TimeOut NY Rates Paradigm Shift "Critics' Pick" honored an unprecedented 8 times!http://www.paradigmsh...Use the "F" word. Change NYC. Change the World.Mission Statement: We foster a thriving, active, diverse, and expanding feminist community with the purpose of self-expression and coalition building, creating a shift in social, political, and economic consciousness.Paradigm Shift is the New York City metro-area’s critically acclaimed and largest feminist community group and event series. We hos …

This is a social, business and performing group for serious artists, BOTH PROFESSIONAL AND NON-PROFESSIONAL, devoted to the craft of acting, writing, voice, movement and more...for FILM, TV and THEATER. The organizer is Jason Bennett, Runner-Up for BEST ACTING COACH in New York CIty in 2010 and Runner-Up for BOTH Scene Study Teacher AND Best Acting Coach in 2011! Jason Bennett is an acting and musical theater teacher and founder of "The Jason Bennett Actor's Workshop." The Meetup group is used, …

A group committed to teaching and learning all aspects of Web Technology. This group is made possible by Vork, the enterprise PHP framework designed for rapid development of performance-oriented scalable applications. Vork has no learning curve! No proprietary syntax or terminology to learn! PHP developers can use Vork productively within minutes and become certified Enterprise Architects within a short time. Vork is the most-intuitive PHP framework and an ideal tool to architect any PHP project …

This group is designed to explore the ways in which social media and technology can help bring arts and culture to the masses. "Democratizing" the arts has been a long-standing goal in the art world, and no medium makes it more feasible than the web. The purpose of this meetup is to bring together those working at the intersection of arts and technology to share ideas, strategies, successes, challenges and failures, and to explore the following questions: - How can the new technology avail …

Meet with other web site system administrators, developers, designers and business people who're interested in making their sites work fast to get better user experience, lower abandonment rates and more money. @nywebperf LinkedIn group [+] see our sponsors More Web Performance groups around the world: San Francisco & Silicon Valley Web Performance Group Boston Web Performance Group LA Web Speed London Web Performance Group Web Performance User Group Vienna - Web Performance Group Atlanta We …

The purpose of this Meetup Group is to gather local techies together monthly to learn from one another. Presentations should be around 30 - 40 minutes, more technical than not, and ideally, be showing how the presenter has solved a particular tech problem. Slides w/ source code encouraged! This is a group for techies. This is not a group for people who work at tech companies. If you don't write/test code or work with servers, this is probably not the right group for you. If you would l …

The Central PA IBM POWER Systems User Group is for IT professionals interested in learning more about IBM POWER systems. Specifically, topics relating to POWER technology, virtualization, performance, AIX and i OS's, and more. Users of IBM POWER Systems in the Harrisburg, Lancaster, York, Reading, Lebanon,and Hanover areas are welcome to join our group and attend meetings. Users of all skill levels and backgrounds are welcome. We meet at least twice a year at a venue located in the Harrisburg/ …

...talk about, or learn about, the technology behind Webcasting and Video Streaming, how to use it in your Business or Website, and how to do the production and post of Live and Recorded events on the wWw and/or DvD. We will also periodically have LIVE on a budget projects - where our members get hands on experience with both the production (backstage and show) as well as the live streaming up to the Internet and, in some cases, occasionally the post production - such as editing etc. Please JOIN …

Scalable Software Architecture is the Meetup for software architects and people who want to learn how to architect high performance and scalable software platforms using different technologies.

Garden State Goddess our symbol of Unity & Hope in NJ No I in Team only One Garden State & We Rock! Online magazine/web show featuring  the best of the Garden State through cooperative corporate multi-media campaigns. http://www.facebook.com/pages/ Garden-State-Goddess/120276894676200 Garden State Goddess Foundation facilitates New Jersey based businesses, artists, philanthropic organizations, students, women & men we are the true voice of the real people.At Garden State Goddess our goa …

CALLING ALL MOTOCYCLETTERASTS NY area wahlbergs, spankys, pacinos, urkels, pitts, jolies, cobains, rossis, nikitas, connerys, thurmans, diesels, snipes, lucy lius, vangoghs, austin powerses, clouds, griers, bruce lees, spidermen and other accomplished, slick, boffo two-wheeled bohemians, burners and other creatives in search of a home . . . A new concept in motorcycling based outta NYC "An unconventional, paradigm-shifting motorbike think-tank, entertainment and riding group" What is Bik …

Hey there! If you are a person that likes to dabble in video/filmmaking, this is the group for you. Whether you've just purchased your first camera, or you've been making/editing videos for a while now just for fun, this group is intended to give novices like myself a chance to meet like-minded and driven people, who make videos/films for fun rather than marketing or other professional purposes.

The Real Time Web group’s main goal is to raise awareness towards high-performance real time web applications and the Real Time Framework. The Real Time Framework — which is a multi-million dollar investment from an international company group — is comprised of a set of patented technologies that allow developers to produce real time-enabled websites quickly and easily over any real time server provider: ORTC (Open Real Time Connectivity) and xRTML (Extensible Real Time Markup Language). The do- …

DoActCrazy is a collaborative artistic group of that specializes in creating new media, focusing mostly on video for the web. Our name is a variation of the term "doOcracy", which is defined as structure in which members of the group choose their roles and tasks on any chosen production project. We post the ideas/schedule on meetup.com/doactcrazy-nyc for other members to decide how they want to get involved.

This group is a place to learn more about and discuss mobile web programming technologies. Focusing primarily on non-native technologies such as HTML5, CSS3, Spine, Sencha, SproutCore, jQTouch, jQuery Mobile, and new frameworks made by innovative up and coming startups in NY and beyond. We'll discuss techniques for building high performance web apps in different domains. In particular, apps for e-commerce, content creation,

Filmmakers!  From Concept to treatment to script to production to distribution deal. Let's get together and discuss it all! This meetup is for filmmakers to meet and discuss the creative side AND the business side of filmmaking. WRITERS with a script, meet filmmakers who may want to develop your film. FILMMAKERS, let's brainstorm and compare notes about distribution. DP's and DSLR shooters, let's talk about casting, directing, about web series, and about self-distribution.

This group is for anyone interested in exploring the connections between digital humanities, new media, digital games, with music, film, theatre, and other performing arts. All are welcome: join us to share your experiences and discuss new projects and ideas!

Meet with developers, engineers and business people who are users of Varnish cache and want to share knowledge or just want to learn more about how Varnish can help a website scale up and run faster.

No libraries, no frameworks, no shortcuts - this group focuses on core JavaScript. Here we will address different low-level JS issues such as code excerpts, performance, paradigms, etc that can be applied anywhere including building new libraries or improve existing ones. We will steer clear from having presentations of frameworks written using JavaScript as there are enough meetups for that purpose. Our goal is to engineer solutions to complex problems and present our findings in core JavaScrip …

Welcome to #ArtsTechPhilly We aim to connect innovators in the field of arts, culture, and technology. Our meet-ups are designed to explore the ways in which social media and technology can help bring arts and culture to the masses. "Democratizing" the arts has been a long-standing goal in the art world, and no medium makes it more feasible than the web. The purpose of this meet-up is to bring together those working at the intersection of arts and technology to share ideas, strategies, successes …

Arts, Culture, Tech & Community NJ is a meetup in Trenton, New Jersey for innovators in the fields of arts, culture, technology, and community organizing to connect with one another and present cutting edge works that cut across sectors. Similar to other ArtsTech meetups we plan to bring together those working at the intersection of the arts and technology such as: *Artists doing interesting work with engineering, biotech, sciences, technology, and social media. *Tech specialists working on inte …

Learn from and meet with other developers, devops and QA professionals that use JMeter to test web apps. JMeter User's group is an open forum where JMeter and even Selenium users from all levels (beginner, intermediate, afficianados) can interact, network and share insights and information. Topics include JMeter, Selenium, scripting, performance, load and stress testing, test-driven development, continuous integration, building automated test scripts and other topics. Feel free to request and po …

The Philly Flow & Circus Arts Meetup is designed to bring together folks in the Philadelphia area interested in the Flow Arts and Circus Arts so they can learn and train together in a safe & supportive environment. For those who don't know, "Flow Arts" are the practice of learning to manipulate an inanimate object and move in harmony with it so that it becomes an animated extension of your body.   Flow Arts are also sometimes referred to as Spinning, Object Manipulation or Skill Toys.  Flow Arts …

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 …

The HTML5 Games Meetup is a meeting place for anyone interested in creating HTML5 games. It will provide a platform for learning and collaboration around the development, distribution, and monetization of HTML5 games. The list of HTML5-compatible platforms and devices is constantly growing--Desktop, Browser, Facebook, iOS, Android, Windows 8, Kindle, Nook, etc. We will explore general approaches, business models, design considerations, platforms, and technology. Look forward to presentations and …

To showcase the hottest unsigned and signed talents, to network with professional movers and shakers, to entertain with theatrical plays, tv and web shows and to educate on latin culture to mainstream and latin audiences.

The Click Lab is a venue for professionals and entrepreneurs to share their passion for digital marketing. It is a friendly, collaborative environment to learn, and connect. Disciplines, experience and marketing channels may differ, though the objective is unified. I recently started Click Lab for a couple reasons. I love geeking out about this stuff...my wife and friends were tired of listen to me talk about funnels and A/B test results. I know there are tremendously talented and ambitious mar …

Each Month, Our Group Brings You Cutting Edge Trainers and Coaches From Around the Globe to Share Inspiring, Powerful and Most Importantly, 'Sustainable' Learning for Business Growth, Leadership and Personal Development.  And, our events will also offer an engaged and wonderful group of NYC area professionals for networking both before and after our presentations. Thursday, May 9th, We Are Thrilled to Host the NY Debut of New Zealand and Australia's Top Business/Leadership Coach, Sally Anderson …