If you are an iOS developer, enthusiast or entrepreneur, come check out the latest in iOS development tips, frameworks and techniques. Come see what people are working on or pitch your next big App idea.

Victoria WordPress User Group We meet the second Thursday on odd months at 6:45pm at the Vancouver Island Technology Park. WordCamp Victoria This is a WordPress training concept (based on WordCamp.org) for Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. In the spirit of the "Camp" model, all attendees, and sponsors share the costs. Speakers are vetted based on their skill level, relevancy, and topic. Local speakers are expected to share the costs of the event with other attendees. Speakers from outside …

vSharePoint is for all folks in Greater Victoria interested in sharing knowledge, tips and techniques about Microsoft SharePoint. Anyone interested in learning more about SharePoint or its related technologies or meeting other folks with similar interests should consider joining us at one of our events.

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 …

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 …

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 11:00-1:00 in Sumas, 2:30-4:30 in Bellingham, and our adult classes from …

We're a friendly group of Ruby programmers who meet weekly to hack on code. Bring a project to work on, or drop by and we'll help you find one. We encourage building real projects because learning in the abstract is too difficult. Hacking on something you care about makes a huge difference.  We talk a lot about Ruby on Rails, Sinatra, Datamapper, GitHub, Macs and related stuff. You're welcome to hang out with us on IRC, which is active mostly during the work week. Join us at irc.freenode.net #fv …

Come share your favorite app for business, gaming, etc. Join with others as you exchange ideas on how to optimize your Phone or iPad. I find recommendations from peers the best way to find out about new, fun, and high quality apps. I am a seasoned iPhone, iPad, and Android app designer. If you are a developer come join this group and exchange ideas and get feedback. If you are an entrepreneur, come to the group to learn how to use technology to manage your business and your time. If you ever won …

You love maps and computers, preferably at the same time! If you don't own a GPS, you kind of wish you did. You know what the acronym ESRI stands for. When someone offers you data, you say "yes!" Victoria is a hot-bed of geospatial technology and GIS smarts, but the community is fragmented and doesn't talk amongst itself nearly enough! We have much to learn from one another: what is the state of geodata, open government, open street mapping, open source software, new tricks for web mapping, and …

This group is for founders of technology startups located in Victoria, BC (#yyj in Twitter-speak!). The purpose of this online group is to coordinate real-life meetups between group members. You should join if you answer "yes" to most of these questions: you are located in Victoria, BC you are a (co)founder of a technology-focused company your company is still considered a startup/early-stage by most units of measure you are interested in semi-regular meetups with other local startup founders t …

You are interested in all things spatial and want to share that passion with others through technology. Perhaps you like to develop custom solutions and understand APIs and programming or you're just someone who has a use for web mapping. The Fraser Valley is on the outskirts of most of the existing mapping organizations and we want to build our own community. We have much to learn from one another: open data, open street mapping, open source software, new technology and techniques, and more. Le …

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.

This a right place for you if you are willing to drive your e-business based on real data and not guesses and assumptions, or if you'd like to help e-businesses collect and analyze their online and offline data. The group mandate is to create a community of local e-business owners, online marketers, web analyst, technology experts, entrepreneurs, and managers. V-WACH is committed to hold affordable or free high quality events including trainings, social events and seminars, to educate members, h …

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 group is for anyone living in (or visiting) Victoria, BC that is looking to connect with and support the local technology community. The tech sector is now Victoria's #1 industry and these events are designed to bring together the key leaders, the new comers and everyone in between. Our events are about getting to know the people that make the tech sector thrive and building connections.

This is a group for web based entrepreneurs in Victoria, BC looking to network with other fellow colleagues that have businesses that make money online. The purpose of this group is to network with like-minded people and share ideas, stories, advice and more. We'll tackle incredibly complex #firstworldproblems such as figuring out how to explain what you do to your friends and family (you know, when mom keeps asking "so what do you do again?"). There is a similar meetup group in Vancouver but I …

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.

Sharing, learning and collaborating with web development professionals physically based in Snohomish County Washington State.

Help set the course for the technology sector in Skagit County - the technology industry sector is vital to the economic health of Skagit County and EDASC is seeking input from Skagittechnology industry leaders

Social changemakers and technological forerunners come together at NetSquared events to mix, swap stories and ideas, build new relationships, and reinforce the online NetSquared (http://www.netsquared.org) community.

Calling all geeky ladies! This is a group for women who love comics, sci-fi & fantasy books or movies, video games & technology. I've found that there are similar groups in Vancouver but not much in the Fraser Valley! Whether you'd like to join in on a sci-fi & fantasy novel book club, play board/card/video games together, attend comic cons, watch movies or just go out for drinks with other women who appreciate geek culture, this is the group for you! It features a wide range of events, relies o …

The Bellingham Software Developers Network is a community oriented group aimed at furthering the education of developers in and near Bellingham, WA. We are all about software development, the latest technologies and real-world experience to help developers. We welcome new members to join, ask questions and contribute ideas. Join us to learn more about Mobile, Web, .NET, Cloud, and other technologies. Programmers of all skill levels and backgrounds are welcome.

Social changemakers and technological forerunners come together at NetSquared events to mix, swap stories and ideas, build new relationships, and reinforce the online NetSquared (http://www.netsquared.org) community.

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

Victoria Big Data User group aims on uniting people interested in in Big data technologies like hadoop and all of its related technologies. Hope here is to create and foster a vibrant community of like minded individuals who are interested in learning together,helping in solving  big data challenges and have some fun in the process. Anyone interested in Big Data, Hadoop and its related technologies is invited to join

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 …

Greetings! If you're geeky and wish to support GeekGirlCon, this Meetup is for you! The group exists to highlight both GeekGirlCon and local businesses. We will feature fandom events, board game days, RPG demos, fiber arts gatherings, local festivals, and more. GeekGirlCon's mission statement: GeekGirlCon celebrates and honors the legacy of women contributing to science and technology; comics, arts, and literature; and game play and game design by connecting geeky women worldwide and creating co …