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Updated 08/20/2009 -- '09 #260
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User Group events:
See below for Seminars, Shows, Learning, etc.

Thu AUG 20, 2009
Refresh Boston, "Designing for a Multi-Channel Experience", 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Worcester Linux Users, "Making Money from Free Software", 7PM, Morgan Hall, WPI
NH Ruby Users, "Show ’N Tell Meetup", 7PM, Rosa Restaurant, Portsmouth NH

Fri AUG 21, 2009
Virtualization User Group, "an all day Virtualization Summer Camp", Microsoft, Waltham
North Shore Web Geeks Meetup, Noon-2PM, @Not Your Average Joe's, Newburyport
SIBMUG: A PC User Group, "Kodak Z1285, Streamlining Windows XP or Vista OS", 7PM, Adult Learning Ctr, Dover NH

Sat AUG 22, 2009
Boston Linux & Unix UG "InstallFest XXXIV (Details here)" 9 am - 5 pm, MIT Building E51, Room 061

Mon AUG 24, 2009
Waltham QuickBooks Meetup Group, 6PM
Boston Webmasters Meetup Group, 6:30, Vlora Restaurant, 545 Boylston St

Tue AUG 25, 2009
Ind Computer Consultants, "Consultants Chat", 6:30, Hilton Garden Inn, Burlington

Wed AUG 26, 2009
Metrowest Ruby Meetup Group, 7PM, Natick

Thu AUG 27, 2009
Boston SolidWorks Users, "Tips, Tricks, SW Library Features", 5:30, ITT Tech, Norwood
Boston Plone Meetup Group, "ExpressionEngine, Banjo", 7PM, Betahouse, Cambridge

Sat AUG 29, 2009
Boston Digital Arts Meetup, "Digital Photography Outing", Boston Harbor Grape Island Camping

Mon AUG 31, 2009
Boston Water Users, "New SW Apps in Water V6.", 7PM, One Broadway, Cambridge

Tue SEP 01, 2009
Cambridge SEO Meetup Group, "Blogging", 6:30, Robbins Library, Arlington

Wed SEP 02, 2009
Windows Boston with Exchange Users, "Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham

Thu SEP 03, 2009
eXtreme Thursday Club, "Extreme Programming (XP) for software development", 6 PM, Boston

Fri SEP 04, 2009
North Shore Web Geeks Meetup, Noon-2PM, @Not Your Average Joe's, Newburyport

Mon SEP 07, 2009
NE F# User Group, "Speaker: Robert Pickering", 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Tue SEP 08, 2009
NH Adobe Users, "Fireworks CS4 Tips & Tricks", 1:30-3:30, UNH Taylor Hall, Durham NH
NE M Users Group, topic TBD, 6PM, Wellesley Gateway Bldg
Virtualization User Group, "Virtualization Boston Monthly Meeting", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
Cambridge Semantic Web Meetup "Metadata Repositories, Policy Aware Content Reuse, SPARQL 2" 6PM, Cambridge
BostonCHI "Interface design, affect, and students' choice to game the system" 6:30, Sun Micro, Burlington
Boston Rubyists, "Superstar night, Heroku", 7PM, 215 First Street, Cambridge
Boston Perl Mongers, "Probably Perl for mapping Open Street Map", 7:15, MIT E51

Wed SEP 09, 2009
Boston Avid Users, topic TBD, 6:30, The Stockyard, Brighton
Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group, "talk about the latest news and software", 7PM, Java Room, Chelmsford

Thu SEP 10, 2009
Beantown .NET Users, topic TBD, 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
NE Java Users, "Effective Java Messaging", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
Boston CocoaHeads/Devs, topic TBD, 7PM, MIT Building E51/Room 149
Cambridge Django Meetup, "Ivan Kirigin will present Tipjoy, a Django site", 7PM, Betahouse, Cambridge
Boston Web Design Meetup, "whatever comes up relating to to web design, or not", 7PM, Boston
RI/So MA SolidWorks Users, "3D Sketching, Advanced Mates", Ramada Inn, Seekonk

Mon SEP 14, 2009
Boston MySQL User Group, "ScaleDB storage engine", 7PM, MIT E51
Cambridge Enterprise Web 2.0 Meetup, 7:30, Tavern In the Square, Cambridge

Tue SEP 15, 2009
IASA New England, "Virtualization: where it came from and where it's going", 5 PM, VMware, Cambridge
NH SolidWorks Users, topics TBD, 5:30, Nashua Community College
Boston Drupal Meetup, 6:30, MIT Tang Center, rm E51-149

Wed SEP 16, 2009
Boston Linux & Unix UG, "PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party X", 6:30, MIT Building E51, Room 325
So NE Network Users, "Exchange 2010 - On-Premises and On-Line", 7PM, NEIT, Warwick RI
NE Midrange Users Group, "Subject to change" (check website), Seekonk

Thu SEP 17, 2009
The Agile Bazaar, "The Voyage toward Agility", 6PM, location TBD
Info Security Group, topic TBD, 6:30, Microsoft, Boston
IEEE Computer & GBC/ACM, "Project Wonderland: Building Virtual Worlds", 7PM, IBM Innovation Center, Waltham

Fri SEP 18, 2009
North Shore Web Geeks Meetup, Noon-2PM, @Not Your Average Joe's, Newburyport

Sat SEP 19
New England Java "NEJUG Picnic" 11am - 4pm, Great Brook Farm State Park, Carlisle

Mon SEP 21, 2009
Boston North DotNetNuke Meetup, topic TBD, 6:30
Boston Java Meetup Group, "social group of Java developers and enthusiasts", 6:30, Cambridge

Tue SEP 22, 2009
DataCAD Boston, topic TBD, 6PM, MZO Architects, Boston
New England SharePoint User Group, "To be determined", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham

Wed SEP 23, 2009
Providence Geeks, topic TBD, 5:30-8:30, @AS220, Providence
Cape Cod .NET Users, "Best Practices for SQL Server Execution Plans", 6PM, Venture Think Together, Hyannis
Worcester Linux Users' Group (WLUG), "Legal Interpretation of the GPL", 7PM, Morgan Hall, WPI
Boston Cloud Services Meetup, "Amazon's EC2 security & Twisted Storage", 6:30, Aprigo, Waltham

Thu SEP 24, 2009
Final Cut Pro UG, "Final Cut Studio 2009", 6PM, location TBD

Tue SEP 29, 2009
Web Innovators Group, "people interested in internet and mobile innovation", 6:30, Cambridge
So NH Apple Core, "30th Anniversary w Andy Ihnatko", 7PM, Nashua Public Library

Wed SEP 30, 2009
Cent MA/NE CT SolidWorks Users, "Motion Manager, Advanced Mates", 5:30, WPI, Worcester

Fri OCT 02, 2009
North Shore Web Geeks Meetup, Noon-2PM, @Not Your Average Joe's, Newburyport

Mon OCT 05, 2009
NE F# User Group, "Speaker: Chance Coble", 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Tue OCT 06, 2009
Boston Drupal Meetup, 6:30, MIT Tang Center, rm E51-149

Wed OCT 07, 2009
Windows Boston with Exchange Users, "Topics TBD", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham

Tue OCT 13, 2009
Virtualization User Group, "Virtualization Boston Monthly Meeting", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
BostonCHI, topic TBD, 6:30, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
Boston Rubyists, "Amazon Web Services", 7PM, 215 First Street, Cambridge

Wed OCT 14, 2009
Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group, "talk about the latest news and software", 7PM, Java Room, Chelmsford
Final Cut Pro Users, ""BOSFCPUG & BAVUG JOINT Meeting", 6:30,  Details TBA

Fri OCT 16, 2009
North Shore Web Geeks Meetup, Noon-2PM, @Not Your Average Joe's, Newburyport

Wed OCT 21, 2009
Boston Linux & Unix, topic TBD, 6:30, MIT Building E51, Room 325
So NE Network Users, "Windows 7", 7PM, NEIT, Warwick RI
Worcester Linux Users' Group (WLUG), "Making Money from Free Software", 7PM, Morgan Hall, WPI

Fri OCT 30, 2009
North Shore Web Geeks Meetup, Noon-2PM, @Not Your Average Joe's, Newburyport

Mon NOV 02, 2009
NE F# User Group, "Speaker: Adam Chlipala", 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Tue NOV 03, 2009
Boston Drupal Meetup, 6:30, MIT Tang Center, rm E51-149

Tue NOV 10, 2009
Virtualization User Group, "Virtualization Boston Monthly Meeting", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
BostonCHI, "Ben Shneiderman", 6:30, Special location TBA

Wed NOV 11, 2009
Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group, "talk about the latest news and software", 7PM, Java Room, Chelmsford

Wed NOV 18, 2009
Providence Geeks, (Tentative date) topic TBD, 5:30-8:30, @AS220, Providence
DataCAD Boston Users Group, "DBUG's 22nd Anniversary", 6PM, World Trade Center, Boston
Worcester Linux Users' Group (WLUG), topic TBD, 7PM, Morgan Hall, WPI
Boston Linux & Unix, topic TBD, 6:30, MIT Building E51, Room 325
NE Midrange Users Group, "Subject to change" (check website), Seekonk

Tue DEC 01, 2009
Boston Drupal Meetup, 6:30, MIT Tang Center, rm E51-149

Wed DEC 02, 2009
Boston Area SAS Users, "Coders Corner", location TBD

Mon DEC 07, 2009
NE F# User Group, "Speaker: Talbott Crowell", 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Tue DEC 08, 2009
Virtualization User Group, "Virtualization Boston Monthly Meeting", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
BostonCHI, "Steve Krug", 6:30, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

Wed DEC 09, 2009
Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group, "talk about the latest news and software", 7PM, Java Room, Chelmsford

Wed DEC 16, 2009
Providence Geeks, (Tentative date) topic TBD, 5:30-8:30, @AS220, Providence
Boston Linux & Unix, topic TBD, 6:30, MIT Building E51, Room 325
So NE Network Users, "Symantec", 7PM, NEIT, Warwick RI

Thu DEC 17, 2009
Worcester Linux Users' Group (WLUG), topic TBD, 7PM, Morgan Hall, WPI

Tue JAN 12, 2010
BostonCHI, topic TBD, 6:30, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

Tue FEB 09, 2010
BostonCHI, "David Rose: Disability Access", 6:30, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

Tue MAR 09, 2010
BostonCHI, topic TBD, 6:30, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

Tue APR 08, 2010
BostonCHI, topic TBD, 6:30, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

Tue MAY 11, 2010
BostonCHI, topic TBD, 6:30, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

Tue JUN 08, 2010
BostonCHI, topic TBD, 6:30, Sun Microsystems, Burlington


Events, Conferences, Education and Training:

Every Tuesday
Massachusetts UBUNTU Team training, 7-9 pm, South End Technology Center, Boston

AUG 21-23, 2009
Game Unicon 2009, Best Western Royal Plaza, Marlborough
iPhone Boot Camp Boston, "Three Day Intensive Boot Camp", Tech Superpowers, Boston

SEP 09, 2009
Brick Marketing, "Search Engine Optimization (SEO) & Email Marketing", Waltham

SEP 10, 2009
Northeast MSDN Roadshow, "Food for Thoughts Tour", Highlander Inn, Manchester NH

SEP 11-13, 2009
New England Software Symposium, Sheraton Framingham

SEP 15, 2009
Pulse Comes to You "current market situation & dynamic infrastructures of the future", Boston

SEP 22-24, 2009
Embedded Systems Conference, Hynes Convention Center

SEP 23, 2009
Northeast MSDN Roadshow, "Food for Thoughts Tour", Microsoft, Waltham

OCT 05, 2009
Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Exchange 2010 Launch Event, AMC Boston Common 19

OCT 12-16, 2009
SQL Server 2005/2008 Internals and Query Tuning, Microsoft, Waltham

OCT 17, 2009
New England Code Camp 12, Microsoft, Waltham

OCT 28, 2009
Oracle Fall Training Day, Bentley College

NOV 18, 2009
Brick Marketing, "Search Engine Optimization (SEO) & Email Marketing", Waltham



Ongoing:

MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science events open to the public

The IEEE Boston Section posts local courses at http://www.ieeeboston.org/

Qualware Instructional Services, Burlington, flexible public and corporate IT training.

Cambridge Center for Adult Education, 617 547-6789 or http://www.ccae.org

DevelopMentor Training Classes, http://www.develop.com

Future Media Concepts provides training in all areas of digital media

New Horizons Boston, Quincy, Waltham and Westborough.


Apple seminars


Microsoft New England: Local Event Calendar

Boston TechVenue Calendar

IBM Innovation Centers for Business Partners - Waltham

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