OpenStreetMap is an map of the world made by people like you. It's a map that you build, that's given away for free like wikipedia. Check out osm.org for more. We meet all the time to talk maps, make maps and have fun!

Meet other Vancouver users of Joomla, the Web's grate dynamic content management system (CMS). Whether you're an absolute beginner learning the ropes or a power user blogging daily, or making professional web sites with Joomla, you are welcome to come out to exchange ideas, network with each other, and have a good time. We will try to learn from each other and have few training sessions on any Joomla topic included: Templates, Modules, Components, Development, Structure and lot more. VanJoomla. …

We're a group of folks who use / are interested in scalable computing technologies, mostly Hadoop, HBase, and "NoSQL" platforms. We've had attendees and speakers from Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, Visible Technologies, Drawn to Scale, U.S. National Labs, and many more! Groups are usually 75-150 attendees. We've been meeting since August 2009, and encourage anyone to attend! Usually we have: 1 or 2 ~20 minute "Feature" presentations Up to 4 "lighting talks" Friendly and helpful group discussion …

Meet other local JavaScripters to share knowledge, learn about the latest in JavaScript and

A monthly meeting of WordPress users and devs. We welcome every proficiency level. Our purpose is to offer support and share information, best practices, techniques, tools and resources. Our members are bloggers, new users, graphic designers with basic HTML and CSS skills, developers new to WordPress, and experienced WordPress developers. Some of our members organized the first WordCamp Seattle in Sept. 2009.

eCommerce works on many of the same principles as business in general. If you have a product or service that others need and can afford, you are basically in business. The rest is marketing and management.Whether you are in the business of selling online or offering to help other businesses sell online, you may consider using Magento as part of that solution. But Why Magento? How does it compare to other eCommerce platforms? What does it cost? Magento is a feature-rich, professional open-source …

You love maps and computers, preferably at the same time! If you don't own a GPS, you kind of wish you did. You know what the acronym ESRI stands for. When someone offers you data, you say "yes!" Victoria is a hot-bed of geospatial technology and GIS smarts, but the community is fragmented and doesn't talk amongst itself nearly enough! We have much to learn from one another: what is the state of geodata, open government, open street mapping, open source software, new tricks for web mapping, and …

VanLUG Meetup is for IT professionals and others interested in Linux operating systems and Free/Libre Open Source Software. VanLUG Meetup is relatively new but VanLUG - Vancouver Linux Users Group - has been serving the Vancouver Linux community for over ten years. Mutual help and topical discussions take place in the VanLUG mailing lists. You are welcome to subscribe to any or all of the mailing lists. Subscription links can be found at www.vanlug.bc.ca .

This group is for developers who use or want to learn about PhoneGap, and Titanium and other open-source framework for using HTML, CSS and JavaScript to create cross-platform native mobile apps for Android, iOS, Windows Phone and other mobile operating systems.

We're a group of Seattle Scala users and enthusiasts.

This is the Seattle and Pugest Sound Area meetup about the OpenStack project. We are interested in working together to make the OpenStack project a success. Anyone who is interested in using, deploying, or contributing to OpenStack are welcome.  This includes open source hackers, business people who are interested in cloud computing as an IT solution, and DevOps and SysAdmin people. Seattle has two OpenStack oriented companies: there are offices of both Nebula and of HP Cloud Services here.  HP …

You are interested in all things spatial and want to share that passion with others through technology. Perhaps you like to develop custom solutions and understand APIs and programming or you're just someone who has a use for web mapping. The Fraser Valley is on the outskirts of most of the existing mapping organizations and we want to build our own community. We have much to learn from one another: open data, open street mapping, open source software, new technology and techniques, and more. Le …

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.

Welcome! This is a meetup group for those in the Seattle area who like maps, GIS, OpenStreetMap, open data, web mapping, cartography and anything in between. This is an open group and aims to keep the Seattle geo professionals, enthusiasts and users connected to each other for learning, socializing and to help find answers to their geospatial questions.

Reaching out to all Cloud Computing Enthusiasts ! This is a group for users, enthusiasts and those curious about Cloud Foundry Open PaaS and BOSH Deployment. - Learn to deploy and scale applications in seconds, without locking yourself into a single cloud. - Network with other industry professionals and with the Product Management Team at cloud Foundry. - Learn about Cloud Foundry for the Enterprise - Provide feedback on features you'd like to see Cloud Foundry is an open platform as a service, …

Welcome to the Eucalyptus Cloud User Group! We are here to bring together developers, architects, sysadmins, devops people, enterprises, start-ups... basically anyone interested in various possibilities of private and hybrid cloud solutions. Being an Open Source IaaS cloud platform means not only open source code but also open source ideas and communication. We will organize hackathons for code and hackathons for ideas. Eucalyptus is the world's most widely deployed open source cloud computing s …

Seattle PyLadies is a Python programming group that welcomes ladies (or those who identify themselves as such) from all over the Puget Sound region. PyLadies is an international mentorship group with a focus on helping more women become active participants and leaders in the Python open-source community. Our mission is to promote, educate and advance a diverse Python community through outreach, education, conferences, events and social gatherings. PyLadies also aims to provide a friendly support …

A shared workplace in my home for other like-minded technology people. I work in and around the world of web applications, including (but not exclusively) Ruby on Rails, Unix (including Macs), and all related web technologies. If you know what Open Source Software is, you'll probably like working along side us. If you think Microsoft is the greatest technology in the universe, we'll probably have some spirited debates. I also run the Fraser Valley Ruby Brigade (http://www.fvrb.org) and have our …

Someone needs to take the weight of the world on their shoulders. Anger, violence and hostility will never solve the problem. It is only through cooperation, collaboration and intelligence that we will find a future. If we let our fear and lower natures rule us, then we will fail. We are tribeforth, and we are searching for our victory. We believe in using our collective intelligence for the greater good. That our ability to work together will define our future. Our goal is a world free from sc …

“This is a group for anyone interested in Big Data. All skills levels are welcome."

Meet other developers using Meteor. Share your knowledge, apps, and get feedback from others. Meteor is an open-source platform for building top-quality web apps in a fraction of the time, whether you're an expert developer or just getting started.

Focused on Mozilla Webmaker: Web and Digital Literacy + the fun of 'Making' in British Columbia. Empowering children and youth in the digital age. Talking about family-friendly Hack/Maker spaces. Membership is diverse: Web Developers, EdTech, Filmmakers, Open Data advocates, Scientists, Educators and beyond!

Come join developers, designers, data geeks, leaders, and idea-makers who volunteer to help Seattle, WA government and civic orgs adopt open web technologies. Technology and civic activists fostering the community-authored and LocalWiki powered site, SeattleWiki.net, among other projects. Inspired by, and eager to contribute to, Code for America's http://brigade.codeforamerica.org/.

Meet other developers using Meteor. Share your knowledge, apps, and get feedback from others. Meteor is an open-source platform for building top-quality web apps in a fraction of the time, whether you're an expert developer or just getting started.

Want to learn Linux but don't know where to start? Come join us for a casual atmosphere where we'll help you through the tough stuff. This meetup is perfect for novices looking to start a career or just want to try it at home. If you're more experienced and want to pay-to-forward and help others looking to advance themselves, please join in. This will be open source learning environment- learn, and pass it on to others in need free of charge.

This group is for anyone interested in learning and sharing knowledge in PHP and related topics. All skill levels are welcome. Looking forward to exploring the world of PHP with other enthusiasts!

The goal of this group is to come together as a community and talk about search based on open source stacks (solr/lucene/elasticsearch) and tie this into applications with emphasis on AI, machinelearning, games and more

Open to all interested in the Hadoop and its surrounding ecosphere. Let us know what you would like to see! Do you have a presentation that you would like to share? Would your company like to host or sponsor a meetup? Send a note to data@lynnbender.com.