South West Scala is a free Bristol-based informal meetup group for all practical things related to the Scala language. If you use Scala for fun or profit, or just want to know more, come along to our next meetup. Everybody welcome. Our members have backgrounds in many mainstream computer languages.

This is a group for anyone interested in the use of agile to create a better way of working. Anyone is welcome, experience of agile methods isn't necessary. We'll be looking to share and learn from each other, listen to war stories, try and help those where we can.

Group of people interested in CouchDB and the associated ecosystem (e.g. rich html5 applications, MVC & asynchronous javascript, big data, data visualisation). More information can be found on http://bristol.couchdb.org/

This is a group which meets regularly to practice NLP and hypnotherapy techniques. We have a guest speaker on occasions, and live demonstrations of NLP and hypnotherapy related techniques. The group is open to anyone interested in NLP and hypnosis, no prior knowledge needed, and we're a friendly bunch too! The sessions are run by Debs and Steve Adams, both qualified hypnotherapists and certified trainers of NLP.

Cheltenham Geek Nights is a place for Software Developers, Designers and general techies to get together, learn and have fun. We'll be having regular speakers on a broad range of themes as well as activities and discussion. We aim to build a strong technological community for people in and around Cheltenham. Hashtag #cheltgeeknights on Twitter.

The aim of this group is to organise informal gatherings, from socials to talk nights, for Rubyists in and around Bath. We welcome anyone with an interest in Ruby, from those who are just curious about the language to developers who have been working with it for years.

Having events and discussions around; New technologies for businesses, Cloud Computing, Businesses journey to the Cloud, Collaboration within Business and a new way of working. Join to discuss the above areas and more, meet and network with people with similar interests, hear from industry expects and learn more about cloud computing. Share thoughts and vision. All within a great atmosphere and a few drinks and snacks.

Volunteer Travel-Voluntourism is defined as the blending of the traditional elements of travel and tourism alongside a volunteer service project. Meet up members are provided with opportunities to contribute their time. talent or resources by making a difference in the lives of others when they travel. Its great for groups, singles, solo travelers, couples, family reunions, seniors couples, students, faith based organizations, fraternity and sorority groups as well as business conferences and re …

We are a group of agile practitioners and enthusiasts living and working in the South West of England. This group is open to anyone in Bath and the surrounding areas (inc. Bristol, Newport, Cardiff, Swindon, Exeter and beyond) interested in Scrum and Agile practices. Feel free to come along to one of our meetups to speak to like-minded individuals and share some agile war stories over a drink or two!

The omnipotent big data group that is all things to do with dealing with, managing, handling and delivering big data, in the mild mild South West. Topics include MySQL, NoSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, Node.js, scaling, engineering data, open-source, linkeddata, and beer. Discussion at http://groups.google.com/group/south-west-big-data.

Are you making apps for mobile devices? Thinking about making them or just interested in mobile technology or design? The aim of this group is to link people involved in or interested in getting involved in making mobile apps and responsive websites. This meetup group helps people get together to share knowledge and ideas in a casual and relaxed environment. Who should join? Designers, developers, graphic designers, publishers, students, etc. You don't need to be actively making apps to join thi …

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The local user group for people interested in sql server and related technologies - there's usually pizza!

Calling all wonderful women! Looking to add some magic and sparkle to life? Then join our tribe of Giggling Goddesses! We are women come together to create and celebrate. To nurture ourselves and our dreams. To connect to the power that lies within. To grow, to let go, to transform, to become. We are lighthearted and joyful. Learning to let happiness shine through us. With vibrant spirits We join together to be our true selves. Passionate, powerful, playful. We are one with Mother Earth. Nurtur …

Connect with other developers from the Southwest of England building on the Salesforce.com Platform

General group for WordPress users and developers. I work for a company that is creating an app builder that will integrate with WordPress and databases. The aim is that a standard WordPress user will be able to build a database and app using our software without specialised programming knowledge. We're looking for feed back and beta testers. I'm also interested to talk about anything else WordPress related. If this is something you are interested in then let me know and I'll organise a meeting.

Let's create some innovative applications and web toys. No limits, just cool stuff.

It's the Malvern web/tech pub meetup group reborn! It's a meetup for web, mobile, tech people in or around Malvern, UK. We'll be mixing meetups in a pub with more formal presentation-based evenings at http://wyche.in/

We thought a general IT event where techies from the Chippenham area can get together to chat and swap war stories and tips would be a good idea. Open to all who are interested, our experience is mostly around R, Java, Python, .NET, SAS etc

A group for web & mobile designers and developers. Whether you're new to the industry or a seasoned veteran. I want to bring together like-minded people to talk about all the exciting and ever-changing aspects of our industry including UX, usability, front-end design, back-end development, tools, apps, etc. The format is initially going to be quite informal, but at a later stage I'll be introducing a BarCamp style concept to the group. It's going to be very exciting and I look forward to meeting …