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Updated 05/06/2010 -- '10 #150
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User Group events:
See below for Seminars, Shows, Learning, etc.

Thu MAY 06, 2010
Beantown .NET/Boston .NET Users, "What’s new in Visual Studio 2010", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Agile Bazaar, "Agile and Architecture: Crossing the Great Divide", 6PM, IBM Innovation Center, Waltham
Merrimack Valley Section ASQ, "Four Case Risk Management Analysis", 6PM, Jackson's, Methuen
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
No Shore Comp Soc computer clinic, 7PM, Peabody Municipal Light

Sat MAY 08, 2010
Visually Impaired & Blind Users, "VIBUG survey, Dropbox, Research It, JTools", 1-4PM, MIT Building 5, room 134

Mon MAY 10, 2010
Boston Wikipedia Meetup, "Eating, drinking, and Wikipedia gossip", 7PM, Cambridge
Boston MySQL Meetup, 7PM, MIT Building E51
Cambridge Enterprise Web 2.0 Meetup, 7:30, Tavern In the Square, Cambridge

Tue MAY 11, 2010
Boston Jboss Users Group, "Java Connector Architecture 1.6", 5PM, Boston University
Gr Boston Autodesk Users, "Todd Rathier - General Design Specialist", 6PM, AECOM, Boston
Virtualization User Group, "topic TBD", 6PM, IBM, Waltham
Cambridge Semantic Web, "Querying OWL with SPARQL & OWL as a Data Validation Language", 6PM, Cambridge
Salem Build Guild informal get-together, 6:30, Murphy's, Salem
Boston.pm, "Disk clear with Perl and hardware", 7PM, MIT Room E51-376
Boston Rubyists, "Great HTTP APIs", 7PM, 215 First St, Cambridge
Boston Flex Users, "Building Service Clients with Flex 4", 7PM, inTouch Technology, Cambridge
Boston PDA User Meeting, 7PM, MIT Room 3-133

Wed MAY 12, 2010
Providence Geeks, "topic tbd", 5:30-8:30pm, AS220, Providence
Software Quality Group of NE, "A day in the life of a tester at Microsoft", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
Boston Area SharePoint Users Group (BASPUG), "topic tbd", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
BostonCHI, "Social Data Visualization", 6:30, Harvard, Maxwell Dworkin bldg
Boston Avid Users, "Media Composer V5 Sneak Peak", 6:30, Brighton Landing
Boston Macintosh Users, "MacSpeech", 7PM, MIT Building E51
Back Bay LISA, "Using IPv6", 7PM, MIT Building E51, Room 149
Worcester Linux Users' Group, "Topic, Speaker: TBD", 7PM, Morgan Hall, WPI

Thu MAY 13, 2010
NE Java Users Group, "From the ESB to REST and Clouds an Open Source", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
Boston Arduino Meetup, "May Meetup", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
NE SQL Server Users Group, "Bad SQL - Geoff Hiten", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston Web Design Meetup, "whatever comes up relating to to web design, or not", 7PM, Boston

Mon MAY 17, 2010
Boston Java Meetup, 6:30 PM, Cambridge

Tue MAY 18, 2010
NH SolidWorks Users, topic TBD, 5:15, Daniel Webster College, Nashua
UPA Boston Chapter, "How to conduct online user experience studies", 6PM, Fidelity, 245 Summer St, Boston
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
NH .NET Users, "Inversion of Control and Aspect Oriented Programming", 6PM, Daniel Webster College, Nashua
NE ASP .NET Pros, "CSS for Developers", 6:15, Microsoft, Waltham
NE Digital Media Users, "XNA Application Development for Zune Xbox and Windows Mobile", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
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

Thu MAY 20, 2010
Boston AITP $, topic TBD, 5:30, Phillip's Old Colony House, Dorchester $
Boston WebsiteSpark Group, "Developing iPhone Web Apps with ASP.NET", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Natl Info Security Group, topic TBD, 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham

Fri MAY 21, 2010
Data Mgmt Intl, "The Convergence of SOA and Business Intelligence", 9AM, Liberty Mutual, Weston

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

Mon MAY 24, 2010
Quickbooks Monthly Meetup, "QuickBooks versions and issues", 6PM, Siegel & Assoc, Lexington
Cambridge SEO Meetup, topic TBD, 6:30, Robbins Library, Arlington

Tue MAY 25, 2010
Boston PDA Developer Meeting, 7PM, MIT Room 3-133

Wed MAY 26, 2010
Boston XNA Developers, "Avatars Redux", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
NH Usability Professionals’ Association, "10-Minute Talks", 6PM, Location: TBD
IT Job Seekers Greater Boston, "Java, .NET, SQL, LAMP, etc.", 6PM, Boston
iPhone Developers Roundtable, "Skyhook Wireless & Local Faves", 6PM
Final Cut Pro Users workflow mixer, 6PM, details TBA
Metrowest Ruby Meetup Group, "General topic discussion", 7PM, Natick

Thu MAY 27, 2010
Boston Security Meetup, "Mass data security law, 201 CMR 17.00", 6:30, Jobspring, Boston
Boston Plone Meetup, 7PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

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
Providence Geeks, "topic tbd", 5:30-8:30pm, AS220, Providence
Software Quality Group of NE, "Choosing What To Automate", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
Boston Macintosh Users, topic TBD, 7PM, MIT Building E51
Worcester Linux Users' Group, "Topic, Speaker: TBD", 7PM, Access Grid Room, Morgan Hall, WPI

Thu JUN 10, 2010
NE SQL Server Users Group, "ETL Patterns - More info coming soon", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham

Mon JUN 14, 2010
Web Innovators Group, "TBD", 6:30, Cambridge Royal Sonesta
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
NE Open Text Users, "eDocs Focus", 4PM, Kendall Sq, Cambridge
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
Boston PHP Meetup, "Agile/SCRUM Workshop", 7PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
So New England Network, "Moving to Exchange 2010", 7PM, NE Inst of Technology, Warwick, RI

Thu JUN 17, 2010
Boston Arduino Meetup, "June Meetup", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Mon JUN 21, 2010
Boston Java Meetup, 6:30 PM, Cambridge

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

Thu JUN 24, 2010
Boston Plone Meetup, 7PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Mon JUN 28, 2010
Quickbooks Monthly Meetup, "QuickBooks versions and issues", 6PM, Siegel & Assoc, Lexington

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

Mon JUL 19, 2010
Boston Java Meetup, 6:30 PM, Cambridge

Mon JUL 26, 2010
Quickbooks Monthly Meetup, "QuickBooks versions and issues", 6PM, Siegel & Assoc, Lexington

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

Mon AUG 16, 2010
Boston Java Meetup, 6:30 PM, Cambridge

Mon AUG 23, 2010
Quickbooks Monthly Meetup, "QuickBooks versions and issues", 6PM, Siegel & Assoc, Lexington

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

Mon SEP 27, 2010
Quickbooks Monthly Meetup, "QuickBooks versions and issues", 6PM, Siegel & Assoc, Lexington

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

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 20, 2010
Boston ASQ Section Workshop, "Understanding and Achieving Environmental Compliance", Doubletree, Waltham
Boston KM Forum, "Taking Twitter to the Next Level", 4-6PM, Microsoft, Waltham

MAY 22, 2010
New England Business Intelligence Code Camp, Microsoft, WalthamNH Drupal, DrupalCamp NH 2010, Southern New Hampshire Univ, Manchester

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 05, 2010
Code Camp 2 New Hampshire, New Hampshire Technical Institute, Concord
Boston Joomla Users, "Joomla Day New England", 9 AM-5 PM,  Marlboro, VT

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

JUN 19-20, 2010
Boston Design for Drupal Camp, MIT Stata Center

JUN 22-25, 2010
USENIX Federated Conferences Week, Sheraton Boston

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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