This group is geared toward getting web designers and developers together to discuss new technology, share and promote business, and collaborate to build awesome new apps and sites. There has been much interest in the past for this type of community around the Rockville/Gburg/Bethesda area so we're trying to revive the community. This group is for: web developers (front-end and back-end) designers programmers mobile devs Drupalers/Wordpressers app/game devs tech geeks anyone else who wants to l …

The Baltimore UX Book Club is a gathering for people interested in the area of user experience (that's the UX) to discuss a book relevant to the discipline. You might call yourselves interaction designers, information architects, user experience professionals, visual designers, art directors, front-end or back-end developers, business dev types, or maybe you refer to yourself as someone who understands the value of good user experience across channels. Everyone who attends should try to read …

Are you passionate about creating great online and mobile user experiences? If you're based in Northern Virginia or the DC metro area come join us to participate in talks about user experience design and networking opportunities. Meetups are held at AddThis headquarters in the McLean/Tyson's Corner area. Twitter: http://twitter.com/novauxmeetup LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4950026 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/nova.ux/

The purpose of the group is to showcase local area talent and cover the graphic design, illustration, responsive web design, typography, advertising, self promotional, interactive and photography scene.   We want to also share ideas, discover opportunities, collaborate, meet potential clients, tap expertise, and establish partnerships. Meet the organizers, each one of them seasoned professionals in the creative and web design disciplines. How will we do this? Presentations on Photoshop, Illust …

Originally founded to foster knowledge sharing among developers using the Ext JS UI framework, the group has grown to cover topics from UI design, to hybrid app development with PhoneGap, to responsive design. Folks from all product development/tech backgrounds are welcome, with the only caveat that IT Recruiters are discouraged from joining and spamming the group members.

Civic hacking is a new form of citizen engagement and volunteerism and it is gaining momentum. Civic hackers are already in Baltimore, making a positive impact in our city and its neighborhoods. Baltimore Civic Hacking Meetup will unite citizens and their government around liberating data (making information available and useable.) Participants use technology and entrepreneurial thinking to tackle some of our most complex social challenges. Join us if you're interested in how the cross-pollina …

Have a web or mobile application you want to test? Have a prototype or mock-up you want to introduce to the light of day? Let's test with 1) real users 2) in real time 3) face to face and 4) FREE? Premise: People who want users for their applications/designs for testing, will test others applications/designs, in exchange. In addition, our group will have expert speakers on usability, UX and UI. You are welcome to attend to learn, network and help others test their software and designs, even if …

Provide opportunities for local web professionals to meet and share their creative work, expertise and knowledge. As well as introduce new methods of creating and managing websites for multiple clients. Web designers and Platform architects, UI gurus and Usability fanatics, CSS evangelists and jQuery iunkies, SEO and Search Engine Marketing masters, Entrepreneurs and Idea people with a focus on the web... are all welcome!