Boston jQuery and JavaScript hackers unite! Note that this is the SAME group as the one at meetups.jquery.com. It's been duplicated here because there are a lot of people on this website that don't even know the jQuery group exists! http://meetups.jquery.com/group/jqueryboston While this meetup group also exists on meetups.jquery.com, It's my hope that cross-promoting it here on meetup.com will help increase awareness and activity and help facilitate meetups, talk ideas, and discussions, so p …

This is a weekly, open invitation to all web dev/design types looking to work on their projects alongside other like-minded folks.  We'll have snacks and drinks, and we wouldn't say no to a little BYOB. Got a technical problem that's a little too broad for StackOverflow?  Come get some help! Have a new design you want feedback on before you put it up on Dribbble?  Come on by! Just want to get out of the house, have some food and drinks, and shoot the shit with other developers and designers?  T …

Boston, MA is a great hub for technology and business, but I believe we have talent and capability here in the communities along the North Shore that could make it stand out as a powerhouse as well. This group intends to get together technologists, entrepreneurs, computer professionals, hackers (T.E.C.H.s) and other interested parties to create opportunities for greater networking, collaboration, and advocacy of technology in our community (with an emphasis on software development) as well as he …

The Boston Music Technology Group is a community for entrepreneurs, hackers, founders, developers, designers, programmers, musicians, idea-ists, scientists, and data experts, who are currently working in a music-tech space, or looking to join a music-tech startup. Collaborative events such as the Music Hack-a-Thon during the Re-Think 2012 occur far too infrequently, despite the wealth of talent in the area with a thirst to create. Join us and meetup with like-minded music-techies to network, col …

We're a group of Boston-area activists trying to make government more open and accessible.  We partner frequently with the Sunlight Foundation, other meetups like Hacks/Hackers and  the Boston Python user group, and local activists and office-holders to help make government more accountable at the national, state, and local level. We have: - monthly project nights, where folks can work on their own projects or our current group project, Open Cities - coffee shop meetups for folks to discuss open …

The phrase "Hacker Community" may be an oxymoron but so's your mom. We're calling all white hat, black hat and pink hat hackers in Portland, ME to come talk nerdy to us. What's a hacker? Someone who likes to know how stuff works - someone who likes to take stuff apart - someone who likes to tweak, fiddle and mess around. Not just for technologists - we want everyone from life hackers, artists, circuit benders to political strategists. What's a pink hat hacker? You'll have to come to find out. We …

Some have expressed interest in a HN meetup in the Boston area. Let's set up a meetup or two and see how it goes. Just join the group if you are interested, please post any ideas about events. I'm not planning to organize this long term, just hoping to catalyze something. Please get in touch if you'd be interested in organizing. Update: we're having a casual first meetup at Meadhall in Kendall Square on February 6th at 6PM. No speakers or anything, but come with ideas for more formal events.

Calling all Growth Hackers! Are you obsessed with growing your business through carefully designed and tested internet marketing? Do you like to A/B test everything you do in life? If so, you have come to the right place! We plan to gather the very best Growth Hackers in Boston to exchange ideas, brainstorm new growth hacks, and inspire each other to achieve new levels of growth hacking success! [growth hacker (noun) - one who’s passion and focus is pushing a metric through use of a testable and …

We're a community of artists, designers, engineers, programmers, and hackers interested in working with creative coding platforms like openFrameworks, Cinder, Processing, Unity3D. We enjoy things like real-time graphics rendering, physical computing, robots, projection maps, and interactive art installations. We do this professionally, academically, artistically, or just purely for the joy of making awesome stuff, every day. We meet regularly and casually to share tips, swap ideas and form colla …

Portland Maine Startup is a community focused on Maine mobile and web startups, technologists, entrepreneurship, founders, investors, designers, pitchers, networkers, hackers, and everyone else that fits this spectrum. Our focus is to make Portland the place where young people retire. Let's make Maine the next startup Mecca for creative projects.

The National Information Security Group (NAISG) is a non-profit organization that promotes awareness and education of information security through the support of local and regional chapters. The Boston, founding chapter meets monthly at the Microsoft office in Cambridge, MA. Our members come primarily from the metropolitan Boston area, but we have a number that also travel from Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island and Connecticut. Membership is always free to the general public, and is op …

AngelHack Hackathon Workshops are a place for industry leaders, hackers, and entrepreneurs to come together in a relaxed atmosphere to talk about API's, SDK's, and how to use new and creative ideas to empower a new generation of developers.

Boston Bitcoin Community is a group that meets to talk about Bitcoins and other alternative currencies. We aim to foster an ecosystem that will help individuals and small business get started with Bitcoin. Learn from other Bitcoin users: how to trade for goods and services, how to secure your cash from hackers offline, how to set up online shopping carts to accept Bitcoin, and how and when to buy and sell Bitcoin.

Join us for an exciting 24-hour Hackathon competition sponsored by AT&T. This hackathon is designed for both technical and non-technical attendees to build apps, connect products, and compete for $10k in prizes. Bring your team if you have one. If you don't have a team, no worries, you can find a team to collaborate with on site. For more information and to register go to the Hackathon Eventbrite page: http://cx13hack.eventbrite.com Take one step closer to becoming an award-winning hacker – the …

Just starting this, but would like to a group going where we share ideas and develop resources for helping individuals and small businesses deal with the growing threat of cyber crime. Okay "Cyber" gets over used for computer and network security...