… If you’re a writer, web designer, web developer, photographer, videographer, freelance graphic designer, interior designer, journalist, student or creative entrepreneur working in the Northern Chicago-land area and want to bounce ideas around with other creative brainiacs – then we really want you. Let’s Talk So if you’re interested (or know of someone else who would be), please call 847-325-5466, tweet @naveed or e-mail Naveed to reserve your spot for the next meet-up.

This Meetup is for creatives and geeks with professional interests in serious games. "Serious games" is a general term for games that entertain and edify. The boundaries are malleable and permeable. This Meetup Group founder (Robert Becker) leads the Serious Games SIG of the International Game Developers Association, the Serious Games Track of the Georgia Game Developers Association annual SIEGE conference in Atlanta, and the Chicago SIG of the Serious Games Association. The Meetup Group is unaf …

The folks at Promet Source get together regularly to discuss new technologies, new developments in Drupal and mobile development. The purpose of this meetup is to publish our topics and invite anyone who is interested in participating into the office. Anyone who is a mobile or a Drupal developer should join the group.

This meetup group for WordPress users and developers in or around Lake County, IL. We are a group of WordPress lovers - users, developers, and those just curious about what WordPress is. We exist to support one another and learn from each other. We meet monthly covering topics from WordPress basics, to theme modifications, to plugin development.

This group is meant for those users and developers who already work with the Plone CMS as well as those who are looking to get their feet wet with the tool at CMS Expo by attending some Plone learning sessions. Anyone who has been involved with the Plone community and others always gives it high praise as being very accepting, helpful, diverse, and respectful. Come see what we're all about!

This group allows PHP developers at all levels of expertise get together to discuss various topics in PHP and related web technologies. Events will generally be held in Lake County, Illinois, or Kenosha County, Wisconsin.

We are a group of WordPress lovers - users, developers, and those just curious about what WordPress is. We exist to support one another and learn from each other.

Hi, My name is Senam Amegashie! I'm the Head Diva in Charge over at www.mydesigndiva.com ! I created this group and the corresponding website as a way to connect the women in the world of wordpress. Whether you are a blogger who uses it, a web designer, a web developer or a total newbie to Wordpress, This group is for you! I wanted to surround myself with women who use Wordpress as a way to learn more myself and to help other gain knowledge about this wonderful program. I'm still learnin …

About BuddyPress BuddyPress is a robust WordPress plugin that can transform WordPress into a fully featured social networking platform. Build a social network for your company, school, sports team or niche community all based on the power and flexibility of WordPress. Out of the box, users can create profiles, befriend one another, send private messages, form and join groups, follow activity streams, create blogs, and participate in forum discussions. But the best part about BuddyPress is that i …

  What This Group focuses On 1.  Using the WordPress platform to build Web sites, blogs or Web sites that also have blogs.  The WordPress platform makes uploading information and pictures as easy as sending an email or working on a word processing program.  Save delays and money.  By doing these tasks yourself you are no longer subject to the whims and costs of using developers for every little change or addition to your Web site.  We talk about using WordPress' features and your plans to help m …

We are a group of independent game developers, students, and fans. We share a passion for game development and the independent games that we love to play. We meet every other Sunday at the Schaumburg Public Library, at 6pm. Our meetups usually last around 2 - 3 hours but the great thing about the meetup is the relationships with other developers that you will build. We are not just colleagues we are friends and are willing to help with feedback on projects and other needs that fellow indie …

This group is for builders of Rails apps, from independent devs, to small teams, to small business teams: just be actually building something. Get together with other builders, collaborate, pair program, discuss deployment platforms, and participate in hacking sessions. This group is not for tutorials, or people looking primarily for a "teach me Rails" group. This group is for builders, not simply people playing around with the framework, or evaluating Rails in a cursory manner. So do you have t …

… Since this group is less focused on the intricate technical details of SharePoint development and more on the business applications of SharePoint, membership is ideally suited for managers, directors, principles, C-level executives and business owners looking to use SharePoint as a key business strategy.

… After each presentation, a moderated discussion explores new ways of viewing and addressing the member's business challenges from Customer Development and Lean Startup perspectives.Please join Startup Collaboratory as we help each other learn to become more successful!

Startup Evanston is a venue for building connections between individuals interested in building, developing, and funding high-growth companies in the Evanston area.   We seek to foster and further the entrepreneurial and innovative spirit in this city which Business Week named "one of the top-50 best small cities in the U.S. for start-up businesses." Meetings of the group will provide an opportunity for entrepreneurs, technologists, developers, and investors to develop relationships and explore …

So you have an idea. How do you turn an idea into an actual product? Why not meet with other people in the area who are in the same boat? Join Practical Startups to give and receive practical advice on how to start and develop a business.