This is a group of R enthusiasts living in the Greater Houston area. R is an open source statistical platform used in a wide range of academic, hobbyist, and professional applications. This group exists to promote R's use in the Houston area, as well as to provide a forum to exchange tips, tricks, ideas, and code. People of all experience levels with R, from novice to expert are welcome. We have members who are just starting out with R as well as several that have contributed packages and c …

If you are looking for co-founders or want to join super-early-stage startups, this is the group to be in. Our goal is to organize face-to-face meetings.

TED* enthusiasts of all ages are welcome to meet, talk, think and explore. Bringing creative minds together to challenge and inspire Houston. *Houston Shakers (TED talks) is not affiliated and is independent of TED. We are merely lovers of the intellectual progressiveness that the TED talks provide.

Check it out! This Meetup is now dedicated to web technologies. For those of you interested in design and usability take a look at our sister Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/webgraphicdesign/. All experience levels are welcome, and we always provide information in a way that novices and experts alike leave with something (or someone :) positive. Don't believe me? Just ask our members. Here we will be looking at all technologies equally (somewhat weighted toward popularity.) In particular, we wil …

The Houston Open Development User Group is about all things programming. If it's got source code, we want to know about it. We cover everything from Ruby to Javascript to Python to mobile development. The topics are partially driven by the attendees and what we as a group want to learn more about. If you're a programmer, we want you in our audience. If you have a topic you'd like to see us cover, please recommend a topic via our UserVoice page.