Blog: http://thingtuesday.com/ We decided to create our own open meetup to discuss and learn about the Internet of Things. We encourage the curious, the hackers the entrepreneurs and the executives who are engaging in this area to come join us to listen to talks, share in conversation and networking. Each session we will have talks, "show and tells "and space to hack and network with others. Modelled on two phenomenally influential and successful groups, Mobile Monday and the catalytic Silicon V …

I'm a nerd and a creator looking for others who are interested in science and technology that would like to develop ideas relating to making efficient, well built, long lasting, customizable, modular, appropriate technologies relating to home appliances including refrigerators, dehumidifiers, clothes driers, water heaters, home heat pumps and any other appliances that can have a real and lasting effect on people's lives. If something should come out of these projects, I hope to also develop alte …

BrainSilo is a non-profit Hacker-space Located in Portland, Oregon. The space has been established to provide a place where artists, hackers, experimenters, average joes, non-average joes, and pretty much anyone else, can come to work on, contribute to, and share their projects and ideas. People who come to BrainSilo wear clothes that can get dirty. It's not a suit and tie party. If you need PPE (gloves, eye protection, retroreflective underwear) byo-ppe. Safety has never been an issue at BrainS …

What you'll get out of PDXTech4Good events: Nonprofit staffers will find a friendly, welcoming atmosphere for those not experienced with technology, and many chances to ask questions of tech-experienced nonprofits and experts. Techies will find opportunities to hear the real-world stories of nonprofit clients, and put their own expertise to social good — as well as the potential for lasting relationships (be they paid or volunteer) with leading organizations in our community. Activists and comm …

The PDX Selenium & Test Automation Meetup is a group for Test Automators of all skill levels to come together to communicate, learn, network, or just have a good time. Our focus is in Selenium ( http://seleniumhq.org/ ) and topics extend through related areas of interest, such as any type of Test Automation, Agile testing, Test-Driven Development, Mobile Testing, Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, building maintainable automated test scripts and much more. You can follow us on Twitte …

PDXCloud is a Portland, Oregon user group that welcomes programmers interested in all aspects of working with cloud-based services. Topics include, working with vendors such as Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, Rackspace, etc, working with open-source implementations such as OpenStack, and developing cloud-based services, sites, and tools in both vendor-specific and vendor-agnotic ways. We welcome developers at all skill levels - in particular web devs and devops - so please join us!

Are you looking to redesign your website, change career paths or just want to learn about something new? Then this meetup is for you! We are excited about Drupal and will be posting training opportunities both at a cost and for free, along with Drupal met ups in Portland, Oregon. Drupal is a free community supported framework for creating, organizing, presenting and managing a website. Most commonly referred to as a content management system, or CMS, Drupal has much more to offer. Millions of we …

The Portland, Oregon Lean Startup Circle Meetup. “A startup is an organization formed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model.” http://steveblank.com/2010/01/25/what...... "A startup is a human institution designed to deliver a product or service in conditions of extreme uncertainty" (Eric Ries) The number one reason that Startups fail is lack of customers (~90%), not product development failure (~10%). The Lean Startup is an approach that attempts to acknowledge this and create …

Come share your heart, rest in Being, and connect with others in a safe nurturing setting. Most forms of Spiritual realization have been experienced in the subjective "inner" dimension of our lives. The process we share here reveals the way that embracing our human "everyday" selves and connecting with others not only feels good, but deepens our spiritual awakening too. We expand into a larger energetic field that connects us at the heart in ordinary human relationships, where life is lived. Tod …

Bringing together coders from all language to be better together. Oh, and Beer

This group is for starters in Portland who wish to create software businesses that provide them a very comfortable lifestyle while contributing to the world around them. If you are building (or considering building) Software as a Service applications that require no co-founders or any outside investment, this group is for you.

RubyNest aims to provide a safe, inviting, and supporting community to women who want to take the leap into computer programming. With a focus on programming in Ruby and creating web applications with Ruby on Rails, we hope to help you attain skills necessary for you to feel comfortable leaving the nest and joining Portland's larger software development community.

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.

This is a meetup group for anyone interested in learning about, discussing or contributing to the OpenEMR project. Please let us know if you're interested in starting or attending an OpenEMR meetup in your area!

The Apache Cassandra Project develops a highly scalable second-generation distributed database, bringing together Dynamo's fully distributed design and Bigtable's ColumnFamily-based data model. The Portland Apache Cassandra User Group is a highly awesome meetup group, bringing together cool people distributed across Portland to talk about our favorite NoSQL implementation, Apache Cassandra.

We're a casual group of Portland/Vancouver area amateur musicians who get together to jam, make music, and have a laugh. We foster a relaxed, comfortable, and supportive environment, where everybody gets a chance to participate. If you're curious as to the sorts of experience you can expect at one of our events, you can check out our Youtube channel. http://www.youtube.com/user/PortlandCasualJams . We tend to schedule one large-group meeting per month, at a venue which can hold large numbers of …

Qigong (chee-gong) is an ancient form of exercise with it’s origins in the Far East.  It is the father of both Chinese Medicine and martial arts. Qigong is a technique for gathering and circulating qi (aka, life force energy, chi, prana, ki) both within and around the body. By bringing together movement, intention, and breathing in a powerful way, Qigong builds strength and helps the body do what it wants to do - Be Healthy. Qigong has many benefits. Some of them include (excerted from Qigong Tr …

This group is open to all those interested in voluntary sustainability/frugal living, sustainable development, green building, alternative and renewable energy sources, waste reduction and recycling, carbon-friendly commuting, composting, air and water pollution issues, organic living, office efficiency, and reducing toxins from your home (such as greener cleaners). The intent of the group is to provide a grassroots approach to living green. We’re here to act as a catalyst giving you the tools y …

THIS MEETUP IS CHANGING NAMES & ORGANIZATION: IF anyone would like to recreate the old name under a new heading they are free to do so and start new memberships all over.. the old name was www.meetup.com/forextrading-65 if it is that important to someone. However, the same meetings will happen here and new ones will be suggested and multiple dates will be suggested so members can now vote on what is more convenient and discuss possible mulitiple meetups a week if necessary so more interaction c …

Movies and Meaning began in October, 2007 to bring  together people from various spiritual, religious, and philosophical perspectives.  We share a common a love of meaningful movies and discussion. The original impetus for the group was a desire to explore the spiritual themes in contemporary films.  Our goal is to foster dialogue between various faith traditions, and spiritual values that may not be religious. We welcome and enjoy deep reflections of spiritual insights whatever their source or …