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Updated 10/09/2009 -- '09 #316
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User Group events:
See below for Seminars, Shows, Learning, etc.

Fri OCT 09, 2009
QUEST for Innovation, "interactive mobile game", 1-4:30, Boston City Hall
Final Cut Pro UG, "Adobe Story and Hitchcock for iPhone/iPod Touch", 6:30-8, Boylston Street Apple Store

Sat OCT 10, 2009
Visually Impaired and Blind Users, "The WayFinder, Eye-Pal Solo", 1-4PM, MIT Bldg 5, Rm 134

Mon OCT 12, 2009
RI Defcon Group, "Graffiti Networks", 5:30, @AS220, Providence
BostonDotNet Certification Group "regular meeting" 6:30-9, Executive Briefing Center Microsoft Waltham
Seacoast Linux Users, "Moblin Linux Distribution", 7PM, @UNH Durham, Rm 301, Morse Hall
Boston MySQL User Group, "workshop on troubleshooting MySQL performance", 7PM, MIT building E51
Cambridge Enterprise Web 2.0 Meetup, 7:30, Cambridge

Tue OCT 13, 2009
Cambridge Semantic Web Meetup Group, "TBA", 6PM, Cambridge
Boston Autodesk Users Group, "Carlson 2010 Civil, Survey, Hydrology and GIS programs", 6PM, AECOM, Boston
New Hampshire Seacoast Mac Users, "Safegaurding Your Mac, demo of MacScan", 6:15, Rye (NH) Jr High
Virtualization User Group, "Thin and Free?", 6:30-9 PM, Microsoft, Waltham
BostonCHI, "Social Media", 6:30, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
Boston Rubyists, "Amazon Web Services", 7PM, 215 First Street, Cambridge
Boston Flex Users, "This Business of Flex", 7PM, One Broadway, Cambridge
Boston Post Mortem, "I Can Slack Off, My Code’s Compiling!", 7PM,  Microsoft New England R&D, Cambridge
Boston Voice Users, "General Topics", 7:30, MIT, Room 2-135

Wed OCT 14, 2009
Final Cut Pro Users, "BOSFCPUG & BAVUG JOINT Meeting", 6:30, 6:30-9 PM Rule Broadcast Systems, Boston
Boston Avid Users Group "Apple Color Workflow, EditShare FLOW", 6:30, Rule Systems, Boston
Back Bay LISA, "No meeting! -- Our speaker had to cancel"
Cambridge Python Meetup, "Designing an API for a mobile platform with AppEngine", 7PM, Betahouse, 13 Magazine St
Chelmsford Linux Meetup, "talk about the latest news and software", 7PM, Java Room, Chelmsford
Boston Macintosh User Group, "Snow Leopard under the hood", MIT Building E51
Boston Digital Arts, "Portfolio Night II: Rescheduled", 7 pm,  Wheeler's

Thu OCT 15, 2009
Information Security Group (NAISG), "Pursuit of Security Happyness",  6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Greater Boston Chapter of the ACM & IEEE Computer Society, "Growing a Compiler", 7-9 PM, MIT Room E51-315

Fri OCT 16, 2009
North Shore Web Geeks Meetup, Noon-2PM, @Not Your Average Joe's, Newburyport
SIBMUG A PC User Group "Keeping your Windows Drivers updated", 7 PM, Dover Adult Learning Center, Dover, NH

Mon OCT 19, 2009
Boston Java Meetup Group, "presentation on VM Internals", 6:30, Microsoft Office
BostonDotNet Certification Group "regular meeting" 6:30-9, Executive Briefing Center Microsoft Waltham
Mobile Monday Boston, "Carrier and OEM App Stores", 6:30 pm, The Place, Boston

Tue OCT 20, 2009
SPIN - Software Process Improvement Network, "Is Agile Any Better?", 6-8:30, MITRE Corp, Bedford

Wed OCT 21, 2009
New England Midrange Users Group, "Roundtable Discussions to Help Your Company", 6pm, Marriott, Providence
North East Digital Artists Group, "Not your average game night", 6-10,  Mt. Ida, Newton
New England ASP.NET Professionals, "An Introduction to WCF", 6:15 PM, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston Linux & Unix, topic TBD, 6:30, MIT Building E51, Room 325
So NE Network Users, "Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007", 7PM, NEIT, Warwick RI
Worcester Linux Users (WLUG), "Making Money from Free Software", 7PM, Salisbury Labs Room 104, WPI

Thu OCT 22, 2009
Nashua Scrum Club, "Manage Your Project Portfolio", 6-8:30, Harbor Homes, Nashua, NH
DataCAD Boston Users Group, "TBA", 6PM, Dunlap Associates, Hanover
Cape Cod .NET Users, "A Look at Design Patterns with .NET", 6PM, Venture Think Together, Hyannis
Boston Plone Meetup Group, "meet Plonistas and learn about Plone", 7PM, Betahouse, Cambridge
Boston Azure User Group, "our first meeting", Microsoft NERD Center, Cambridge

Fri OCT 23, 2009
Silver Lining Users, "Healthcare and the Cloud", 9AM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Mon OCT 26, 2009
Waltham Quickbooks Meetup Group, "how to get the most out of your QuickBooks software", 6PM, Waltham
BostonDotNet Certification Group "regular meeting" 6:30-9, Executive Briefing Center Microsoft Waltham

Tue OCT 27, 2009
Independent Computer Consultants Ass’n, "Managing Conflict in Consulting Relationships", 6pm, Burlington
So NH Apple Core, "Crossover: Run Windows software on a Mac without Windows", 7PM, Nashua Public Library

Wed OCT 28, 2009
IEEE Consultants Network "What is Server Virtualization, and Why Should You Care?", 6:30, Depot Sq, Lexington
Metrowest Ruby Meetup Group, 7PM, Natick

Thu OCT 29, 2009
Greater Boston Computer Measurement Group "Details coming soon", 8:30AM-4:30PM, Doubletree, Westborough
Boston JavaScript Meetup Group, "Search Engine Optimization Overview", 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Fri OCT 30, 2009
North Shore Web Geeks Meetup, Noon-2PM, @Not Your Average Joe's, Newburyport

Mon NOV 02, 2009
NE F# User Group, "Speaker: Adam Chlipala", 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
BostonDotNet Certification Group "regular meeting" 6:30-9, Executive Briefing Center Microsoft Waltham
Boston SEO & Internet Marketing, "people interested in Internet Marketing", 6:30, Robbins Library, Arlington

Tue NOV 03, 2009
Boston Drupal Meetup, 6:30, MIT Tang Center, rm E51-149

Wed NOV 04, 2009
Windows Boston, "IT in this depressed economy and Topic TBD", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham

Thu NOV 05, 2009
Beantown .NET Users, "Four Short Talks About Developer Utilities", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
NE Visual Basic Pros, "TBA", 6:15-8:30, Microsoft, Waltham

Tue NOV 10, 2009
Virtualization User Group, "Virtualization Boston Monthly Meeting", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
NE "M" Users Group, topic TBD, 6PM, Wellesley Gateway Building
BostonCHI, "Ben Shneiderman", 6:30, Special location: Bentley University's Wilder Pavilion

Wed NOV 11, 2009
Chelmsford Linux Meetup, "talk about the latest news and software", 7PM, Java Room, Chelmsford

Thu NOV 12, 2009
New England SQL User Group, "Automating Query Tuning", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston Web Design Meetup, "whatever comes up relating to to web design, or not", 7PM, Boston

Fri NOV 13, 2009
North Shore Web Geeks Meetup, Noon-2PM, @Not Your Average Joe's, Newburyport

Tue NOV 17, 2009
Independent Computer Consultants Ass’n, Details to be Announced
SPIN - Software Process Improvement "Credibility & Persuasion Skills", 6-8:30, MITRE Corp, Bedford
NH SolidWorks Users, "Presentations TBD", 5:30-9:15, Nashua Community College

Wed NOV 18, 2009
Providence Geeks, (Tentative date) topic TBD, 5:30-8:30, @AS220, Providence
DataCAD Boston Users Group, "DBUG's 22nd Anniversary", 6PM, World Trade Center, Boston
Worcester Linux Users' Group (WLUG), topic TBD, 7PM, Salisbury Labs Room 104, WPI
Boston Linux & Unix, topic TBD, 6:30, MIT Building E51, Room 325
NE Midrange Users Group, "Subject to change" (check website), Seekonk
So NE Network Users, "Exchange 2010", 7PM, NEIT, Warwick RI
Cape Cod .NET Users, "An Update on Open Cape", 6PM, Venture Think Together, Hyannis

Thu NOV 19, 2009
Gr Boston Chapter of the ACM & IEEE Computer Society "The Power of Abstraction" 7-9 PM, MIT Room 6-120

Fri NOV 27, 2009
North Shore Web Geeks Meetup, Noon-2PM, @Not Your Average Joe's, Newburyport

Tue DEC 01, 2009
Boston Drupal Meetup, 6:30, MIT Tang Center, rm E51-149

Wed DEC 02, 2009
Boston Area SAS Users, "Coders Corner", location TBD
Windows Boston, "Whats in your toolbox? - ROUND 2", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham

Thu DEC 03, 2009
Beantown .NET Users, "Bill Heys, “Branching & Merging Best Practices", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
NE Visual Basic Pros, "TBA", 6:15-8:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston Azure User Group, "speakers and topics being worked out", Microsoft NERD Center, Cambridge

Mon DEC 07, 2009
NE F# User Group, "Speaker: Talbott Crowell", 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
 Web Innovators Group, "next WebInno event", Cambridge

Tue DEC 08, 2009
Virtualization User Group, "Virtualization Boston Monthly Meeting", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
BostonCHI, "Steve Krug", 6:30, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

Wed DEC 09, 2009
Chelmsford Linux Meetup, "talk about the latest news and software", 7PM, Java Room, Chelmsford

Thu DEC 10, 2009
New England SQL User Group, "Scouting Out Execution Plans", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Greater Boston Chapter of the ACM & IEEE Computer Society "Task-specific Search" 7-9 PM, MIT Room E51-315

Tue DEC 15, 2009
SPIN - Software Process Improvement Network "Tactical Coherence", 6-8:30, MITRE Corp, Bedford

Wed DEC 16, 2009
Providence Geeks, (Tentative date) topic TBD, 5:30-8:30, @AS220, Providence
Boston Linux & Unix, topic TBD, 6:30, MIT Building E51, Room 325
So NE Network Users, "Symantec", 7PM, NEIT, Warwick RI

Thu DEC 17, 2009
Worcester Linux Users' Group (WLUG), topic TBD, 7PM, Salisbury Labs Room 104, WPI

Tue JAN 12, 2010
BostonCHI, No Regular Meeting in Januray, Seminar date & details TBA

Tue JAN 19, 2010
SPIN - Software Process Improvement, "Becoming a Technology Manager", 6-8:30, MITRE Corp, Bedford

Wed JAN 20, 2010
So NE Network Users, "SBS 2008", 7PM, NEIT, Warwick RI
New England Midrange Users Group, "Subject to Change", 6pm, Ramada Inn, Seekonk

Thu JAN 28, 2010
Boston Azure User Group, "speakers and topics being worked out", Microsoft NERD Center, Cambridge

Tue FEB 09, 2010
BostonCHI, "David Rose: Disability Access", 6:30, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

Tue FEB 16, 2010
SPIN - Software Process Improvement Network "Power of Project Patterns", 6-8:30, MITRE Corp, Bedford

Wed FEB 17, 2010
New England Midrange Users Group, "Subject to Change", 6pm, Ramada Inn, Seekonk

Tue MAR 09, 2010
BostonCHI, topic TBD, 6:30, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

Tue MAR 16, 2010
SPIN - Software Process Improvement Network "Ed Yourdon: TBA", 6-8:30, MITRE Corp, Bedford

Wed MAR 17, 2010
New England Midrange Users Group, "Subject to Change", 6pm, Ramada Inn, Seekonk

Tue APR 08, 2010
BostonCHI, "Candy Sidner: Engagement and Deixis", 6:30, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

Tue APR 20, 2010
SPIN - Software Process Improvement Network "Using Social Media", 6-8:30, MITRE Corp, Bedford

Wed APR 21, 2010
New England Midrange Users Group, "Subject to Change", 6pm, Ramada Inn, Seekonk

Tue MAY 11, 2010
BostonCHI, topic TBD, 6:30, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

Tue MAY 18, 2010
SPIN - Software Process Improvement Network "TBA", 6-8:30, MITRE Corp, Bedford

Wed MAY 19, 2010
New England Midrange Users Group, "Subject to Change", 6pm, Ramada Inn, Seekonk

Tue JUN 08, 2010
BostonCHI, topic TBD, 6:30, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

Tue JUN 15, 2010
SPIN - Software Process Improvement Network "TBA", 6-8:30, MITRE Corp, Bedford

Wed JUN 16, 2010
New England Midrange Users Group, "Subject to Change", 6pm, Ramada Inn, Seekonk



Events, Conferences, Education and Training:

Every Tuesday
Massachusetts UBUNTU Team training, 7-9 pm, South End Technology Center, Boston

OCT 12-16, 2009
SQL Server 2005/2008 Internals and Query Tuning, Microsoft, Waltham

OCT 16, 2009
North Eastern SolidWorks User Conference, Westford Regency Inn

OCT 17, 2009
New England Code Camp 12, Microsoft, Waltham

OCT 20, 2009
Innovation/Showcase on Windows 7, 12-5, Microsoft, Waltham

OCT 23, 2009
Healthcare and the Cloud, 9-11, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

OCT 28, 2009
Oracle Fall Training Day, Bentley College

NOV 14-15, 2009
GBCACM Prof. Development Seminar "The Spring Framework: Enterprise Java Framework", Harvard U, Cambridge

NOV 18, 2009
Brick Marketing, "Search Engine Optimization (SEO) & Email Marketing", Waltham


Ongoing:

MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science events open to the public

The IEEE Boston Section posts local courses at http://www.ieeeboston.org/

Qualware Instructional Services, Burlington, flexible public and corporate IT training.

Cambridge Center for Adult Education, 617 547-6789 or http://www.ccae.org

DevelopMentor Training Classes, http://www.develop.com

Future Media Concepts provides training in all areas of digital media

New Horizons Boston, Quincy, Waltham and Westborough.


Apple seminars


Microsoft New England: Local Event Calendar

Boston TechVenue Calendar

IBM Innovation Centers for Business Partners - Waltham

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