User Group events:
October 13, 2001
VIBUG (visually impaired & blind) "Annual meeting & beginners' clinic" 1-4 pm, Nat'l Braille Press, Boston
New England Palm Users Group "Palm SW Demo" 10am-noon, Franklin Covey Store, Prudential Center, Boston
October 15, 2001
Delphi Developers, "TBD", 7:00, Allaire Corp, Newton
Worcester Comp Soc, "digital photo magic", 6:45, @Worcester Academy
Greater Boston Visual Basic Learning User Group, "Testing 1 , 2, 3", 7 pm, Microsoft, Waltham
October 16, 2001
MIMC HyperLink, 6:30, One Main St, Kendall Sq, Cambridge
FrontPage UG, "MS Consulting Services", 6:30PM, @ Microsoft, Waltham
New England Palm Users Group "Knowledge Management for the Palm" 6:30PM, MIT, 175 Albany St
COM Users (BACOM), ".NET Web Services", 6:00, @MSFT Waltham
Boston SPIN, "In Person-to-Person Communications, Quality Really Pays Off", 6:30-8:30, Mitre, Bedford
ACM Greater Boston Web Tech Chapter "Java applications for small devices" 7pm, IBM, Waltham
October 17, 2001
SneNUG, "Sniffer Pro", 7:00, @NE Tech, Warwick RI
DataCAD Boston (DBUG), "Architectural CADD Consultants", 6:00, @Roseledge, Beverly Farms
MacWoburn "experimenting with building Lego robots" 7pm, CompUSA, 335 Washington Street, Woburn
Boston Linux & Unix "Wireless DSL: Access Rights and Legal Issues" 7 pm,  MIT Building 4-370 ?
Access Day "Session topics, speakers and details TBA" Microsoft, Waltham
October 18, 2001
Business on the Web - Chat, "Yaga (P2P) with Arnaud Fischer",  Noon to 1
Women in Computing, "The Work-Life Balancing Act", 6:15?, Marriott Hotel, Burlington, MA
GBC/ACM Meeting "the Future of Handheld Computing" 7 pm, MIT, NE-43, LCS Technology Square, 8th floor
October 19, 2001
MetroWest Boston Linux, "informal meetings", 7:00 PM,  Framingham
No Shore Comp Soc computer clinic, 7:00, Peabody Municipal Light
October 22, 2001
Windows Users, "PrimeFilm 1800 Scanners", 7:00, @MSFT Waltham
riMac, "Itools & Airport", 7:00, @Brown U CIT board room
digitaleve{BOSTON}, "Using Technology... Customer Loyalty", 6PM, Deloitte & Touche, Boston
October 23, 2001
Independent Computer Consultants "Taming the Wild Client" 6 pm, "Prospect Place", Waltham $
October 24, 2001
FoxPro Users, "Visual FoxPro 7.0 and Beyond", 7:00, @MSFT Waltham
SIGGRAPH/Boston "Shader Lamps: Animating Objects with Projectors" 7pm, Mitsubishi Research, Cambridge
October 25, 2001
Exchange Server Users, "Public Folder + Mailbox Mgmt", 6:30, @MSFT Waltham
Windows XP Launch Event  9am to 12:30 pm,  Boston, Nashua, and Hartford
Virtual Reality Group, "Animating Real Objects", 7 pm, Mitsubishi Research Labs, Cambridge
Ass'n of IT Professionals, "Networking 6pm, Dinner 7pm, Speaker TBA 8pm" $, Radisson, Providence 
October 26, 2001
MetroWest Boston Linux, "informal meetings", 7:00 PM,  Framingham
October 30, 2001
Software Engineering and Quality "UML: Speaker TBD" 6:30-8 PM, St Anselm's College (Room TBD)
Windows XP Launch Event  9am to 12:30 pm,  Providence and Portland
digitaleve{BOSTON} workshop, "Polish Your Presentation Skills", 6PM, Telluride Group, Newton
November 5, 2001
Windows Tech Forum "File/Print Server for Small Business" & "Snagit/Camtasia" 6:30-9, MSFT, Waltham
November 6, 2001
NE SW QA Forum (NESQAF), "Management of QA Assets Roundtable", 6:00, @Lotus, Cambridge
AIP-495 Chapter, topic TBA, 6:30, @EMC, Hopkinton
November 7, 2001
CentraLUG monthly meeting, 7:00, @Sybase, Concord NH
Boston Area Windows 2000 Server, "Supporting Windows XP" & "Symantec ?", 7pm,  Microsoft, Waltham
November 8, 2001
NE Java Users, "Java Data Objects (JDO)", 6:00, @Sun Campus, Burlington
Computer Measurement Group, day-long meeting, Lombardo's Conference Facility, Randolph, MA
November 12, 2001
Worcester Comp Soc, "QuickLink Pen", 6:45, @Worcester Academy
November 13, 2001
M Users (NEMUG), "Applying Collab Discourse Theory...", 6:00, @MSFT Waltham
November 14, 2001
DataCAD Boston (DBUG), "BSA's Build Boston", 6:00, @World Trade Ctr
New England Notes & Domino "Topic to be announced"  6:30,  IBM's Waltham Office
SW Quality Group, "Personal Software Process", 6:15, @Sun Campus, Burlington
MS .NET Users, "XML schema and data validation", 6:00, @MSFT Waltham
Worcester Linux Users' Group (WLUG) "TBD" 7:00 PM Kinnicutt Hall, WPI Campus
Mac Users (BMac), "12 Great Gift Ideas", 7:00, @MIT Bldg E51, Rm 149
November 15, 2001
GBC/ACM, "Design an Insecure Network Security Protocol", 7:00, Verizon Labs, Waltham
November 19, 2001
Delphi Developers, "TBA", 7:00, Allaire Corp, Newton
November 20, 2001
FrontPage UG, "Customer-centered Design", 6:30PM, @ Microsoft, Waltham
November 21, 2001
SneNUG, "Novell Netware 6", 7:00, @NE Tech, Warwick RI
Boston Linux & Unix "Postfix vs. Sendmail" 7 pm,  MIT Building 4-370
November 26, 2001
Windows Users, "Windows XP", 7:00, @MSFT Waltham
riMac, "MS Office 2001?", 7:00, @Brown U CIT board room
November 27, 2001
Independent Computer Consultants "Gadgets and Devices" 6 pm, "Prospect Place", Waltham $
November 28, 2001
MacWoburn "what to get your Mac buddies for Christmas" 7pm, CompUSA, Woburn
November 29, 2001
Exchange Server Users, "Security Month", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
December 3, 2001
Independent Computer Consultants "Holiday Joint Meeting with SPC" 6 pm, "Prospect Place", Waltham $
Windows Technical Forum, "ZoomAir - Wireless LANs", 6:30-9PM, Microsoft, Waltham
December 4, 2001
NE SW QA Forum (NESQAF), "Mgmt of QA Assets Roundtable", 6:00, @Lotus, Cambridge
December 5, 2001
Boston Area Windows 2000 Server, "Windows DataCenter Server by UNISYS", 7pm,  Microsoft, Waltham
December 12, 2001
SW Quality Group, "Web Load Testing", 6:15, @Sun Campus, Burlington
MS .NET Users, "TBD", 6:00, Microsoft, Waltham
December 13, 2001
Worcester Linux Users' Group (WLUG) "TBD" 7:00 PM Kinnicutt Hall, WPI Campus
December 17, 2001
riMac, "Traditional Christmas gathering", 7:00, @Brown U, CIT board room
December 18, 2001
FrontPage UG, "Dr. Dinerman of SilverSword", 6:30PM, @ Microsoft, Waltham
December 19, 2001
SneNUG Holiday Party, "Windows XP", 7:00, @NE Tech, Warwick RI
January 2, 2002
Windows 2000 Server, "PDA Integration", "O/S: Pocket PC-2002", "Mobile Server" 7pm,  Microsoft, Waltham
January 8, 2002
NE SW QA Forum (NESQAF), "Certif for the SW Quality and Test Professional", 6:00, @Lotus, Cambridge
Selected Commercial Events and Conferences: October 18, 2001 Internet Untethered Boston, Sheraton Boston October 20, 2001 Women in Technology Career Conference & Job Fair, Renaissance Bedford Hotel, Bedford MA October 25, 2001 Microsoft Windows XP Launch, 8AM, Westin Hotel Copley Plaza, Boston October 29-31, 2001 Summit on Wireless Computing, Marriott Copley, Boston November 6, 2001 Microsoft Developer Days 2001, Marriott, Burlington MA November 8, 2001 IEEE Boston Section "Software Development for Medical Device Manufacturers" 8:30-4:30, Sheraton, Lexington MA November 28, 2001 Microsoft FREE business seminar series, "The Big Day", location TBA
Computer Education and Training: October 15-16, 2001 ASP.NET Workshop for Developers, Westin Hotel, Waltham October 15-18, 2001 XML & XSLT for Developers, @MicroTek, Burlington October 22-26, 2001 Access 2000 Development, @MicroTek, Burlington November 5-9, 2001 Active Server Pages Seminars, @MicroTek, Burlington November 8, 2001 Software Development for Medical Device Manufacturers, Lexington Sheraton November 10, 2001 Object Oriented Software Design and Construction, Radisson Hotel Providence Harbor Ongoing: MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science events open to the public UCI Software Technical Training lists events at http://www.ucicorp.com/events.asp The IEEE Boston Section posts local courses at http://www.ieee-boston.org/ Cambridge Center for Adult Education Call (617) 547-6789 or check the courses available at http://www.ccae.org WorldTRAIN Online Classes http://www.worldtrain.com/courses Westlake Internet Training Classes, Federal St, Boston. http://www.westlake.com/ DevelopMentor Training Classes, Cummings Park, Woburn. http://www.develop.com Future Media Concepts provides training in all areas of digital media Apple seminars New England (free) These sites may load very slowly. Microsoft Technology Center Training $$
These listings are obtained from user group web pages, mailings, and from other sources.