This meetup group is hosted by CreativeBlvd (www.creativeblvd.com) and it aims to bring together creative professionals in NYC to share ideas, tricks and tips. The idea is to make this Meetup instructional, with lots of cool stuff like giveaways, contests and industry guests. It will also be a great opportunity to meet and network with fellow creative professionals like yourself. Join us and stay tuned!

Blacks in Tech (BIT) is a group formed to organize technologist and thrust innovation within the technology community. If you are are involved in digital media, a blogger, strategist, on-line/off-line designer, social networking, mobile technology, digital entertainment, database marketing, on-line/off-line marketing, public relations, webmaster, project management, networker or simply have a passion for all things technology, this is an opportunity to discuss, organize and activate your passion …

Start Up Addicts NYC is a community of enthusiastic web professionals who simply want to make the web a better place. Although our members are mainly designers and developers, anyone is welcome to attend and participate in our meetings. Membership to this group is and always will be free. If you have any questions or suggestions, please don't hesitate to reach out. Visit us elsewhere on the web: http:www.startupcamper.com If your looking for an awesome space to set up your next startup, check o …

The NYC SharePoint Developers user group is a free monthly meeting where SharePoint professionals present on various topics related to SharePoint development. We try to vary the meetings so that they are not just about Visual Studio coding and the SharePoint API, but also about all the other programs you need to customize SharePoint: SharePoint Designer, InfoPath, PowerShell, etc. In addition, you'll get insights into the practical usage of the various SharePoint functionalities via the interact …

Welcome to the NY Magento group –by Hara Partners The almost 500 New York Magento meet-up members are a varied lot representing the whole of the E-commerce landscape, including Magento employees, industry providers, certified developers, E-commerce professionals, industry executives, and of course, the Magento experts from Hara Partners. It is our goal that by nurturing relationships amongst Magento users in the Greater New York area we can grow this meet-up into a vast knowledge base and strong …

We meet once a month to spend several hours playing with Drupal -> that might mean that you come to learn, work on your module / theme, try out new functionality. This is basically unstructured playtime (that you can block out in your calendar!) Please make sure that you create a user account over at http://groups.drupal.org/nyc

Technology and the web have changed how fiction, poetry, essays, and memoirs are being distributed, and have begun to alter the process of writing, reading, sharing, and consuming texts.  Words are finding new modalities, and innovators across disciplines have begun to experiment with how technology might improve their creation, curation, and consumption. Code Meet Print is the community at the intersection of texts + technology that will contemplate, define, and help build better interfaces for …

This is a space for a budding community of technologists who are passionate about nonprofits, technology, and writing code that actually matters. Taproot Tech will offer professional development for developers and engineers who want to do good and do well at the same time. Come to one of our upcoming demos and see what we're all about. Have an idea for a future meetup? Let us know! We'd be glad to help -Francesca and Natasha Taproot Tech Team

CALLING ALL MOTOCYCLETTERASTS NY area wahlbergs, spankys, pacinos, urkels, pitts, jolies, cobains, rossis, nikitas, connerys, thurmans, diesels, snipes, lucy lius, vangoghs, austin powerses, clouds, griers, bruce lees, spidermen and other accomplished, slick, boffo two-wheeled bohemians, burners and other creatives in search of a home . . . A new concept in motorcycling based outta NYC "An unconventional, paradigm-shifting motorbike think-tank, entertainment and riding group" What is Bik …

Welcome to the LARP Alliance Meetup Group! We are a non-profit 501c, education and charity based corporation dedicated to promoting the art and hobby of LARP (Live Action Role Playing). In addition, we assist new and current LARPers and Events by providing information and supplying resources, transportation for players, classes, media tools, and more. As a new hub for the LARP Alliance effort, LARP Alliance NYC will require some time to fully realize the network of support we have established …

Drupal community meetups and events in NYC and surrounding areas. Converse and share with others about building and using Drupal sites. This Meetup Group is an extension of the NYC Drupal User's Group at Drupal.org. Please join us at groups.Drupal.org/NYC and become an active participant! Thanks!

Creative Village NYC connects creative industry professionals, businesses and organizations with local resources, talent and services. We believe in facilitating interactive events that create a platform to promote, exchange and empower. Members are committed to the success of the each other and meet for the purpose of learning, networking and building partnerships. WHO SHOULD JOIN? Creative Village NYC welcomes service providers from all industries, creative industry professionals, interns, ent …

As a startup solo-preneur myself at http://facebook.com/learnosaurus I often run into a lot of things that can be solved by talking them out and bouncing ideas off others. I don't have an official advisory board, and it's often difficult to snag enough dedicated people to show up on a regular basis. So this is my proposed solution. Come one, come all, founders and partners of startups in NYC that are education-based. We can act as our own "mutual" advisory board and share war-stories about lega …

The New York Windows Phone User Group is devoted to bringing information to users, developers, and those interested in Windows Phone 7 about Microsoft's latest phone platform. Topics at our meetings include new development tools, new platform improvements, demos of software written by our members, and more. All are welcome to attend these small group meetings with any questions or thoughts they have on the subject - especially if they haven't had the chance to explore Windows Phone yet on their …

The purpose of this meetup is to connect Fairfield University Alum's who work as Technology professionals in and around New York City.

They say to make it in Hollywood, it isn't what you know, but WHO you know... ...and if Kevin Bacon has taught us anything in life, it's that each of us is only separated by a few degrees. Here at Awoken Artists, we want to bridge that gap even more. Connecting Creativity Our goal is to help artistic minds network and collaborate. We range from working professionals in all genres of the entertainment industry -- film, television & stage, actors, writers & performers. We even made room for yo …

"My New Year's resolution is to learn to code with Codecademy in 2012! Join Me!" -Mike Bloomberg 2012 is Code Year according to Codecademy, an online startup which aims to offer an easy to use, interactive way for people to learn software coding. Learning to code doesn't have to be a solitary activity. Just like anything else, you've got to put in the hours to get good at it. But there’s a lot of important learning that takes place in a group, where people with a common goal can share their …

NYC Webgrrls is a chapter within Webgrrls International (http://webgrrls.com), which is a community of professional women who leverage technology to become more successful in their careers and businesses. With Technology changing at the speed of light, women from all walks of life join webgrrls to “stay in the know”, discuss the latest tech trends, support each other through business and technology issues, and develop new business contacts and friends. Members can connect online or in person at …

The first chapter of Leaders in Software and Art was founded in New York in 2009 as a networking group for cutting-edge artists who use technology to create museum-quality pieces. Meetups feature artist speakers showcasing their work and are attended by people fascinated by the field, such as curators, collectors, engineers and programmers, and of course other tech artists. What began with software art presentations has grown to include data visualization, sculpture made using LEDs, microprocess …

UX/UI, HTML5, CSS3, Design and Development. We cover it all, and bring you the voices of the web industry. CASCADE SF, San Francisco's chapter, has been a smashing success. We are now bringing the knowledge to NYC.

The place for businesses and other marketing professionals to share their passion and improve results. This group is managed by the Coffy Group Digital Marketing Engineers – Brilliant Results Coffy Group provides online marketing services for businesses who want to excel beyond and above the competition. We will ensure your brand, message, products and services receive maximum exposure on the Internet by integrating today’s smartest and most innovative online marketing techniques. Our comprehens …

Hello and welcome to the Ecommerce Alley. The mission of the Ecommerce Alley is to create opportunities for individuals through education and collaboration in ecommerce outside of Silicon Valley. The big guys like ebay and amazon live on the west coast but there a number of smaller ecommerce companies right here in NYC that should be sharing knowledge and experiences to help move the community forward. Our job at the Ecommerce Alley is to bring these companies together and spark a conversation w …

This meetup is about growth hacking – the space where marketing and technology intersect GrowHack fosters an ecosystem where startups, marketers, technologists, investors, larger businesses or a mix of the above can discuss ways to best take advantage of using the web to distribute — whether it’s for a consumer internet startup, or targeting businesses. Content will include technology and growth cases studies, as well as cross-industry and vertical specific meetups in Consumer, Fintech, Mediatec …

We are a group of Joomla! users who meet once a month for information exchange, networking, and to have a good time! Each meeting includes a presentation about a popular Joomla! extension, a real life case study using the Joomla! CMS, and a lightening round in which questions about any aspect of Joomla! can be posed to the group. Our group consists of a wide range of Joomla! users, from developers, designers, and those just beginning with Joomla! We welcome all, and encourage participation i …

Having completed over 1.3 Million hours of development and currently completing over 3 man years of work each week (and rapidly growing), we're looking to share some of our experience and insight that all that project work has earned us. We value transparency are looking to share some of the valuable lessons we've learned and how you can incorporate some of our process and approach to improve the ROI from any development project. We are looking to meet with businesses and have an open dialogue a …

Come join us at Alley NYC and mingle with idea people and developers. 30 minutes every Thursday at 7:30 pm. Make sure your early. Sign up in order to ensure your spot. Here is the format: 1. Sit down with a developer and tell them your idea for 30 seconds. Get feedback. Spend the remaining minute and a half discussing the ideas feasibility, practicality, development time estimates and other details. 2. After 2 minutes with one developer switch to another developer. 3. At the end of the "dates" f …

After an enthusiastic 1st meetup, January 16, 2013, we are very pleased to continue to build the Bronx tech community.  Everyone is welcome: entrepreneurs, coder, investors, educators, designers & artists, journalists, and people who just want to learn what is out there - whether you currently live in the Bronx or not. The location will change - probably with every meet up - so that we can use these opportunities to give exposure to all of the interesting and accessible venues available. Hope to …

Enterprise and/or startup technologists, think you have what it takes to pull off the next Yammer, or the next Salesforce? If so, this group is for you! This group is organized by enterprise technologists and startup enthusiasts, with the focus of bringing together developers, domain experts and designers interested in: - developing ideas focussed on the consumerization of the enterprise - transplanting technology leveraged primarily within large enterprises and making it available to relevant c …