"Getting started" as a new user of a complex software application like Meetup isn't as easy as the documentation would imply. Why face this challenge in a bubble? To understand what Meetup does and doesn't do, let's create four Meetups about Meetup. Specifically, let's use Meetup to create public awareness campaign that motivates our own friends, family, and professional associates to understand Meetup's privacy features. After we finish organizing a Meetup about Meetup, we can organize a Facebo …

This group is open and available to any Mac user in Seattle and the surrounding area. Whether you're brand new to Macs or have owned them since the beginning, everyone is welcome to come and meet other Mac users. You can discuss your favorite products, software, rumors & gossip, or just network with other people who share similar interests. We'll soon be applying with Apple to be an officially recognized "Apple User Group". The actual events and meetups will be decided based on your suggestion …

We meet up to learn about and discuss new web technologies, network, develop business relationships, and just hang out. If you're interested in web or software technology, whether you're a .NET or PHP dev, entrepreneur or information architect, Silverlight or flex wiz, or anything in between, this is the group for you. We try to meet every other week to discuss the latest trends in web technologies, web applications, software development, standards, graphic and icon design, databases, flex, java …

This is the Seattle Chapter of the Open Web Application Security Project http://www.owasp.org We plan to meet monthly in downtown Seattle (KPMG, Google or other) for presentations and talks on all aspects of software security. This chapter will have a strong bias towards software developers and for high quality technical talks only. We have a local discussion mailing list https://lists.owasp.org/mailman/listinfo/owasp-seattle The local chapter leader is Mark Curphey @curphey

I read an article in CNN Money mentioning that silicon valley is made up of mostly young white males. It's time for us to change that. This group is the beginning of the black technology movement. Calling all black people who are in the IT field or have an interest to be in the IT field. Lets network, exchange ideas and make things happen.

… Requirements: Computer, internet access, web camera with microphone, free Skype software. Join us weekly to keep your spiritual momentum going! Namaste, Jim

We're a group of people of all skill levels who love to sew, or want to learn to sew. We're interested in all the needle arts (except tattooing - and there may be a few of us interested in even that). This group was started by a member of the Greater Seattle Chapter of the American Sewing Guild (ASG).  This local chapter of the ASG has eight neighborhood groups plus special interest groups (couture, working women's couture, pattern drafting software, surface design) that meet on a regular basis …

This Dev Meet Up is a social gathering for developers to discuss geospatial technologies, complementary third-party tools, and development platforms (e.g., Silverlight, Java, Flex, JavaScript) that are supported by Esri. Presentations run the gamut of our community: from Web development to mobile location development for iOS, Android and Windows Phone 7 to automating tasks with Python.   Developers of all levels of expertise are welcome, from seasoned GIS professionals to those new to geospatial …

… It all starts with creating a strong social connection among all the tech companies, large and small, and this meetup will act as that foundation. Join the Seattle Tech Meetup movement and help make the connection.

About Us What our YouTube Video: QuickBooks Meetup Group See upcoming meetings and events: QuickBooks Talk & Swap Calendar We are QuickBooks® bookkeepers, accountants, training and troubleshooting experts, programmers, educators, CPA's, tax preparers, and other professionals who make QuickBooks® our business. At our informal meetings we share resources, ideas, information, laughs, and professional support and advice. We welcome everyone at every level as they grow their QuickBooks® practices. Me …

The Seattle Google Developer Group meets on the 3rd Monday of the month.  Our members are using or want to learn more about developing applications using Google technology, including: - Google Ajax APIs - maps, search, visualization, gadgets (JavaScript), Android - mobile development (Java) - Google App Engine - scalable cloud computing (Python and Java) - Google Web Toolkit - web development platform (Java) - Project Hosting - Analytics and AdSense - advertising and web analytics.  Follow us on …

Practice and advice giving technical presentations. Each month, one member gives a technical presentation to the group, which then discusses the presentation, offering comments and critiques. Finally, the presenter gets to ask and respond to questions. The meetings are hosted at Startpad in Seattle. http://startpad.org/about-us We hope you will join us to improve your presentation skills, help others, and discuss technology.

We're a group of software developers building applications for mobile devices like the iPhone, iPad and Android devices using Appcelerator's Titanium SDK.

Let's get together and chat about HTML5, the advancement in object oriented JavaScript, CSS and middle-tier programing (Java/JSP, Ruby on Rails, PHP, ASP.NET), Software as a service (APIs), open source technology, data-driven architecture, OO/MVC Design, etc., etc.. There are several opportunites where I work, and side projects I'd like to explore and contribute to.  Let's get together as peeps in the industry and chat about making great new interactive UX/UI projects come to life.

Interested in Distributed Databases, Hadoop, Cassandra, MongoDB, Riak, CouchDB, Neo4j? Predictive or Realtime analytics? Data/text mining? Join us! Everyone loves use cases. If you would like to present one to the group, send me a note at lynn@lynnbender.com. Lightning talks are welcome too.

Do you love software and have interest in cleantech? This group is for you! Our goals are humble and focused – our main thing is to try to help connect folks interested in Cleantech and information technology for informal discussions and fun. To this end, our initial plan is: 1.Assemble an evening for networking and libations every 4-8 weeks. All are welcome 2.Organize an email list to help folks connect This is a modest experiment and we’ll see how it goes. This is run by volunteers …