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Tue AUG 10, 2010
NH Adobe Users, "Photoshop CS5 and 3-D", 1:30, UNH Durham, Taylor Hall
Cambridge Semantic Web Meetup, 6PM, MIT Stata Center, Cambridge
Boston Azure Users, "Chris Bowen on ASP.NET MVC", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Seacoast SQL Server Users, "What Are You Waiting For?", 6:15, Great Bay Comm Coll, Portsmouth NH
Salem Build Guild informal get-together, 6:30, Murphy's, Salem
Boston Perl Mongers, "Acmeist projects, TestML and JSYNC", 7PM, MIT room E51-376
Boston PDA User Meeting, 7PM, MIT Room 3-133
Boston Post Mortem, "SIGGRAPH roundup", 7PM, The Skellig, Waltham

Wed AUG 11, 2010
NE SiteCore Meetup, "Security and Workflow - Philosophy to Code", 6PM, Cambridge Innovation Center
Boston Area Sharepoint Users, "Workflows with SharePoint Designer 2010, InfoPath and Visio", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Southern NE SQL Server, "What Are You Waiting For?", 6PM, NE Inst of Tech, Warwick RI
Boston Avid Users, "topic TBD", 6:30, location TBD

Thu AUG 12, 2010
NE Java Users, "Programming Scala", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
Worcester Linux Users' Group, "WLUG Barbeque", 6PM, Doug Mildram's House
NoSQL Summer Boston, "Google’s MapReduce", 7PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Sat AUG 14, 2010
RI Linux Users, "Second Annual Barbecue", 11AM-2PM, New England Tech, Warwick RI
Boston Linux & Unix, "Annual Summer BBQ XVI", 1-6PM, Waltham
Boston Web Design Meetup, "looking for a place to have a BBQ", Noon

Mon AUG 16, 2010
Mobile Monday Boston, "An Evening with Google and Android", 6:30, Google, Cambridge
NH Ruby User Group, "client_side_validations & interfacing Ruby with C", 7PM, RMC Research, Portsmouth NH

Tue AUG 17, 2010
Boston Rubyists, "Hackfest at Backchannel Media", 7PM, 105 South Street, Boston

Wed AUG 18, 2010
NE ASP.NET Professionals, "No More Excuses! Coding Securely in ASP.NET", 6:15, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston Linux & Unix, "backup systems such as JungleDisk and DropBox", 6:30, MIT Building E51, Room 325
Windows Phone User & Developer Group, "State and Notifications in Windows Phone 7", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Mobile Software Developers Meetup, "latest tips & tricks", 6:30, Dogpatch Labs, Cambridge
Boston PHP Meetup, "Progressive Enhancement", 7PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Thu AUG 19, 2010
Boston Arduino Meetup, "August Meetup", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Mon AUG 23, 2010
Quickbooks Monthly Meetup, "QuickBooks versions and issues", 6PM, Siegel & Assoc, Lexington

Tue AUG 24, 2010
Boston PDA Developer Meeting, 7PM, MIT Room 3-133

Wed AUG 25, 2010
Central MA/NE CT SolidWorks UG, (see website), 5:30, Siemens VAI, Worcester
IT Job Seekers Greater Boston, "Java, .NET, SQL, LAMP, etc.", 6PM, Boston
Metrowest Ruby Meetup Group, "General topic discussion", 7PM, Natick

Thu AUG 26, 2010
Boston WebsiteSpark Group, "EditMe and Word Press Systems", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Lean Startup Circle - Boston, "Analytics + A/B testing", 6 pm, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Refresh Boston, "Quick and Dirty User Research Techniques", 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Sat AUG 28, 2010
Boston PHP Meetup, "PHP Beginner Training Series (Part 2)", 11AM-4PM, Digital Imaging Arts Ctr, Waltham

Tue AUG 31, 2010
Boston Unity Group, "Unity Game Development", 7PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Wed SEP 01, 2010
Boston Area SAS Users Group, "Ready For Regression", 8:15AM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Gr Boston SharePoint Users Group, "share experiences, solutions, and services", 6PM, Barnes and Noble, Burlington
Chelmsford Linux Meetup, "talk about the latest news and software", 7PM, Java Room, Chelmsford
iPhone Developers Meetup, 7PM, Waltham

Thu SEP 02, 2010
Beantown .NET Users, topic TBD, 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Merrimack Valley Section ASQ $, "Risk Assessment using Failure Modes and Effects Analysis", 6PM, Holiday Inn, Tewksbury $
Visual Basic Professionals, topic TBD, 6:15, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston Area SolidWorks UG, "Agenda should be posted soon", Dedham

Mon SEP 06, 2010
Boston Java Meetup, "discuss Java and related technologies", 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Tue SEP 07, 2010
Boston Rubyists, "Hackfest at Thoughtbot", 12AM, 41 Winter St, Boston

Wed SEP 08, 2010
Boston .NET Users, "TBA", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
Back Bay LISA, "Using MySQLtuner 2.0 to monitor and improve mysql performance", 7PM, MIT E-51, Room 149

Thu SEP 09, 2010
NE SQL Server Users, "Kalen Delaney - Topic TBD", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Worcester Linux Users' Group, "Topic, Speaker: TBD", 7PM, Morgan Hall, WPI
Boston Web Design Meetup, "whatever comes up relating to to web design, or not", 7PM, Boston

Sat SEP 11, 2010
RI Linux Users, topic TBD, 11AM-2PM, New England Tech, Warwick RI
Visually Impaired & Blind Users, "Details announced in September", 1-4PM, MIT Building 5, room 134

Mon SEP 13, 2010
Cambridge/Boston SEO Meetup, "Philip Nikolayev, writer and marketing guru, 6:30,  Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Boston Wikipedia Meetup, "Eating, drinking, and Wikipedia gossip", 7PM, Cambridge
Boston MySQL Meetup, 7PM, MIT Building E51
Cambridge Enterprise Web 2.0 Meetup, 7:30, Tavern In the Square, Cambridge

Tue SEP 14, 2010
Boston Jboss Users Group, "Testing with JBoss Application Server", 5PM, Boston University
Virtualization User Group, "Monthly Meeting", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
Cambridge Semantic Web Meetup, 6PM, MIT Stata Center, Cambridge
NE M Users Group, topic TBD, 6PM, Wellesley Gateway Building

Wed SEP 15, 2010
NE ASP.NET Professionals, "Better User Authentication and Authorization", 6:15, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston Linux & Unix, "PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party XI", 6:30, MIT Building E51, Room 325
So New England Network, "the new Windows phone & new OS", 7PM, NE Inst of Technology, Warwick, RI

Thu SEP 16, 2010
GBC/ACM & IEEE, "Computational & synthetic biology to prevent disease & create materials", 7PM, MIT Broad Inst

Tue SEP 21, 2010
NE BlackBerry Developers Group, 7PM, Marriott Cambridge

Wed SEP 22, 2010
IT Job Seekers Greater Boston, "Java, .NET, SQL, LAMP, etc.", 6PM, Boston
Metrowest Ruby Meetup Group, "General topic discussion", 7PM, Natick

Thu SEP 23, 2010
Boston Arduino Meetup, "Sept Meetup", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Lean Startup Circle - Boston, "TBA", 6:30 PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Boston Plone Meetup, "Sept Meetup", 7PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Mon SEP 27, 2010
Quickbooks Monthly Meetup, "QuickBooks versions and issues", 6PM, Siegel & Assoc, Lexington

Tue SEP 28, 2010
NH SolidWorks Users, topic TBD, 5:15, Rapid Machining, Nashua NH
DataCAD Users (DBUG), topic TBD, 6PM, Boston Society of Architects

Wed SEP 29, 2010
Boston PHP Meetup, "Learn how to use API's like Google Maps", 7PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Mon OCT 04, 2010
Boston Java Meetup, "Details to follow", 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Wed OCT 06, 2010
Chelmsford Linux Meetup, "talk about the latest news and software", 7PM, Java Room, Chelmsford
iPhone Developers Meetup, 7PM, Waltham

Thu OCT 07, 2010
Beantown .NET Users, "Shaun Avery, NHibernate", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Visual Basic Professionals, topic TBD, 6:15, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston Area SolidWorks UG, "Agenda TBA", MKS, Wilmington

Sat OCT 09, 2010
RI Linux Users, topic TBD, 11AM-2PM, New England Tech, Warwick RI

Mon OCT 11, 2010
Boston Wikipedia Meetup, "Eating, drinking, and Wikipedia gossip", 7PM, Cambridge
Boston MySQL Meetup, 7PM, MIT Building E51
Cambridge Enterprise Web 2.0 Meetup, 7:30, Tavern In the Square, Cambridge

Tue OCT 12, 2010
Virtualization User Group, "Monthly Meeting", 6-9 PM, Microsoft, Waltham
Cambridge Semantic Web Meetup, 6PM,  MIT Stata Center, Cambridge

Wed OCT 13, 2010
Worcester Linux Users' Group, "Topic, Speaker: TBD", 7PM, Morgan Hall, WPI

Thu OCT 14, 2010
NE SQL Server Users, "Brent Ozar - Topic TBD", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston Web Design Meetup, "whatever comes up relating to to web design, or not", 7PM, Boston

Wed OCT 20, 2010
NE ASP.NET Professionals, "Chris Bowen on 'WebMatrix'", 6:15, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston Linux & Unix, "**UNCONFIRMED** To be determined", 6:30, MIT Building E51, Room 325
So New England Network, "SQL best practices: backups, maintenance, etc.", 7PM, NEIT, Warwick, RI

Tue OCT 26, 2010
DataCAD Users (DBUG), topic TBD, 6PM, Boston Society of Architects

Wed OCT 27, 2010
IT Job Seekers Greater Boston, "Java, .NET, SQL, LAMP, etc.", 6PM, Boston
Metrowest Ruby Meetup Group, "General topic discussion", 7PM, Natick

Thu OCT 28, 2010
Gr Boston Computer Measurement Group, "details tba", 8:30am-4:30pm
Boston WebsiteSpark Group, "Developing iPhone Web Applications with ASP.NET", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Lean Startup Circle - Boston, "TBA", 6:30 PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Mon NOV 01, 2010
Boston Java Meetup, "Details to follow", 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Wed NOV 03, 2010
Chelmsford Linux Meetup, "talk about the latest news and software", 7PM, Java Room, Chelmsford
iPhone Developers Meetup, 7PM, Waltham

Tue NOV 09, 2010
Cambridge Semantic Web Meetup, 6PM,  MIT Stata Center, Cambridge

Wed NOV 10, 2010
Boston PHP Meetup, "Usability with Steve Krug", 7PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Thu NOV 11, 2010
Boston Web Design Meetup, "whatever comes up relating to to web design, or not", 7PM, Boston

Sat NOV 13, 2010
RI Linux Users, topic TBD, 11AM-2PM, New England Tech, Warwick RI

Wed NOV 17, 2010
DataCAD Users (DBUG), "BSA's Build Boston", 6PM, World Trade Center, Boston
Boston Linux & Unix, "**UNCONFIRMED** To be determined", 6:30, MIT Building E51, Room 325
So New England Network, "Visualizing Your Network w Visio 2010", 7PM, NE Inst of Technology, Warwick, RI

Wed NOV 24, 2010
IT Job Seekers Greater Boston, "Java, .NET, SQL, LAMP, etc.", 6PM, Boston
Metrowest Ruby Meetup Group, "General topic discussion", 7PM, Natick

Wed DEC 01, 2010
Chelmsford Linux Meetup, "talk about the latest news and software", 7PM, Java Room, Chelmsford
iPhone Developers Meetup, 7PM, Waltham

Sat DEC 11, 2010
RI Linux Users, topic TBD, 11AM-2PM, New England Tech, Warwick RI

Wed DEC 15, 2010
Boston Linux & Unix, "**UNCONFIRMED** To be determined", 6:30, MIT Building E51, Room 325
So New England Network, "Malware, Fake AV, and other threats", 7PM, NE Inst of Technology, Warwick, RI



Events, Conferences, Education and Training:


AUG 10-12, 2010
LinuxCon 2010, Renaissance Boston
North East Digital Artists Group, "Intro to Rhino Training"

AUG 17, 2010
Boston Drupal, "Drupal 7 code sprint at Acquia", all day, Woburn

AUG 24, 2010
Windows Phone 7 Event, "Windows Phone 7 Firestarter", 9-5, Microsoft, Waltham
Windows Phone 7 Event, "Evening Hands On Phone Garage Workshop", 6-9pm, Microsoft, Waltham

AUG 28, 2010
Boston Post Mortem, "GameLoop 2010: all-day game development unconference", 9AM, Cambridge

SEP 01, 2010
Boston Area SAS Users Group, "Logistic Regression: Beyond the Basics", 1:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

SEP 10-12, 2010
New England Software Symposium, Sheraton Framingham

SEP 14, 2010
Agile Boston, "Personal Agility Workshop: Enabling Hyper-Productive Teams", Microsoft, Waltham

SEP 16, 2010
Agile Boston Open Space 2010, "People and Interactions", Westin Hotel, Waltham

SEP 17, 2010
North Eastern SolidWorks User Conference, Westford Regency Inn & Conference Center
Boston Drupal, "Booster Shots for Drupal", (two sessions), Boston

SEP 20, 2010
Mongo Boston, "explore the non-relational, document-oriented database MongoDB", 9-6, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

SEP 20-23, 2010
Embedded Systems Conference, Hynes Convention Center

OCT 02, 2010
New England Code Camp 14, "a free, full day of knowledge sharing and networking", Microsoft, Waltham

OCT 14-15, 2010
TechWorld 2010, Pease International Tradeport, Portsmouth NH
InfoXchange 2010, Pease International Tradeport, Portsmouth NH

OCT 19-22, 2010
58th ASQ NEQC Conference, Royal Plaza Hotel and Trade Center, Marlborough

OCT 20, 2010
Northeast Oracle Users Group, "NOUG Training Day", 8 am, Bentley University, Waltham

OCT 20-22, 2010
SPTechCon 2010 Boston, "SharePoint Technology Conference", Hyatt Regency, Cambridge

NOV 01-02, 2010
Linux Kernel Summit, Hyatt Regency Cambridge

NOV 03-05, 2010
Linux Plumbers Conference 2010, Hyatt Regency Cambridge

Ongoing:

Various Course Offerings, South End Technology Center, Boston

MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science events open to the public

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

South End Technology Center @ Tent City Course list

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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