We will have something more informative soon but at this point the following should sum it up. We believe ourselves to be operating system agnostic We are not technology evangelist The plan is to have meeting topics voted on by members This group is being formed so the technologist in Round Rock will not have to drive into Austin for group meetings. We have a ton of folks up here that have a great deal of knowledge to share and we want to be that forum. If your interest is strictly focuse …

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 …

This group will initially be primarily oriented toward portrait / model photography, including discussions of release forms etc. The shoots are going to be free or very nearly so. Think in terms of TFCD (trade for cd) shoots with the models. Hopefully we can make this a win/win for the photographers and the models. Among the things that I would like to see done in this group that will seperate it from some of the other meetup groups : The idea of constructive criticism. Hopefully everyone that p …

We are interested in facilitating and meeting with people to discuss the trans-media/convergence "mashup" marketplace which we define as the global $500 billion+ global marketplace for entertainment-focused products, services & offerings in a number of areas: social everything, gaming & immersive worlds, mobility & communications, digital advertising & interactive, net video/tv, digital film, digital music and animation & cgi. This includes "mashups" involving content/context, applications, serv …

This group is for anyone interested in Adobe Photoshop, After Effects and Premiere, and shooting/editing with a video camera or DSLR. We are into learning software and gear, and collaborating on real-world projects. We are about creativity and expanding skills and experience. All skill levels are welcome. This is a chance to learn the software and hardware to create video and design projects. This group provides a platform for those who have skills to share and promote their knowledge, services, …

The is the local, Austin chapter of the Defcon hacking conference. Started in 1993, Defcon (a.k.a. DEFCON or DEF CON) is one of the world's largest annual computer hacker conventions, held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada. Attendees include computer security professionals, journalists, lawyers, federal government employees, security researchers and hackers with a general interest in code, computer architecture, phone phreaking, hardware mods and anything else that can be "hacked." The Defcon 512 ch …

Learn and improve your skills with the Python programming language. Austin already has two excellent Python meetups for people familiar with the language (Austin Python and Austin Web Python). This meetup is for novice and experienced programmers alike who want to learn how to use Python idiomatically and pragmatically to build cool things, from web apps to hardware hacking to data science. The discussion list is a friendly, local resource for answering your Python questions, and our meetups are …

Austin is more than just software and semiconductors. It's time to bring attention to the middle of the stack. The purpose of this group is to bring together folks interested in building businesses around physical products - to grow the Austin hardware community, raise awareness of hardware startups and resources, and learn from each other and those who have done it before. Meetup photo courtesy of Flickr user alorenzi

Servergy is proud to announce the PowerLinux Users Group (Austin Chapter). The group is intended to be fun, inspiring and help enable developers by providing a variety of on-site PowerLinux servers, embedded hardware, engineers, PowerLinux guest speakers, contest, and resources for PowerLinux software development and education. The event will be held once a month, and the event will be part conference and part hackathon. The PowerLinux Users Group, and it's sponsors, are excited to promote and …

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 …