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Updated 10/12/2010 -- '10 #312
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User Group events:
See below for Seminars, Shows, Learning, etc.

Wed OCT 13, 2010
Software Quality Group of NE, "CMM vs. Agile", 6PM, Oracle-Sun, Burlington
Southern NE SQL Server, "DMVs as a Shortcut to Procedure Tuning", 6PM, NE Inst of Tech, Warwick RI
NH Joomla Users, 6PM, check website
Back Bay LISA, "Using MySQLtuner 2.0 to monitor and improve mysql performance", 7PM, MIT E-51, Room 372
Boston PHP Meetup, "Learn CSS", 7PM, Bocoup Loft, South Boston
Worcester Linux Users, "Open Forum", 7PM, Morgan Hall, WPI
Boston Post Mortem, "gameplay analytics: Facebook metrics and approach at Blue Fang on Zoo Kingdom", 7 pm, Boston

Thu OCT 14, 2010
Providence Web Development Lunch Hour Meetup, "freeform discussion of all things web", noon, Providence
NE Java Users, "The Enterprise Integration Cloud", 6PM, Oracle, Burlington
NE SQL Server Users, "Brent Ozar - Virtualizing SQL Server", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
XTC-Boston, topic TBD, 6:30, Cambridge Brewing Company
Boston Web Design Meetup, "whatever comes up relating to to web design, or not", 7PM, Boston
Boston CocoaHeads, "Cocoa Framework for programming on MacOS X (incl iPhone", 7PM, MIT Building E51/Room 376
Boston Plone Meetup, "Oct Meetup", 7PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Mon OCT 18, 2010
NE Silverlight Guild, "Silverlight as a Transmedia Platform (kick off meeting)", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Boston .NET Certification Group, "We're covering state management (Chapter 4)", 6:30 PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Boston Java Meetup, "Revisiting Dependency Injection with Guice", 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Mobile Monday Boston, "Mobile Enterprise", 6:30, check website
Boston DotNetNuke Users, "walkthrough on DotNetNuke Professional v5.5", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston .NET Certification Group, "We're covering state management (Chapter 4)", 6:30 PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Boston Android, "Hackfest @ Thoughtbot", 7PM, 41 Winter St, Boston
NH Ruby User Group, "open forum and hacking session", 7PM, NH-ICC, Portsmouth NH

Tue OCT 19, 2010
Hacks/Hackers Boston Meetup, "Knight News Challenge", 6PM, Nieman Journalism Lab, Cambridge
Boston SPIN, "Agile Program Management: Another Approach to Large Projects", 6PM, MITRE, Bedford
UPA New Hampshire Chapter, "Sun Tzu and the Art of UX Influence", Chester College, Chester NH

Wed OCT 20, 2010
NH Joomla Users, 6PM, details TBD
Boston Cold Fusion Users, "Mark Phillips on Project Management", 6PM, location TBD
Boston BizSpark Meetup Group, "Financial Projections for Pitch Decks", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Boston .NET Architecture Study Group, "topic tbd", 6 PM, Microsoft, Waltham
NE ASP.NET Professionals, "Chris Bowen on 'WebMatrix'", 6:15, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston Linux & Unix, "Hardware Hacking: Atomic Clock Building", 6:30, MIT Building E51, Room 325
GBC/ACM & IEEE, "Interpreting the non-coding human genome", 7PM, MIT Broad Inst
Boston Python Meetup, "Processing.py, inside and out", 7PM, Google, Cambridge
So New England Network, "SQL best practices: backups, maintenance, etc.", 7PM, NEIT, Warwick, RI
Boston Web Performance Group, "Meet for SPEED", 7 PM, Prudential Center, Boston

Thu OCT 21, 2010
SEMPO Boston, "Keeping Up with Google Search", 7:45AM, Google, Cambridge
GR Boston AITP $, "Networking meeting", 5:30, Phillip's Old Colony House, Dorchester $
Boston Azure Users, "Silverlight and Windows Azure", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Boston WebsiteSpark Group, "Developing iPhone Web Applications with ASP.NET", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Boston Arduino Meetup Group, 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
NAISG Boston Chapter, topic TBD, 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston Sharepoint Users, "Panel on SharePoint 2010", 7PM, Hyatt Regency, Cambridge
ASQ Boston Section $, "ISO 26000: How the ASQ and ISO are Promoting Sustainability", 7PM, $

Mon OCT 25, 2010
Quickbooks Monthly Meetup, "QuickBooks versions and issues", 6PM, Siegel & Assoc, Lexington

Tue OCT 26, 2010
DataCAD Users (DBUG), topic TBD, 6PM, Boston Society of Architects
Boston PDA Developer Meeting, 7PM, MIT Room 3-133
NH Java Users, "Mark Richards - Antipatterns", 7PM, NH-ICC, Portsmouth NH

Wed OCT 27, 2010
IT Job Seekers Greater Boston, "Java, .NET, SQL, LAMP, etc.", 6PM, Boston
Agile Boston, topic TBD, 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Metrowest Ruby Meetup Group, "General topic discussion", 7PM, Natick
Boston Joomla Users, topic TBD, 7PM, Cyber Cafe, Malden

Thu OCT 28, 2010
Gr Boston Computer Measurement Group, "See Website", 8:30AM-4:30PM, BMC Software, Waltham
Django Boston Meetup, 6PM, Venture Café, Cambridge
Lean Startup Circle - Boston, "TBA", 6:30 PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Mon NOV 01, 2010
Boston Java Meetup, "Details to follow", 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
NE F# User Group, "Habits of Successful Software Developers", 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Boston / Cambridge SEO Internet Marketing Meetup, 6:30, Robbins Library, Arlington

Tue NOV 02, 2010
Boston Linux & Unix, "ARM twisting with TI's OMAP, Linux, and the Pandaboard", 7-9, MIT Location TBD

Wed NOV 03, 2010
Boston SharePoint Meetup, 6PM, Barnes and Noble, Burlington
Chelmsford Linux Meetup, "talk about the latest news and software", 7PM, Java Room, Chelmsford
iPhone App Developers Meetup, 7PM, Upper Crust, Waltham
UX Book Club, "Gamestorming: Playbook for Innovators, Rulebreakers, and Changemakers", 7 pm, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Thu NOV 04, 2010
Beantown .NET Users, "Andy Novick, SQL Server Partitioning & Data Management", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Agile Bazaar, "Free Agile 101 Courses", 6:15-6:45, IBM Innovation Center, Waltham
New England Visual Basic Professionals, "TBA", 6:15, Microsoft, Waltham
Agile Bazaar, "Scaling Scrum: Applying the Agile Scaling Model (ASM)", 6:45-9 PM, IBM Innovation Center, Waltham
Boston Final Cut Pro Users, "Workflow Mixer", 6:30, WGBH Yawkey Theatre, 1 Guest St
Cambridge Enterprise Web 2.0 Meetup, 7:30, Tavern In the Square, Cambridge

Mon NOV 08, 2010
Boston Wikipedia Meetup, "Eating, drinking, and Wikipedia gossip", 7PM, Cambridge
Boston MySQL Meetup, "TBA", 7PM, MIT Building E51

Tue NOV 09, 2010
Boston Area SAS Users Group, "Expanding Your Toolkit for Data Management", 8:15AM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
NE M Users, topic TBD, 6PM, Wellesley Gateway Building
Boston JBoss Users, "Going Above and Beyond with RichFaces", 6PM, Boston University
Virtualization User Group, "Monthly Meeting - TBA", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
BostonCHI, "Details to be announced", 6:30

Wed NOV 10, 2010
Software Quality Group, "Software Quality 2010: A Survey of the State of the Art", 6PM, Oracle-Sun, Burlington

Thu NOV 11, 2010
Providence Web Development Lunch Hour Meetup, "freeform discussion of all things web", noon, Providence
Boston Area SolidWorks UG, "Agenda TBA", 5:30, Symmons, Braintree
NE Java Users, "JVM Internals: Garbage Collection and VM Optimizations", 6PM, Location TBA
NE SQL Server Users, "Baselining, Benchmarking, and Assorted Goodness", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston Web Design Meetup, "whatever comes up relating to to web design, or not", 7PM, Boston
Boston Post Mortem, "game audio guru George “Fat Man” Sanger", 7 pm, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Sat NOV 13, 2010
RI Linux Users, topic TBD, 11AM-2PM, New England Tech, Warwick RI
Visually Impaired & Blind Users, "Further details will be announced ....", 1-4PM, MIT Building 5, room 134

Mon NOV 15, 2010
Boston DotNetNuke Users, "TBA", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham

Tue NOV 16, 2010
NH SolidWorks Users, topic TBD, 5:15, Daniel Webster College, Nashua NH
Cambridge Semantic Web Meetup, 6PM, Hynes Convention Center

Wed NOV 17, 2010
Boston Linux & Unix, "Google's Android Phone OS", 6:30, MIT Building E51, Room 325
So New England Network, "Visualizing Your Network w Visio 2010", 7PM, NE Inst of Technology, Warwick, RI
Boston PHP Meetup, "Usability with Steve Krug", 7PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Thu NOV 18, 2010
DataCAD Users (DBUG), "BSA's Build Boston (DBUG's 23rd Anniversary)", 6PM, World Trade Center, Boston

Sat NOV 20, 2010
Boston Linux & Unix, "Linux InstallFest XXXVIII", 9AM-5PM, MIT Building E51, Room 061

Wed NOV 24, 2010
IT Job Seekers Greater Boston, "Java, .NET, SQL, LAMP, etc.", 6PM, Boston
Agile Boston, topic TBD, 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Metrowest Ruby Meetup Group, "General topic discussion", 7PM, Natick

Wed DEC 01, 2010
Boston SharePoint Meetup, 6PM, Barnes and Noble, Burlington
Chelmsford Linux Meetup, "talk about the latest news and software", 7PM, Java Room, Chelmsford
iPhone App Developers Meetup, 7PM, Upper Crust, Waltham

Thu DEC 02, 2010
Beantown .NET Users, "TBA", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Agile Bazaar, "Free Agile 101 Courses", 6:15-6:45, IBM Innovation Center, Waltham
New England Visual Basic Professionals, "Windows Phone 7 Development", 6:15, Microsoft, Waltham
Agile Bazaar, "Topic TBA", 6:45 PM, IBM Innovation Center, Waltham

Tue DEC 07, 2010
Boston JBoss Users, "Lighting talks 2010", 6PM, Boston University

Wed DEC 08, 2010
Software Quality Group of NE, "Career Paths for Software QA Staff", 6PM, Oracle-Sun, Burlington
Back Bay LISA, "Usenix LISA 201 conference recap", 7PM, MIT E-51, Room 149

Thu DEC 09, 2010
Providence Web Development Lunch Hour Meetup, "freeform discussion of all things web", noon, Providence
NE SQL Server Users, "Tool Time", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston Web Design Meetup, "whatever comes up relating to to web design, or not", 7PM, Boston

Sat DEC 11, 2010
RI Linux Users, topic TBD, 11AM-2PM, New England Tech, Warwick RI

Mon DEC 13, 2010
Boston Wikipedia Meetup, "Eating, drinking, and Wikipedia gossip", 7PM, Cambridge
Boston MySQL Meetup, "TBA", 7PM, MIT Building E51
Cambridge Enterprise Web 2.0 Meetup, 7:30, Tavern In the Square, Cambridge

Tue DEC 14, 2010
Virtualization User Group, "Monthly Meeting - TBA", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
BostonCHI, "Speaker to be announced", 6:30, IBM, Cambridge

Wed DEC 15, 2010
Boston Linux & Unix, "Virtualization with OpenVZ", 6:30, MIT Building E51, Room 325
So New England Network, "Malware, Fake AV, and other threats", 7PM, NE Inst of Technology, Warwick, RI
Boston PHP Meetup, "Learn Google Analytics", 7PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Mon DEC 20, 2010
Boston DotNetNuke Users, "TBA", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham

Thu JAN 06, 2011
Beantown .NET Users, "TBA", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Mon JAN 10, 2011
Boston MySQL Meetup, "TBA", 7PM, MIT Building E51
Boston Wikipedia Meetup, "Eating, drinking, and Wikipedia gossip", 7PM, Cambridge
Cambridge Enterprise Web 2.0 Meetup, 7:30, Tavern In the Square, Cambridge

Tue JAN 11, 2011
Virtualization User Group, "Monthly Meeting - TBA", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
BostonCHI, "Speaker to be announced", 6:30, Constant Contact, Waltham

Wed JAN 12, 2011
Software Quality Group of NE, "Add Steak to Exploratory Testing's Parlor-Trick Sizzle", 6PM, Oracle-Sun, Burlington
Back Bay LISA, "Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager", 7PM, MIT E-51, Room 149
Boston PHP Meetup, "PHP Framework Bake-Off", 7PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Thu JAN 13, 2011
Providence Web Development Lunch Hour Meetup, "freeform discussion of all things web", noon, Providence
Boston Web Design Meetup, "whatever comes up relating to to web design, or not", 7PM, Boston

Wed JAN 19, 2011
Boston Linux & Unix, "Low Cost Mobile Robot Platform using Linux", 6:30, MIT Building E51, Room 325

Thu FEB 03, 2011
Beantown .NET Users, "TBA", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Tue FEB 08, 2011
Virtualization User Group, "Monthly Meeting - TBA", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
BostonCHI, "Speaker to be announced", 6:30, IBM Center for Social Software, Cambridge

Wed FEB 09, 2011
Software Quality Group of NE, "A fundamental approach to improving Software Quality", 6PM, Oracle-Sun, Burlington
Boston PHP Meetup, "jQuery Mobile: How to develop apps for the iPhone, iPad, Droid", 7PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Thu FEB 10, 2011
Providence Web Development Lunch Hour Meetup, "freeform discussion of all things web", noon, Providence
Boston Web Design Meetup, "whatever comes up relating to to web design, or not", 7PM, Boston

Mon FEB 14, 2011
Boston MySQL Meetup, "TBA", 7PM, MIT Building E51
Boston Wikipedia Meetup, "Eating, drinking, and Wikipedia gossip", 7PM, Cambridge
Cambridge Enterprise Web 2.0 Meetup, 7:30, Tavern In the Square, Cambridge

Tue MAR 08, 2011
Virtualization User Group, "Monthly Meeting - TBA", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
BostonCHI, "Speaker to be announced", 6:30, Constant Contact, Waltham

Wed MAR 09, 2011
Software Quality Group of NE, "Build, SCM, and QA: Enablers for Agility", 6PM, Oracle-Sun, Burlington
Boston PHP Meetup, "Learn about Aptana Studio 3 IDE", 7PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Tue APR 12, 2011
Virtualization User Group, "Monthly Meeting - TBA", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
BostonCHI, "Speaker to be announced", 6:30, IBM Center for Social Software, Cambridge

Wed APR 13, 2011
Software Quality Group of NE, "SQA in an Agile Environment", 6PM, Oracle-Sun, Burlington

Mon MAR 14, 2011
Boston Wikipedia Meetup, "Eating, drinking, and Wikipedia gossip", 7PM, Cambridge
Boston MySQL Meetup, "TBA", 7PM, MIT Building E51
Cambridge Enterprise Web 2.0 Meetup, 7:30, Tavern In the Square, Cambridge

Tue MAY 10, 2011
Virtualization User Group, "Monthly Meeting - TBA", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
BostonCHI, "Speaker to be announced", 6:30, Constant Contact, Waltham

Wed MAY 11, 2011
Software Quality Group of NE, topic TBD, 6PM, Oracle-Sun, Burlington

Wed JUN 08, 2011
Software Quality Group of NE, "Maximizing the Value of Testing to the Business", 6PM, Oracle-Sun, Burlington

Wed JUL 13, 2011
Software Quality Group of NE, "Annual Hot Topics Night", 6PM, Oracle-Sun, Burlington



Events, Conferences, Education and Training:


OCT 12-13, 2010
Windows Phone 7 Developer Launch, "under the hood", 9-5, Royal Sonesta Hotel, Cambridge

OCT 14-15, 2010
TechWorld 2010, Pease International Tradeport, Portsmouth NH
InfoXchange 2010, Pease International Tradeport, Portsmouth NH

OCT 15, 2010
Powered Up Boston EXPO, "Expo for video game companies and fans", 12 Channel Street, Boston

OCT 16, 2010
Social Media for the Tech Challenged, "Using Twitter and Facebook", South End Technology Center, Boston

OCT 16-17, 2010
jQuery Boston Conference, Hilton Boston Logan Airport
OpenSQLCamp Boston, MIT Stata Center

OCT 19-22, 2010
58th ASQ NEQC Conference, Royal Plaza Hotel and Trade Center, Marlborough

OCT 20, 2010
Northeast Oracle Users Group, "NOUG Training Day" HAS BEEN CANCELLED

OCT 21, 2010
Oracle Technology Day 2010, The Westin Waltham

OCT 20-22, 2010
SPTechCon 2010 Boston, "SharePoint Technology Conference", Hyatt Regency, Cambridge

OCT 22, 2010
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Student Conference 2010, 8-5, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

OCT 26, 2010
Agile Software Development in VS2010, 9-5, Microsoft Technology Center, 890 Winter Street, Waltham

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

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

NOV 04, 2010
ASP.NET Web Platform Firestarter, "get up to speed with ASP.NET", 9-4, Microsoft, Waltham

NOV 05, 2010
F# in Education Workshop, 9-4, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

NOV 06, 2010
Design Camp Boston, "SOLD OUT!", 8-5, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

NOV 11-12, 2010
RIA Unleashed 2010 Boston, "Adobe Flash Platform and related technologies",  Bentley University, Waltham

NOV 13-14, 2010
GBC/ACM, "Taming Legacy Code", MIT Building E51, Cambridge

NOV 30, 2010
Windows Azure Firestarter, "the latest disruptive (and over-hyped!) technology", 9-5, Microsoft, Waltham

DEC 02, 2010
SharePoint 2010 Firestarter, "SP new features, upgrade path, deployment options", 9-5, Microsoft, Waltham

DEC 06, 2010
Drupaltherapy Training, "intensive all-day workshop", 9-5, CompuWorks, Boston


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

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

Apple seminars

Microsoft New England: Local Event Calendar

Boston TechVenue Calendar

Boston Events List for Professionals

IBM Innovation Centers for Business Partners - Waltham

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