What's Second Wednesday? Second Wednesday is a gathering of people from (or wanting to get into) the web and related creative industries. Originally founded nearly fourteen years ago for business directors to blow off steam, it's grown into an event open to anyone in the industry and provided the networking platform for several up and comers in the Nottingham scene. The event is free for everyone and anyone is welcome to come along. We encourage you to come with an open mind, and talk to as many …

igniteLincoln or iLinkoln is a community of digital/social-media business owners, entrepreneurs, marketers, designers and developers working to refresh the creative, technical, and professional culture of New Media endeavors in and around the East midlands area. Promoting design, technology, usability, and standards and creating a new business mind that conforms with new social-economic requirements of today in the county. Do you feel like the county needs a new look? Interested in the latest w …

The Mancester Umbraco Meetup is a networking group aimed at spreading the Umbraco love to in the north west. Come along, have a chat and a beer with other fellow Umbracians. Feel free to bring along your laptop and troubles and we'll try and help out. Find out what's happening in the community and maybe we can get some special guests along occasionally. Any Umbraco newbies will be welcomed with open arms. We're open to all and sundry who have an interest in Web development, Umbraco and/or CMS' …

This is the official Amazon Web Services user group for Manchester, England. Anyone and everyone with an interest in the cloud is welcome. Ryan Shuttleworth - Technical Evangelist for Amazon Web Services - is a regular speaker. In his role Ryan educates customers on the technical and business aspects of cloud computing, mentors start-ups and coaches developers in enterprises on their move to the cloud. Having held senior roles in successful SaaS companies, Ryan has lived and breathed the transit …

The Creative Class is a free and informal evening event looking at what’s new in good in the world of Creative Technology So if you’re interested in developing your skills in the areas of design, web, new media, 3d, architecture, motion graphics, and social media then the Academy Class “Creative Class”  is the place for you. Meet up with like minded fun and serious individuals and also learn great new tips and techniques that may not be covered in your standard training class. Our goal is to pro …

MWUG, the Manchester WordPress User Group is run by the WordPress co-founder, Mike Little with support from entrepreneur Saz Bailey. We are a friendly, supportive bunch from in and around Manchester, UK, who use the open source web publishing software WordPress to blog, design and develop websites. We love sharing technical and marketing expertise to help others achieve what they intend through WordPress. We meet once per month, on the third Wednesday, at Manchester Digital Laboratory aka MadLab …

We’re a group of designers, developers and creatives based in and around East Cheshire. We meet regularly to share experiences and bring together like minds. Our goal is to retain digital work within the county and provide a platform to do business.

A group for anyone working in the creative industries in and around Newcastle. Whether you're studying, freelancing, working professionally or just interested, get involved in developing the creative, digital and arts industries in the city. We know there's a huge amount of talent around, let's bring some of it together! You can expect a very informal event with a couple of presentations, beers and the opportunity to meet people from your industry. Follow us on Twitter - http://twitter.com/NE_cr …

Group aims to bring together users of the Joomla Content Management System in the North of England, probably the North West and more specifically in the Lancaster and Morecambe area. Aimed at all user levels the group will focus on sharing knowledge, solving problems and generally promoting the Joomla CMS throughout the region.

The Sencha Touch North West Meetup group is focused on the mobile JavaScript framework Sencha Touch. Members include people with a passion for developing mobile web apps specifically utilising HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript, designers and developers currently working with the framework or thinking about using it and anyone else interested in expanding their understanding of designing and building for mobile. Regular topics will focus on the features available through Sencha Touch, case studies, good …

A Leeds based meet-Up for those interested in Riak, distributed systems, NoSql, and app development.

The Manchester Lean Startup Group is a group of entrepreneurs who learn from each other by trading stories about employing the Lean Startup principles within their startups. Lean Startups use customer development to reduce waste, reduce time to market, increase contact with customers and avoid incorrect market assumptions. They do this by employing a collection of techniques built around maximizing validated customer learning thought fast Build/Measure/Learn iteration loops. Learn More about Le …

What is Techmeetups? TechMeetups has been setup to create a global network of Tech communities from San Francisco to Sydney. We believe that Tech communities are isolated and great things can be achieved if we connect within our cities and outside our borders. Our goal is to create a global Tech cluster of over 50 inter-connected Tech communities by 2013. Our global community started out with the launch of the London Silicon Roundabout Tech community in December 2010. Following it's success in …

Meet with other web site administrators, developers, designers and business people who are interested in making their sites faster to get a better user experience, lower abandonment rates and more revenue. We aim to provide a place for people to share, discuss and present ideas on how they approach performance from technical, organisational and business perspectives. Drinks are snacks are provided, plus regular freebies from our sponsors. Want to speak at the group? Do you have a web performanc …

Get to know Drupal coders and themers in the north of england

We hope to provide a forum for discussion and dissemination of ideas, technologies and techniques in the field of software development. Manchester geek nights is organised and supported by Thoughtworks. We meet about once a month, usually on a Wednesday evening in the Thoughtworks offices. Please note: talks usually start at 18.45.  By 19.00 the City Tower office doors are locked.  You can still get access from New York Street (the entrance on the opposite side from the bus station), but you wil …

North West Drupal Users Group meet on the first Wednesday of each month to talk about Drupal.

Are you a code ninja with two X chromosomes searching for a similar bunch of ladies to drink coffee and discuss code with? You’ve come to the right place. We meet monthly to hear talks from leaders in the field and hack whilst developing our code-fu in the process. What if I don’t code? We are going to be discussing some pretty in-depth, geeky stuff. If you are not deterred by that and are still really excited about coming, you’re more than welcome. If you’re looking for a good place to learn t …

Close your laptop lid and come down to the newest monthly Midlands' meetup: Derby Internet & IT Pros. Head into the city and hook up with like minded members of Derby's thriving tech community. Share your latest tech finds, discuss your newest projects, make invaluable contacts or just fuel a heated debate about the iPhone 7. Everyone's welcome, regardless of your background or experience: web designers; developers; systems engineers; networking pros; digital creatives; marketers or entrepreneur …

Agile Peterborough aims to build a thriving community of technology advocates to enable local business growth, support local schools, share knowledge and learn from each other. Through talks, events, workshops and volunteering we hope to learn and share knowledge, to promote best practice and breed new talent. Peterborough has a wealth of both technology and engineering companies. Agile Peterborough is open to all technology and engineering enthusiasts to meet, discuss and share knowledge.

Based in Huddersfield we are a group of like minded folk who are all involved with the digital industry in one way or another (web, print, design, programming, etc.). We meet the last Wednesday of the month for a beer or two to share ideas, problems, solutions, tips & tricks or to just have a chat with someone else who understands what we are talking about without glazing over. Meetings are a mix of either general socials, guest panels, speakers and nights out. Think of it as a geeky hen/stag do …

What is Jelly? http://workatjelly.com/ Jelly is a casual working event. It's taken place in over a hundred cities where people have come together (in a person's home, a coffee shop, or an office) to work for the day. We provide chairs and sofas, wireless internet, and interesting people to talk to, collaborate with, and bounce ideas off of. You bring a laptop (or whatever you need to get your work done) and a friendly disposition. Watch this video about Jelly, or read about it in Wired. What's …

This a user group for programmers/developers. We meet monthly in Chester to listen to a talk from an industry expert, share experiences and eat pizza. This is not language specific, but does lean towards .Net. Most of the talks are methodology or technology based.

The North of England BlackBerry Developer Group has been founded by Interchange Group to help and assist developers (both new and established) with shared learning interests to network, get support and take BlackBerry development to the next level. As an official RIM-sponsored BlackBerry Developer Group, these meetings will be a chance to learn about and share practical development tips and experience as well as to network with the local BlackBerry community. Our goal is to build a knowledge sha …

Health 2.0 Manchester is a meetup group focused on innovations in the delivery of healthcare and health related technology. This group is dedicated to creating a community around  digital healthcare in Manchester as part of the international Health 2.0 movement. This community  aims to share, discuss, showcase and develop ideas to improve patient care. If you are interested in the intersection of health care and information and communication technology, this is a community for you. Technology en …

A meetup after work for startups every Friday! TechBasin Beers is a regular after work drinks for startups every Friday around Manchester's Tech Basin! Founded by Doug Ward and Shaun Gibson from Tech Britain, TechBasin Beers is open to startups of all sizes as a place to meet like-minded people, have some fun and relax after another busy week in the North West. 5:30pm, in the Northern Quarter and Piccadilly Basin TechBasin Beers is held every Friday evening, from 5:30pm at a different venue in a …

A group for those who want to meetup to discuss or talk about various Python projects you may be working or if you're completely new to the language and want to get started with it.

NEW Node.JS user group in Leeds. Free food, prizes, great bunch of people. We pride ourselves on our user group: Interactive demos for attendees - make sure to charge your smartphone! Noobs, Intermediates, Experts, Gurus...everyone is welcome. Every session is recorded to video and hosted on the web site. Splendid prizes up for grabs each meet. Democratic voting for future topics of discussion via website. Conference discounts available. Good stuff, we hope to see you at the next meet =)