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 …

Interested in picking locks for fun? Let's get together and improve our skills!

We're a group of ladies that love technology. Let's get together over coffee or beer and talk shop about what you're working on. We'll also have a science fiction book of the month to read and discuss. This group is open to anyone wishing to geek out!

Interested in launching your own cybersecurity or infosec startup or business? This group is for you! Meet others with similar interests who are passionate about security and the world of cryptography, penetration testing, analysis, hacking, public and private clouds, forensics and business! As attacks and threats get more complex against enterprises and nation states, the world is looking for businesses and entrepreneurs who understand information security and the threat landscape to assist and …

Seattle PyLadies is a Python programming group that welcomes ladies (or those who identify themselves as such) from all over the Puget Sound region. PyLadies is an international mentorship group with a focus on helping more women become active participants and leaders in the Python open-source community. Our mission is to promote, educate and advance a diverse Python community through outreach, education, conferences, events and social gatherings. PyLadies also aims to provide a friendly support …

Learn to write code. Attend workshops where you'll learn the basics of Javascript, Javascript libraries. and development tools like Chrome's Dev Tools, Git, and Github. Work on projects with peers as you learn, and get help from tutors at these monthly workshops. Overview of each workshop: - Introduction to the basics of Javascript and jQuery. - Make maps with leaflet.js and graphs with chart.js. - Learn how to make a little character move around the screen using javascript and the html5 canvas …

Security and beers is an informal gathering of IT Security professionals in the Seattle area to unwind, network, chat and drink beer with like-minded people in the industry. Come and join us for a drink, some laughs and some conversation. No name tags, no cheesy presentations - just Security and beers.

This is a monthly meetup about cloud computing, where we cover cloud services from different cloud providers like AWS, Windows Azure, Google AppEngine, Heroku, AppFog etc. We welcome novice and experts in cloud computing development - you can learn basic and advanced skills from the speakers or get something hacked in the coding part. The format of the meetup is the following: We start with 2 or 3 twenty minutes long talks about practical solutions with cloud services. For those we try to invit …

Arduino. Love it? Hate it? Never heard of it? Come hack your hardware and interface your implements at the Seattle Arduino monthly meetup. Snacks and drinks provided. Whether you are a total arduino newbie or you need some advice for finishing your advanced project, this is the meetup for you!

Seattle Seaside Meditation A Fresh Air Production of Club H2O “Health & Whole Body Wellness” located in the majestic Orion's Cutt spiritual community with our primary location in Capitol Hill Upstairs 219 Broadway East Suite 33, Seattle WA, 98102 Inner Peace & confidence, True love & trust, happiness & hope, excitement & enthusiasm, energy & vitality are all achieved by shutting off the world of voices around you and in your own mind. Yes, we're talking about meditation & simple yoga or stretch …

This is the CodeChix.org chapter for Seattle/Redmond. Check out codechix.org for details about us and what we do. Come join us for our hacking sessions, workshops and technical talks!

From big, well-organized hackathons like Startup Weekend and AngelHack to small, ad hoc hackathons like a couple of friends in a coffee shop, we want to help increase the number of hackathons going on in Seattle, help support them, and help publicize them.

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.

Kick start 2011 by hacking on Go, Google's new programming language. If you're a systems programmer who wants to push their productivity full throttle - this group is for you. If you're staring at pictures of elephants, take a break from writing map reduce jobs, and ditch your old copy of The Little Schemer, and join this group. If you ride a fixie, sport wayfarer glasses, and want to look even cooler than you already do, this group is for you.

WA is the home to the two biggest cloud service platforms (Amazon Web Services and Windows Azure). However, a platform is as good as what you do with it. This is a hands-on group for anybody, who wants to do something useful with popular IaaS, PaaS or SaaS cloud platforms (Amazon Web Services, Windows Azure, Rackspace cloud/OpenStack, Google AppEngine, Cloud Foundry, Joyent, Heroku, Force.com, and others). The definition of "useful" is limited only by your imagination :-) The format of the meetu …

This is a group for WordPress developers who gather once in a while for a few hours of semi-coordinated, informal hackery. At each meeting we'll provide a central development task/suggestion for the group. For example, we might team up to implement new features on a large open source plugin, create a needed plugin of our own, or work on a core issue. If you attend, you can choose to participate in the group activity, or bring your own WordPress development project with you and do your own thing. …