Presentations and discussion of innovations and applications with Lucene & Solr, the Apache Open Source Search Engine/Platform

Meet nearby database professionals Users for conversation and fun!  We discuss any database related topics. We focus on different DBMSs compare and contrast. We deep dive into databae topics. We present case studies that may interest you, and you may copy and paste in your work place. Come to a local DB solutions  Meetup to talk about the world's most popular open source databases, get great tips and share new ideas. All levels of experience welcome! This group is good for you if you are: (a) A …

Local communities across the world organize Joomla!Day events to meet, share and learn with others from the Joomla! Community. the Northern Virginia Joomla! Users Group's events are open to anyone, regardless of their current level of knowledge, experience, or expertise. In October, 2010, we held a very successful JoomlaDayDC. We hope to do so again, but unfortunately were all too busy doing Joomla! projects to put one on in October 2011. Come out, learn, and share!

Intel Analytics DC is a group led by the HumanGeo team to foster learning and sharing of Big Data analysis and geospatial techniques to further the state of the art for intelligence applications. This group is founded on a principle of open sharing of interesting ideas related to: highly scalable 'Big Data' architectures data-centric programming tricks and techniques emerging tools and analysis paradigms Join us now to stay up-to-date with interactive talks from some of the most innovative, i …

Welcome to the Washington DC Continuous Integration, Delivery and Deployment User Group. This meetup is dedicated to sharing tools and techniques for delivering software repeatably and reliably to production. If you are interested in learning about automating day to day tasks, writing build scripts, build tools, continuous integration servers, continuous deployment, DevOps, Puppet or Chef, test automation, deployment pipelines, database provisioning, and much much more, then this is the group fo …

Visit us at http://www.novapython.org/ The Northern Virginia Python Users Group gets together on the third Thursday of the month at the VMWare location just off the Dulles Toll Road. We talk about beginning topics as well as more advanced applications of the language.

The Google Technology and Developer Group (GDG-DC) is a developer group designed to discuss, discover and distribute Google technologies. This will cover Washington DC Capital Suburban area including Northern Virginia and Maryland. GDG-DC meets on as often as we could find good topic, location, sponsor and interested techies! Please visit our website and join our groups to participate and register in Meetup to attend. Oh.. don't forget to follow us on  Twitter Check out http://developer.google.c …

Welcome to Riak DC. A meetup group in the Washington DC metro area for people to talk Riak, application development, NoSQL, Big Data, and all things distributed.

It is time to bring an active MySQL meetup group back to the DC area. New and seasoned users are welcome for discussion, networking and the opportunity to learn from the DC area's MySQL experts. Please follow us on @NOVA_MySQL

Meet others who love programming in Erlang, share information, and swap Erlang war stories. If you are excited about Erlang and want to meet other like-minded folks, or if you just want to see Erlang become more popular as a language, then join this group.

The group is for AWS users group to provide a forum for users to share experiences, best practices, and lessons learned from using AWS. There will be a special focus on using AWS to support the Federal Government.

BTI360's Software Craftsmanship Series is an internal company event that focuses on taking your software engineering skills to the next level. This is done through discussing and diving deep into what constitutes clean code, what coding principles are often disregarded, and how to affect better coding practices on your team.

The Federal Big Data Meetup group is a community dedicated to promoting the technologies, practices and innovations needed for Federal Government agencies to get maximum value from massive amounts of data. With over 2.5 trillion bytes of data accumulating around the world every day, the Federal Government is at the epicenter of the Big Data revolution. Through an exchange of BIG ideas, education and fresh thinking from Government employees, contractors and technologists, Federal Big Data aims to …

Love WordPress and live in the DC Metro Area? You’re not alone! WordPress has been taking over the DMV region with an incredible force. We have created local WordPress Responsive Design group where the MeetUps can be held in Alexandria, Fairfax and DC. Join our group and meet other fun and cool WordPress Designers as Developers! The group is a great way for local WP Gurus to stay in touch, share what they’re up to and learn from other like-minded people. Want to start on something new, but h …

The GIST initiative builds entrepreneurial ecosystems in 44 countries across the Middle East, Turkey, Asia and Africa by identifying, coaching, and funding the most promising technology entrepreneurs through its flagship competitions, start-up acceleration services, online social media platform and interactive mentorship programs. GIST forges partnerships, locally and globally, among technology entrepreneurs, angel investors, mentors and experts, to foster human progress and prosperity.

This group explores Domain Specific Languages (DSLs). If you are interested in designing, developing, or using DSLs, come hang out!

The ultimate freedom is to have a completely clear and free mind. The human mind is always changing and is always trying to add more desirable experiences. There is no end to this addition. The way to find peace and clarity is to know the real world, the True world, by subtracting the past that has been recorded and stored within the body and mind as pictures. There is nothing more valuable than one's mind. It shapes the entire world that one knows. Through subtracting in Maum Meditation the Un …

The ultimate freedom is to have a completely clear and free mind. The human mind is always changing and is always trying to add more desirable experiences. There is no end to this addition. The way to find peace and clarity is to know the real world, the True world, by subtracting the past that has been recorded and stored within the body and mind as pictures. There is nothing more valuable than one's mind. It shapes the entire world that one knows. Through subtracting in Maum Meditation the Uni …

We are a fun group for all levels of ukulele experience.  Our regular monthly club schedule has something for everyone: 2nd Sunday Beginner Chords and Strums 2:15pm followed by Beginner Group Lesson 3-5pm 4th Sunday Beginner Chords and Strums 2:15pm followed by Ukulele Jam 3-5pm and Ukulele Open Mic 6-8pm Navigation (click the link next to the text): A) About ( click here) B) Membership Rules ( click here) C) Local Ukulele Workshops/Concerts/Events ( click here) ============================== …

“O Holy Vibration, Boom on the shores of my consciousness.  Break the limiting boundary of my consciousness in the body.  Reverberate through my body, mind, soul, my surroundings, the cities, the earth, the planets, the universe, and every particle of creation.  Unite my consciousness with cosmic consciousness." Parahamansa Yogananda Welcome to your Higher Vibration World! Every year, a plethora of new methods and techniques to cleanse, purge, detoxify and infuse ourselves with vitality and a n …

Welcome! We are a supportive and relaxed group of people who meet to meditate and affirm each others efforts to work on ourselves.  An energy can appear in a group that is working sincerely that assists one's aim. The group can be useful for those who wish to learn to relax, meditate, meet like minded seekers and explore an introduction to this system of inner work. In the group we begin with relaxing the body, mind and the emotions, with listening and with sensing our presence.  From a newly re …

Welcome!  Through Christian discussions and socials, our goal is to help each other --DISCOVER God's awesome plan for our lives. The primary way to do this is to study the Scriptures and learn about Jesus.  "Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path";  "I am the light of the world; he who follows Me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life" (Ps. 119:105; John 8:12). --DEEPEN our faith. Belief in the reality of Jesus and his teachings dramatically impacts our l …