I started this group to share and collaborate my true passions with others interested in SEO, SEM, social, WordPress, Web Dev and everything in between. Over the past couple years I have been building WordPress websites and experimenting with how the technical aspects of web design and social influences search engine rankings, conversions and ultimately sales. Furthermore, it would be great to converse about new web products, software, ideas and how to "connect the dots" in this web 2.0 world. …

The Chicago JavaFX User’s Group is here to help developers and others learn about JavaFX and related tools, as well as really cool applications that are built with JavaFX!  Occasionally, we will also have presentations of hardware and devices that can benefit from JavaFX technology. JavaFX is the next step in the evolution of Java as a rich client platform, shortening development time and easing deployment of data-driven business and enterprise client applications. We generally meet monthly in p …

The Chicago Chapter of the ACM is a local professional chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The Chicago Chapter holds public meetings once a month during our program season (September - June). We typically meet on the second Wednesday of the month. Find much more information at our primary presence on the web: http://www.chicagoacm.org/

This is a group of professionals (and hackers), managers, engineers (both dev and ops) and entrepreneurs coming together to learn about and share information on DevOps practices.

Imagine if there was a place, where at one table an entrepreneur meets her next $100,000 investor. A designer meets a new client, a web developer with a great internet startup. A Ruby engineer meets a charismatic founder that excites him with her vision, so much so that he can picture leaving his day job for the exhilarating experience of working tirelessly for technology stock options that could be worth millions one day... We're building this community. --- Part of the Tech Happy Hour Allia …

This is a group for anyone interested in learning Next-Generation Software Defined Networking. I started this group because I have passion for learning new ground braking technologies and for bringing visionary people together.

Meet with people who are starting, or would like to start, entrepreneurial ventures online. Bringing together small eBusiness owners from all over Chicagoland. Network with other local Chicago e-commerce, e-businesses or online business owners, entrepreneurs and professionals. Share industry insights and valuable experiences. Form partnerships with other web businesses. Come learn, share, and collaborate to make a living online! We'll cover topics such as: • How to start • eCommerce • SEO - Se …

This is a group targeted to engineers (both dev and ops), tech professionals, managers, leads, architects and entrepreneurs coming together to learn about and share information on DevOps processes, tools, practices and benefits.

Hi everyone! The Chicago Apple Meetup Group is an amazing bunch of friends that presents speakers from around the world to show us how to do amazing things. We also have some really great local people who present to us, too. You are more than welcome to join us! Our meetings might range from doing incredible photography, or working with music, or interior design, or improving your writing, and much more, all using your Mac or iOS hardware and software. We get together on the first Wednesday of e …

The official Embassy Facebook page for Appsterdam Chicago. The best place in the world to be an app maker. Our goal is to bring app makers together, and our mission is to support their interests worldwide. We established Amsterdam as the capital of Appsterdam - the world capital of apps - to establish a centre of gravity for our industry, to provide a place where all app makers can gather, and to create a framework for people to give back and support the community. Stichting Appsterdam is a non- …