… Open to a variety of disciplines: academics advertising professionals independent researchers computer scientists digital anthropologists linguists designers We'll meet every month to talk about the relationship between semiotics and digital technology, covering topics around: traditional semiotics computational semiotics computational linguistics user experience interface design interaction design information architecture robotics/intelligent machines human-computer interaction

A professional networking group for those involved in creating taxonomies, controlled vocabularies and classification schemes for information and/or content. Whether you're a "lumper", a "splitter", or somewhere in between, if you're interested in organizing information professionally, please join us to network with other taxonomists in the NYC area.

SharePoint is a large and complex platform. There are many sources for technical information, but we have found there is not enough help on the business side. We deal with issues like: * Taxonomy * Governance * Project Planning * Scope Management * Adoption * Change Management * and many others In the People-Process-Technology triangle, we focus on the corners that deal with People & Process.

… Topics will range across the spectrum of computer science and software engineering, including information retrieval, user interfaces, programming languages, and computer security. In particular, there will be a track devoted to best practices for quality engineering and automation / engineering productivity (e.g. automated testing, building testing frameworks, etc). There will also be talks on business topics that are highly relevant to software engineers (e.g. entrepreneurship, future of publis …

This is a meeting place and professional development network for user experience professionals (including information architects, usability professionals, interaction designers, visual designers, systems analysts, and business analysts) in northern New Jersey. We're building interactions and content to help users get the results they want and need. You can log in using the blue "Log in" link at the top of the page. If you're new to the group and want to join, you can register using the "Sign u …

Gathering of people who are interested in data visualization. Speaker series - watch and listen to fellow designers, statisticians, mathematicians, architects, programmers, start ups, and other great people in the industry. We hope to have monthly small meetups sharing work and ideas. Also plan to have headline speakers every two to three months in a larger format!

An opportunity for Product Managers, Strategists,etc., to come together to meet, interact, and network. The ideal environment within which sharing and learning can flourish and complement the knowledge base for all on a peer to peer basis.

The intersection between Agile and UX is both a challenging, exciting, and timely issue for a large number of practitioners in interaction design, information architecture, and related fields. If you are interested in sharing your ideas about Agile and UX, talking about success and horror stories, and learning from peers in the field, please join us!

This NYC MySQL Group is the world’s largest database group organized on Meetup! HD-Video of our previous events is regularly published on the IT Management & Leadership eMagazine (www.LeadIT.us) We are here to help new and seasoned users alike; join us regularly for discussion, networking and the chance to meet with New York's MySQL, Drizzle & MariaDB experts. Anyone involved with web development needs to try out the Vork Enterprise PHP Framework (www.Vork.us) - it is amazing! Vork dramatically …

This Meetup is for anyone working in online marketing, interested in sharing and discovering new, effective ways to optimize web pages for conversions. Meetings take place once per month, during which actual examples are showcased.

Welcome to the New York City SEO/SEM Meet Up group. We're a group of SEO and SEM professionals and enthusiasts united to learn and have fun (sometimes in that order, sometimes not). We're interested in: - Networking, and meeting other SEO/SEM practitioners. - SEO (site structure, information architecture, on-page optimization, link building, etc.) - PPC -Analytics/Tracking -Usability -Conversion Rate Improvement -Search-Optimized Content Creation -and many other topics Suggestions are …

Presentations and discussion of innovations and applications with Lucene & Solr, the Apache Open Source Search Engine/Platform for the greater NYC Area.

Start Up Addicts NYC is a community of enthusiastic web professionals who simply want to make the web a better place. Although our members are mainly designers and developers, anyone is welcome to attend and participate in our meetings. Membership to this group is and always will be free. If you have any questions or suggestions, please don't hesitate to reach out.   Visit us elsewhere on the web: http:www.startupcamper.com If your looking for an awesome space to set up your next startup, check …

Meet others in your local area interested in PostgreSQL: The World's Most Advanced Open Source Database. Discuss this open source database and share the tips and tricks you've learned using it.

Knowledge of and fluency in the language of analytics is becoming increasingly important in business, especially in the financial services industry. Even small process changes based on advanced analysis can result in millions of dollars in revenue gained or lost. It’s never been more important to brush up on your analytics “literacy”. This is a great place to learn and network with other professionals in analytics!

A group to discuss digital user experience (UX) both on web and mobile platforms. Meetings could cover research or innovative real world examples & case studies Design topics can include (but not limited to) interaction design, UI design, mobile app design (iPhone, iPad, Android), usability, site stickiness, human-computer interaction, value of entertainment factor beyond core conversions, etc. From the data side of things we'd like to have discussions around using data to drive and measure U …