Come to meet people from the local software development industry. We'll share tips and stories and find out who's doing what in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland. Make those network contacts that are so essential in our careers. Regular meetings open with a short technical presentation to kick off our discussions. Then, following Q&A and possibly a door prize draw, we have our round-the-room introductions and open networking. For the introductions we invite all participants to introduce themselve …

Agile software development means that you provide the client what (s)he doesn’t want in the first 30 days rather than after 180 days. You use the remaining 150 days to build what the client really wants with a “show as you go” strategy following each 30 day iteration. In 2001, Ken Schwaber, Kent Beck, Martin Fowler and Alistair Cockburn amongst others came up with the Agile Manifesto as follows: We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. Through …

…  (http://www.launchpad-class.org) Technology Entrepreneurship by Chuck Eesley  @ (http://venture-class.org) Information Theory @ (http://www.infotheory-class.org) Natural Language Processing by Dan Jurafsky and Chris Manning @ (http://nlp-class.org) Software Engineering for SAAS by Armando Fox and David Patterson - Class starts February 20, 2012 @ (http://saas-class.org) Game Theory by Matthew Jackson and Yoav Shoham @ (http://game-theory-class.org) Probabilistic Graphical Models by Daphne Kolle …

ARTCODE is a group dedicated to the combination of Art and new Technology. We are hands-on enthusiasts in hardware or software. We are into stuff like PureData, Max/MSP, Haskore, QuartzComposer, Csound, Kinect, 3D printing, OpenNI, Frankencamera, Open Framework, OpenCV, Processing, Wiring, Arduino, HIDs, HUDs, Android, WP7, iPhone/iPod, and iPad. We would like to meet others in order to exchange knowledge, skills and perhaps work on larger projects.

Group for current or future Lisp hackers. If you're in to coding Lisp, no matter the dialect (I use Common Lisp), you are welcome to join the group--in fact, even if you have only a passing interest in "programming with alien technology", please don't be a stranger to the meets. The group exists so us Lispers can code and learn in a social environment, bounce ideas off each other, and hopefully crank out some cool, new, Lisp-based software.

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A Ruby Meetup based in Beautiful North Vancouver, British Columbia.

Our workshops are a way for artists and those wanting to get involved in music making, production, software, songwriting and/or social media to meet and connect. We provide regular songwriting cafe meetings where songwriters can share their music, get feedback from experts and get support from other musicians. We do monthly intro to audio recording workshops to give you a base for understanding how music is made. We offer regular demos and tips and tricks of recording software. We will also host …

What does it mean to be ALT.NET? In short it signifies: You’re the type of developer who uses what works while keeping an eye out for a better way. You reach outside the mainstream to adopt the best of any community: Open Source, Agile, Java, Ruby, etc. You’re not content with the status quo. Things can always be better expressed, more elegant and simple, more mutable, higher quality, etc. You know tools are great, but they only take you so far. It’s the principles and knowledge that re …

This groups is for DJs and music producers of the electronica bent in the GVA to get together, hang out, bullshit about 'the Scene', share playlists, talk smack about hardware & software, and generally build some solid networks that will support and encourage good music being played for good crowds in Vancouver. Join up if you're passionate about your tech, your breaks, your trance and your prog. Stand up if you rave about your rave, you get up on your hip hop, and you rock your pop top40s. (Du …

A group for people to learn about and explore the possibilities of this new disruptive technology.

The way people are interacting with technology is changing. Never before has technology used the human body as an interface like we have seen with the Kinect. Join this group to find more opportunities to network with like-minded people, find the latest information about the Kinect, collaborate with other Kinect enthusiasts, and share stories and experiences.

… You will be trained using the latest technology (software and hardware) available on the market.

The Vancouver Ruby/Rails Meetup Group is for Ruby/Rails programmers or programmers that are interested in Ruby/Rails. We meet about once a month, usually in Harbour Center which is across the street from the Waterfront Skytrain station/seabus terminal so our meetups are easy to access. After our meetups, some of us have drinks or a bite somewhere nearby, usually Steamworks.

The IIBA is an international not-for-profit professional association for Business Analysis professionals with a vision to be the leading world-wide professional association that develops and maintains standards for the practice of business analysis and for the certification of practitioners. For more information on what the IIBA is doing at the International level please visit http://www.theiiba.org The objectives of the Vancouver BC Chapter are to: Advance the role of the Business Analys …