Test Automation User Group meets on the third Wednesday of every other month to discuss best practices for software test automation, success stories, code clinics, lessons learned, testing tools, frameworks etc... The group is free for test automation professionals in Minneapolis/St. Paul Area. Register and participate in the meetings.

MN Healthcare IT is dedicated to advancing innovation in the delivery of healthcare through the use of information technology. We will have regularly scheduled meetups where interested stakeholders can share and discuss innovative ideas at the intersection of healthcare and technology. Professionals working in the healthcare and IT industries are invited to our events discuss and learn about the latest healthcare technologies.

Twin Cities (Minneapolis and St Paul and surrounding area in Minnesota) Visualization group focuses on creating a community around visually telling stories (most often with computer technology and data). The group arose out of the desire of a handful people that wanted to discuss visualization across sectors, such as non-profits, journalism, museums, academia, arts, and the private sector. We welcome everyone; mostly likely you work with visualization technologies, work closely with people that …

A group to meet and discuss, learn and present on the myriad of web technologies that Google supports, promotes and offers. Main discussion board at https://groups.google.com/group/gdg-tc.  Join us on Google Plus!

A group built to help those learning Ruby on Rails build new businesses, cool prototypes, side projects, and more. Events include: introductory classes on Rails 'hack' sessions where you can partner 1:1 to get over sticking points classes to help you learn 'the other stuff' (CoffeeScript, SASS, HTML5, Git, etc) We encourage people of all skill levels in Rails to participate! Our Google Group is located here: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/railsmn

This user group is for people who develop or are interested in developing applications for the iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad. Do you have a project you'd like to create? Whether you're just into sharing ideas, or you would like to get some help developing your million dollar app, this is the group for you! You'll meet other developers and entrepreneurs in your area with whom you can discuss opportunities and get inspired. We'll also do a "deep dive" into more technical topics at some of the meetin …

This is a group targeted to engineers (both dev and ops), tech professionals, managers, leads, architects and entrepreneurs coming together to learn about and share information on DevOps processes, tools, practices and benefits.

About Free QuickBooks Workshop This meetup group is for business owners, managers, nonprofit directors and employees to gather and learn about QuickBooks and its capaibilities, as well as network with other business owners. Each month we provide at least one free QuickBooks class somewhere in the Twin Cities. In addition, we also offer workshops thoughout the year that focus on more specific accounting topics such as payroll, job costing, financial reports, inventory, preparing for year-end, ect …

Come and check out the Twin Cities Trading Group! This group is an educational experience for like-minded individuals wanting to grow their trading and investment portfolios more successfully, primarily with stocks, equity options and ETFs. We pride ourselves in learning through live speakers, webinars and sharing with each other what strategies do and do not work. Our sole purpose is to share educational experiences, network, and grow together. We do not promote or sell any software or educati …

This is a group for entrepreneurs and business owners with an emphasis on internet, software, SaaS, computers, and similar tech startups. These roundtable discussions are conversations about the challenges of growing a business: BUSINESS FINANCING: Angel Investors / Venture Capital, Bootstrapping, Funding, Loans BUSINESS MODELS: Brick-and-Mortar, Choosing a Business Model, eCommerce, Online Business, SaaS, Part-Time Business, Social Entrepreneurship BUSINESS PLANNING: Startup Costs, Business Str …

What is it? A user group for people who make software to learn about all things Windows 8. Who is it for? Awesome people. You’re awesome, aren’t you? We thought so. See you there. What will be covered? Metro, WinRT, XAML, and HTML5/JS for starters. Basically, anything you will need to know to successfully build applications for Windows 8. Check out our website http://windows8ug.com/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/tcwindows8ug

Want to learn more about the latest technologies in the web design and development world? Join us for lunch and learn about the latest in mobile, HTML5, CSS, 'R' programming language, Javascript, search algorithms, wire-framing, encryption, design considerations for Drupal, or whatever else catches the interest of one of our members that want to present.

This is a place for independent developers to swap stories, talk shop and find out where the cool gigs are.

We are designers, developers, managers, and other stakeholders who are in the trenches building the digital experiences people use every day. We believe in user centered design, and are following Lean principles to improve the quality of the products we build for our customers and our users.

Are you interested in using Ruby in your next mobile project? There are options now and good ones. RubyMotion is just started to get traction and JRuby on Android is a possibility as well. Come and share what you've learned in your trials and travails in Ruby Mobileland.

This is an IBM sponsored Big Data meetup group.  Geared towards developers, data scientists and all Big Data enthusiasts, our meetups provide an opportunity to work hands on with the solutions and tools in our Big Data platform. Our Meetups typically include a 45-60 min (max) presentation that serves as an introduction and overview for a specific Big Data technology.  It is followed by ~3 hours to collaborate with fellow developers and apply your Big Data skills.  We provide a cloud environment …

Hi! It's difficult to connect with other women geeks on a regular basis in the community. This group is for anyone interested in technology, hacking, or just making new friends with similar interests! We will have gossip sessions over hackathons, days when we just sit in a coffee shop coding away on our own projects, discuss the latest and greatest in technology over fun dinners/lunches, informal meet-n-greets with invited female tech figures in the community and more! Members can suggest additi …

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 is a group for IT professionals, architects and developers to find and share information and experiences on one of the major open source middleware platforms.

This is a group for anyone who is interested in learning about or sharing their knowledge of Oxygen (SyncRO Soft Ltd).

HELP US HELP YOU! This group shares ideas, and solutions to help the Freelancer grow their business. Our topics are broad, are conversations are exciting. Come join us, and learn how others have succeeded and failed; becuase there is always something new to learn. Running a business is tough; you’re the Sales Manager, you’re the Media Manager, you’re the Worker Bee, you’re the Accountant and Inventory Manager, and to top it all off you’re the Boss. Come and build relationships, that will help yo …

You know who you are. You see the dry cleaner sorting though a stack of paper slips and you think "I could write an app for that". You want to measure the steps in a process and improve it with an open source platform. We come up with ideas. We come up with ways to realize those ideas. We build web apps. We want to highlight trusted tools of the trade, cool projects that you are contributing to, and review cutting edge technology. When we have a solid group it would be great to pool together our …

Welcome to the Minnesota Lean Startup group. As a group we are going to be exploring the Lean Startup approach to new product development and customer development centered around building a product with a core set of functionality in rapid iterations driven by validated learning (testable hypothesis, actionable results.) Twitter (@MNLeanStartup): http://twitter.com/MNLeanStartup Google Group: http://bit.ly/MNLeanStartupGroup * The Lean Startup is a trademark and service mark owned by Eric Rie …

This group is forum to gather and share experiences around Cloud Computing, especially Amazon Web Services. If you have used EC2, S3, Amazon Payments, Mechanical Turk or are interested in learning more about how others have, come join our group.

Bring your laptops, sketch pads, and a creative spark. This "open workshop" is a mobile space for socializing, working on your own personal (or collaborative) projects, sharing with and learning from each other, and exploring new and provocative design: from hardware (i.e. www.arduino.cc) to software (i.e. anything Google, Ruby on Rails and other MVC Frameworks, Drupal, cool open source projects like Processing) to digital art (i.e. CS4) and web media (Flash, CSS, etc). There are wonderfully cre …

I am looking to start a group for people who use Apple products or are looking to make the switch. The goal is sharing of information. I will start off with a smaller group of both personal and business users until the group gets too large. Then we will create two groups one for personal and one for business users.

Have you ever had an idea you thought could change the world - be it a business, an app, or a crusade? We intend to act on it. We're a group of creatives, business developers, entrepreneurs, and everyday Joes who come together to refine actionable concepts and introduce them to the masses. We find ourselves in an ever-changing economy being stifled by antiquated models motivated solely by profit. We intend to contribute to the evolution of our current marketplace. In order to do this we need ide …