If you’re looking for an informal meet-up to talk about user-centred research, you’ve come to the right place. At The Research Thing you’ll be able to meet others who share your interest to exchange tips, tricks and horror stories. Your evening will be jam-packed with everything from the tools and techniques for bringing users into design, to analysis, deliverables and presentation skills. You can look forward to workshops, activities and talks by those who want to share their experiences. There …

This Meetup is for people interested in the ‘I’ of ‘IT’ – information architects, user experience designers, content organizers and publishers as well as knowledge practitioners are all welcome. We share practical information management experience through case studies and discussion, whether it be to monetize content; build better customer programs; manage governance risk and compliance or simply help drive operational efficiencies and improve the way we work. If you make your living advising, b …

This group is for anyone who deals with content. That’s user experience designers, information architects, web writers and editors, web developers and technologists, marketers, communications pros, community managers, product managers, publishers, entrepreneurs, and content strategists of all stripes. We set up this group to allow professionals from all backgrounds with an interest in content strategy to share ideas and learn from each other in an informal environment. If we’re going to help our …

Cardiff UX Bookclub is a group of people who are interested in learning more about User Experience. All are welcome!

This is a group for anyone who is interested in designing and building static and content-managed websites. Anyone is welcome who is either from an amateur or professional background. We will be covering topics such as the History of the Web, HTML, CSS, Javascript Frameworks, Web Graphics, Web Analytics, Responsive Design, Accessibility, Usability, User Experience and Interface Design.

UX Corner is community of user experience professionals and those interested in good experience design from all fields to get together, compare notes, support each other and network in an informal and relaxed environment.

The world is going Digital and so is Business! The Digital Pond is a meetup community welcoming all those from a digital discipline and those wanting to learn more or build networks with those within the industry. So whether you are an entrepreneur, business owner, website designer, UX (user-experience) designer, online marketer, web developer or social media guru: enter the pond and meet like-minded professionals.

We are a group of agile practitioners and enthusiasts living and working in the South West of England. This group is open to anyone in Bath and the surrounding areas (inc. Bristol, Newport, Cardiff, Swindon, Exeter and beyond) interested in Scrum and Agile practices. Feel free to come along to one of our meetups to speak to like-minded individuals and share some agile war stories over a drink or two!

A group for the new breed of entrepreneur that wants to realise their dreams and do things differently. We're all about startups that put people first and measure success in happiness, as well as profits. We believe happy teams, storytelling and customer experience are key to delivering on vision. The future belongs to organisations that live their values, love their customers, have a clear purpose and focus on a strong company culture. Think Southwest Airlines over Ryanair. Agree? Then come joi …

Paper Take Flight is a meetup group about digital magazines, and it provides an opportunity for journalists, designers, developers and product managers to talk about what happens when the habits, content and design from paper and print migrate to the screen. It's a group for exchanging ideas and experiences of creating digital magazines for phones, tablets and computers, and to talk about things we all want to know and improve. This is a new meetup group, the plan is for meetups to be monthly, a …

Informal meetup to share knowledge and stories from our own experience, to provide peer support, and to discuss anything related to agile, design and UX. We are part of the agile ux retreat family. Developers, (UX) designers, scrum masters, agile coaches, product owners, project managers, ... all welcome.

London HTML5 User Group is focused on the next-generation Web technologies, specifically HTML5, WebSocket, CSS3, JavaScript and so on. Members are those who have a passion in seeing Web applications advance in a rich and dynamic fashion and a keen interest in new and emerging standards and technologies for Web infrastructure. Regular topics of discussion will focus on the gamut of HTML5 technologies that promise to deliver a better, rich Web experience for all.

The London Design and technology user group is here to offer varied content for both designer and developers who live breath and work in the digital development space. This group is for the people who 'make' web experiences apps and games. Mainly it will be focussed on design and technology but we will also host any talks that are presented from a perspective that will be interesting to the members, so whether it be business related or strategic it will always be relevent.

The BIRT User Group (UK) is an independent body for users of BIRT Open Source and Commercial reporting software from Actuate and the Eclipse Foundation. Our aim is to share information, ideas and experiences of BIRT usage in regular meetings, via our web site, forums and news letters. Meetings are initially going to be held in the evenings in central London at interesting and unique venues and we hope to feature some great presentations, useful tips and tricks, a bite to eat and maybe even som …

About us A meet-up for UX and UX-curious people, on the first Tuesday of every month. We usually meet in a pub for a chat, networking and general conversation. We'll often have a short slide presentation/talk and time for questions etc. We're a group for open discussion of all usability issues, including software to web design to mobile apps. Why not come along, and discuss or give a slide presentation on your own projects or usability interests. Anyone can give a presentation, post and view Usa …

Huge London events are open to anyone with an interest in tech, UX, design, strategy and more. Join us for snacks, networking and discussion with industry experts.

The aim of this group is to build a network of people interested in recommender systems and give them a forum for presenting and discussing ideas. We are a mixed group of people from research, industry, education, design and startups. If you have an interest in recommender systems, come and join us.

ProductTank provides an opportunity for Product Managers in London to exchange ideas and experiences about Product Design, Development and Management, Business Modelling, Metrics, User Experience and all the other things that get us excited. Events include talks from guest speakers on topics around product management, networking opportunities, and a good old-fashioned chin-wag over a beer or two. We're open to companies big and small. We also welcome early-stage technology businesses looking to …

For those of us that enjoy participating in hackathons and jams - where we create and compete to produce the next big thing that will change the world... even if it's just a little bit at a time. Important RSVPing 'Yes' to our meetup.com group does not grant you entry to an event. You MUST follow the links in the event description to sign up on the hackathon's dedicated signup page.

The meetup where people listen. We cut back the noise and focus on people who can teach us, interact with us, and help us learn from being around other like-minded people. Events often have multiple streams that relate to web design and development. Who should come: web designers and front-end pixel pushers back-end developers graphic designers involved in designing for the web web entrepreneurs web investors We focus on the future - the future is bright! Join us on the third Thursday …

Balanced Team is a group of people interested in furthering processes and methodologies to create great things. We include product managers, developers and designers who see multi-disciplinary collaboration and iterative delivery focused on customer value as a source for innovation. Please join our Google Group at http://groups.google.com/group/balancedteam

Are you interested in making your website faster aka Web Performance Optimisation (WPO) then this is the group for you! Meet with other web site system administrators, developers, designers and business people who're interested in making their sites work fast to get better user experience, lower abandonment rates and make more money. If you've read Steve Souder's books and you use ySlow & PageSpeed and you want learn more or share your knowledge please please sign up!

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.

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 …

Are you thinking about gamification at work? Are you wondering how to go about gamifying your team, organisation, product or service? Or do you just want to use gamification in your marketing campaign? Well this meetup is for you! A chance to meet others involved in gamifying their workplace, team or online community. We'll be holding meetups for about an hour or so in a centrally located coffee shop.

We've set up this meetup group to engage London's wider digital community in a constructive evaluation of the current and future shape of digital. We're excited about the emerging social, commercial and cultural possibilities enabled by rapid advances in technology and we'll be opening the floor to a combination of forward thinking Reading Room colleagues and guest speakers. It's been a year getting around to our first event but our hope is to establish a semi regular programme of meetups so if …

A group for web & mobile designers and developers. Whether you're new to the industry or a seasoned veteran. I want to bring together like-minded people to talk about all the exciting and ever-changing aspects of our industry including UX, usability, front-end design, back-end development, tools, apps, etc. The format is initially going to be quite informal, but at a later stage I'll be introducing a BarCamp style concept to the group. It's going to be very exciting and I look forward to meeting …

This group was created to provide a place to get together and talk about the Lean Startup methodology. Following the first Leancamp, which brought world-leading thinkers in related areas to London, we have expanded to explore connected disciplines which give us global competitive advantage in the UK. We look at how Lean Startup relates to some key UK and European strengths, such business model innovation, service design, design strategy, bootstrapping and visual thinking, among others. We are a …