In Nov 2012, Hao Chen stepped up to keep this meetup alive. The following description is from the ex-organizer: History/why I want to do this: As a young engineer in the late 90s/early 2000s I went to some loosely organized lunches with various industry pros, all architect/senior level working for many big names back then. Amazing things were discussed. It totally pierced my mind. Now, fast forward to 2012,  I want to get everyone together to discuss tech, over some good food :) I want to keepin …

This is a new meetup group focused on new technologies, apps, services and products for the connected home. We'll explore OTT TV, TV Apps, home automation, tele-health, new areas of gaming and other developing categories for the connected home. Meetups will provide startups with demo opportunities as well as networking that connects entrepreneurs, startup executives, major technology companies, investors and service providers.

A community for anyone interested in the intersection of technology and the humanities.

Calling all Growth Hackers! Are you obsessed with growing your business through carefully designed and tested internet marketing? Do you like to A/B test everything you do in life? If so, you have come to the right place! We plan to gather the very best Growth Hackers in Boston to exchange ideas, brainstorm new growth hacks, and inspire each other to achieve new levels of growth hacking success! [growth hacker (noun) - one who’s passion and focus is pushing a metric through use of a testable and …

This is a group that thinks technology can do a lot to address the challenges in our food system. We want to come together to share ideas about how we could leverage web-based tools to facilitate conversations about food, make information about food easily available, inspire broad interest in healthier food systems, and design products that make it easier to find healthy food.

Are you a coder who works with Microsoft development technologies? You know...stuff like Visual Studio, SQL Server, ASP.NET, Silverlight, Team Foundation Server, and Windows Azure. This is the group for you. (BTW, you might remember us from when we were called Beantown .NET). We are now holding meetings in Cambridge, MA and Waltham, MA after the Boston .NET User Group has become part of Microsoft DevBoston.

Greater Boston and New England are home to some of the world's leading Internet of Things entrepreneurs, researchers, and thought leaders. Coming together physically will help us support each other and, equally important, create opportunities for collaboration and entrepreneurship, while we'll also create a LinkedIn group to sustain the conversation between meetings!

Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design. Read more about it at http://djangoproject.com

Meet other developers using Meteor. Share your knowledge, apps, and get feedback from others. Meteor is an open-source platform for building top-quality web apps in a fraction of the time, whether you're an expert developer or just getting started.

This meetup group is for virtual self-study group for tech topics, similar to http://phppercolate.com/. We will have real in-person meetups for "study sessions" or "office hours", but anyone is welcome to join and study alongside us, even if they cannot make the in-person meetups.

A meetup for Boston-area Twisted Python developers. Most of our activities are Sprints, for fixing bugs and working on new features for Twisted, but developers looking for help with their Twisted projects are welcome as well, as are new people who are just getting started (or just curious about Twisted in general.)

A meetup for people interested in Java and other JVM languages. These meetings are chance for Java developers to socialize and network and learn from member-led presentations. Meetings are typically held the third Tuesday of each month. Presentation volunteers are welcome -- please contact Burc Oral.

Fellow web entrepreneurs and VCs gather once a week in Cambridge, MA to grab some coffee, free WiFi, and chat about what's new. Around the world, tech entrepreneurs and investors are meeting regularly to drink coffee, network and hopefully do deals. No more of the old-school "please send us your executive summary before we'll even talk to you". A place to find opportunities. Where and when is it? Held every Wed morning from 8:30a-10:30am at Voltage Coffee, 3rd St, Cambridge, MA http://www.yelp. …

Welcome to the edX global community: meet people from around the world who share your interest in edX courses! Also, there are other regional edX communities: Boston New York City Chicago San Francisco/Bay Area London Cairo Bangalore Sydney Would you like to start a new edX community in your area? Send us a message!

This group will explore how video and new forms of multi-media enabled learning are revolutionizing education across the world. Video in Education now goes beyond simple publishing and includes centralized access anytime anywhere to many video repositories and libraries, internal university 'YouTube', deep learning management system integrations such as video assignments and interactive recorded classes, collaborative video & editing, video for distance education and media-powered blogs and soci …

For people involved in developing Facebook Platform Applications in the Boston area. Meet with great speakers and engineers who are developing Facebook applications. Do a lightning demo of your Facebook product or idea!

This is your chance to prototype your ideas before going to VCs or for seed funding. We all have dream applications that need machine learning and predictive analytics. We can hack those app. using available machine learning APIs (from Microsoft, Google, BigML, BPA EyeQ, and so on). No need to learn those complicated math or gymnastics of matrices. This is also your way to find a co-founder, good developers, and some good feedback. By the way, investors are also welcome; coding is good for our …

The Reverse Startup is an accelerated product launch camp, driven by the open source community, focused on rapid prototyping and rapid execution around a series of proof-of-concept exercises. Encompassing a wide range of topics, this group is ideal for developers, designers, technologists, marketing professionals and entrepreneurs. The Reverse Startup is a non-profit organization, dedicated to the community and helping people actualize their dreams and professional goals. We endeavor to come tog …

We're a group of Boston-area activists trying to make government more open and accessible.  We partner frequently with the Sunlight Foundation, other meetups like Hacks/Hackers and  the Boston Python user group, and local activists and office-holders to help make government more accountable at the national, state, and local level. We have: - monthly project nights, where folks can work on their own projects or our current group project, Open Cities - coffee shop meetups for folks to discuss open …

The New England Lync User Group is targeted at IT Pros and Developers interested in Microsoft Unified Communications. Our goal is to provide New England with a vast amount of valuable information as it relates to all forms of Microsoft Unified Communications. Our meetings will include both Technical and Business information relating to Lync 2010, and other components of the Microsoft UC product group.

This group is for anyone interested in the F# programming language. We'll discuss a wide variety of topics related to programming with F#, and developers of all skill levels and backgrounds are welcome.

This is a group for anyone and everyone who enjoys making awesome stuff. Whether your thing is software, electronics, or knitting, we want to provide a space where you can meet fellow tinkerers and make to your heart's content. It's our aim to create a community within the Greater Boston area that encourages building, breaking, and most importantly, learning. http://cambridgehackspace.com/

A collection of good-hearted, fast-fingered, quick-shuttered Boston area Wikipedians and fans.

We are  a group of software architecture enthusiasts who meet to do Architecture Katas. What is an Architectural Kata- you ask ? Read on... http://blogs.tedneward.com/2010/06/17/Architectural+Katas.aspx The first time, I did Architecture Katas was with Ted Neward at a workshop he hosted at NFJS 2011 in Boston. I quite liked the experience. It was fun and very educational. Three things I liked the most about the workshop was A) I exercised my brain in way that I normally don't get a chance to d …

Google Developers' Group Boston (formerly Boston GTUG). Bringing together experts, beginners and enthusiasts alike to meet and discuss a wide array of topics related to Google technologies and writing code that uses Google product APIs. We hold the occasional hackfest, and we get involved in Google developer challenge events. Follow us on Twitter (@BostonGDG) and add us on Google+ . Some of our talks will be posted as Hangout On Air videos to our G+ feed. We typically hold meetings in the office …

Imagine if there was a place, where at one table an entrepreneur meets her next $100,000 investor. A designer meets a new client, a web developer with a great internet startup. A Ruby engineer meets a charismatic founder that excites him with her vision, so much so that he can picture leaving his day job for the exhilarating experience of working tirelessly for technology stock options that could be worth millions one day... We're building this community. --- Part of the Tech Happy Hour Allianc …

An independent user group for Ping Identity customers. This group is driven by customers; supported by Ping Identity. If you are interested in federation identity, identity and access management, or Internet-scale identity, this might be the group for you.

There are a lot of great companies operating out of Davis Square and the area around it. Let's get together, chat about what's happening, and make our networks work for one another! After all, why should Kendall Square have all the fun?