The worlds of hackers and journalists are coming together as reporting goes digital and Internet companies become media empires. Journalists call themselves "hacks," someone who can churn out words in any situation. Hackers use the digital equivalent of duct tape to whip out code. Hacker-journalists try and bridge the two worlds. This group is to bring all these people together -- those who are working to help people make sense of their world. It's for hackers exploring technologies to filter …

We are San Diego's Ruby community. If you're interested in Ruby or Ruby on Rails, this is the group for you. MONTHLY MEETINGS We kick off our monthly meetings with two talks given by SD Ruby members. Topics can include Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Javascript -- basically anything related to web development or computer science. This is a great place to show off your latest project, gems and plugins, or something you recently learned. Open to all skill levels... just show up and join the fun! When: 1 …

This is the San Diego Chapter of ACM SIGGRAPH, slated to build local interest on computer graphics and interactive techniques, for educational, artistic and scientific purposes. It's free to join this Meetup ($0), but we encourage you to become a Full Member in order to enhance your involvement, opportunities, and chances to receive cool giveaways! To join as a Full Member for a year, just make a $20 PayPal donation (note 'Chapter membership' and member name in the donation comments), or you can …

Mobile development for iOS/Android using a single environment. developers, hackers, and groupies are all welcome.

Meet with other developers, web operations, system administrators, designers, and business professionals who are looking to make their site and application faster, enhance the user experience, and lower abandonment rates and make more money.

The San Diego Joomla Users Group is for Joomla users, administrators, designers and developers to bring the best of Joomla to San Diego. Joomla is the world’ s most popular open source CMS (content management system). With 2.7 percent of the Web running on Joomla, the software is used by individuals, small & medium-sized businesses, and large organizations worldwide to easily create & build a variety of websites & web-enabled applications. All levels of experience are welcome!

Meet people and business owners who are interested in Search Engine Optimization (SEO) techniques, Social Media (SMM) and online marketing related to Search Engine Marketing (SEM). Share advice and create business and expert relationships. SEM San Diego is an SEM group created by me, local SEM Marketer Todd Meisler, and associates. We are pleased to announce that we are going to be holding regular meetups throughout the year for those interested in SEO, Search Marketing, Social Media and other r …

SandCHI is here to enrich the San Diego UX community. HCI, UX, IxD & Usability professionals and students network, share ideas, research & best practices. We meet every 3rd Wednesday evening Jan - October. Our meetings are free and open to the public. We welcome people from all fields - developers, SEO experts, marketers, etc. You do not have to be a Human Computer Interaction practitioner to come to a meeting.

I am passionate about the PHP community and am just now moving to San Diego. I have participated in OrlandoPHP for a year and a half and want to bring my experience to SD. I also want to meet like minded people, come out of my shell some and help others out of theirs as well. I am looking for members of all ranges of experience.  I feel that there is always something to learn, even if you are a current expert.  And also, sharing your knowledge with others is priceless.

This is a group for perl professionals, amateurs, and enthusiasts alike. Whether you wish to discuss language direction, or need a few pointers, this is the group for you. Presentations, speakers and interesting discussions on perl frameworks/modules are commonplace. Meetings generally start with brief introductions. These introductions often spawn discussions on a wide range of subjects (mostly Perl, but all things tech are fair game.) The main objective of our group is simply to get Perl peopl …

p.arts lab is a San Diego based monthly meetup for digital artists, creative coders, software developers, generative artists, interactive designers, animators, circuit benders, VJ's, DJ's, music producers, motion artists, 3D artists and anyone creating works with powered mediums. It’s an opportunity to gather, inspire and be inspired while learning and networking. The lines between these skills can sometimes blur and p.arts lab invites participants to expand beyond their typical toolset to learn …

This is a group for anyone looking for a coworking community of interesting people to talk to, collaborate with, and bounce ideas off of. You bring your laptop (or whatever you need to get your work done) and a friendly disposition. We may host a lot of designers, developers, and internet types, however we'd also like to meet musicians, cooks, sound designers, tea sommeliers, product designers, photographers, writers, and more. Some of us may be entrepreneurs or freelancers. Others work in an of …

Full Stack: North County is an event where web designers and developers can come together to learn from and teach each other about emerging technologies. While speakers at Full Stack focuss primarily on Ruby, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, we encourage all local web professionals to join us for vivid discussions around technology across the stack in any language.

This is a group for anyone interested in all things creative, digital, design, video and branding. All knowledge and skillset levels are welcome. We started this group to help curate creativity in San Diego and showcase the talented community that lives here. BASIC is a creative agency that builds brands through Systems and Stories. We position brands so they matter in culture by creating platforms, campaigns and experiences that resonate with consumers through shared values and interests. The r …