If you've ever visited Hacker News, you've almost certainly seen the "Show HN" or "Ask HN" posts. Well, it's time to get off the Internet and tell us about it face to face. We'll provide you with our honest feedback, you provide us with a great hack, or idea. We'll give you 5 minutes to show off your tool, hack, library (did you just write a library to access the Meetup API in Go!?), whatever. We're language and software/hardware agnostic, so it's all fair game. After you present, it's an open f …

Join the local New York City forum for the Volumetric Society ( http://volumetric.org ) an eclectic group of innovators exploring the arts & sciences of a new world of natural user interfaces between body, brain, and spatially aware computing for the physical world.  Come exchange ideas, demo your projects, or just get exposed to the volumetric future that devices such as Kinect, Emotiv/MindWare, volumetric 3D displays and cameras and telematic interfaces are taking us. Everyone is welcome - fro …

What is crisismapping? Crisismappers are online teams of people who gather and provide data online to people responding to and people caught up in disasters. Crisismapping has been around for a while, but for most people it started with the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, where all the government and NGO information needed to respond to the earthquake was lost in the earthquake. We created online maps from satelllite images, put SMS and media reports onto an Ushahidi map, got documents into Sahana, …

NYC's only 'locksport' meetup. The model for this group is: guided, hands-on, tutorials in 'lock bypass' --at least once every month. In intervening weeks; practice, practice, practice! Optional weekly meetings for whoever wishes to hang out and 'compare tradecraft'. We're not limited to just lockpicking; any form of urban subterfuge, prank, or trickery is to our interest!

A monthly event inviting folks from other disciplines who are intimidated or frightened by the prospect of learning programming to join a judgment-free community that will offer free education and fellowship. The Meetup is typically split into three sections - Section 1 - Learn2Code: An introductory session on some aspect of actual programming with real coding examples. Section 2 - API Junkie: An introduction to the world of APIs. Learn how easy it is to develop using a specific API. Section 3 …

HackDays is a meetup based on the philosophy that: You're a lot more productive when there's a time limit When learning to code, the fastest way to learn is to make something The best way to be introduced to new programming concepts is by interacting with other hackers You don't have to be a code ninja - a lot of HackDays participants are brand new to programming. There are plenty of experienced CS students and hackers around to help. If you're a current college student (CS or otherwise) and w …

The web as we know it evolves rapidly. New layers are added, of social, collaboration, semantic, interactivity and accessibility.. it reaches across all platforms, from the PC and mobile devices to TVs and beyond. Through the web, we're connected any where, at any time. This group is dedicated to bring developers, designers and thinkers together, to explore the vast opportunities and great potential of the web. We hack together, discuss implementations and design approaches. All on the basis and …

It's Tech@NYU's monthly party! At each DemoDay, Tech@NYU members and other NYC students will demo what they've been working on for the last month in the areas of programming and design. It's a monthly celebration, where Tech@NYU opens it doors to show off what we've been doing. NYC students - if you'd like to demo your latest hack, project, or pre-funding startup, please contact one of the organizers. Past demos have included: A Javascript library for calculus and statistics A remote control fo …

Wikimedia NYC is the nonprofit supporting Wikipedia and related projects (and resulting cultural and educational outreach) in the Greater New York City area. We also work with Free Culture Alliance NYC, and this account will also support meetings of everyone interested in that broader movement.

Get together with fellow hackers, tech Meetups from across NYC, and the best APIs around for the first ever cross-language hackathon tournament. Every programming language and platform has its strengths and weaknesses, its devoted fans and its bitter detractors. To celebrate the techno-diversity that makes software programming such a fascinating sport, we're hosting a series of hackathons at Meetup HQ... JavaScript in June PHP in July Python and Ruby in August FINAL BATTLE OF THE BRACES in Sept …

"Hacking" is creating solutions to problems in complex systems. As it turns out, "Health" is an unbelievably complex system (the body), tangled up with an unfathomably real abstraction (the mind) and wrapped in a morass of business, government, and good intentions so labyrinthine in nature that it would make Kafka cry. If you love exploring elegant fixes to problems of mind-shattering difficulty in a collaborative environment then HealthHackingNYC is the group for you. So: Come ask questions tha …

Welcoming all hackers in the GLBT community!

This group is for anyone interested in leveraging telephony APIs to build awesome applications. Developers of all skill levels and experience using telephony APIs are welcome. It is my hope that once a month developers who enjoy building applications that leverage voice/SMS funcitonality (and those who would like to learn) can come together, share their projects and ask and address questions over a few beers. The ultimate intent is to learn and have fun! I look forward to meeting you all! You ca …

Code together, on anything. Hack New York is a meetup for computer programmers and enthusiasts to get together and work on software together!  You can work on anything! Any language, framework, public/open-source, personal, etc. You don’t have to have an idea to work on and you’re more than welcome to come hang out or pair with someone. Please note this group is not for illegal activities or computer security research specifically. It's just about programmers getting out and sharing with each ot …

Join us! The first Windows 8 app event will be announced soon.  The New York Windows 8 App Development Group is modeled after the success of the Boston Windows 8 App development group.  (www.windows8boston.com) This NY Win 8 group is Focused on Windows 8 app development and 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 Wi …

For this New York City meetup, we will focus on classes and workshops on the topic of growth hacking. To further connect with and join our community go to meetup.com/growhack What is a growth hacking? Growth hackers have a way of looking at the traditional question of “How do I get customers for my product?” and answer with A/B tests, landing pages, viral factor, email deliverability, and Open Graph. Some of the most successful startups of all time have used growth hacking techniques to grow pro …

This group will be for NYC based Resistance fighters in the Google MMO "Ingress." The plan will be to gather on the weekends (and weekdays if time allows) to fight the Enlightenment, Hack Nodes and generally have a good time wandering around NYC.

Tech Tuesday is the weekly open night at Hack Manhattan, a community hackerspace in the Union Square neighborhood of Manhattan. Stop by to chat about your projects and use our electronics tools, 3D printers, sewing machines or machine shop. Hack Manhattan is located on 137 West 14th Street between Union Square and Chelsea. We are dedicated to technology, art and craft. Our physical space is open every Tuesday evening. A smaller 3D printing foucsed group gathers on Thursday evenings, and it’s pos …

The goal of this group is to help each other learn about 3d printing and modeling.  We will be printing on my Makerbot Replicator 2 and modeling using any software (I use Google Sketchup).  Beginners to experts are welcomed. There is no fee for the group, but if you would like to print something there will a small fee to cover electric and materials cost.  I only have my laptop, so it's recommended you bring your own computer.  Looking forward to meeting everyone!

Conscious Coder is a meetup for coders (hackers || developers || engineers) making the world a better place. We provide a hub for exchanging ideas and inspiration while learning about new technologies. Whether it's collaborative consumption, crowd funding, conscious commerce, collective action, micro finance, clean tech, social good, digital currency, or a completely new concept that moves humanity in a positive direction, if you believe that the intelligent application of technology can create …

This is a group for political hacks and technology hackers. New York Civic Tech Meetup will focus on civic, social good, political tech and everything in between. The purpose of this group will be to showcase startups in the these three spaces, engage the political community in New York and the surrounding areas, and work towards making an impact in tech, politics, and government. NYCTM is not just about open data, big data, or government transparency; it will engage the private sector -- tech s …

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This group sprang out of a conversation on the Hack and Tell mailing list. Let's get lunch and geek out together! Meet up at coffee shops to hack! Announce impromptu events whenever we'll be hanging out at the Tea Lounge to code or wake up early enough for breakfast with other hackers! Pair over pastries! Learn Lisp over lunch! &c &c &c. Any member can schedule Hack & Snack events. Yes, that means you! If you want company for lunch or brunch or drinks or whatevs, please feel free to schedule it …

Indi-preneurs NYC is about meeting people and getting your stuff done. Simple and fun. This group is for entrepreneurs who are: - Interested in Indian Market - Wanna Get together and help each other Solve Issues, Prepare Presentations, Pitches, Hack, etc - Coder willing to work with startups and help or be part of one .The goal is to get a ton of stuff done, help each other to rise, learn about the Indian market and learn some new productivity tools via the community.

Whether it's getting more done with less work in less time, or defining your goals and hacking your way there, Life Hack NYC is the go-to community and event series for being the best possible version of yourself! In the words of Seth Godin, "the key to getting a reputation for being brilliant is actually being brilliant, not just acting like who you are." The core values of this meetup group are as follows: Focus on the essential and rid the optional, less is more Always conquer the 20% of eac …

We will be serving the rails community with educational content geared toward novice, intermediate, and advanced rails developers and enthusiasts. There will be guest lecturers, demonstrations by rails community members, hack-a-thons, networking with other startups, and hopefully fun. Food and beverages will be provided.

NYC Pipeline Developers unite! This group is for the people that develop plugins, automation, tools, asset management systems and otherwise hack together the creative engines that keep animation, visual effects, and game studios pumping out their remarkable content. We'll get a chance to network, trade skills, explore cutting edge techniques and drink lots of beer/coffee/tea.

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 in the city that never sleeps - New York City. Khronos APIs: OpenCL OpenGL OpenGL ES WebGL WebCL COLLADA OpenVG OpenSL ES OpenMAX AL OpenMAX IL EGL StreamInput OpenVX OpenWF OpenKODE OpenML