User Experience professionals and students alike from the Orange County area. Discussions about the industry in general, feedback from fellow peers, speakers and mixer events. Very informal - Join us not just to learn, but to also spread your knowledge in this industry!

Welcome new members and visitors. Enjoy great networking with a diverse mix of backgrounds from the OC, LA, SD, and the Inland Empire. Here is taste (not in any particular order): Join our community of iOS application producers. Benefit from meeting and sharing with others, such as: 1. iOS Developers (coders, programmers, publishers, analysts, testers, etc.) 2. Graphics Designers (with or without experience in mobile apps) 3. UX Experts (User Experience experts mostly in the mobile apps) 4. Othe …

What is it? A series of hands-on workshops that focus on UX design for mobile and touch products. Who is it for? Beginners who love design but don’t have the means to attend school. Working designers of any discipline who want jump into user experience and interaction design. Why is it? All the great hands-on UX-related workshops are not accessible for most working people. They're needs to be more affordable 'night school' options for design education. This is my contribution to that movement. …

A Meetup group for those looking to share and learn about User Experience This is a group for individuals, entrepreneurs and professionals interested in or passionate about the world of User Experience and how it helps make this world a better place. This is an open group located in the Inland Empire. This meetup will be dedicated to sharing, educating, supporting and collaborating on this growing sector. Our events will be agile and responsive to the needs of it's UX Fans (members). The venue a …

Wow! Now have 2,600 members and are the largest UX Meetup in the United States. So, what do we do? This group is an networking and professional development organization for everyone and anything UX in Southern California. We organize face-to-face events, and have an active email mailing list. The group is 100% volunteer, and is not affiliated with any of the various professional organizations. We are happy to list events sponsored by other groups on our calendar. For example, there are very acti …

Interested in data visualization tools from Tableau, MicroStrategy, QlikView, IBM Cognos, SAS, Spotfire and others?  Interactive graphics can tell you more than tables of numbers.  Let's get together to hear from users who have implemented these tools or discovered useful knowledge from data visualization.  We will also hear from representatives of various analytics software companies and consulting firms. We can also host some hack sessions to work on projects or learn something from each other …

This is the US group for the "Everything Beta" program. BUILDING THE FUTURE. DIGITAL SOCIETY. EVERYTHING IS BETA. The "Everything Beta" program is a combination of software, workshops and open events. It uses the ioxit™ engine, driving an integrated open web builder with domain name management, graphical web design environment and structuring tools which allow for solid, real time design development and user experience. ioxit™ is created by the groups organizer Detlev

Rockfield Labs is put together by a group of awesome and nerdy serial tech entrepreneurs. Our goal is to help you build your product using the best practices and methods for web and mobile app rollout. Connect with the best speakers, find nerdy technophiles, partner up with a hackers, find business developers to rock our technology ideas, get mentored by seasoned entrepreneurs and most importantly, help you build your big f'ing idea. So if you've got a great idea but don't have all the right too …

Dedicated to establishing a community of UX Designers, Entrepreneurs and Engineers to develop and promote innovation in Northeast LA. This group will feature UX-related events, studio tours, meetups in an effort to drive technology and startup culture to the Pasadena, Glendale, Downtown LA and points surrounding area. Follow us: @NELAUX

We, at Onward Search, love interactive more than double fudge chocolate cake, and looking to connect with web folks who share our passion. It's hard enough keeping up with the interactive world, why not get together and discuss what's new, what's old, and what's coming next....and we might POSSIBLY throw in some fun! Our focus is interactive design, UI/UX, IA, web development, and new media. We're getting together industry leaders for panels and speaker events, and also looking to have more c …

This Meetup group, Social Mi Los Angeles, will be a very exciting one to be a part of. Our group will be composed of C-level executives of startups and members of highly established Web based organizations like Google, Facebook, Yahoo and more. The group is here to grow, help each other out, and even do business together. Our events will consist of keynote speakers, startup presentations, group brainstorming sessions, networking, food, and a in general having a good time. We like to focus more o …

These Live Optimization Workshops are for small businesses. We focus all of our experimentation on optimizing online marketing communications- improving email marketing, improving subscription, lead generation, and ecommerce offers while providing: * Access to a team of industry experts who have collaboratively conducted thousands of online tests and understand internet marketing * Knowledge and understanding through a thorough analysis of the focus area * Strategically planned and executed …

Are you a web designer, developer, or web enthusiast who lives in or around the SGV? Do you get excited when you hear about new web technologies? Are you a designer who is always up-to-date with the latest trend in web design? Do you like to have fun while nerding out about your latest project with someone who understands it? If this is you, we'd love for you to be a part of the San Gabriel Valley web designers and developers meetup group! This group is designed to create a fun environment for e …

Los Angeles Product Managemers was created to foster professional development and networking opportunities. Meetings will cover topics such as product strategy, development methodologies, Product Marketing, Market Discovery, and industry trends.

This is the Southern California Oracle Big Data Analytics Meetup Group. Our focus is to network with Oracle technology professionals and evangelists to share user experiences, conduct training sessions, as well as hear from industry experts on the latest developments around Oracle Big Data, NoSQL, Hadoop, R, Oracle Big Data Connectors, ODI,  Endeca Information Discovery, Oracle Business Intelligence Analytics, Exalytics, etc.

OCRuby is for anyone interested in learning or sharing experiences with "Ruby" or "Ruby on Rails" or tangential technologies (NoSQL, etc.) In existance since 2006 (but new to Meetup), we usually meet the last Thursday of each month (moving on holidays or other exceptions) at smart-soft.com in Irvine, CA. Regards, Forrest Chang OCRuby organizer

MDMS5V: Meetup.com/OC-Polyamory: Orange County's Polyamory with Integrity Community Group, since 2010 MJ6AZ9: For those in or visiting America's Southern California's Orange County, we are your community group catering to all levels of & interest in polyamory, from ol' timers to those just curious about the community or if it might be for them. If you're in or around OC and one of the increasing many actively living the poly lifestyle, or just experimenting with it, or want to meet other local …

Feeling inspired?Create it. Got Spare Parts? Build it. Have an idea? Launch it Find out what is new and exciting in the tech world. See product demos from industry leaders and hear their stories. The tech is out there, so utilize it and find your team to create the next innovation. Join us and connect the different tech communities into an immersive experience. diy          web                         H MAKErs - TECHnology - Mobile APPlication E N If you are interested in gadgets, gamificatio …

The Los Angeles Puppet Master User Group is a Meetup to share knowledge and experience using Puppet. Puppet s a tool designed to manage the configuration of Unix-like and Microsoft Windows systems declaratively, developed by Puppet Labs. Anyone interested in Puppet and systems configuration should join. Note : nothing to do with the Southern California Amateur puppeteers and puppets meetup.

This group is about sharing iOS (iPhone OS) design and development experiences. Talks include tips, methods, resources, demos, direct community feedback, testers, and mobile sanity checks for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

The Southern California Sitecore CMS User Group meets on the second Tuesday of each month in downtown Los Angeles. Parking is validated and free. The group was created to bring together Sitecore users & partners, as well as anyone considering using Sitecore as their Web Content Management System or interested in learning more about Content Management Systems. Members will have the opportunity to network, learn more about Sitecore and share best practices and experiences. The group is led b …

We are committed to enhancing visibility to self service government initiatives that are completed, in progress, or just getting off the ground. Our goal is to create a community where information, experience, ideas, and strategies are shared collaboratively and to: (a) connect government organizations with resources to get projects off the ground; (b) make an informed choice on tools and technologies for self service applications, (c) develop strategies for citizen outreach, on-boarding, and us …

This group shares lessons learned about using Amazon Web Services, including API's, EC2, S3, Automation, Deployment, Security, ELB, High Availability, Business Continuity (Earthquake and Tsunami concerns in particular...) and learning about how others are currently using AWS. The purpose is to network, collaborate, share experiences and help others where possible. We conduct monthly meetings and discuss different approaches, uses and topics.

The Land Records Meet Up is a social gathering to discuss and demonstrate geospatial technologies for managing land records, primarily as part of the land records maps and apps included in the ArcGIS for Local Government Solution. Parcel editors of all levels are welcome, from seasoned GIS professionals to those new to GIS. At the meetups, you can: Stay current with technology and promote best practices. Demonstrate your land records system and share your experiences. Present an interesting con …

The Los Angeles .NET Developers Group is The Premier Forum for Los Angeles Area .NET Developers. The purpose of the organization is to support local developers and businesses with the latest information and education on Microsoft .NET technologies. Our Group is over 10 years old and meets the first Monday of every month. We are a group that participates and organizes events for the LA development community. LADOTNET Monthly Meeting on the first Monday of every month. LADOTNET Master's Series, a …

This group provides a free forum where by Java users can discuss different topics in Java, software design as it pertains to Java, and methodologies as they pertain to Java. The format of the meets is a group discussion where we encourage everyone to participate. Usually the group focuses on a selected section in a book or some other media format of choice. Everyone is welcome to attend regardless of one's current experience level in area of Java Software Development.

The purpose of this group is to have meetups where like-minded people can make new friends, experience fun things, and have intellectual conversations.  Please be actively looking for new friends, and have free-time to hangout with us. :) You would be a great addition to our group if: love animals, non-smoker, not a heavy drinker or hard drug user, non-religious and don't believe in God, smart & intelligent/college educated (or actively working on it), you have a little spending money, honest, …

STEP 1: Register at www.OCHackerz.com STEP 2: Introduce yourself to the group STEP 3: Check our discussion forum STEP 4: Sign up for the next event. Mission Statement:- OCHackerz is a human institution designed to create new products or services under conditions of extreme uncertainty. The vision for this group is to meet, network, learn and share ideas to build a community of people from all backgrounds, entrepreneurs, business strategists, accountants, legal attorneys, contractors, marketer …