User Experience is more than a buzzword. It's a design philosophy and process that has been proven to work (think Apple, Inc., Hewlett Packard, IBM). Join to meet others that have experience using User Experience techniques and standards. Also, gather to perform usability testing for your site or a client site. If you're familiar with User Experience you know it's all about testing and gathering data on the users for the product, and not assumptions or decisions from the client or developer. Thi …

We love making DIY style open hardware tools and then going out and using them! You'll often find us in canoes or kayaks toting a large red balloon or kite. This about sums us up: http://xkcd.com/268/. More formally though... The Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science (Public Lab.org) is a community which develops and applies open-source tools to environmental exploration and investigation. By democratizing inexpensive and accessible "Do-It-Yourself" techniques, Public Lab creates a c …

You've found the meetup of the official NOLA chapter of Health 2.0. We're a community of people from diverse professional backgrounds who share a common interest in healthcare technology and transformation. Join us as we learn from each other and collaborate in working towards a new and better version of healthcare.

A monthly meetup for New Orleans Lawyers to network, learn from each other, mentor and occasionally we will do short presentations on technology as it relates to the practice of law.

On Saturday, August 8th, eleven young entrepreneurs dedicated to create social change through technology met at the Launch Pad facility at 643 Magazine Street to create a task force to design and build solutions for the New Orleans community. Inspired by the energy and enthusiasm of BarCampNOLA and the NET2O meetup group, our mission is to help organizations that may not have the resources to design and create their own solutions to expand their impact on our community. People we serve – include …

Bringing together the software and web engineers from the New Orleans area. We welcome developers of all levels and interests to share their ideas and learn new ones. http://www.gnocode.com/

This page is a central location for all information about the New Orleans UC Users Group; a group dedicated to sharing information around all things about Unified Communications. The New Orleans UC Users Group is targeted at IT Pros and Developers interested in Unified Communications. Our goal is to provide New Orleans and surrounding areas with valuable information as it relates to Unified Communications. Our meetings will include both technical and business information relating to Unified Comm …

Are you a developer on the front-end side of things, looking to learn the latest HTML5 / CSS3 / Javascript tricks and best practices? Are you a designer who would love a second set of eyes on their latest work, or to talk about the newest design trends and styles? If this sounds like you, then come join us at FrontEndParty and throw your ideas into the mix. We’ll host three 15 minute presentations from developers and designers around New Orleans on the last Thursday of every month. Looking for m …

We are composed of researchers, professionals, students, and hobbyists in the computer security and digital forensics space. The purpose of group is to bring members of all IT-related fields together for a monthly meeting where interesting topics in information security can be presented and members can then network in an informal environment. We generally have speakers talks per monthly meeting using the "fire talks" format. This will include having three speakers present for five to tens minute …

Hi, techies! This meetup will focus on tips and tricks for creating and using mobile applications with map interfaces. Most members have knowledge of GIS; many are urban planners. Our mutual interests include creating application for gathering both technical and crowdsourced data.

Hack Night, Tuesdays at 7 at Launchpad, is a weekly meetup for programmers, hackers, and nerds of all stripes. Formerly Ruby Bayou, we're now welcome to hackers of all stripes. We're aggressively unstructured and everyone's welcome. See our website at http://nolahacknight.com/ for more information.

With two brains and a collaborative environment, we've just come up with ten different ways to make the iPhone 6. Add a third person - we're the next Steve Jobs! Now throw meetup into the mix... explosions of creativity! We could move mountains! Change cities! Maybe even get a glass recycling initiative off the ground in nola! So we're lookin' at you: explorers, experimenters, thinkers, and tinkerers! Anyone interested in discovering needs in new orleans, unbundling those issues and building sol …

A group for Drupal users, beginners, enthusiasts, etc. We hold meetups the first Thursday of every month in New Orleans and we also get together regularly in Baton Rouge.

Join us today - Free Registration! Mission Statement The Artisan Food Guild is dedicated to improving public access to information about local sources of food by facilitating better communication, education and collaboration within the local food and beverage community. The AFG works with farmers, producers, distributors, retailers, restaurants, educators, nonprofits, public agencies and consumers to gather, organize, sort, prioritize, promote and manage great food and beverage ideas, products, …

All things PHP! If you have a potential job opportunity for a PHP developer in the New Orleans area, please pass it along to Nick Sagona or Ralph Schindler (contact details on the left side of the page).