The Place for techies, geeks and hackers interested in the intersection of technology and innovation.

This is a group for anyone who makes anything creative with either their computer and/or electronics. Audio, Video, Lighting, Programming, etc. We'll meet monthly and have workshops, lectures, audio and video improv jams, hack sessions, a party to wrap up the evening, and more!

We are a group of developers looking to build products motivated by BarCamp style sessions. We want to hear the ideas of developers and rally around ideas worth building. Our goal is to build knowledge, product, and community. Anyone with an idea or a will to build should jump in. All levels and background are welcome.

We're a bunch of hackers, pirates, ninjas, trolls, keyboard warriors, thinkers, tinkerers, inventors, and makers. We're known for our thought-provoking beer and delicious content. We love security. Come at your risk. Follow us on twitter at @securitymeetup

PyLadies Boston is for anyone who identifies as a woman and is a Python programmer or an aspiring Python programmer in the Boston area. Or even if you have no clue what Python is, but you're interested in learning to program. It's a great language to learn if you have no prior programming experience. Our goal is to get a larger number of women coding and involved in the open source community. Developers and aspiring developers only, please. PyLadies Boston is welcoming to and respectful of tran …

@Windows8Boston   #Windows8Boston Welcome! Why Join? Everything and everyone you need to know about Windows 8 style apps. Take advantage of the need for Windows 8 app developers, designers, user experience experts and solution architects. Take your existing skills and create Windows 8 apps. Find the Windows 8 app experts and mentors you need in the Boston area. Please DO join the group, even if you don't plan attending the meetings. Use the group as a resource to keep updated on what happening i …

We are making the most of working from home by taking a break from our home offices! Our group is a mix of independent consultants, sole proprietors, entrepreneurs, telecommuters and "virtual office" workers. The primary purpose of our social lunch hour is -- to socialize! Additionally we: - Trade tips/tools/techniques/hacks for being productive (and staying sane) in a home office - Discuss ideas for growing career/business without "giving away" too much free work - Organically network: this is …

Calling all Python/Android Developers! I'd love for us to be able to change education with Open Access! We'll meet once a month near the MIT Stata Building. Events will include Prizes, Red Bull, Snacks & more...

This group brings together Kinect users and developers in the Boston metro area. We'll share experiences, cool demos, and learn about developing with Microsoft's Kinect sensor and related products.

Your mobile development a little- listless?  Your Rails lost some of its groove? Then join us and meet other technology enthusiasts as we explore a different technology every month.  Each month our group will focus on learning a different technology (i.e programming language, framework, development tool, concept (OOP, cloud computing) etc,...) and together review that technology with experts and teachers at our monthly Meetup.  In between Meetups there will be hack sessions where we gather and w …

We're the Boston CouchDB users group, organizing group hacks and educational events.

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 …

We are a community-run user group with the goal of learning about cloud computing and the Windows Azure cloud computing platform.

Boston has an amazing group of people who not only create beautiful data visualization work, but also push the entire field forward with their contribution to the open source and academic communities. This meetup will aim to bring those people and anyone interested in data visualization together, fostering a community, creating a space for learning and enabling new partnerships. The meetup will host talks, hack days, workshops/tutorials and personal work showcases. If you would like to speak at …

The main Web site is http://bostonandroid.org/ . We are designers, developers, employers, and general enthusiasts around building the Android mobile platform. We gather to share ideas, help each other, and generally get things done.

This is a group for anyone and everyone who enjoys making awesome stuff. Whether your thing is software, electronics, or knitting, we want to provide a space where you can meet fellow tinkerers and make to your heart's content. It's our aim to create a community within the Greater Boston area that encourages building, breaking, and most importantly, learning. http://cambridgehackspace.com/

Peer-to-peer has matured. P2P is no longer just for purveyors of warez and sharers of copyright materials - it's also an excellent way to preserve the privacy and security of one's own information. Adding encryption using PGP, GPG, PKI and symmetric keys provides yet another layer of protection to members of P2P networks. Join us and share encrypted peer-to-peer knowledge and experiences.

We are a group of Boston-area young professionals that get together to help each other ignite our potential, discover our purpose, and use our unique gifts to create positive change in the world. All are welcome, but this group is geared particularly towards talented, successful young adults who have mastered the basics of life but find themselves yearning for more. They say that you are the average of the five people you spend the most time with. This is your opportunity to surround yourself …

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.

For artists who like to code and coders who love to create, This is a collaborative space for creative coders, designers, and artists to come together to share the latest tips, tricks, and techniques in any area from data visualizations, to generative art, to kinect hacks. Focusing on open tools like Processing, OpenFrameworks, Cinder, Protovis and R.

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 …

The Boston Ember.js Meetup; eat, drink and hack!

All kinds of Khronos technology-related events are hosted, from casual meetups and socials to hack fests, fundraisers, guest lectures, community service and educational events. Khronos APIs: OpenCL OpenGL OpenGL ES WebGL WebCL COLLADA OpenVG OpenSL ES OpenMAX AL OpenMAX IL EGL StreamInput OpenVX OpenWF OpenKODE OpenML

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 …