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Updated 04/02/2010 -- '10 #116
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User Group events:
See below for Seminars, Shows, Learning, etc.

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
Cent NH Linux Users, "Vim the text editor", 7PM, NHTI Library Room 146, Concord NH

Tue APR 06, 2010
Boston Network Users, "Microsoft’s OCS app for Unified Communications", 6:30, Presidio, Woburn
Boston Drupal Meetup, "Lightning Talks", 6:30, MIT Tang Center, room E51-149
Business Intelligence Group, "Developing SSRS Reports", 6:30, 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
Boston PHP Meetup, "jQuery to enhance your apps", 7PM, MIT Green Building (Building 54)

Thu APR 08, 2010
Providence Web Design Meetup, "lunch-hour meeting", 12 noon, Providence
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

Fri APR 09, 2010
Boston Flash Platform User Group, "BFPUG Lunch", 11:30-1:30, Wagamama Prudential, Boston

Mon APR 12, 2010
SYSTEM@TIC & Hubtech21, "How Secure is the Cloud?", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Boston Area SharePoint Users Group (BASPUG), "topic tbd", 6-8 pm, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Boston Wikipedia Meetup, "Eating, drinking, and Wikipedia gossip", 7PM, Cambridge
Cambridge Enterprise Web, "web apps with latest technologies", 7:30, Tavern In the Square, Cambridge
Boston MySQL Meetup, Moved to April 19th

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
NH Seacoast Mac Users, "Top Mac Tips & Tricks", 6:15, Rye Jr High
Seacoast SQL Server Users Group, "Understanding Execution Plans", 6:30, Great Bay Comm Coll, Portsmouth, NH
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
Boston Flex Users, topic TBD, 7PM, Adobe, Waltham
Boston PDA User Meeting, 7PM, MIT Room 3-133

Wed APR 14, 2010
NE SiteCore Meetup, "Content Rules - Technical Panel", 6PM, Cambridge Innovation Center
Boston .NET Users, "Building Secure Applications - Avoiding Top 25 Errors", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
Software Quality Group of NE, "Rightsizing Your Project in a Down Economy", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
Boston Macintosh Users, topic TBD, 7PM, MIT Building E51
Worcester Linux Users' Group, topic TBD, 7PM, Morgan Hall, WPI
Back Bay LISA, "Building 16 systems in 16 minutes with xCAT", 7PM, MIT E-51, Room 149

Thu APR 15, 2010
Boston Arduino Meetup, "April Meetup", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Boston Drupal Group, "Dries: topic tbd", 6PM, Harvard Univ

Fri APR 16, 2010
Seacoast IBM (SIBMUG), topic TBD, 7PM, Adult Learning Ctr, Dover NH

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
Boston MySQL Meetup, 7PM, MIT Building E51

Tue APR 20, 2010
SPIN - Software Process Improvement Network, "Using Social Media", 6PM, MITRE Corp, Bedford
Refresh Boston, "Development for the New Mobile Web", 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Wed APR 21, 2010
NE Open Text Users, "eDocs Focus", 4 PM, Kendall Sq, Cambridge
NH Usability Professionals’ Assn, "Persuasive Design: Getting Users to Act", 6PM, check website for location
Boston Linux & Unix, "Running Dragon NaturallySpeaking under WINE", 6:30, MIT Building E51, Room 335
Boston Joomla Users, 7PM, Cyber Cafe @ Malden Square
So New England Network, "Dell presenting servers and storage", 7PM, NE Inst of Technology, Warwick, RI
Cambridge Python Meetup, "Discrete Event Simulations Made Easy", 7PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
New England Midrange Users Group, "No Meeting, Please Attend the User Conference"

Thu APR 22, 2010
Boston Arduino Users Group, "topic tbd", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Cape Cod .NET Users, "What's New in Entity Framework 4", 6:30, location TBD
Boston Plone Meetup, 7PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Mon APR 26, 2010
Waltham Quickbooks Meetup, "Discussions and Questions about QuickBooks", 6PM, Waltham

Tue APR 27, 2010
Mobile Monday Boston, 6:15, details TBD
Boston PDA Developer Meeting, 7PM, MIT Room 3-133

Wed APR 28, 2010
NH Usability Professionals’ Association, "Persuasive Design: Getting Users to Act", 6PM, Location: TBD
IT Job Seekers Greater Boston, "Java, .NET, SQL, LAMP, etc.", 6PM, Boston
JavaScript Meetup Group, "Visual Studio 2010's capabilities", 7PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Metrowest Ruby Meetup Group, "General topic discussion", 7PM, Natick
Boston Flash Platform UG, "prepare to launch new Flash 10.1 based SDK", 7:15, litl HQ (aka Aquent), Boston

Thu APR 29, 2010
Boston WebsiteSpark Group, "Efficient UX & UI Design", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Boston Azure Users, "hands on- Windows Azure SDK Walkthrough", 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
Boston BizSpark Meetup, "Demo of Balsamiq, SnagIt, MockupsToGo, Napkee", 7 PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

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

Mon MAY 10, 2010
Boston MySQL Meetup, 7PM, MIT Building E51

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
Software Quality Group of NE, "A day in the life of a tester at Microsoft", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
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

Thu MAY 13, 2010
Boston Web Design Meetup, "whatever comes up relating to to web design, or not", 7PM, Boston

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, "Open Source and Astaro's Business", 6:30, MIT Building E51, Room 335
So New England Network, "New Windows phone OS", 7PM, NE Inst of Technology, Warwick, RI

Sat MAY 22, 2010
Boston Linux & Unix, "Linux InstallFest XXXVII", 9-5, MIT Building E51, Room 061

Wed MAY 26, 2010
NH Usability Professionals’ Association, "10-Minute Talks", 6-8 pm, Location: TBD
Metrowest Ruby Meetup Group, "General topic discussion", 7PM, Natick

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
Software Quality Group of NE, "Choosing What To Automate", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
Worcester Linux Users' Group, "Topic, Speaker: TBD", 7PM, Access Grid Room, Morgan Hall, WPI

Mon JUN 14, 2010
Boston MySQL Meetup, 7PM, MIT Building E51

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
So New England Network, "Moving to Exchange 2010", 7PM, NE Inst of Technology, Warwick, RI

Wed JUN 23, 2010
Metrowest Ruby Meetup Group, "General topic discussion", 7PM, Natick

Wed JUN 30, 2010
NH Usability Professionals’ Assn "Politics of Usability - Practice on Zero Budget", 6 pm, Loc: TBD

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

Mon JUL 12, 2010
Boston MySQL Meetup, 7PM, MIT Building E51

Wed JUL 14, 2010
Software Quality Group of NE, "Annual Hot Topics Night", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
DataCAD Users (DBUG), topic TBD, 6PM, Boston Society of Architects

Wed JUL 28, 2010
Metrowest Ruby Meetup Group, "General topic discussion", 7PM, Natick

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

Wed AUG 25, 2010
Metrowest Ruby Meetup Group, "General topic discussion", 7PM, Natick

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

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

APR 07, 2010
On the Road with Bing Maps, "Bring Location-Based Data to Life", Microsoft, Waltham

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
Architectural Response Workshop, "LIVE digital design & fabrication", Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

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 & Microsoft NERD
Windows Server Users, "Windows 7 Deployment Hands On Lab", 8-4, Microsoft, Waltham

APR 17-18, 2010
BarCamp Boston 5, "an unConference, organized on the fly", MIT Stata Center

APR 22, 2010
OpsCamp Boston, "technologies and strategies for IT Operations", 3-9, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

APR 23-25, 2010
QuahogCon Hacker Culture Conference, Hotel Providence, Providence RI

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 24, 2010
Boston Drupal, " Drupaltherapy training workshop", 6:30, 9-5, CompuWorks, Boston

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

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

JUN 04-06, 2010
Startup Weekend Boston, "learning, meeting new people, sharpening your skills", Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

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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