship, gaming, marketing, design, movies, the current state of all things tech, and usually beer and other cocktails. This Meetup is very much unstructured - feel free to come and geek out on just about ANYTHING. Laptops more than welcome.

Tech entrepreneurs in and around KC, join us for happy hour! Venture Fridays is a simple but fun concept: The startup culture of Kansas City and surrounding areas is invited to gather at our private office lounge to discuss what we’re all thinking about, working on, needing help with, and might do for each other. Existing or aspiring entrepreneurs of all types and ages are invited. Let’s raise our glasses to building the entrepreneurial culture beyond ourselves. Doors are open on Rainbow Bouleva …

This is a group geared to the enthusiasts of the mobile technology world. We started this group, because instead of talking to people via the web about mobile technology---why not in person? You can be an advanced to novice to casual to hardcore user...anyone interested in mobile technology is welcome. So it doesn't matter if you love Android, iOS, Blackberry, Windows Mobile OS, Symbian, WebOS, and even Chrome OS, this is the group for you. Bring your favorite handset, tablet, Chromebook, netboo …

Our group may be new to meetup, but we have been meeting, learning and geeking out for over 10 years.  If you are looking to learn, teach or just network, you have found your local PHP community! Conveniently located to serve the entire Kansas City Metro area and neighboring cities--our members range from budding developers, hobbyists, seasoned professionals and everyone in between. We currently meet the third Saturday of each month, at 2:30pm at Black Dog Coffeehouse, 12815 W 87th Street Pkwy   …

Meet other local Ruby programmers. Take about tech and have a good time.

Thanks for joining Startup Grind Kansas City! Startup Grind is a global event series and community designed to help educate, inspire, and connect local entrepreneurs. Each month we welcome an amazing speaker who shares their story and tells us what worked, what didn't, and what they'll do differently next time. It's an amazing opportunity to learn from the best, network with other members of the startup community, and improve your chances of entrepreneurial success.

Mobile Media Club is a community of mobile enthusiasts, designers, developers, user experience professionals, marketers and business people cooperating, educating and learning through virtual and live networking events to share knowledge about the global marketplace. We are starting our first local Mobile Media Club in Kansas City. Soon, mobile enthusiasts from all over the world are encouraged to join.

This is a group for anyone who invents, innovates, tinkers, creates, hacks, or otherwise makes stuff by hand. This includes engineers, scientists, clubs, tech hackers, robotics clubs, metal workers, crafters, food artisans, etc.

KCBusinesses is Relationship Networking for small business owners. We meet every other Tuesday from 9:00-10:30am at Mimi’s Cafe (95th and Quivira). During our meetings, we focus on a chosen topic of discussion. Participants in the discussion are encouraged to introduce themselves and their company when it is their turn to share in the discussion.  We focus on building relationships within the group. We do not require referrals, but welcome recommendations. We are not industry exclusive, all are …

You don't have to be an expert in iOS development. WIRE was made to take advantage of the skills that your team already possesses. In fact, when compared to Objective-C or even JavaScript, our WIRE syntax is less bloated and was built with the heart of the web developer/designer in mind. WIRE supports native animations and device components such as camera and maps as well. WIRE was created to give designers and web developers the opportunity to create rich interactive mobile apps using the tools …

This is a great place for software developers in Kansas City. This group is also for professionals involved in planning and implementing applications as well as those wishing to learn more about new technologies, development tools, programming languages and/or (open source) projects. We get together few times a month to have fun, motivate each others and share knowledge, projects and opportunities. This group is open for everyone. Experienced developers, newcomers, and people with ideas are all …

A group dedicated to sharing, evangelizing and promoting the next big wave in technology, Cloud based services: software (SaaS), Platform (PaaS) as-a-service etc with a focus on the end users of cloud services; specifically people who have dealt or are dealing with the move from on-premise to the cloud and either have faced or are facing issues, Business & Technical like: security,management,integration etc. Also discussions on how the cloud impacts the different business units in an organizatio …

IxDA (Interaction Design Association) Kansas City is a professional group dedicated to: Keeping new and veteran practitioners informed on all things pertaining to user experience (UX) while Helping members and partner organizations build a strong local UX community (with, so far, no dues). We're dedicated to the professional practice of UX and user interface (UI) design and development for all devices, particularly mobile. We review different practices and tools for developing business require …

User Group for Python developers, enthusiast and hackers of the Kansas City Metro Area and surroundings. htttp://pythonkc.com http://twitter.com/pythonkc http://groups.google.com/group/pythonkc/ IRC: freenode.net#pythonkc

Are you having a problem finding a co-founder? Problem raising seed or Angel funding? Problem getting the word out about your idea? Problem finding a developer? Problem with conversions? That's because you are not solving a REAL PROBLEM! Fix that and the other problems cease to be problems. Ideas are easy. Execution is hard. Executing the right thing is damn near impossible. Entrepreneurs with a startup idea usually rush in to find a co-founder, build a prototype, raise money, hire a PR agency, …