The Multipack is a community of multi-talented Web professionals from across the West Midlands. Every month we get together to discuss design, code, standards and technology, and share our knowledge, skills and talents, and occasionally, we put on the odd event here and there that promote design, development and general geekery on the web and in the technology industry in general. We also drink beer and eat food in pubs, so if that sounds like your sort of thing, we'd really like to get to know …

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 …

Tech Wednesday is a monthly tech meetup for the Birmingham area. Are you looking 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. From June 2011, we will also be adding a 'Show 'n Tell' aspect to the meet up. Each month, a couple of tech startups from the region will be demoing their products to the group for feedba …