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Updated 03/21/2010 -- '10 #100
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User Group events:
See below for Seminars, Shows, Learning, etc.

Mon MAR 22, 2010
Waltham Quickbooks Meetup, "Discussions and Questions about QuickBooks", 6PM, Waltham

Tue MAR 23, 2010
RI .NET Users, "Silverlight 3 - SketchFlow", 5-8 PM, R Williams Univ, room G01, Bristol
NH SolidWorks Users, "Plastic Part Design, Interacting with Drawings", 5:15, Daniel Webster College, Nashua
DBUG (DataCAD Boston Users Group), "Lessons on: Pen Tables, o2c, 3D Resources", 6PM, Boston Society of Architects
Boston .NET Users, "Boston Geek Dinner", 6:30-8:30 pm, Boston Beer Works, 112 Canal Street
Final Cut Pro Users, "Workshop: How to Grow and Monetize an Audience", 6:30, New England Institute of Art
Boston CiviCRM Meetup, "use of CiviCRM for website, advocacy toolkit", 6:30 PM, 1 Cambridge Center
Boston PDA Developer Meeting, 7PM, MIT Room 3-133
Boston MySQL Meetup, "Just a social buy-your-own-dinner", 7PM, John Harvard's Brew Pub, Cambridge

Wed MAR 24, 2010
IT Job Seekers Greater Boston, "Java, .NET, SQL, LAMP, etc.", 6PM, Boston
NH Usability Professionals’ Association, "Moderation Skills & Focus Groups", 6PM, PixelMEDIA, Portsmouth, NH
Boston XNA Developers, "Networking", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston Scalability User Group, "another round-table discussion", 6PM, IBM Innovation Center, Waltham
Boston WebsiteSpark Group, "Real World SEO and new tool kit", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Agile Boston, "What is an Agile Coach Really", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Final Cut Pro Users, "Workflow Mixer: Shooting with RED", 6:30, New England Institute of Art, Brookline
Boston PHP Meetup, "PHP Security", 7PM
Metrowest Ruby Meetup Group, "General topic discussion", 7PM, Natick
Boston Flash Platform Users Group, "Keith Peters - Programming Art", 7:15, NE Institute of Art, Brookline

Thu MAR 25, 2010
Boston Azure Users, "Intuit Partner Platform for Azure", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Boston Cold Fusion Users, "ColdFusion Builder Tour with Adam Lehman", 6PM, Adobe Systems, Waltham
Nashua Scrum Club, "Agile Requirements Workshops", 6PM, Harbor Homes, Nashua NH
Boston Security Meetup, "First meetup + FREE PIZZA!", 6:45pm, Jobspring, Copley Square, Boston
Boston Plone Meetup Group, 7PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Boston Joomla Users, 7PM, Cyber Cafe @ Malden Square

Sat MAR 27, 2010
Boston Web Design Meetup, "Looking at the Next Open Web Platform", 9AM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Tue MAR 30, 2010
UPA Boston Chapter, "Agile UX, Yes We Can", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Cape Cod .NET Users, "Data Access Layers", 6:30, Venture Hyannis
Boston Rubyists, "Workshop: using NoSQL with Ruby", 7-9 PM, 71 Broad St, Boston

Wed MAR 31, 2010
NE SiteCore Meetup, "API Magic - Technical Audience", 6PM, Cambridge Innovation Center
Lawrence Library Tech Talk:, "'Virtual' PC Reality", 6:30 PM, Lawrence Library, Pepperell, MA

Thu APR 01, 2010
Beantown .NET Users, "What’s New with Team Foundation Server 2010", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Agile Bazaar, "Adapting Configuration Management for Agile Teams", 6PM, IBM Innovation Center, Waltham
Visual Basic Pros, "Get Started with the Windows Azure SDK", 6:15, Microsoft, Waltham
NH Sys Eng & Admin Tech (SEA-TUG), "State of the Video Conferencing Industry", 6:30, Hilton Garden, Portsmouth NH

Fri APR 02, 2010
No Shore Comp Soc computer clinic, 7PM, Peabody Municipal Light

Mon APR 05, 2010
NE F# User Group, "Visual Studio 2010 Special Event", 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Cambridge SEO Meetup, topic TBD, 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
BostonDotNet Certification Group "regular meeting", 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
NE Digital Artists Group, "Sculpting & 3D Printing/ZBrush", 7PM, Great Eastern, Salem NH

Tue APR 06, 2010
Boston Drupal Meetup, "Lightning Talks", 6:30, MIT Tang Center, room E51-149
Business Intelligence Group, "Developing SSRS Reports", 6:30-9 PM, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston Rubyists, "Hackfest at Thoughtbot", 7PM, 41 Winter St, Boston

Wed APR 07, 2010
Windows Server Users, "Astaro Update and Current Security Topics", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
OWASP Boston Chapter, "Security Innovation", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Chelmsford Linux Meetup, "talk about the latest news and software", 7PM, Java Room, Chelmsford

Thu APR 08, 2010
NE Java Users Group, "One-Hour Experiential Introduction to Agile", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
Boston Web Design Meetup, "whatever comes up relating to to web design, or not", 7PM, Boston

Mon APR 12, 2010
Boston Wikipedia Meetup, 7PM, Cambridge
Boston MySQL Meetup, 7PM, MIT Building E51
Cambridge Enterprise Web, "web apps with latest technologies", 7:30, Tavern In the Square, Cambridge

Tue APR 13, 2010
NH Adobe Users, "Google", 1:30, UNH Durham, Taylor Hall
Boston Jboss Users Group, "Java Enterprise Edition 6 & JBoss Application Server 6", 5PM, Boston University
Virtualization User Group, "Details to be determined", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
Cambridge Semantic Web, "What's in a Link, Open Data Initiative, BM for SW", 6PM, Cambridge
BostonCHI, "Engagement in Human-Robot Dialogs", 6:30, Constant Contact, Waltham
Boston.pm, "Enlightenment gui api in Perl", 7PM, MIT Room E51-376
Boston Rubyists, "Riak, a Decentralized, Internet-Scale Data Store", 7PM, 215 First St, Cambridge
Seacoast Linux Users Group (SLUG), "TBA"

Wed APR 14, 2010
NE SiteCore Meetup, "Content Rules - Technical Panel", 6PM, Cambridge Innovation Center
Boston Macintosh Users, topic TBD, 7PM, MIT Building E51
Worcester Linux Users' Group, topic TBD, 7PM, Morgan Hall, WPI
Back Bay LISA, topic TBD, 7PM, MIT E-51, Room 149

Thu APR 15, 2010
Boston Arduino Meetup, "April Meetup", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Mon APR 19, 2010
Boston DotNetNuke Users, "Design and Development aspects of DNN", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston Java Meetup Group, "check website", 6:30, Cambridge

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

Wed APR 21, 2010
NE Open Text Users, "eDocs Focus", 4 PM, Kendall Sq, Cambridge
Boston Linux & Unix, "Running Dragon NaturallySpeaking under WINE", 6:30, MIT Building E51, Room 335
So New England Network, "Dell presenting servers and storage", 7PM, NE Inst of Technology, Warwick, RI
New England Midrange Users Group, "No Meeting, Please Attend the User Conference"

Thu APR 22, 2010
Boston Azure Users, "Getting ramped up with SDK", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Cape Cod .NET Users, "What's New in Entity Framework 4", 6:30, location TBD

Tue APR 27, 2010
Mobile Monday Boston, 6:15, details TBD

Wed APR 28, 2010
NH Usability Professionals’ Association, "Persuasive Design: Getting Users to Act", 6PM, Location: TBD
JavaScript Meetup Group, "Visual Studio 2010's capabilities", 7PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Thu APR 29, 2010
Boston WebsiteSpark Group, "Efficient UX & UI Design", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
IEEE Computer Society, "The Next Net: Reality Mining for Honest Signals", 7PM, MIT room E14-633

Tue MAY 04, 2010
Boston Drupal Meetup, "Lightning Talks", 6:30 PM, MIT Tang Center, room E51-149

Wed MAY 05, 2010
Chelmsford Linux Meetup, "talk about the latest news and software", 7PM, Java Room, Chelmsford

Thu MAY 06, 2010
Beantown .NET Users, topic TBD, 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Agile Bazaar, "Agile and Architecture: Crossing the Great Divide", 6PM, IBM Innovation Center, Waltham
Visual Basic Pros, "Building a real-world application in Silverlight 4", 6:15, Microsoft, Waltham

Fri MAY 07, 2010
Boston Area SAS Users Group, "Proc FCMP, Macros, Coder's Corner", 8:15AM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Boston JMP Users, "Lean Data Analysis, JMP Connection & Queries", 8:30AM-1PM, TEL Epion, Billerica

Tue MAY 11, 2010
Boston Jboss Users Group, "Java Connector Architecture 1.6", 5-9 pm, Boston University
Boston.pm, "TBA", 7PM, MIT Room E51-376
Boston Rubyists, "Great HTTP APIs", 7PM, 215 First St, Cambridge

Wed MAY 12, 2010
BostonCHI, "Dr. Martin Wattenberg and Dr. Fernanda Viegas", 6:30, Harvard University
Boston Macintosh Users, topic TBD, 7PM, MIT Building E51
Worcester Linux Users' Group, "Topic, Speaker: TBD", 7PM, Morgan Hall, WPI

Tue MAY 18, 2010
SPIN - S/W Process Improvement Network "Agile in Safety-Critical Environments", 6PM, MITRE, Bedford

Wed MAY 19, 2010
New England Midrange Users Group, "Security Encryption (Subject to Change)", 6PM, Seekonk
Boston Linux & Unix, "no speaker yet", 6:30, MIT Building E51, Room 335

Wed MAY 26, 2010
NH Usability Professionals’ Association, "10-Minute Talks", 6-8 pm, Location: TBD

Wed JUN 02, 2010
Chelmsford Linux Meetup, "talk about the latest news and software", 7PM, Java Room, Chelmsford

Thu JUN 03, 2010
Beantown .NET Users, topic TBD, 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Tue JUN 08, 2010
Boston Jboss Users Group, "Teiid,Data Federation", 5-9 pm, Boston University
BostonCHI, topic TBD, 6:30, Location TBD

Wed JUN 09, 2010
Worcester Linux Users' Group, "Topic, Speaker: TBD", 7PM, Access Grid Room, Morgan Hall, WPI

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

Wed JUN 16, 2010
New England Midrange Users Group, "DB Web Query (Subject to Change)", 6PM, Seekonk
Boston Linux & Unix, "Secure Data Deletion Under Linux", 6:30, MIT Location to be determined

Wed JUL 07, 2010
Chelmsford Linux Meetup, "talk about the latest news and software", 7PM, Java Room, Chelmsford

Wed JUL 14, 2010
DataCAD Users (DBUG), topic TBD, 6PM, Boston Society of Architects

Wed AUG 04, 2010
Chelmsford Linux Meetup, "talk about the latest news and software", 7PM, Java Room, Chelmsford

Wed SEP 01, 2010
Chelmsford Linux Meetup, "talk about the latest news and software", 7PM, Java Room, Chelmsford

Tue SEP 14, 2010
Boston Jboss Users Group, "Testing with JBoss Application Server", 5-9 pm, Boston University

Wed SEP 15, 2010
Boston Linux & Unix, "PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party XI", 6:30, MIT Location to be determined

Tue SEP 28, 2010
DataCAD Users (DBUG), topic TBD, 6PM, Boston Society of Architects

Tue OCT 26, 2010
DataCAD Users (DBUG), topic TBD, 6PM, Boston Society of Architects

Wed NOV 17, 2010
DataCAD Users (DBUG), "BSA's Build Boston", 6PM, World Trade Center, Boston



Events, Conferences, Education and Training:

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

MAR 19-21, 2010
Free Software Foundation, "LibrePlanet 2010", Harvard University Science Center

MAR 20-21, 2010
IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces 2010, Westin Hotel, Waltham

MAR 20-24, 2010
IEEE Virtual Reality 2010, Westin Hotel, Waltham

MAR 24, 2010
TechNet Event, "Azure, Hyper-V and Windows 7 Deployment", 8 am, Microsoft, Waltham
MSDN Northeast Roadshow, "Driving Toward a New Horizon", 1-5, Microsoft, Waltham

MAR 25, 2010
Northeast Oracle Users Group, "NOUG Training Day", 8 am, Bentley University, Waltham

MAR 25-26, 2010
The Haptics Symposium, Westin Hotel, Waltham

MAR 27, 2010
Boston Web Design Meetup, "Looking at the Next Open Web Platform", 9AM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
New England Code Camp 13, "free, full day of knowledge sharing and networking", Microsoft, Waltham

MAR 29-APR 01, 2010
MySQL for Beginners course, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

APR 03, 2010
Mobile Camp Boston 3, MIT Tang Center (E51)

APR 08, 2010
BOSCON 2010, "How Risk Affects Quality", The Conference Center at Waltham Woods

APR 09, 2010
Boston Drupal, "Basic Drupal Training", 9-5, CompuWorks, Boston

APR 12-14, 2010
Northeast User Groups Conference, "You and i For The New Decade", Sheraton Framingham

APR 12-16, 2010
MySQL for Database Administrators course, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

APR 16, 2010
Boston Post Mortem, "MIT Business in Games Conference", 8-5, MIT

APR 24, 2010
NE Digital Artists Group, "3D Stimulus Day", CDIABU, Waltham

APR 28, 2010
Agile Boston Users, "Agile Boston Open Space 2010", Microsoft, Waltham

APR 29, 2010
Boston KM Forum, "Boston Knowledge Management Forum", 9-4:30, Bentley University

MAY 03-07, 2010
Professional Scrum Developer course, Burlington

MAY 07, 2010
Boston Area SAS Users Group, "SAS Macros Masking/Quoting", Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

MAY 08, 2010
Boston Azure Users Group, "Azure Firestarter Event", 8:30-6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

MAY 15-16, 2010
The Agile Bazaar, "Deep Agile 2010: Empowering Teams with Agile Games", Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

MAY 25, 2010
IT Roadmap Conference & Expo, Hynes Convention Center

JUN 01-04, 2010
MySQL Developer Techniques course, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

JUN 09, 2010
Boston Mini UPA conference, "Usability and User Experience 2010", Bentley University

JUN 11-13, 2010
New England GiveCamp, "custom solutions for non-profit organizations", Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

AUG 10-12, 2010
LinuxCon 2010, Renaissance Boston

SEP 20-23, 2010
Embedded Systems Conference, Hynes Convention Center

OCT 20, 2010
Northeast Oracle Users Group, "NOUG Training Day", 8 am, Bentley University, Waltham

NOV 01-02, 2010
Linux Kernel Summit, Hyatt Regency Cambridge

NOV 03-05, 2010
Linux Plumbers Conference 2010, Hyatt Regency Cambridge

Ongoing:

Various Course Offerings, South End Technology Center, Boston

MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science events open to the public

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

South End Technology Center @ Tent City Course list

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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