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User Group events:
See list below for Seminars, Shows, Learning, etc.

Tue JUN 25, 2013
Windows App Dev Meetup, "Office Hours", 11:30AM, Microsoft, One Cambridge Center
Web Start Women Boston, "Getting Started with WordPress (2-class series)", 6:15, Cambridge Innovation Center
Cascade Boston Meetup, "Leveraging the Cascade", 6:30, Bocoup Loft, 355 Congress St
Openstack Boston Meetup, "OpenStack 101 session and HubSpot Customer Case Study", 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Boston MySQL Meetup, "Informal Dinner at John Harvard's", 6:30, John Harvard's Brew Pub
Boston Python, "June Presentation Night: Machine Learning", 7PM, Microsoft NERD
Code for Boston Meetup, "Monthly Demo Night: RHoK Special Edition!", 7PM, Cambridge Innovation Center
Boston PDA Developers Meeting, 7PM, MIT Room 3-133
Boston Lean IT Meetup, "Kanban at Scale", 7PM, Fresh Tilled Soil, Watertown

Wed JUN 26, 2013
Lexington Computer and Technology, "Windows Movie Maker", 10AM, Lexington Senior Center
Boston Tableau Users, (see notice), 5PM, Broad Institute, Cambridge
Boston Area SolidWorks UG, "Formats & Template (and more)", 5:30, ITT, Wilmington
Boston PHP Meetup, "Intro to Appcelerator Titanium", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Boston Windows Game Developers, "Monthly Boston Windows Game Developers Meeting", 6PM, Microsoft NERD
Portsmouth Web Dev Meetup, "Google Glass", 6PM, Alpha Loft, Portsmouth NH
IT Job Seekers Greater Boston Meetup, "Java, .NET, SQL, LAMP, etc.", 6PM, Tavern In the Square, Cambridge
Agile Boston, "Agile Hiring: It's a Team Sport", 6:30, 200 West St, Waltham
Boston Avid Users, "EditShare Flow", 6:30, Yawkey Auditorium, 1 Guest St
Boston Web Performance Group, "Beyond Application Performance Monitoring", 6:30, Wayfair Offices, Boston
Mobile-Experience-Optimization Meetup, "Optimization Tips", 7PM, Yottaa, 160 Federal St
So NH Apple Core (SNAC), "Ihnatko!", 7PM, Nashua Public Library

Thu JUN 27, 2013
Agile Boston, "Agile Hiring: It's a Team Sport", 6PM, PayPal, One International Place
Boston Azure Cloud User Group, "Cloud Storage (Azure Blob Storage and Amazon S3)", 6PM, Microsoft NERD
UXPA Boston, "Visualization for the Masses", 6PM, Kronos, Chelmsford
Lean Startup Circle Boston, "Lean Startup Circle Boston June Meetup", 6:30, Microsoft NERD
(iOS) App Development Meetup, "open discussion", 6:30, Au Bon Pain, Kendall Sq
NH PHP Meetup Group, "Birthday celebration", 6:30, The Farm Bar and Grille, Manchester NH
Django Boston Meetup, "A Survey of Forms Practices", 7PM, One Cambridge Center
Prov.JS Meetup, "Testing with Node, Mocha and jsdom", 7PM, Swipley offices, Providence

Fri JUN 28, 2013
Boston Area SAS Users Group quarterly meeting, 8:15AM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Mon JUL 01, 2013
R Programming Meetup, "Rcpp Attributes and RStudio v0.98 Preview Release", 6:15
Boston Python Meetup, "July Project Night", 6:30, Microsoft NERD

Tue JUL 02, 2013
Seacoast NH Wordpress Developers, "Search Engine Optimization (SEO)", 6:30, Alpha Loft, Portsmouth
Boston Ruby UG, "Project Night", 6:45, Thoughtbot, 41 Winter St

Wed JUL 03, 2013
Lexington Computer and Technology, NO Meeting Today
Windows Server Users, "Monthly BAWSUG Meeting", 6PM, TBD
RI Sharepoint Meetup, topic TBD, 6PM, Atrion, Warwick, RI

Fri JUL 05, 2013
495 Web Prof Meetup, "Networking", 6:30, Panera Bread, Franklin

Sun JUL 07, 2013
PyLadies Boston Meetup, "LPTHW Beginner Meetup", 2PM, Cambridge Innovation Center

Mon JUL 08, 2013
Boston Cloud Computing Meetup, topic TBD, 6PM, Panera Bread, 450 Boylston St
Amazon Web Svcs Meetup, 7PM, Nokia, Cambridge
Boston MySQL Meetup, "Boston MySQL Monthly Meetup", 7PM, TBD
Boston Wikipedia Meetup, "Boston Wikipedia Monthly Meetup", 7PM, Clover Food Lab

Tue JUL 09, 2013
Windows Mobile App Dev Meetup, "Update from Microsoft BUILD 2013 Conference", 6PM, Microsoft, One Cambridge Center
NE AI Meetup, topic TBD, 6PM, Hack/reduce, 275 Third St, Cambridge
Cambridge Semantic Web, "Cambridge Semantic Web Monthly Meetup", 6PM, MIT Stata Center - Star Room
Boston Java Meetup, "Java and in-memory databases: VoltDB", 6PM,  Akamai Technologies, Cambridge
Web Start Women Boston, "How to Create Noteworthy Online Portfolios", 6:15, Cambridge Innovation Center
Boston Ruby UG, "Memory Issues in Ruby Apps, Rails Engines", 6:30, Brightcove, 290 Congress St
eXtreme Tuesday Club - Boston, "eXtreme Tuesday Club - Boston Monthly Meetup", 6:30, Cambridge Brewing Company
New England M Users, topic TBD, 7PM, Wellesley Gateway Building, Wellesley
Boston PDA User Meeting, 7PM, MIT Room 3-133

Wed JUL 10, 2013
Lexington Computer and Technology, "TBA", 10AM, Lexington Senior Center
SW Quality Group of NE, "Annual Hot Topics Night", 6PM, Oracle-Sun, Burlington
Boston Storm Meetup, topic TBD, 6:30, Hack/Reduce, 275 Third St, Cambridge
OWASP Boston Chapter, "RailsGoat", 6:30, Akamai, 8 Cambridge Center
Back Bay LISA, "Cloud storage options and DFS", 7PM, MIT E-51, Room 145

Thu JUL 11, 2013
Providence Web Development Meetup, "Providence Web Development Lunch Hour Monthly Meetup", 12:00, TBD
FOSS User Group, Natick, 3-6PM, Natick Senior Center
Graph DB Boston Meetup, "Visualize graph data - Unconference", 6PM, check website for location
Agile New England, "Addressing Enterprise Complexity with the Scaled Agile Framework", 6PM, Constant Contact , Waltham
Web Start Women Boston, "Photoshop: Designing for the Web (2 classes)", 6:15, Cambridge Innovation Center
Boston CocoaHeads, topic TBD, 7PM, MIT Building E51/Room 325
Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group, "Linux @ The Java Room", 7PM, The Java Room
Worcester Web Technology, "Twitter Bootstrap: Simple HTML, CSS, and JS for user interfaces", 7PM, WPI

Sat JUL 13, 2013
RI Linux Users, 11AM-2PM, Holy Ghost School, 35 Swiss St, Providence

Mon JUL 15, 2013
Predictive Analytics, "Hackathon: Develop/MapReduce Your Dream Predictive Analytics/BigData App.", 7PM, TBD

Tue JUL 16, 2013
NSCoder Boston Meetup, coding alone together, 6PM, WorkBar, 711 Atlantic Ave

Wed JUL 17, 2013
Lexington Computer and Technology, "TBA", 10AM, Lexington Senior Center
Boston Area Sharepoint Users, topic TBD, 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
RI Ruby Meetup, topic TBD, 6PM, Needs a location
Boston Linux & Unix, "Sonar GNU/Linux distribution", 6:30, MIT Building E-51, Room 315
Facebook Developers Meetup, "Upcoming Facebook developments on iOS and Android", 6:30, Tavern in the Square, Cambridge
Tech in Motion Meetup, "Summer Mixer", 6:30, M J O'Connor's, 27 Columbus Av
Boston HTML5 Game Development, "HTML5 Game Development Monthly Meetup", 7PM, Bocoup Loft, 355 Congress St

Thu JUL 18, 2013
NH SolidWorks Users, topics TBD, 5:15, Rapid Sheet Metal, Nashua NH
Boston Blender Meetup, topic TBD, 6:30, Bocoup Loft, 355 Congress St

Sun JUL 21, 2013
PyLadies Boston Meetup, "LPTHW Beginner Meetup", 2PM, Cambridge Innovation Center

Mon JUL 22, 2013
QuickBooks Meetup, "Quickbooks Monthly Meetup", 6PM, TBD
Software Testing Meetup, "Let's talk about unit tests and code coverage", 7PM, SmartBear Software, Beverly

Tue JUL 23, 2013
Boston Wordpress Meetup, "SEO for WordPress Workshop", 9AM, Labor Guild, Weymouth
Cascade Boston Meetup, "Fun with CSS Animation", 6:30, Bocoup Loft, 355 Congress St
Boston MySQL Meetup, "Informal Dinner at John Harvard's", 6:30, John Harvard's Brew Pub

Wed JUL 24, 2013
Lexington Computer and Technology, "TBA", 10AM, Lexington Senior Center
Boston Windows Game Developers, "Monthly Boston Windows Game Developers Meeting", 6PM, Microsoft NERD
Boston ColdFusion Meetup, 6:30, topic and location TBD

Sat JUL 27, 2013
Boston Predictive Analytics $, "Python Data Science Workshops (Sat/Sun)", 8AM, Microsoft NERD

Sun JUL 28, 2013
Boston Predictive Analytics $, "Python Data Science Workshops (Sat/Sun)", 8AM, Microsoft NERD

Mon JUL 29, 2013
Boston Wordpress Meetup, 6:30, TBD
Django Boston Meetup Group, "Matt Makai and Coding Across America: July", 7PM, TBD

Tue JUL 30, 2013
Boston Python, "July Presentation Night", 7PM, Microsoft NERD
Code for Boston Meetup, "Monthly Demo Night", 7 pm, Cambridge Innovation Center, 1 Broadway, Cambridge

Wed JUL 31, 2013
NE Oracle Users, "Oracle Technology Day", 8AM-5PM, Boston Marriott Burlington
Lexington Computer and Technology, "TBA", 10AM, Lexington Senior Center

Thu AUG 01, 2013
Mobile C# Developers Meetup, "Data Visualization with Xamarin.iOS using NucliOS", 6:30, Microsoft, One Cambridge Center
Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group, "Linux @ The Java Room", 7PM, The Java Room

Sun AUG 04, 2013
PyLadies Boston Meetup, "LPTHW Beginner Meetup", 2PM, Cambridge Innovation Center

Mon AUG 05, 2013
Django Boston Meetup Group, "ember.js and Django w/Sean Creeley of embed.ly: August", 7PM, TBD

Tue AUG 06, 2013
Seacoast NH Wordpress Developers, "Monthly Meetup", 6:30, Alpha Loft, Portsmouth
Boston Ruby UG, "Project Night", 6:45, Thoughtbot, 41 Winter St

Wed AUG 07, 2013
Windows Server Users, "Monthly BAWSUG Meeting", 6PM, TBD

Thu AUG 08, 2013
Providence Web Development Lunch Hour Meetup Group, "Providence Web Development Lunch Hour Monthly Meetup", 12:00, TBD
Boston Security Meetup, "Abusing HTML5 + Striking back at polymorphic viruses", 6PM, Google, Cambridge

Sat AUG 10, 2013
RI Linux Users, 11AM-2PM, Holy Ghost School, 35 Swiss St, Providence

Mon AUG 12, 2013
Boston MySQL Meetup, "Boston MySQL Monthly Meetup", 7PM, TBD
Boston Wikipedia Meetup, "Boston Wikipedia Monthly Meetup", 07:00, Clover Food Lab

Tue AUG 13, 2013
Cambridge Semantic Web, "Cambridge Semantic Web Monthly Meetup", 6PM, MIT Stata Center - Star Room
eXtreme Tuesday Club - Boston, "eXtreme Tuesday Club - Boston Monthly Meetup", 6:30, Cambridge Brewing Company
Boston Ruby UG, topic TBD, 6:30, Brightcove, 290 Congress St

Wed AUG 14, 2013
Boston Storm Meetup, topic TBD, 6:30, Hack/Reduce, 275 Third St, Cambridge

Thu AUG 15, 2013
Boston Blender Meetup, topic TBD, 6:30, Bocoup Loft, 355 Congress St

Fri AUG 16, 2013
WordPress Providence Meetup, "WordCamp Providence 2013", 8AM, URI Providence

Sun AUG 18, 2013
PyLadies Boston Meetup, "LPTHW Beginner Meetup", 2PM, Cambridge Innovation Center

Mon AUG 19, 2013
Amazon Web Svcs Meetup, 7PM, Microsoft NERD
Predictive Analytics, "Hackathon: Develop/MapReduce Your Dream Predictive Analytics/BigData App.", 7PM, TBD

Tue AUG 20, 2013
Web Start Women Boston, "Optimizing your Workflow with Git (2-class series)", 6:15, Cambridge Innovation Center
Boston Python Meetup, "August Project Night", 6:30, Microsoft NERD

Wed AUG 21, 2013
Boston Linux & Unix, "OpenStack from Scratch", 6:30, MIT Building E-51, Room 315
Boston HTML5 Game Development, "HTML5 Game Development Monthly Meetup", 7PM, Bocoup Loft, 355 Congress St

Thu AUG 22, 2013
Worcester Web Technology (WWT), "Develop Node.JS, HTML and JavaScript Apps Using Only Your Web Browser", 7PM, WPI

Mon AUG 26, 2013
QuickBooks Meetup, "Quickbooks Monthly Meetup", 6PM, TBD
Boston Wordpress Meetup, 6:30, TBD

Tue AUG 27, 2013
Boston MySQL Meetup, "Informal Dinner at John Harvard's", 6:30, John Harvard's Brew Pub
Code for Boston Meetup, "Monthly Demo Night", 7 pm, Cambridge Innovation Center, 1 Broadway, Cambridge

Wed AUG 28, 2013
Boston Windows Game Developers, "Monthly Boston Windows Game Developers Meeting", 6PM, Microsoft NERD

Thu AUG 29, 2013
Boston Azure Cloud User Group, "Nimbus Open Source Framework", 6PM, Microsoft NERD

Tue SEP 03, 2013
Django Boston Meetup Group, "Converting to Django from PHP:case study", 7PM, TBD

Wed SEP 04, 2013
Boston PHP Meetup, "Universal Analytics: The Future of Digital Measurement", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Thu SEP 12, 2013
Boston Security Meetup, "Pen testing android internals + Security of mobile cloud ecosystem", 6PM, Google, Cambridge
NE SQL Server Users Group, "Season Opener", 6:30, One Cambridge Center

Wed SEP 18, 2013
Boston Linux & Unix, "PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party XIV", 6:30, MIT Building E-51, Room 315
IT-Pro User Group, "Microsoft Surface Tablet", 7PM, NE Inst of Tech, E.Greenwich RI

Wed OCT 16, 2013
Boston Linux & Unix, "Joseph Guarino Returns", 6:30, MIT Building E-51, Room 315
IT-Pro User Group, "Office 365 Migration", 7PM, NE Inst of Tech, E.Greenwich RI


Events, Conferences, Education and Training:

JUL 23, 2013
Boston Wordpress Meetup, "SEO for WordPress Workshop", 9AM, Labor Guild, Weymouth

JUL 27-28, 2013
Boston Predictive Analytics, "Python Data Science Workshops", (currently in the planning stages), Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

JUL 31, 2013
Oracle Technology day, Boston Marriott Burlington

AUG 11-14, 2013
SPTechCon: SharePoint Technology Conference, Boston

AUG 16, 2013
WordPress Providence Meetup, "WordCamp Providence 2013", 8AM, URI Providence

AUG 16-18, 2013
Northeast PHP 2013 Conference, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

SEP 10, 2013
NE Oracle Users, "NOUG Training Day", Bentley University

SEP 10-12, 2013
IEEE High Performance Extreme Computing Conference(HPEC '13), Westin Hotel, Waltham

NOV 08-15, 2013
Better Software & Agile Development East, Hynes Convention Center


Ongoing:

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

Bentley University Usability Center - User Experience Certificate program

Data Education (formerly Boston SQL Training)

Microsoft New England: Local Event Calendar

Boston TechVenue Calendar

Boston Events List for Professionals

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