A gathering of all those interested in the discussion and study of signs, meaning systems, web science, thinking, language, and knowledge in digital and web spaces. Open to all disciplines: All interested individuals are welcome, including academics, philosophers, advertising professionals, communications professionals, independent researchers, computer scientists, digital anthropologists, linguists, designers, information architects, user experience, human interaction, developers, localization, …

About Us: NY Cultural Tech has expanded its focus as of March 2013 to more broadly delve into the innovative intersection of tech and culture.  It started out as a cross-disciplinary group for practicing technologists (coders, info architects, developers) focused on the advancement of emerging tech from within the domains of public knowledge.  Our participatory group is a new-media catalyst for those involved with museums, libraries, educational institutions, government, non-profits, and outwar …

Welcome to NYC-CHI, the NYC chapter of SIG-CHI (Special Interest Group - Computer Human Interaction www.sigchi.org/). We hold UX-focused events and have an active mailing list to service the NYC region. We have over 1900 active members in all aspects of HCI, including information architects, interaction designers, user experience designers, service designers, product and museum experience designers, usability practitioners, digital librarians, user interface designers and UI developers. We're t …

Welcome engineers and technologists in the New York area. Whether you are a hands on software engineer, quality engineer, or a person just interested in advanced technologies, you will enjoy these meetups. Hosted monthly at Google's NYC offices, these talks will cover a variety of topics of strong interest to the NYC technology community. Speakers will be enlisted from the local community (including, but not limited to, Google engineers). Topics will range across the spectrum of computer science …

Membership is comprised of Women either in the Information Security field or wanting to enter the field. The purpose of this group is to advance women in Information Security by promoting networking, education, mentoring, resource-sharing, and opportunities. Regular workshops will be offered to bridge the gap of theory and/or minimal hands-on labs from a course you took or self-studying. You will get to learn and practice in an environment of like-minded women. Workshops will be led by SME's in …

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) and on the Database Month (http://www.DBMonth.com) website We are here to help new and seasoned users alike; join us regularly for discussion, networking and the chance to meet with the most world-renown experts in MySQL, Drizzle, MariaDB, Percona as well as NewSQL and NoSQL. The NYC MySQL Group Meetup …

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.

To inspire and help designers pursue, do, and succeed at what they love. We are building a strong, passionate community for current NYC designers either at startups or looking to join startups, to inspire, collaborate, and mentor each other. We'll have a mix of Speaker Sessions, Happy Hours, and other fun events to help you excel in your design career. Note: This group is for professional designers and is not open to entrepreneurs, engineers, design enthusiasts, or recruiters. Please do not appl …

Huge Events are open to anyone who has interest in UX, design, agency life and more. Join us for a fun evening of refreshments, networking and talks by design professionals and leaders in the industry.

NYC UX Acrobatics primary focus is the varied facets of UX design, research and usability. Our aim is to create monthly 'UX themed' workshop style meetings where members work with each other learning, discovering and networking on all things UX. Potential topics: paper prototyping, experience maps, user research and testing, persona dev, a/b testing, front-end best practices, RWD (Responsive Web Design), PET Design (Persuasion, Emotion, and Trust Design), competitive analysis, sketching UX, cont …

Brooklyn. User Experience. Happy hour. We meet irregularly--three or four times a year. And it's fun. Really, is there much more to say?

We will talk shop and share thoughts on IA, IxD, UI, UX and Mobile.

Welcoming startup folks and professionals in UX, IA, product, design, etc. to be one another's usability testers as well as discuss UX trends, best practices, and strategies.

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!

DUMBO Designers is the group for enthusiastic designers of all kinds in DUMBO, NY. Follow on twitter @DUMBOdevs Support us on gittip.com: https://www.gittip.com/DUMBOdesigners/ Meetups: Currently hosting a monthly lunch and talks about design in DUMBO, NYC. PLEASE NO JOB POSTINGS Also, don't contact other members about jobs unless they've contacted you first, or that's a chop.

The group will discuss topics like: IA, UX, Web & App design, Best Practices, New Technologies and much much more. The group will have a focus on designing for the web and mobile.

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 UX …

Meet with local Revit users to discuss and share the platform's use for BIM implementation. Our group will cover Architecture, Structure and MEP. Be sure to also check out a closely related Meetup - the Metro NYC BIM Group - at http://www.meetup.com/NYC-Metro-BIM. Our group meetings are now held at the Pratt Manhattan Campus. Please visit Pratt's Center for Continuing and Professional Studies at http://prostudies.pratt.edu. They offer a wide range of continuing education courses including Revi …

The Enterprise Search User Group is a SharePoint based community with a focus on Enterprise Search aimed to provide valuable and timely information to its members. Its primary goal is to provide a forum that encourages disparate practices and business groups to come together and share thoughts, ideas, successes and failures, to cultivate a borderless body of knowledge.

The NY Passive House (NYPH) Meetups are organized by NYPH members, working to promote a healthy, comfortable and energy-efficient built environment through the promotion of the Passive House building standard. NYPH is an independent not-for-profit organization that facilitates the exchange of information and experiences, among local, national and international practitioners of the Passive House building standard. Presentations at the Meetup will vary from broad general introductions to specific …

It's too hard to find people interested in esthetic philosophy. Even other artists and designers seem to shy away from the topic. Are we too busy, too few and far between or is it just intimidating to talk about? This group encourages super informal, totally mellow, open-minded and no-pressure conversations about Art & Design Theory and Aesthetic Philosophy! Anyone with an interest in these topics is welcome. All ages, levels of experience and educational backgrounds are welcome! This group wa …

The buildingSMART alliance™ (bSa) has been originally established to coordinate the profound constructive changes coming to the fragmented real property industry in North America. The BSA is a part of the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) which was established by the U.S. Congress in the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, Public Law 93-383. As an interest group of the bSa, the New York City Metro BIM was formed to meet and network NYC Metro area industry professionals. O …

NYC area natural building enthusiasts. This is a group for natural building professionals, students, permaculturists, artisans, or anyone who is just curious about natural building techniques in general. For starters there are no expectations set for this group. Perhaps we can grow together from basic social gatherings to information sessions, workshops in the area, group-build community projects, a guild etc. Looking forward to seeing how much interest this generates!

DESIGNCIRCUIT gathers professionals and organizations across disciplines to share ideas, motivate discussions, and initiate built projects through events that are free and open to the public. We believe everyone, not just designers, has something to contribute to the design process. DESIGNCIRCUIT begins with a research topic that is explored through informal talks with leading figures, community meetings and charettes, open discussions, and workshops. The knowledge gained through the topic's eve …

Let's discuss ways we can bring eco-friendly design into the home through furniture construction and other materials. I'm starting a new line of furniture that is modern,Eco Friendly and multi-functional. Specifically custom designed using FSC approved woods and water-based stains. I would like to create a network of designers and clients that are inspired by design while still being kind to our earth. By joining our group I hope that you will gain a great resource of Eco-friendly textiles art …

NYC Data Engineering hosts events where the lead engineers from pre-screened companies showcase their technical challenges. ONLY ENGINEERS can attend. If you are not an engineer, please be aware that you may be removed from the group. Software engineers are presently faced with an ever-increasing amount of data as well as a plethora of options for open-source technologies to use to manage it. And the architectures required to process the data into useful information using machine learning, NLP, …

Congratulations! Yes, you did find a treasure! If you are reading this, we know one one thing for sure - we have something in common. Let's explore... Doesn't matter if you happen to be an entrepreneur, manager, recent graduate, attorney, physician, fashion rebel, CFA, CPA, MBA, yoga teacher, a monk or whatever as long as you have the fire in you to make a difference to the community around you. The power of this group will be behind you. Read further to find out... This group is designed to o …

OUR MISSION This Meetup strives to make New York City a Model for 21st Century Democracy. We are committed to using technology to build a scalable, sustainable, flexible platform designed to engage more New Yorkers in their local democratic process, that can then be used to serve the Nation and inspire others globally. Never before has local government thrown its weight behind a platform that truly embraces the ideals of ‘by the people, for the people.’ Here, we will continue our conversation …