Our group was founded in 2007 as one of four official Adobe groups in Kansas City. We're designers, developers, digital photographers, freelancers, producers, in-house corporate marketing types, and interested students of all ages — focusing mostly on visually-oriented products in the entire Adobe Creative Suite and Creative Cloud, with a strong emphasis on Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Fireworks, and other tools with a visual emphasis. NO program is off-limits, though...if it's visual, we'l …

WordPress is web software that is used to create custom websites and blogs the world over. Our goal is to educate and integrate the design, development, and content creation fields to better use WordPress by hosting monthly MeetUps and planning a yearly conference called WordCamp. Whether you've been with WordPress since the beginning or you're brand new, we want you to come grow with us! How can you help? Present at a MeetUp. Volunteer at WordCamp. Ask questions. Tell your friends and colleag …

UpFront aims to deliver real world examples of front end technologies that you can apply to your workflow today. By attending events, you'll become a better developer and can network with other likeminded people around Kansas City. UpFront isn't only for front end developers. Managers and back end developers may find the content of the meetings valuable to their own work.

User Group for Python developers, enthusiast and hackers of the Kansas City Metro Area and surroundings. htttp://pythonkc.com http://twitter.com/pythonkc http://groups.google.com/group/pythonkc/ IRC: freenode.net#pythonkc

The Cowtown Computer Congress (CCCKC) was formed in 2008 to create a shared space for local technology enthusiasts to meet, collaborate on group projects, share tools and to support Kansas City's technology community. Kansas City has a rich and diverse technology community, however unlike some major metropolitan areas such as Austin, Texas or the Bay Area there was little structure or leadership. This lack of organization has perpetuated a false perception that Kansas City and the midwest are pl …

CakePHP KC is a group of web design and development professionals who use CakePHP in the greater Kansas City area.

Polyglot programmers, hackers, and tinkerers in the Kansas City area. We host workshops that appeal to our creative side. Come talk to us in #polyglotkc on freenode, and sign up for the mailing list at https://groups.google.com/group/polyglotkc

NodeKC is for those who use Node.JS for fun or for profit, or are interested in learning more about the emerging technology. Come join us to talk and code in Node!

Our group may be new to meetup, but we have been meeting, learning and geeking out for over 10 years.  If you are looking to learn, teach or just network, you have found your local PHP community! Conveniently located to serve the entire Kansas City Metro area and neighboring cities--our members range from budding developers, hobbyists, seasoned professionals and everyone in between. We currently meet the third Saturday of each month, at 2:30pm at Black Dog Coffeehouse, 12815 W 87th Street Pkwy   …

Weekly Monday night gathering of geeks who enjoy topics including, but not limited to, application and web development (code of all kinds), entrepreneurship, gaming, marketing, design, movies, the current state of all things tech, and usually beer and other cocktails. This Meetup is very much unstructured - feel free to come and geek out on just about ANYTHING. Laptops more than welcome.

IxDA (Interaction Design Association) Kansas City is a professional group dedicated to: Keeping new and veteran practitioners informed on all things pertaining to user experience (UX) while Helping members and partner organizations build a strong local UX community (with, so far, no dues). We're dedicated to the professional practice of UX and user interface (UI) design and development for all devices, particularly mobile. We review different practices and tools for developing business require …

You don't have to be an expert in iOS development. WIRE was made to take advantage of the skills that your team already possesses. In fact, when compared to Objective-C or even JavaScript, our WIRE syntax is less bloated and was built with the heart of the web developer/designer in mind. WIRE supports native animations and device components such as camera and maps as well. WIRE was created to give designers and web developers the opportunity to create rich interactive mobile apps using the tools …

A hacker/maker/tinkerer community based in Kansas City, MO. We get together for show and tell, hackathons, industry discussions, general knowledge, and nerding it up until the break of dawn. We are developers, artists, and explorers in a digital world. This group is a celebration of the technical creative and the renaissance person in all of us. Check out our facebook page at: http://www.facebook.com/kcrootusr

Open to all those interested in Apache Cassandra, Big Data, Hadoop, Hive, Hector, NoSQL, Pig, and high scalability. Let's get together and share what we know.

The Technology Exchange Community (TEC) is dedicated to providing innovative resources and tools to help keep its members abreast of the latest technology – and ahead of the competition. TEC is an ideal way to meet and to network with like-minded professionals faced with selecting and utilizing technology that changes at a lightning fast pace. TEC meetings feature experts discussing the latest technology and trends and help you stay connected. Membership in TEC offers numerous opportunities for …

With the explosion of content marketing and social media, and the overall shift to web-based marketing activities, organizations are quickly realizing the need for effective content strategy to support and govern these efforts. We're building this group to act as an open forum and educational hub for Kansas City-based content strategists, IA/UX/UI specialists, and those who are interested in learning more about content strategy or developing/honing content strategy expertise.

Are you having a problem finding a co-founder? Problem raising seed or Angel funding? Problem getting the word out about your idea? Problem finding a developer? Problem with conversions? That's because you are not solving a REAL PROBLEM! Fix that and the other problems cease to be problems. Ideas are easy. Execution is hard. Executing the right thing is damn near impossible. Entrepreneurs with a startup idea usually rush in to find a co-founder, build a prototype, raise money, hire a PR agency, …

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