This is free training for the next 6 to 8 weeks, Tuesday evenings at 6pm at Packard Place (222 Church Street, Charlotte). Who should sign up: any veteran with a desire to learn about Hadoop technology and app development (both very desirable skills) or just brush up on IT skills in general. No prior computer training required, just have a desire to learn! More about the Charlotte Code Ops Challenge: Take some old hardware, a group of Charlottes active developer community and build a set of new d …

We are a discussion group of internet marketers who get together monthly to discuss issues such as PPC advertising, search engine optimization strategies, social media, outsourcing, and general business growth strategies.

This group is created as a networking and resource tool for .Net Developers in the local area. All developers in the Charlotte area encouraged to join. Please no recruiting companies.

This meetup group is a joint venture between the American Marketing Association, Charlotte Chapter and Studiobanks a full-service digital marketing agency. The objective of this free meetup group is to encourage an open dialogue between professional digital marketing practitioners and business leaders looking to enhance their digital presence. Who should join? Anyone with a keen interest in learning about digital marketing, both professionals in the field and business leaders looking to learn. …

[grok] — verb to intimately and completely share the same reality or line of thinking with another physical or conceptual entity the intermingling of intelligence that necessarily affects both the observer and the observed [ORIGIN: 1961, COINED BY AUTHOR ROBERT A. HEINLEIN IN HIS NOVEL STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND] Thanks to Joshua Blankenship for the definition. The Origin of the Grok The first Grok began in the tasty beer and pixel filled mind of Matthew Smith of @squaredeye & Cowork Greenvil …

Queen City PHP is a group of professionals and hobbyists alike interested in developing web applications with PHP. Our meetups generally occur on the second Monday of every month at 7PM. Our mission is to encourage continuous learning and facilitate networking between Charlotte area developers. Please check out the message boards for any job openings in the area. http://meetup.qcphp.org/messages/boards/forum/1380853 website: http://qcphp.org twitter: @qcphp freenode irc: #qcphp

This meetup provides an online space for Microsoft app builders to come together and build apps with the help of Microsoft and our Community of App Developers.

Bi-weekly free lunch, networking, and general tech discussion at SDW HQ. Have an idea for a topic, email josh@skookum.com

Dedicated to best practices, semantic markup, progressive enhancement & graceful degradation. Over the course of time and quite often we discuss HTML5, CSS, cross-browser support & testing, mobile, optimization techniques and much more. From time-to-time we'll discuss Javascript related topics but in most cases we'll let the excellent Charlotte JS Meetup Group handle the glory that is Javascsript.

Center for HackathonCLT, Charlotte Tech Communities Hackathon.

Welcome to Co-Founders Wanted of Charlotte Meetup group! Maybe you are a serial entrepreneur, maybe you are a developer, and maybe corporate life is not for you. Have you been doing searches on CoFoundersLab.com? Tasted a startup, or want to startup your own business? Co-Founders Wanted of Charlotte serves as an in-person matchmaking service for co-founders. Did you know VCs prefer co-founders over one-man startups? There are lots of benefits to starting a business with someone who complements y …

Charlotte's Python user group. Meet other Python users, developers, and enthusiasts of all skill levels interested in discovering and sharing why the Python programming language is such a joy to work with.

We *heart* ExpressionEngine and want to get together with other people who love EE too. If you are in or around the Charlotte, NC area, please join us.

Charlotte Perl Mongers (CharPM) is the official Charlotte Perl Users' Group! Come join us for food, drink, and discourse with other Perl hackers & developers.

The Official Charlotte SEO & Search Engine Marketing Meetup Group for Charlotte business owners and online marketing executives. Our group offers insight into search engine marketing services from valid w3 compliant websites, search engine optimization, pay per click advertising, and tons more. Our group is open to anyone interested in learning about marketing online and growing their search engine traffic. Companies throughout Charlotte are encouraged to attend. However, due to the size of our …

Networking community for professional and aspiring healthcare marketers in Charlotte and the surrounding region. Perspectives from all points along the continuum of care are welcome, as long as you have a commitment to "helping the helpers!"

eCommerce Charlotte is quickly becoming a hub for discussion, learning and networking for those of us involved in the many eCommerce industries.  All are welcome. Our mission as organizers of eCommerce Charlotte is to create a place for good conversations to happen.  Each meeting features an industry expert presenting on a specific topic to help drive not only learning, but innovation and conversation around some facet of the eCom ecosystem.  Attendees often network for a few minutes prior to t …