The focus of this MySQL group will be: 1. Learn as much as possible about MySQL from experts in the field. From High Availability, Clustering and Replication to Storage Engine technology. 2. Network with others interested in MySQL. 3. Have some good conversation about the world's most popular open source database. All levels of experience welcome!

Blender is a 3D graphics application that can be used for modeling and visual effects. This group is for anyone interested in Blender, from novice to guru. We will meet and share projects as an extension of the online Blender community, build open source projects, and invite speakers from the national and international community. I started this group as a way for Blenderheads to meet and collaborate on film and animation projects in the Los Angeles area.

Feeling inspired?Create it. Got Spare Parts? Build it. Have an idea? Launch it Find out what is new and exciting in the tech world. See product demos from industry leaders and hear their stories. The tech is out there, so utilize it and find your team to create the next innovation. Join us and connect the different tech communities into an immersive experience. diy          web                         H MAKErs - TECHnology - Mobile APPlication E N If you are interested in gadgets, gamificatio …

The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) is a not-for-profit, worldwide organization focused on improving the security of application software. Our mission is to make application security visible, so that people and organizations can make informed decisions about true application security risks. Everyone is free to participate in OWASP and all of our materials are available under a free and open software license. The OWASP Los Angeles chapter typically meets on the 4th Wednesday every m …

Open to all those interested in Apache Cassandra, Big Data, Hadoop, Hive, Hector, NoSQL, Pig, and high scalability. Let's get together and share what we know!

The LA Drupal community in and around Los Angeles, California, is one of the world's largest regional Drupal user groups. With regular Drupal trainings, monthly meetings and social gatherings, LA Drupal is Southern California's hub for all things Drupal. LA Drupal is also the producer of the annual DrupalCamp LA conference, the largest independent Drupal event in the world for three years running. This is our meetup.com site. We also have an online presense elsewhere: via Twitter at @ladrupa …

Droplabs is a collaborative Drupal coworking / hackerspace in Downtown Los Angeles. We are currently in open beta. We are focused on serving the greater LA Drupal community, enriching the Drupal skills and lives of its members, and bringing joy to our Drupal practice.

"We are meant to be happy. That has always been something we strive for in this life. In fact, if we look at the motivations behind our thoughts and action conscious and unconscious they are all to get us closer to the feeling, or at least the idea, of happiness. Some of us have long asked why we cannot hold on to happiness. For all of the scholarship and human insights across the centuries, nobody has found a complete and enduring answer. Perhaps because it has been too close to see… The answ …

Help us kick-start the community in style with engaging customer case studies, networking with like-minded developers and MuleSoft experts, free beer, and of course that famous LA sunshine. This meetup is a great opportunity to get your questions answered, learn and share best practices, and hear real-life product applications from mule users.

The goal for Blacks In Technology Los Angeles (BIT-LA) is to create a vibrant community of like-minded African American technology professionals, innovators and enthusiasts who are working with or interested in Web-based and related technologies. We’re talking the whole techie gamut from bloggers, digital media specialists, community managers and web masters to web designers, social media strategists, developers, online marketing experts, recruiters, software developers and project managers. And …

LA Robotics Club is an organization that promotes the experimentation with electronics, provides a forum for discussion and sharing information, and gives its members a community to participate in and learn about the field of robotics and machine technology. We focus on projects that can be created on a tight budget, as well as large-scale artistic installations that require weeks of preparation and planning. Current projects include a Gantry Robot, a Homemade CNC machine, electro-luminescent mu …

Welcome to the Los Angeles Ruby/Rails Meetup Group.  Members generally refer to this group as "LA Ruby". We also have postings where we are referred to as "laruby" and even "la-ruby".  By the way, we have a twitter account which is @laruby and the hashtag is #laruby.  A related group is la.rb which is the group that has the Los Angeles Ruby Brigade Weekly Hack Night. The Los Angeles Ruby/Rails Meetup Group is for anyone interested in learning or sharing experiences with "Ruby" or "Ruby on Rails" …

Meet other local fans of WordPress, the Internet's classiest and fastest dynamic content management system. Gather and discuss the best ways to work with Wordpress. All levels are welcome. We meet on the third Tuesday of each month alternating between downtown during odd months and the West side during even months.

Los Angeles Hack Night A hack night for anyone wanting to learn a programming language, hack on a software or hardware project, etc. We frequently see people learning and hacking on software projects using Ruby, Python, Node, JavaScript, among other languages and hardware projects using Arduino. Our members include beginners working through the Learn Code the Hard Way or Code Academy exercises as well as experienced developers working on side projects. Twitter: @lahacknight IRC: #lahacknight on …

A group for Los Angeles Linux users to get together and learn about a common interest. If you're interested in joining other Linux mailing lists please visit http://lula.org/mailman/listinfo/lula_lula.org

Permaculture is a holistic design science and open source technology for building sustainable communities. Preparedness is a state of mind and lifestyle that improves quality of life now, while increasing individual/family/community self-reliance when disruption to normalcy occurs. By combining permaculture and preparedness we're able to grow beyond the finite duration of self-reliance and mature to an infinite state of community sufficiency.

The Los Angeles Puppet Master User Group is a Meetup to share knowledge and experience using Puppet. Puppet s a tool designed to manage the configuration of Unix-like and Microsoft Windows systems declaratively, developed by Puppet Labs. Anyone interested in Puppet and systems configuration should join. Note : nothing to do with the Southern California Amateur puppeteers and puppets meetup.

Southern California SUSE Linux User Group

A community lab in downtown LA.  Amateurs and professionals are all welcome to join us.

With several weekly and monthly events, the Greater Los Angeles Area is one the most active areas for Drupal in the world. Formerly named Downtown Los Angeles Drupal, we've been meeting regularly in and around Downtown Los Angeles, California, since early 2010, and now organize a large number of events in the area. Our members and organizers have produced hundreds of Drupal events, including job fairs, meetups and workshops, conferences, paid trainings, coworking days, study group sessions, movi …

Talk shop with the rest of LA's C++ community. (Discussion and links on the LAC++ G+ page.)

Spurred by the over-abundance of west-side tech meetups, we've decided to finally form this group to meet east of Fairfax Blvd. (hooray), although it seems there are some willing volunteers on the west side who would like to organize a meeting as well. The potential formatting for the group involves a regular monthly meeting with a talk from a volunteer guest, but also under consideration is a monthly 'tutorial' meeting for anyone who is new to Python or new to Flask. We'll most likely have the …

"We are meant to be happy. That has always been something we strive for in this life. In fact, if we look at the motivations behind our thoughts and action conscious and unconscious they are all to get us closer to the feeling, or at least the idea, of happiness. Some of us have long asked why we cannot hold on to happiness. For all of the scholarship and human insights across the centuries, nobody has found a complete and enduring answer. Perhaps because it has been too close to see… The answe …

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Shamanic Yoga employs techniques from the dawn of human consciousness as well those developed by cave-dwelling Himalayan mystics to bring about profound states of relaxation and focus through energy purification and cultivation. These techniques are designed to prepare the body and mind for a deep shamanic journey into the realms of Inner Space and Non-Ordinary Reality. Through guided meditation and ecstatic drumming and rattling, the practitioner is invited to locate the Higher Self, power anim …