Open to current and aspiring web designers, this group aims to provide a forum for education, information sharing, and networking among designers. Our meetings focus on topics such as usability, tools of the trade, SEO, email marketing, photography, managing customer expectations, and some technical stuff like CSS and cross-browser compatibility. Join us to gain valuable information and contacts within the web design profession and industry.

Join your fellow web designers for: Presentations on topics of interest Q&A about web design Networking Every month, we look at various aspects of web design and development, including: Adobe Creative Suite CSS HTML Content Management System (CMS) Workflow Content Management UI Javascript Flash Video ...and much more.

We are a group software developers, web developers, DBAs, and technology enthusiasts. Some of us make our living writing code, some of us just do it for fun! Some are working on side projects and want to learn more about technology that we don't use on our day jobs. Whatever the case, we like to get together talk about different ways to enhance our knowledge and hopefully our careers. After all of that learning... we also like to socialize over some beers! If this sounds like fun to you com …

MadCloud promotes the understanding and use of cloud computing technology in the Madison and surrounding area. Cloud computing is revolutionizing how businesses operate by replacing on-premises legacy applications with Cloud-based offerings and offering nearly unlimited scaling of data-intensive and high-volume Web applications.  Developers and entrepreneurs are leveraging the always-on, available anywhere nature of the Cloud to build innovative applications and develop new business models. Memb …

Meet other developers to discuss your adventures in the world of Perl Programming. Perl isn't just another programming language. It's about making your life easier. It helps with things like system administration, web development, network glue, data munging, and even network daemons/servers. Not only that, but you can even write end user applications with a GUI that works on every operating system.

This group allows PHP developers at all levels of expertise get together to discuss various topics in PHP and related web technologies. Events will generally be held in Lake County, Illinois, or Kenosha County, Wisconsin.

Meet local people interested in the Semantic Web, an initiative by the W3C [ http://www.w3c.org] to make the web "one giant database": The Web of Data &  Linked Open Data. We address technologies such as RDF, RDFS, OWL and applications that help to develop or that use ontologies, controlled vocabularies and rules systems in the enterprise and on the World Wide Web. The purpose of the group is to provide a process for new members to quickly understand the technologies behind the Semantic Web, an …

Spreenkler is an idea networking group. We gather to discuss and stay on top of emerging practices and techniques in design, technology and startups. All with the purpose of helping you be better at what you do. The atmosphere is energetic, fun and casual. You can be yourself and meet a lot of successful people in Milwaukee. If you're looking to expand your creativity, learn from other design and technology professionals and entrepreneurs, as well as stay on the cutting edge of the innovative t …

The Madison PHP Meetup Group is a place where anyone interested in PHP (ideally in the Madison, WI area) can get together to learn and share new things related to PHP. Everyone is welcome, whether you've never written a line of code before or if you're an expert.

This is a group for anyone who is interested in software development, particularly using Microsoft .NET. All skill levels are welcome.

This meetup group for WordPress users and developers in or around Lake County, IL. We are a group of WordPress lovers - users, developers, and those just curious about what WordPress is. We exist to support one another and learn from each other. We meet monthly covering topics from WordPress basics, to theme modifications, to plugin development.

Startup Milwaukee is an organization that is building and networking Milwaukee's emerging community of startup companies. Please join us monthly for free beer, great conversation, plus presentations and demos from startups located right here in the Milwaukee area! Have questions? Contact: info (at) startupmke.org

We are a group of WordPress lovers - users, designers, developers, and those just curious about what WordPress is. We exist to support one another and learn from each other. We meet monthly - covering topics from WordPress basics to more advanced uses including plugin & theme development. This meetup group for WordPress users and developers in and around the northwest suburbs of Chicago, IL.

This is a group for anyone interested in writing software to make your life easier. Perl hackers, devops-ers, sysadmins and hobbyists that want to get together and talk about Perl, CPAN modules or whatever. We plan to consistently meet on the third Thursday of each month.  Before each meeting we also want to offer a training session for beginners.  Typically the training session will begin at 6pm and then a presentation at 7pm. Several members of the group use the IRC channel #milwaukee-pm on th …

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Welcome to the Milwaukee IT Support & Admin Meetup Group, the goal of this group is to go over best practices, tips & tricks, offer support, and share experiences of Network Admins, Systems Admins, Database Admins, IT Managers, Help Desk Technicians, & end users within the Milwaukee, WI area. The group is open to everyone, at any level of back group expertise or field. Feel free to suggest a topic, or to volunteer as a speaker. Our main focus will be issues ranging from security, support, backup …

Startup Collaboratory is a group of Entrepreneurs, Business Professionals, and Business Owners who meet to… Collaborate on starting and growing businesses Share viewpoints and generate new ideas Network for help overcoming business challenges Please join Startup Collaboratory as we help each other learn to become more successful! Another branch meets in Schaumburg http://www.meetup.com/Startup-Collaboratory/ One of the group's activities will be to organize Fox Valley Demo Days to show off loc …

Meet other local users of Google, the popular search tool. Delve into discussions that encompass All Things Google!

A place for Madisonian developers interested in learning more about MongoDB: the open-source, document database from 10gen. Hopefully the group can expand the use of MongoDB at companies within the area, as well as provide a place to share knowledge and experience.

This is a group targeted to engineers (both dev and ops), tech professionals, managers, leads, architects and entrepreneurs coming together to learn about and share information on DevOps processes, tools, practices and benefits.

This is a group for anyone who is interested in meeting on a regular basis to help them achieve goals they want to in life. The advantage of a mastermind group is that different people can work with each other for 1-2 hours at a time and tell them the specific mistakes / successes they had in doing something similar. Specifically for people who are doing startups, solo entrepreneurs, or people that have side projects they would like to have more success with. Targeted towards people with a good …

Let's face it, if you make your living on the Internet, most of your friends and family don't have a clue what you do for a living. The purpose of our monthly mastermind group meetings is to improve our businesses, share ideas, discuss strategies, and talk to people whose eyes don't glaze over when we talk about Internet Marketing, SEO and related topics. We will talk, and compares notes about: * Internet Marketing * SEO (Search Engine Optimization) * Ecommerce * Affiliate Marketing * Social Net …

Milwaukee Business Professionals MeetUp is a place for Small Business Owners and other entrepreneurial-minded individuals in and around Milwaukee, WI. We host business networking events and also offer personal and professional development events facilitated by certified coaches and other qualified professionals. We help you take your business to the next level. Please join the group if you would like to be aware of fabulous opportunities to meet other like-minded business professionals who share …

Meet and drink beer with other local Software Developers. Discuss various programming languages and techniques, software architecture, cross-platform development, iPhone development, etc. We're an informal, social group designed to get most of us out of the office/home. Our members cover a huge cross-section of the programming industry, from web to embedded, desktop to iPhone, from Java to C++ to Haskell. If you program, either professionally or as a hobby, you'll probably get something from our …

Mobile Monday is an international organization that works with local, regional, national and global mobile industry visionaries and developers fostering cooperation and cross-company business development through virtual and live networking events to facilitate idea sharing, best practices development, trends identification, and Mobile Industry growth locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally. All Mobile Monday Chapters encourage innovation within the mobile sector and help local comp …

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 …

MadLUG is the Madison area Linux Users Group. Our goals are Linux advocacy, education, helping others with Linux, community-building, sharing ideas, and outreach. Our users come from a variety of backgrounds. Some are academics and students; others are system administrators, web designers and other IT professionals; and others simply enjoy computers. We have a diverse set of interests and ideas. There's always lots of great discussion on all things Linux, software, and technology.

What is DevOps? How do you do it? And what does it do for you? We'll explore the technological and cultural aspects of building, deploying, and maintaining applications at scale. Beer may occasionally play a factor.