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I love the UX community here in the DC area and I'd like to have a way to keep us meeting throughout the year. The UX Dinner DC group will have a slight structure to its meetups - we pick a UX-oriented topic for each meal, try and loosely stick to the topic as we eat, drink and be merry, and network with other UX-types. I'd like to keep the meal group meetups small (no more than 8 people) for a couple of reasons - the first being that it's easier to get reservations for 8 or less; second, I thi …

Interaction Design (IxD) defines the structure and behavior of interactive systems. Interaction Designers strive to create meaningful relationships between people and the products and services that they use, from computers to mobile devices to appliances and beyond. Our practices are evolving with the world; join the conversation. - IxDA.org This Meetup Group is for the Baltimore chapter of the IxDA (Interaction Design Association). Our goal is to build a local group that fosters interaction des …

See recent updates at the end.  Here's what we're about: Come out and meet other ASL users!  I want this group to be beginner-friendly first, no matter what signing levels may attend.  As an alternative to some other ASL groups, all in a single meet or spread among a few differing events: - A non-threatening experience for beginners, who are the reason this group was formed.  Sure, I'm getting a little better after some time, but I keep a "beginner's mind" about it.  It's a fun way to communicat …

The purpose of the group is to showcase local area talent and cover the graphic design, illustration, responsive web design, typography, advertising, self promotional, interactive and photography scene.   We want to also share ideas, discover opportunities, collaborate, meet potential clients, tap expertise, and establish partnerships. Meet the organizers, each one of them seasoned professionals in the creative and web design disciplines. How will we do this? Presentations on Photoshop, Illust …

"Open source" is not just about making software. It's about how we engage with each other, how we innovate and what problems we ultimately solve. This NOAA user group is dedicated to promoting knowledge and sharing experiences about geospatial free and open source software,  and all that follows.

If you are interested in learning or sharing anything about designing, developing and supporting a great web site, service, app or online social network community, this group will not just explore, but we will discuss and possibly build, together.  This includes Javascript, HTML5, Ruby on Rails, MongoDB, mobile web support, CakePHP, WordPress and other content management systems.  But it does not stop there. This group will identify and explore the use of technologies, content, media and social …

Our Local Chapter is dedicated to getting Avaya members from the Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia and Maryland area together to share ideas and experiences and learn about Avaya and other communications products and services.

The Baltimore UX Book Club is a gathering for people interested in the area of user experience (that's the UX) to discuss a book relevant to the discipline. You might call yourselves interaction designers, information architects, user experience professionals, visual designers, art directors, front-end or back-end developers, business dev types, or maybe you refer to yourself as someone who understands the value of good user experience across channels. Everyone who attends should try to read …

We want to collaborate with developers, designers, businessfolk, and innovators to build a partnership between business and the open source community for the future. Peeps are encouraged to find inspiration, confront new challenges, share their expertise, renew bonds to the community, make significant connections, and find ways to give back to tech movement.

We're a newbie-friendly Clojure user group oriented around talking about, learning about, and hacking on this awesome functional programming language on the JVM. We strive for openness and accessibility to all levels of experience. Our only prerequisites are an interest in building your skills in and furthering your understanding of Clojure, and your willingness to encourage and enable your peers to do the same. We also maintain a GoogleGroups list. You should consider joining this list if you w …

Looking to meetup with people interested in discussing business challenges, or goals and how web, mobile or application development solutions can be developed to achieve those goals or resolve the problems they are designed to overcome for their end users. The first meeting will be a brief presentation about how we do that at The Nerdery and to learn more about what tech topics members are interested in discussing in future meetups.

The group for networking and collaborating with others interested in UX, MobileUX, and other areas of Design in DC, MD, and VA.

This is a group for amateur and professional drone users committed to promoting the use of flying robots for recreational, humanitarian, and artistic purposes. We get together as a community to share tips, experiences, and of course to do some flying. Let's learn from each other and have some fun. All experience levels are welcome.

Have a web or mobile application you want to test? Have a prototype or mock-up you want to introduce to the light of day? Let's test with 1) real users 2) in real time 3) face to face and 4) FREE? Premise: People who want users for their applications/designs for testing, will test others applications/designs, in exchange. In addition, our group will have expert speakers on usability, UX and UI. You are welcome to attend to learn, network and help others test their software and designs, even if …

Action Design is the art and science of designing products that help people take action in their lives. It entails: Designing the action itself so that it's easy to take, Structuring the environment to encourage the action, and Preparing the person to take the action, once and in the future. This meetup is for people in the DC area who are already doing this (under the banner of UX, behavioral econ, data science, and advocacy work), and who want to learn more about these skills.  [See http://w …

We're a group of user experience professionals ranging from information architects and interaction designers to visual designers and usability specialists. Every month (more or less) we read a book related to designing for user experiences and get together to chat about it.

This meetup group is created for managers, professional IT architects, and everyone interested in information architecture art and science. We meet to discuss, debate, share ideas, collaborate to make sense of Big Data, Content Management (including Adobe CQ, Drupal, SharePoint, WordPress), Data Management, Enterprise Solutions, Mobile Technology, SEO, etc. Please make yourself at home - check out our scheduled events below and suggest new ones. Welcome on our board and let there be a higher …

Bringing some CloudStack lovin to the DC and Northern Virginia area. We want to help promote CloudStack, make it better and share knowledge to make this a great community. Bring your questions, comments, experiences and ideas!

We are designers and developers with a passion for taking big data and turning it into unique, awe-inspiring data visualizations and user experiences. Combining new data visualization techniques with great UI design allows others to draw meaning from raw data. Bring your examples of great data visualization applications on mobile, multi-touch or web based applications. Bring your ideas and brainstorm with us about better ways to make digital information useful. No slides here. Presenters are e …

This is a group for anyone who is involved in managing mobile devices (iPhones, Androids, BlackBerries, etc.) in an enterprise setting in the Washington D.C. area. We hope to meet and discuss topics such as MDM (Mobile Device Management), BYOD, BlackBerry 10, and anything and everything related to mobility.

This group is for Google Glass users, enthusiasts and those who are simply curious to learn about this new wave of wearable technology. We will host events to share ideas, experiences and host Q&A sessions about Glass. From Google Glass Pioneers to everyday tweeters who dream #ifihadglass, everyone is welcome. Feel free to continue the conversation at the Google+ community or at the LinkedIn group.

Welcome to the Washington DC Agile User Group! The mission of the Washington DC Agile User Group is to raise awareness, understanding and acceptance of agile practices, and support a community of local practitioners on their agile journey. Our meetings present industry experts, opportunities for learning, networking, and provide an open forum for collaboration and knowledge sharing among local Agile practitioners on varied topics related to agile methodologies. Meetings are held monthly and o …