Having trouble finishing your manuscript? Starting a term paper? Writing a long overdue love letter? Then this is the group for you! The Sit Down, Shut Up, and Write! Meetup is exactly what it sounds like: a venue for writers to start, continue, or finish written works. The Format: The "Sit Down" part: The first thirty minutes is reserved for introductions, chit-chat, purchasing food and drink, skimming writing books, exchanging ideas, yoga postures, Gregorian chants, or whatever gets you psyche …

Refresh Austin is an organization of Web professionals working together to foster new ideas and refresh the creative, technical and professional aspects of their trade. The Web Design Meetup is set up to funnel new Austin web professionals into Refresh Austin. Head over to http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin for the discussion list and view http://refreshaustin.org to see what's in store for this month's meeting. Meet fellow web developers and designers near you! Come to a Web Design M …

Meet other local C/C++ programmers.  Network, talk shop, or just enjoy the fine beverages. All levels of skill are welcome in the group, even absolute beginners.  The only thing required for membership is to have a presence in Austin and to have a sincere interest in programming. If you are a technical recruiter or employer and don't personally write software but would be interested in connecting with the group, we're interested in talking to you.  But rather than joining the group as a member, …

Building web-based applications requires knowledge beyond software development from architecture to operations. Austin Web Architecture wants to focus on web-related technical topics that can span different language-specific and technology-specific meetup groups.

We are Women Who Code: in any framework any level of experience any size of company or just code for fun! We meet weekly for technical study groups and monthly for larger format events including tech talks, career trainings and hack nights. Current and aspiring coders are welcome. Bring your laptop and a friend! #wwcode http://fb.com/womenwhocode

We're a group of fun people working in the IT biz. We meet for: Happy Hours, dinner, lunch/brunch, potluck dinners, card & board games and more! The goal of this group is first and foremost to have fun! Also, meet other IT folks, discuss and share your expertise with others and in turn, learn about other areas of IT & new technology. Also, if you're searching for a new position or have a friend you'd like to help, come to learn about job openings in Austin (I'm a Technical Recruiter, btw). Don't …

Looking for a community for others on the adventurous road of self-publishing fiction? This group will be whatever you need it to be, looking for beta readers? Please be willing to be one if asked. Need critique (personally this makes me cringe and I won't be asking) then bring your work and get feedback. Having problems with the technical side and need input hopefully all of that can be addressed. Want to have sessions of sit down, shut up and write? Done. I am also hoping to have an active mes …

Austin, also known as Silicon Hills is headquarters of some major names in tech: Samsung, Freescale, AMD, National Instruments,Dell, Cirrus Logic along with many technology start-ups. It is also home to one of the top Engineering schools in the world - UT Austin. So…Austin attracts many young technology professionals to this wonderful town. If you are single, young and enjoy indulging in technical talk without getting blank stares or if your techie friends are all married and don’t have time to …

The group was designed for technical founders, angel investors, developers, and startup entrepreneurs who enjoy road cycling and wish to meet bi-weekly for 25-30 mile intermediate pace rides on south mopac, 360, or bee caves rd.  It's a chance to get in some great scenery, challenge ourselves as cyclists, and learn about new ideas and ventures. Basically a healthier version of the more ubiquitous happy hour events you see in most cities.  Basically, if the above resonates and you know what TechC …

A group for technical, hands-on, webmasters who spend their days trying to make websites function properly and with top performance. This is not a group that gives structured presentations, but is a small, informal group with the purpose to meet and exchange ideas on: Reliable and fastest web hosting companies, Ways to optimize your site for max speed / performance SEO and web marketing, PHP/MySQL resources to improve your site, Security- preventative measures for SQL injection, XSS attacks, How …

Come pitch your idea to a room full of talented developers. Our goal is to help you find that perfect technical co-founder.

This group will be dedicated to recognizing current market conditions and brainstorming profitable trades accordingly. Ideally the group will incorporate technical analysis, fundamental analysis, risk sentiment, and risk management to forecast the forex market and make good trades. We would like to welcome traders of all styles, whether short term scalper, long term fundamental trader or anything between.

Welcome New Members Our group is comprised of photographers, stylists and designers of all types, and male models.   Photography workshops are held weekly with focus on the male model.  Classes, on-line discussions and meetings are held for the purpose of keeping up to date with the technical aspects of cameras, equipment, lighting and software.   While our group content is set to private, potential members may see samples of our workshop photos on photographingthemalemodel.com There is no memb …

Our goal is to provide app developers with the strategic and tactical information they need to make their apps and their business better.  This includes both technical and general discussions on app development, deployment & growth. Austin is a hotbed of mobile businesses and AMPD' is your place to learn, share, and meet other folks creating the next evolution in computing.

We are a gathering place for GIS users or want-to-be users to ask help on using GIS, finding free GIS data, resolving technical glitches and other related items. No software preference, so ESRI or Open Source programs like Quantum or gvSIG and all welcome.

This is an informal group of female developers in Austin, representing a wide variety of languages, backgrounds, and niches. We meet once a month or so to share information, do some coding, and hang out and talk. Bringing your laptop, your vexing technical problems, and your expertise is highly encouraged! We've had some members volunteer to give short presentations on various technologies, and we've also been lucky enough to have awesome sponsors who've provided beer, wine, and snacks. This is …

The iSEC Open Security Forum is an informal and open venue for the discussion and presentation of security related research and tools, and an opportunity for security researchers from all fields to get together and share work and ideas. The Forum meets quarterly in the Bay Area, Seattle, New York City and Austin. Forum agendas are crafted with the specific needs/interests of its members in mind and consist of brief 20-30 minute talks. Talks are not product pitches or strongly vendor preferential …

This is a group of TX State investors and technology trend readers interested in the secondary market, private shares and investing in brand name private growth companies. We look at companies such as Twitter, SpaceX, Square, Dropbox, Ostendo, Pinterest, Tumblr, AirBnB and others. Tracking them and updating on new developments in technology and the private markets. We are passionate about growth investing, the stock market and finding the next big thing. The presentations and postings of this gr …