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User Group events:
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Mon MAY 23, 2011
Lean Startup Circle, "Startup Lessons Learned", Noon, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Quickbooks Monthly Meetup, "QuickBooks versions and issues", 6PM, Siegel & Assoc, Lexington
Boston WordPress Meetup Group, "Framework Bake-Off Part Deux", 7PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Tue MAY 24, 2011
App Development Meetup, topic TBD, 6PM, Au Bon Pain, Kendall Sq, Cambridge
Django Boston Meetup, "Presentation followed by a panel of getting started using django", 6:30, Bocoup Loft, 355 Congress St
Refresh Boston, "The Art of Disciplined Creativity", 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Agile Boston, "Agile Coaches in Boston", 6:30, 150 CambridgePark Dr, Cambridge
NH Java Users, "Using Google App Engine To Develop Scalable Java Apps in Cloud", 6:30, NH-ICC, Portsmouth NH
Boston PDA Developer Meeting, 7PM, MIT Room 3-133

Wed MAY 25, 2011
Lean Startup Circle, "Running Lean Workshop with Ash Maurya", 2 pm, HubSpot, 25 First Street Cambridge
Boston XNA Developers, "XNA 4.0 - Input Management - Mouse/GamePad/Touch", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston PHP Meetup, "Game Storming", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
IT Job Seekers Greater Boston Meetup, "Monthly Meetup", 6PM, Tavern In the Square, Cambridge
NH .NET Users, "Demystify Cloud Computing", 6PM, NHTI, 31 College Dr, Concord NH
Agile Boston, "Emotional Intelligence and Great Teams", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Final Cut Pro Users, $ "BOSDSLR Mixer: FCP X Recap", 6:30, 395 Western Ave, Boston $
Boston Post Mortem, "Design of Dance Central", 7PM, The Skellig, Waltham
Boston Joomla Users, topic TBD, 7PM, Cyber Cafe, Malden

Thu MAY 26, 2011
Boston Azure Users, "PowerShell + Azure", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
OWASP Boston Chapter, "A Web-App Architecture for Regulatory Compliant Cloud Computing", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston WebsiteSpark Meetup, "Learn what is new and exciting in HTML5", 7PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
North Shore Drupal Meetup, topic TBD, 7PM, Port Tavern, Newburyport

Mon MAY 30, 2011
Boston Android Developers, "Hackfest", 7PM, ThoughtBot, Boston

Tue MAY 31, 2011
DataCAD Users (DBUG), "Simple rendering, Smart arrows, Going Google", 6PM, GSD Associates, N. Andover
So NH Apple Core (SNAC), "Adobe Lightroom and Photography", 7PM, Nashua Public Library
NH Ruby Meetup, "ClientSideValidations and Capybara", 7PM, NH-ICC, Portsmouth NH

Wed JUN 01, 2011
Exchange Server Boston, "Microsoft Office 365", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
NSHappyHour Meetup Group, "informal gathering of iPhone, iPad and Mac developers", 6:30, The Lyceum, Salem
Boston iPad Developers Meetup Group, "Share your iPad / HD Apps", 7PM, Bertucci's, Cambridge
Chelmsford Linux Meetup, "talk about the latest news and software", 7PM, Java Room, Chelmsford

Thu JUN 02, 2011
DAMA International, "Business Analysis for Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence", Noon, Children's Hospital Boston
Merrimack Valley Section ASQ, "Using Layered Process Audits to Drive Quality Improvements", 5:30, Courtyard Marriott, Methuen
Beantown .NET Users, "TBA", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Agile New England, "Beyond Scrum of Scrums: Scaling Up Agile with Kanban", 6PM, IBM Innovation Center, Waltham
Visual Basic Professionals, "SharePoint 2010 Development for .NET Developers", 6:15, Microsoft, Waltham

Fri JUN 03, 2011
North Shore Comp Soc Computer Clinic, 7PM, Peabody Municipal Light

Sat JUN 04, 2011
Boston Linux & Unix, "Linux InstallFest XL", 9-5, MIT Building E51, Room 061

Mon JUN 06, 2011
Boston Java Meetup, "Eclipse Demo Day", 7PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Tue JUN 07, 2011
Boston PDA User Meeting, 7PM, MIT Room 3-133
Boston Rubyists, "Hackfest at Thoughtbot", 7PM, 41 Winter St, Boston

Wed JUN 08, 2011
Boston PHP Meetup, "Introducing the Lithium PHP Framework", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Software Quality Group of NE, "Maximizing the Value of Testing to the Business", 6PM, Oracle-Sun, Burlington
Boston Avid Users, "BorisFX", 6:30, 25 Thomson Place, Boston
Back Bay LISA, "Smartleaf Tuttle system configuration tool", 7PM, MIT E-51, Room 376

Thu JUN 09, 2011
Providence Web Development Lunch Hour Meetup, "freeform discussion of all things web", Noon, Providence
NH SolidWorks Users, "SolidWorks Surfaces, Design for CAM", 5:15, Vaupell Rapid Solutions, Hudson NH
NE Java Users Group, "NEJUG Members presenting areas of their expertise", 6PM, Oracle-Sun, Burlington
NE SQL Server Users Group, "Disk I/O Tuning - Kevin Kline", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston CocoaHeads, "topic TBA", 7PM, MIT Building E51/Room 376
Boston Maya Meetup Group, "Raf Anzovin and bMug updates", 7PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
NH WordPress Developers Meetup Group, 7PM, topic and location TBD

Sat JUN 11, 2011
RI Linux Users, topic TBD, 11AM-2PM, New England Tech, Warwick RI
Visually Impaired & Blind Users, "Details will be announced at the beginning of June", 1-4PM, MIT Building 5, room 134

Mon JUN 13, 2011
Web Innovators Group, "internet and mobile innovation", 6:30, Cambridge Royal Sonesta
NE F# User Group, "Purely Functional Imperative Programming", 6:30, MIT Stata Center
Boston Android Developers, "Hackfest", 7PM, SCVNGR Inc, Cambridge
Boston Wikipedia Meetup, "Eating, drinking, and Wikipedia gossip", 7PM, Clover Food Lab, Cambridge
Boston MySQL Meetup, "TBA", 7PM, MIT Building E51
Seacoast NH Drupal Group Meetup, "newcomers to Drupal as well as experienced Drupalists", 7 PM, Brown & Co, Portsmouth NH

Tue JUN 14, 2011
NH Adobe Users, topic TBD, 1:30, UNH Durham, Taylor Hall
Virtualization User Group, "Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, The Future of Desktops", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston JBoss Users, "Fedora", 6PM, Boston Univ MCS 135
Cambridge Semantic Web Meetup, "Currently setting up the agenda", 6PM, MIT Stata Center
BostonCHI, "Play Control", 6:30, IBM Center for Social Software, Cambridge
eXtreme Tuesday Club Meetup, "Extreme Programming (XP) for software development", 6:30, Cambridge Brewing Company
Boston DotNetNuke Users, "Agenda TBD", 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Boston Rubyists, "Main Event", 7PM, Sermo, Cambridge

Wed JUN 15, 2011
Boston Area SAS Users Group, "Metadata in SAS Applications", 8:15AM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
NE SiteCore Meetup, "Discuss various rendering types", 6PM, Cambridge Innovation Center
NE Midrange Users Group, "Bring Your Own Topic", 6PM, Ramada Inn, Seekonk
NH .NET Users, topic TBD, 6PM, Daniel Webster College, Nashua
Boston Linux & Unix, "Joseph Guarino: Free and Open-Source Software", 6:30, MIT Building E51, Room 335
Windows Phone User and Developer Group, "Stay tuned for more information", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Southern New England Network, "SharePoint 2010", 7PM, NE Inst of Technology, Warwick, RI
Boston Arduino Meetup Group, "TBA", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Boston HTML5 Game Development Group, "topic tbd", 7PM, MocoSpace, Boston

Thu JUN 16, 2011
Boston New Technology Meetup Group, topic TBD, 7:30, Venture Cafe, Cambridge

Mon JUN 20, 2011
NH Ruby Users Group, "Regular Meeting", 7PM, NH-ICC, Portsmouth NH

Tue JUN 21, 2011
Boston Rubyists, "Hackfest at SCVNGR", 7PM, 175 Second Street, Cambridge

Wed JUN 22, 2011
IT Job Seekers Greater Boston Meetup, "Monthly Meetup", 6PM, Tavern In the Square, Cambridge

Thu JUN 23, 2011
Boston Web Performance Group, "Powering Up Your Code With High Performance CSS and HTML5", 7 PM, 177 Huntington Ave, Boston

Mon JUN 27, 2011
Quickbooks Monthly Meetup, "QuickBooks versions and issues", 6PM, Siegel & Assoc, Lexington
Boston Android Developers, "Hackfest", 7PM, ThoughtBot, Boston

Thu JUN 30, 2011
Boston Azure Users, topic TBD, 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Lean Startup Circle, topic TBD, 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Tue JUL 05, 2011
Boston Rubyists, "Hackfest at Thoughtbot", 7PM, 41 Winter St, Boston

Thu JUL 07, 2011
NE Visual Basic Pros, "Identify & Fix Performance Problems with Visual Studio Ultimate", 6:15, Microsoft, Waltham

Sat JUL 09, 2011
RI Linux Users, topic TBD, 11AM-2PM, New England Tech, Warwick RI

Mon JUL 11, 2011
Boston MySQL Meetup, "TBA", 7PM, MIT Building E51
Boston Wikipedia Meetup, "Eating, drinking, and Wikipedia gossip", 7PM, Clover Food Lab, Cambridge
Boston Android Developers, "Hackfest", 7PM, ThoughtBot, Boston

Tue JUL 12, 2011
Cambridge Semantic Web Meetup, "Currently setting up the agenda", 6PM, MIT Stata Center
New England M Users' Group, topic TBD, 6PM, Wellesley Gateway Building, Wellesley Boston DotNetNuke Users, topic TBD, 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge Mobile Software Developers Meetup, topic TBD, 6:30, Dogpatch Labs, Cambridge Boston Rubyists, "Main Event", 7PM, Sermo, Cambridge Wed JUL 13, 2011 Boston PHP Meetup, "Learn SEO (Search Engine Optimization)", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge Software Quality Group of NE, "Annual Hot Topics Night", 6PM, Oracle-Sun, Burlington jQuery Boston Meetup, "add interactive map of the world to your website", 7PM, Bocoup Loft, 355 Congress St Thu JUL 14, 2011 Providence Web Development Lunch Hour Meetup, "freeform discussion of all things web", noon, Providence Mon JUL 18, 2011 NH Ruby Users Group, "Regular Meeting", 7PM, NH-ICC, Portsmouth NH Wed JUL 20, 2011 Boston Linux & Unix, "Open Source Hardware Platforms", 6:30, MIT Building E51, Room 335 Boston HTML5 Game Development Group, "topic tbd", 7PM, MocoSpace, Boston Boston Arduino Meetup Group, "TBA", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge UPA Boston Chapter, "Accessibility Roundtable", location TBD Mon JUL 25, 2011 Quickbooks Monthly Meetup, "QuickBooks versions and issues", 6PM, Siegel & Assoc, Lexington Wed JUL 27, 2011 DataCAD Users (DBUG), 6PM, topic and location TBD Thu JUL 28, 2011 Boston Azure Users, topic TBD, 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge Lean Startup Circle, topic TBD, 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge Mon AUG 08, 2011 Boston Wikipedia Meetup, "Eating, drinking, and Wikipedia gossip", 7PM, Clover Food Lab, Cambridge Boston MySQL Meetup, "TBA", 7PM, MIT Building E51 Tue AUG 09, 2011 Boston DotNetNuke Users, "Agenda TBD", 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge Wed AUG 10, 2011 Boston PHP Meetup, "Getting things done: Practical Agile", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge Thu AUG 11, 2011 Providence Web Development Lunch Hour Meetup, "freeform discussion of all things web", noon, Providence NE Java Users Group, "Ken Sipe: Enter the Gradle", 6PM, Oracle-Sun, Burlington Wed AUG 17, 2011 Boston Linux & Unix, "Android Tablet Wars", 6:30, MIT Building E51, Room 335 Boston HTML5 Game Development Group, "topic tbd", 7PM, MocoSpace, Boston Boston Arduino Meetup Group, "TBA", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge Mon AUG 22, 2011 Quickbooks Monthly Meetup, "QuickBooks versions and issues", 6PM, Siegel & Assoc, Lexington Thu AUG 25, 2011 Lean Startup Circle, topic TBD, 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge Thu SEP 01, 2011 NE Visual Basic Pros, "MEF and Silverlight Extensibility", 6:15, Microsoft, Waltham Mon SEP 05, 2011 Boston Java Meetup, "Visualizing java.util.concurrent", 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge Thu SEP 08, 2011 Providence Web Development Lunch Hour Meetup, "freeform discussion of all things web", noon, Providence Mon SEP 12, 2011 Boston Wikipedia Meetup, "Eating, drinking, and Wikipedia gossip", 7PM, Clover Food Lab, Cambridge Boston MySQL Meetup, "TBA", 7PM, MIT Building E51 Tue SEP 13, 2011 Boston JBoss Users, "Intro to JBoss Application Server 7", 6PM, Boston Univ MCS 135 Boston DotNetNuke Users, "Agenda TBD", 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge Wed SEP 21, 2011 Boston Linux & Unix, "PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party XII", 6:30, MIT Building E51, Room 335 Boston HTML5 Game Development Group, "topic tbd", 7PM, MocoSpace, Boston Boston Web Performance Group, "Web Performance Monitoring Tales", 7 PM, 177 Huntington Ave, Boston Thu SEP 22, 2011 Boston Hacks/Hackers Meetup, "1st annual Hacks/Hackers @ ONA Hack Day", 7PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge Mon SEP 26, 2011 Quickbooks Monthly Meetup, "QuickBooks versions and issues", 6PM, Siegel & Assoc, Lexington Thu SEP 29, 2011 Lean Startup Circle, topic TBD, 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge Wed SEP 28, 2011 DataCAD Users (DBUG), topic TBD, 6PM, Boston Society of Architects Thu OCT 06, 2011 NE Visual Basic Pros, "Interactive Dashboards with PerformancePoint 2010", 6:15, Microsoft, Waltham Mon OCT 10, 2011 Boston Wikipedia Meetup, "Eating, drinking, and Wikipedia gossip", 7PM, Clover Food Lab, Cambridge Boston MySQL Meetup, "TBA", 7PM, MIT Building E51 Tue OCT 11, 2011 Boston JBoss Users, "Developing in the Cloud", 6PM, Boston Univ MCS 135 Thu OCT 13, 2011 Providence Web Development Lunch Hour Meetup, "freeform discussion of all things web", noon, Providence Wed OCT 19, 2011 Boston HTML5 Game Development Group,7 pm, MocoSpace, Boston Mon OCT 24, 2011 Quickbooks Monthly Meetup, "QuickBooks versions and issues", 6PM, Siegel & Assoc, Lexington Wed OCT 26, 2011 DataCAD Users (DBUG), 6PM, topic and location TBD Thu NOV 03, 2011 NE Visual Basic Pros, "Scrum Project Management with Team Foundation Server 2010", 6:15, Microsoft, Waltham Tue NOV 08, 2011 Boston JBoss Users, "Open Source Licensing and Java Projects", 6PM, Boston Univ MCS 135 Thu NOV 17, 2011 DataCAD Users (DBUG), "BSA's Build Boston", 6PM, World Trade Center Thu DEC 01, 2011 NE Visual Basic Pros, topic TBD, 6:15, Microsoft, Waltham Tue DEC 06, 2011 Boston JBoss Users, "Lightning Talks 2011", 6PM, Boston Univ MCS 135

Events, Conferences, Education and Training:

MAY 25, 2011
Boston Mini UPA conference, "Usability and User Experience 2011", Cambridge Hyatt

JUN 01-03, 2011
SharePoint Technology Conference, "90+ classes and workshops", Sheraton Boston

JUN 03-05, 2011
iPhone Boot Camp Boston, "3 Day Intensive Workshop", 10-6, WorkBar Boston

JUN 04, 2011
New Hampshire .Net Code Camp 3, New Hampshire Technical Institute, Concord NH

JUN 06-07, 2011
Acquia Drupal Training Sessions, "Rocking Drupal - Crash Course for Developers", Boston location TBA

JUN 07, 2011
IT Roadmap Conference & Expo, Hynes Convention Center

JUN 08-09, 2011
Acquia Drupal Training Sessions, "Module Development & Theming for Drupal Rockstars", Boston location TBA

JUN 09, 2011
Architect Factory 3, "learn the skills to transition into a variety of architect roles", 1-8 pm, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

JUN 13, 2011
HTML5 Web Camp, "The next wave of web standards including HTML5, CSS3, SVG, and more", 9-5, Microsoft Waltham

JUN 13-16, 2011
TechConnect World 2011, Hynes Convention Center

JUN 15, 2011
Boston Area SAS Users Group, "Using Dictionary Tables", 1:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

JUN 25-26, 2011
Third Annual Drupal Design Camp Boston, MIT Stata Center

SEP 26-29, 2011
Embedded Systems Conference, Hynes Convention Center

OCT 07, 2011
Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Evolution Tour, "ePUB  with InDesign", Bunker Hill Community College, Charlestown



Ongoing:

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

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

Boston SQL Training

Apple seminars

Microsoft New England: Local Event Calendar

Boston TechVenue Calendar

Boston Events List for Professionals

IBM Innovation Centers for Business Partners - Waltham

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