A beer and a smile, that's the idea here. While we're at it we'll bring together some of Minneapolis/St. Paul's most successful freelancers to impart some wisdom on the rest of us. After hearing a bit from a speaker or two, we'll exchange secrets, ideas, business cards, and jokes. We'll gladly take suggestions on topics and structure as we go along. Let's get together with like-minded people and develop the one thing our work-life lacks as a freelancer, community. web developers designers person …

An amalgam into the world of Art, Science, Technology, Science Fiction, Computers, UFO's Robotics, Medicine, Astronomy, Space, the Mind & Beyond. A group for anyone who loves technology, the outdoors, science fiction, the paranormal, Omni magazine, comic books, fantasy, mysticism, electronics, The Art of Noise, music, video games, board games, virtual worlds, virtual reality, physics, fitness, cryogenics, comedy, humor, artificial intelligence, Web technology, gadgets, and science news. Sometime …

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 …

Golden Valley Meetup is a structured group dedicated to building quality business relationships without large membership fees. Our biggest requirement is time and attendance. We are looking for motivated individuals who are looking to help each other succeed in growing their businesses. We develop long lasting relationships based on professionalism and trust. We are looking for new members in the following catagories: Accounting/Bookkeeping, Appraiser, Attorney-Estate/Business, Auto Repai …

Cloud computing is changing the way we work, and it is reshaping the way we manage and run companies. From startups to enterprises, it is flattening the competitive landscape by providing almost unlimited scalability and On-Demand resources at moments notice without requiring millions of dollars in CapEX investment in building out such a technology infrastructure. For many practitioners, Enterprise PaaS and Cloud Computing has captured their fancy and forever changed their way of designing scala …