For those who want to design, engineer, and build innovative products using community and online tools. Physical products create and shape our environment. Everything from your razor to your house started as and idea, which was brought to life by a talented engineer or designer. Open Engineering is all about making this process faster with higher quality results. We will explore topics related to design, engineering, and manufacturing. Sometimes we will bring in open hardware projects to present …

Open to all interested in Cassandra in the greater Boston area.

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 …

The Reverse Startup is an accelerated product launch camp, driven by the open source community, focused on rapid prototyping and rapid execution around a series of proof-of-concept exercises. Encompassing a wide range of topics, this group is ideal for developers, designers, technologists, marketing professionals and entrepreneurs. The Reverse Startup is a non-profit organization, dedicated to the community and helping people actualize their dreams and professional goals. We endeavor to come tog …

This group serves as a destination for project leaders and contributors to Outercurve Foundation projects and open source developers interested in our activities.

Technology Directions: Keeping it Real Open Source Software- What's the Buzz All About?

For fifteen years, Mozilla has been defending the open web and leading in its advancement. Now with ambitious new projects such as FirefoxOS and Webmaker, Mozilla is taking things to a whole 'nother level! This meetup group is for people who want to get in on the open web action!

The Boston Data Mining meetup focuses on making data mining accessible to everyone. It aims to be inclusive to all regardless if you are a beginner or expert in statistical modeling, machine learning, data mining, or any of the analytics (business, predictive, etc). Our talks will focus on the practical side of data mining and analytics by showing attendees how to perform data modeling in a non-programming environment. To achieve that goal we employ RapidMiner; an open source data mining platfor …

We are a community of people dedicated to the development of the open source sipXecs project; we're open to anyone focused on SIP and XMPP based communications solutions. If you are looking to replace your aging (IP) PBX with an all software modern communications solution that scales to mid-size and large enterprise and can be deployed in the cloud, look no further.

The Boston WordPress Meetup is a Meetup group for fans of WordPress, the most popular open source blogging engine. Join us once a month to learn more about WordPress and meet other WP fans, including SEO gurus, theme designers, plugin developers, bloggers, and beginners. Traditionally, we meet at the Microsoft New England Research & Development Center for a presentation, Q&A session, and casual networking. When we don't have a formal event planned, join us for informal social events at nearby re …

Boston PHP is the largest and most active PHP community in the world. We are a lot more than PHP! We have been meeting since 2002. We have over 3,200 members, and usually meet every month on a Wednesday. We have a wide range of topics all related to PHP, Web Development, and Open Source technology. All meetings are free, and we encourage everyone to participate and get involved and help grow the PHP community. After each meeting we typically go to a nearby restaurant/bar/pub for more informal di …

PyLadies Boston is for anyone who identifies as a woman and is a Python programmer or an aspiring Python programmer in the Boston area. Or even if you have no clue what Python is, but you're interested in learning to program. It's a great language to learn if you have no prior programming experience. Our goal is to get a larger number of women coding and involved in the open source community. Developers and aspiring developers only, please. PyLadies Boston is welcoming to and respectful of tran …

Whether you're running GNU/Linux as your desktop operating system or interested in doing so, this Meetup is for you. Our goal is to create an environment that's welcoming, fun, and educational. A paradox... The argument for open source ("free" as in speech) software is stronger than ever. GNU/Linux has been wildly successful in the server market. Desktop GNU/Linux operating systems like Ubuntu Linux provide a rich end-user experience on par or better than commercial rivals in many respects. .. …

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.

A meetup to talk about search engines, information retrieval, recommendation engines and predictive analytics. We aim to share knowledge about both enterprise and open source technologies that deal with these topics.

Code for Boston is a Code for America Brigade - a volunteer civic innovation organization created by Boston-area developers, designers, urban planners, and data geeks with an interest in solving civic and social problems through the use of creative technology. We feel that Boston was the driving force in the creation of Government 1.0; we should be leading the way for Gov 2.0. We seek to leverage the revolutionary spirit of New England to help open, improve, and engage our local governments acro …

As ardent vim fans, a few thoughtbotters thought a Boston Vim Meetup could be an awesome idea. Our first meeting took place in October '11 and much fun was had by all. This meetup is open to all current and aspiring vim users who wanna talk motions, macros, and mappings.

For artists who like to code and coders who love to create, This is a collaborative space for creative coders, designers, and artists to come together to share the latest tips, tricks, and techniques in any area from data visualizations, to generative art, to kinect hacks. Focusing on open tools like Processing, OpenFrameworks, Cinder, Protovis and R.

People, Sharing, Experience and Knowledge to bring more =) to the world. The Human Network is a shared dream to let YOU create an international democratic social network that is focused on people instead of money. WE can optimize communication, regardless of status, race, sex, or country only if we work together. Then the world wide web may evolve into a democracy without borders. And if you want to read more, feel free! Have you ever thought that the world might be able to create something t …

This is a Meetup for developers who are currently using Apache Lucene/Solr or would like to learn more about it. Join us for pizza, beer, and a discussion about Solr.

Users of Alfresco Open Source Enterprise Content Management to exchange information, code, use cases, case studies, demos, ideas and friends. Leverage the transparency (of code and conduct) and community of Open Source to deliver true value with ECM!

We are a group of Pirate Party members and supporters in Somerville. We think culture should be shared (esp. via file sharing), love personal privacy and Wikileaks, hate patents, and know corporations have way too much power over us. We work to spread our message and enlighten folks. If you want to help, join us!

This is a group to connect Big Data enthusiasts in Boston for networking, presentations, workshops, demonstations and much more. This group is ideal for: * Big Data Startup Companies * Entrepreneurs * Developers and Programmers * Investors * Big Data Recruiters * Big Data Service Providers

Blender 3D is a free and open-source 3D platform capable of competing with many established professional 3D content suites, but Blender has traditionally suffered from lack of visibility and a smaller userbase than other platforms. Boston Blender was formed to unite Blender users throughout the northeast to learn together, share our projects, and spread the word about this powerful tool. This group is open to experienced Blenderheads and newbies alike—come learn and create with us.

We're the Boston CouchDB users group, organizing group hacks and educational events.

Welcome! Boston Python is the world's largest local Python user group.  Meet other local Python developers, learners, employers, and enthusiasts of all kinds.  All skill levels are welcome, if you are interested in Python, we are interested in you! We have a number of great regular events: Monthly presentation series: these are longish presentations (about an hour) about topics of interest to the community.  Often we also have lightning talks (5-15 minutes) also.  If you have something you'd li …

Tech in Motion is broad by design, the goal of this group is to be interactive and allow technology enthusiasts to learn from other professionals, have questions answered in real-time, discover new tech, and hear stories that inspire. This group is a place for technology professionals who wouldn’t normally cross paths to meet, collaborate, and learn about what their peers are doing across the city. Join the conversation on Twitter, share and follow along with #TechInMotion! *We already have two …

We're a bunch of hackers, pirates, ninjas, trolls, keyboard warriors, thinkers, tinkerers, inventors, and makers. We're known for our thought-provoking beer and delicious content. We love security. Come at your risk. Follow us on twitter at @securitymeetup