If you're a rails dev, you already know, there aren't a whole lot of resources out there for us, not like there are for php, that's for sure. I thought it would be helpful for all of us railers to interact, learn, share, network, and hang out. As far as I know, our RoR group is the biggest and one of the most active in Seattle. We have laid back hang-out style meetups weekly, and every 4-6 weeks or so we try to hold an educational/networking meetup where we can all get together, network, and lea …

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Helping "Quality" businesses attract "Quality" clients. We meet every Wednesday from 10:45am to 12pm at Indo Cafe in Northgate. We are an open and friendly group that gets business done! Visitors are welcome to attend twice before making a decision if this is the right group for you. We do allow only one person per category so please check to see if your category is already full. If you have any questions please visit or contact one of the organizers. Antjuan Davis ~ LegalSheild ~ Legal Service …

Matrix Energetics as a way of Being, and a technology of transformation, is extraordinarily powerful yet easy to learn. This group is for anyone interested, whether you are a professional healer or just want to explore what Matrix Energetics can do for your life. We are not officially connected with Dr. Richard Bartlett or www.matrixenergetics.com. We are neither a Matrix Energetics Study Group nor a Matrix Energetics Practice Group, as defined on the Matrix Energetics website here http://www.ma …

This is the place to be for mobile fans (including BlackBerry, Symbian, WIndows Mobile, iPhone, Android), developers, and entrepreneurs who are involved in the planning and implementing of applications as well as those wishing to learn more about the business opportunities related to the technology of the BlackBerry. Symbian, Windows Mobile, and other platform folks are also welcome. We get together monthly to share information on projects, opportunities, and how-to’s related to developing for t …

Meet people practicing Earth Skills, which includes the study of nature, survival, wildlife tracking and birding, herbal medicine and wild edible foods, natural arts and music, traditional technologies and permaculture. This site is maintained to post our classes, camps and workshops taking place in your area. Regular programs in your area include our homeschool family classes which run monthly during the academic year from 1-3 pm, afterschool-classes-by-request from 3:30-5:30 pm, and our adult …

Kick start 2011 by hacking on Go, Google's new programming language. If you're a systems programmer who wants to push their productivity full throttle - this group is for you. If you're staring at pictures of elephants, take a break from writing map reduce jobs, and ditch your old copy of The Little Schemer, and join this group. If you ride a fixie, sport wayfarer glasses, and want to look even cooler than you already do, this group is for you.

This meet up focuses on the application of next-generation sequencing technologies to solve complex biology through techniques such as: RNA-Seq, ChIP-Seq, re-sequencing and the many more coming every day! There is not only a focus on the biology itself, but also the statistics, bioinformatics and technological aspects of this research.

Seattle Web App Dev Group is here to support developers building web applications using programming languages, libraries, frameworks, and toolsets. We're here to support the web programmers of the Seattle metro area, whatever language or platform you are using. If you are interested in the client side, the server side, desktop, mobile, you name it, as long as it involves programming the web, we got you covered.

A monthly workshop for coders to learn from each other and ask questions as needed. Coders bring his own project, book, or tutorial. A hacknight for coders to work on open source projects together, learn and solve some real world problems.

We host community lunches, networking events, and hackathons.

AngularJS meetup group in Seattle, WA.

Startup Grind is an event series and website designed to help educate, inspire, and connect local entrepreneurs. Each month we welcome an amazing speaker who shares their story with our community and tells us what worked, what didn't, and what they'll do differently next time. It's an amazing opportunity to learn from the best, network with other members of the startup community, and improve your chances of entrepreneurial success. For more information visit www.StartupGrind.com or follow us on …

Are you in North King or South Snohomish counties, looking for a web development meetup you can get to without having to trek Downtown or over to the Eastside? Are you a designer looking to level up on coding, a coder looking to level up on design, a businessperson who is just trying to figure this all out? Web enthusiasts of all skill and experience levels are invited to join. We plan to cover all types of web technologies at all kinds of experience levels: mobile, responsive, WordPress, HTML …

This is not just another "entrepreneur" meetup.  We are not about meeting for the sake of meeting.  We are not about meeting to promote sponsors or to create business development opportunities for service providers. We are fed up with stale startup leadership and frustrated with the quality and content of local, well-intentioned startup organizations and groups.  We want to agitate the creation of a group that will focus on moving our local startup community forward by focusing entirely on the e …

Identity theft has become the number one crime in the world today where anyone can be at risk. An individual or business can have their finances, reputation, and privacy ruined in an instant leaving the victim responsible and often taking years to restore. Defensive Computing is a introductory course that gives anyone or business owners a basic understanding of what and how to defend against this type of crime. This class will also show the necessary safe guards to use on computers, software, br …

Calling all Puget Sound business owners! We are a group of small businesses owners looking to improve and expand the interpersonal business networking community through weekly meetings and educational events. We are looking for Puget Sound small business owners to join our free weekly networking breakfast every Thursday morning from 7:30 to 8:30 am at Voula's Good Eats in Mount Lake Terrace.

AVIOS is an international speech technology applications professional society, and we have launched a local chapter in Seattle. Our mission is to: Build a vibrant speech technology community to encourage future commercial and research partnerships Increase awareness of current and future speech technology trends Stimulate innovation and further investment into speech technology Our goal is to bring together researchers, industry suppliers, companies using speech technology, developers and design …

Want to learn Linux but don't know where to start? Come join us for a casual atmosphere where we'll help you through the tough stuff. This meetup is perfect for novices looking to start a career or just want to try it at home. If you're more experienced and want to pay-to-forward and help others looking to advance themselves, please join in. This will be open source learning environment- learn, and pass it on to others in need free of charge.

• Provide people in all industries with opportunities to think creatively about integrating technology-based learning in their professional lives. • Interact with colleagues for professional growth, networking, and new ideas. • Provide access to local and national experts in order to broaden expertise in the field of technology-based learning.

This Meetup will help Washington State cleantech companies with products that can help the poor to meet Washington and other non-governmental organizations (NGOs) who are working in international development.

This is a group of WA State investors and technology trend readers interested in the secondary market, private shares and investing in brand name, private growth companies. We look at companies such as Twitter, SpaceX, Square, Dropbox, Ostendo, Pinterest, Tumblr, AirBnB and others. Tracking them and updating on new developments in technology and the private markets.  We are passionate about growth investing, the stock market and finding the next big thing. The presentations and postings of this …

The goal of this group is to come together as a community and talk about search based on open source stacks (solr/lucene/elasticsearch) and tie this into applications with emphasis on AI, machinelearning, games and more

Would you like to start a small web and design company? I've always thought about helping others that are starting their small business, non-profit, or group with the technical part of things. I myself have a background in marketing and graphic design, as well as experience with business development. The group is open for anyone wanting to start something like this, with this group or their own. Meetup style: informal, open-to-all, open space for like minded interest to mingle.

This is a group for people interested in possible technologies to get us into deep space. Both non-academic and academic scientists are invited. (I am self-taught and am trying to advance some theories generated by a small eclectic team of researchers - some academic; some not). The group is for open-minded, but critical thinkers, with an emphasis on new technologies. Share stories, discuss the 100 Year Star Ship Symposium, direct each other to resources. Meet at Carkeek Park fire pit, Sunday Ev …

We will be meeting once a month to lay down the groundwork for creating new plug-ins that enhance the film making workflow between Microsoft Office 365 and Adobe CS6 technologies. This group is for Microsoft developers, Adobe developers, Adobe artists and serious film makers. It's a place where you can give your input on plug-in ideas that would enhance the film making process using Microsoft Office 365 and Adobe CS6 from script, through the artistic process, production scheduling, visual effect …