The worlds of hackers and journalists are coming together as reporting goes digital and Internet companies become media empires. Journalists call themselves "hacks," someone who can churn out words in any situation. Hackers use the digital equivalent of duct tape to whip out code. Hacker-journalists try and bridge the two worlds. This group is to bring all these people together -- those who are working to help people make sense of their world. It's for hackers exploring technologies to filter …

We teach cyber security awareness, ethical hacking, and penetration testing. Members from all walks of life and backgrounds come together to learn more about cyber security at Penetration Testers Playground. People that show up at our events often include: 1)  Business Owners 2)  CEOs, CFOs and CTOs 3)  Federal Agents and Police Officers 4)  Computer Security Professionals 5)  Penetration Testers 6)  Ethical Hackers 7)  Exploit Researchers 8)  IT Professionals 9)  Computer Programmers 1 …

L.I is made up of people who are interested in physical security, learning how locks works and techniques to open them, and connecting with people. This group meets at Null Space Labs (http://www.032.la) in Los Angeles, CA on the third Friday of every month. The meeting is open to the public and beginners are welcome! There are two common sense rules that members must follow: + You should never pick locks that you don't own, or that you don't have the owners explicit permission to pick. + You s …

Meet other remixers (producers) and musicians. Discuss opportunities to remix and make music as well as get your work remixed by others. Share techniques and tricks of the trade. Musicians, Producers, and DJs are welcome as well as any other people interested in learning more about remixing and producing. Monthly Listening Sessions will start in January so that we can share each others music as well as share the tips and tricks that went into making them. Post LA specific items on the meetup mes …

A group for readers of hackernews.com, or just those interested in hacking, software and entrepreneurship.

This is a club where like minded Ethical Hackers, Penetration Testers and Network / Computer Security professionals can come together and share knowledge. More geared on the technical side, we plan to have hands activities. Bring your coolest exploits or just a passion to learn!

Like Sports? Like Analytics? Like Hacking? For all of us who've programmed to prove why our favorite player/team is better or hacked away trying to optimize fantasy draft strategy, this is the group for you. If you like sports, data, analytics and technology and want to spend some time with like-minded geeks while watching a game, going to a game, or talking tech, we're looking forward to connecting and creating a community.

The Information Systems Security Association (ISSA ®) is a not-for-profit, international organization of information security professionals and practitioners. It provides educational forums, publications and peer interaction opportunities that enhance the knowledge, skill and professional growth of its members. The primary goal of ISSA is to promote management practices that will ensure the availability, integrity and confidentiality of information resources.

The Burbank Hackers Club is a group of hackers who want to hack away and create cool interesting apps using Node.JS. We have several nodejs ongoing projects to choose from, or bring your own for everyone to work on. The goal though, is to have rapid development by having everyone work on a common project and see what can be hacked up in a single night. Hackers Unite!

Feeling inspired?Create it. Got Spare Parts? Build it. Have an idea? Launch it Find out what is new and exciting in the tech world. See product demos from industry leaders and hear their stories. The tech is out there, so utilize it and find your team to create the next innovation. Join us and connect the different tech communities into an immersive experience. diy          web                         H MAKErs - TECHnology - Mobile APPlication E N If you are interested in gadgets, gamificatio …

RSVP to get a nametag. This is important, because people without nametags aren't even really people. There, I said it. ******** HackerNest is a grassroots, nonpartisan, nonprofit movement dedicated to uniting local tech communities globally. We do this by cramming lots of very smart people into a room and providing free beer - rescuing them from the isolation of basements, offices, and the plight of code tunnel vision. Our friendly, relaxed, and inclusive Tech Socials provide a casual, unpreten …

The Los Angeles/SoCal Chapter of the Cloud Security Alliance is an organization formed to promote the use of best practices for providing security assurance within Cloud Computing, and provide education on the uses of Cloud Computing to help secure all other forms of computing. The Los Angeles/SoCal Chapter of the Cloud Security Alliance is comprised of many subject matter experts from a wide variety disciplines, united in our objectives: Promote a common level of understanding between the consu …

Codewars and Cross Campus present - Hacker Zazen Zazen (definition): Meditative discipline performed to experience insight into the nature of existence and gain enlightenment. Hacker Zazen is a mastermind of hackers -where ideas are shared and code is written. This monthly gathering is focused on helping hackers advance along the path towards achieving code enlightenment. Come sharpen your skills on Katas (short code challenges), and collaborate on Missions (real projects). Who should attend? …

A major asset to the tech entrepreneur culture, is the generosity of its members to share advice, referals and help each other succeed. Therefore, a thriving, active Tech community benefits all its members, attracting talent, funding, ideas and infrastructure. NorthEast LA Tech aims to bring together Tech professionals in N While Santa Monica is gathering momentum for entrepreneurs in LA, we aim to

Want to learn or teach mobile web development in a welcoming, friendly community? Our goal is to increase diversity in the Los Angeles tech landscape by holding inspiring, fun and free learning events. Examples of upcoming meetups: technical study groups career advancement workshops tech talks by the community and experienced developers/designers hack nights/weekends book discussions (feel free to suggest an event) Our aim is to elevate the knowledge and network of women and men interested in …

Los Angeles Windows Azure Developers is a local meetup for Windows Azure Developers in Southern California. We host 3 types of meetup events for Windows Azure Developers. Hack Nights - Bring what you're working on, ask questions, demo your stuff, get feedback. These are informal events where you can come to get help or just to talk about Azure.  These events don't have a specific topic, and often have several conversations going on at once. Presentations - Come listen to an Azure expert presen …

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.

Chers amis Please read carefully before you join Our website is a hub that centralizes many French cultural and artistic opportunities. One of my strong beliefs is that being rich of many cultures is a blessing. We will strive to bring together the best of two cultures and that is why the best of American good manners and the best of American French good manners must be one of our rules of conduct. Answering emails from members promptly  and un-registering from events even if at the last minu …

This group is for anyone interested in learning, developing and building stuff with Arduino. The main idea is to have talks and meetings about topics related with Arduino. Also it would be great if we can take that further by working on projects and experiments/research. People from every level are welcome to join this group.

3D printing, DIY CNC Milling, Arduino fun, Raspberry Pi fun, scripting, etc.

We're a group of developers who enjoy happy hour and code. We'll be hosting various happy hour code-mixers, hackathons, and parties in downtown LA. Do you occasionally code under the influence? Then join us!

Learn to hack on clojure in a group environment. Don't know where to start? We'll show you. Need a project to get you going? We'll give you one. Stuck on a problem? We'll help you.

Spurred by the over-abundance of west-side tech meetups, we've decided to finally form this group to meet east of Fairfax Blvd. (hooray), although it seems there are some willing volunteers on the west side who would like to organize a meeting as well. The potential formatting for the group involves a regular monthly meeting with a talk from a volunteer guest, but also under consideration is a monthly 'tutorial' meeting for anyone who is new to Python or new to Flask. We'll most likely have the …

SO YOU THINK YOU'RE A MOVIE FANATIC! Do your eyes sparkle whenever you hear the phrase Coming Soon To A Theatre Near You? Do you spend most of your break times at work raiding Ain't It Cool News, Deadline Hollywood, Variety or The Hollywood Reporter for the latest movie news? Are you looking for a cool group of friends to see new flicks with on OPENING WEEKEND? Are you SICK AND TIRED of having 500 movies in your Netflix queue...and NO ONE to watch or discuss them with? Do you get into intense d …

WE ARE MOVING OUR ACTIVITIES TO ANOTHER SIMILAR GROUP. PLEASE DO NOT REGISTER WITH THIS GROUP BUT FOLLOW THE LINK AND REGISTER WITH FRENCH-LANGUAGE-FRIENDS: http://www.meetup.com/French-Language-Friends/ Chers amis Please read carefully before you join Our website is a hub that centralizes many French cultural and artistic opportunities. One of my strong beliefs is that being rich of many cultures is a blessing. We will strive to bring together the best of two cultures and that is why the b …

Game development industry, social gaming and casual gaming is changing at lightning speed, and allowing game developers, gamers and industry people to create cool sh*** and make great money doing what we love. Let's get together to talk gaming culture, startups, entrepreneurship, making more money with your games, how to hack user growth in your games, the social issues surrounding the industry, and to hobnob with top dogs in the gaming industry and tech. The world is changing, and gaming is now …

Welcome to the Los Angeles Ruby/Rails Meetup Group.  Members generally refer to this group as "LA Ruby". We also have postings where we are referred to as "laruby" and even "la-ruby".  By the way, we have a twitter account which is @laruby and the hashtag is #laruby.  A related group is la.rb which is the group that has the Los Angeles Ruby Brigade Weekly Hack Night. The Los Angeles Ruby/Rails Meetup Group is for anyone interested in learning or sharing experiences with "Ruby" or "Ruby on Rails" …

Interested in data visualization tools from Tableau, MicroStrategy, QlikView, IBM Cognos, SAS, Spotfire and others?  Interactive graphics can tell you more than tables of numbers.  Let's get together to hear from users who have implemented these tools or discovered useful knowledge from data visualization.  We will also hear from representatives of various analytics software companies and consulting firms. We can also host some hack sessions to work on projects or learn something from each other …