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.

… We offer: Free shooting events, photo walks,  lectures, critques and camera talk nights Reasonable priced workshops in studio lighting, high fashion, portrait, light painting, HDR, Camera basic, the business of photography, and various image editing software products  such as lightroom, photo elements and photoshop. We provide affordable Studio bay , lighting  equipment rentals and  props to aspiring photographers..   We Organize Galleries to showcase our members images.   We serve community by …

… Understanding your pay per click advertising options either on search engines or social networks, and how to maximize your profit with landing pages. 3. Building your email list of people who are eager to hear from you. 4. Getting yourself known to your audience virally with a facebook page. 5. Getting to the top of search engines by understanding on page and off page search engine optimization. 6. Understanding the perfect customer life cycle and understanding why marketing automation companies …

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 …

Android user group.  This is the same Android User Group of MN that has been hosted by Code42.  This meetup group is to clarify and allow for unique branding of the the events.

A group to meet and discuss, learn and present on the miriad of web technologies that Google supports, promotes and offers.   Main discussion board at https://groups.google.com/group/tc-gtug?hl=en

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 …

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

Do you want explore ideas in your local community that promote government transparency, citizen participation, local public media, and community problem-solving? Are you ready to use online tools and social media to help make that happen? Whether you are an everyday neighbor, an elected official, a city staffer, an open government advocate, a blogger, a software developer, a citizen reporter or professional journalist, this Meetup is about connecting local people who see greater transpare …

… If you want to learn more about in-person events, exhibiting at expos, online marketing, cold-calling, converting leads, website leads, CRM software or any other topic related to sales and marketing, then this is the Meetup for you.   What Should You Expect? Our meetings open with a brief welcome followed by a 1 minute introduction by each attendee. After that we discuss marketing topics brought up by attendees, particularly topics where someone would like to know how to do something or how to d …

We will help each other with the good (and Bad) of Joomla. I'm just starting out looking for some simple answers. Joomla users seem to be hooked on Open Source Software and a need to discover the next great Module. Please bring your experience and your adventures to share.

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 ou …

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 …

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 …

Come and check us out!!   This group is an educational experience for like minded individuals wanting to grow their trading portfolio more successfully , primarily with stocks, equity options and ETFs. We pride ourselves in learning through live speakers, webinars and sharing with each other what works and what does not work. Our sole purpose is to share educational experiences together and grow together. We do not promote or sell any software or educational materials. We do have our own newslet …

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