Have a day job? Working on a programming project on the side? Welcome to the club! Our goal is to encourage and help developers finish their side projects. Whether it's the next Google, a fun but pointless game or just a simple website you are building for a friend, all are welcome.   We meet at least once a month in a coffee shop or other programming friendly environment. You should come with at least one goal that you can finish while you are there. We're all busy, so while networking is encou …

The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for. - Oscar Wilde . . . Meet other individuals who are interested in NLP and self-empowerment, growth and education. NLP (neuro linguistic programming) utilizes techniques for the mind, body and spirit. You will find tools applicable in business, management and communication as well as in teaching, sports, therapy, and personal growth. These highly effective techniques really work for you …

This is a group of progressive thinking and doing change agents who meet once a month for consciousness expanding discussions (often mind blowing), an always fascinating (and positive) program, and a bountiful breakfast buffet for only $10. We have no official "joining." People show up the first Wednesday of each month at 8:30 until 10 and enjoy a meeting like no other. We are business people, professionals, searchers and sharers all. This group has been meeting since the spring of 2010. Your gr …

Share and learn IT stuff in a relaxed and close to home environment: Linux, Windows, MySQL, SQL Server, scripting (Perl, Python, Shell, whatnot), network, storage, programming, Oracle, cloud computing, and whatever else. Swap and test out ideas, new (new is a relative term that is different for each individual) technologies.

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 …

… Meetings will range in topics from requirements, design, analysis, architecture, development, programming, testing, implementation, etc...

Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired?  Are you ready to kick your meds to the curb for good and heal yourself naturally and permanently through food? Have you tried every deprivation and restriction diet under the sun only to get overwhelmed, hate it, and/or lose all of the weight back - and then some?  Are you fed up with calorie counting and want to start enjoying the food you eat?  Do you want to lose weight once and for all and feel the absolute best you have ever felt?  If what yo …

Talks on topics of all kinds from experts of all kinds. The only stipulation is that the talks must be really interesting to engineers in some way. We have covered programming languages, operations, UI design, mobile technology, build systems, automated testing, and lots more. The talks are all invited by Orbitz, a leading travel provider and proud member or the Chicago tech community. All talks are held here at the Orbitz Headquarters in Chicago IL.

Elevating the craft of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) through a real, face-to-face community in Chicago.  Let's get together and talk about everything from HATEOAS and REST to OAuth, and HTTP Response Codes and have a great time while we're at it!

… Her background is in counseling, couple counseling, manifesting and attracting to create the life you want, hypnosis, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, cognitive behavioral therapy, qigong, medical qigong, Hawaiian healing arts (for the body, mind, spirit), meditation, energy healing (chakra healing, EFT, qigong, other traditions), sexual healing (energetically and emotionally) and martial arts (self defense, karate, jujitsu). Dr. White has taught in colleges and universities and worked in healthcar …

… *(stands for: Neuro Linguistics Programming) APPLICATIONS GUIDELINE for this Meetup: Click on the "ABOUT" tab ("2nd" tab on the left side of this web page) for guidelines how to best formulate a meaningful introduction (Minimum: 200 to 250 characters with spaces). Remember, you cannot NOT communicate. You may have already studied NLP techniques & language patterns from books and tapes. Could it be that you realized it's best to fine-tune your non-verbal communications skills with a study gro …

This meetup is for users of vim and those who'd like to use vim. Vim is a cross-platform text editor that focuses on speed and efficiency of editing text. It's highly extensible via the use of plugins to support complex textual transformations with minimal effort and programming in most every language out there. Come join us and learn how to edit text more efficiently!

Announcing the New Balance inMotion Walking Club FREE + FUN + HEALTHY = NEW BALANCE AT LAKE BARRINGTON FIELD HOUSE New Balance Crystal Lake is launching a FREE walking club at the Lake Barrington Field House. Join Team New Balance and let's get inMotion together for 10 weeks to start 2011 on the right foot. Feeling good is always better when you have a group to share with. That's the idea behind inMotion, a Wellness program exclusive to New Balance stores. Twice each week (Wednesday evening a …

Lucca Leadership North America runs courses in transformational leadership for young people (students, young professionals and social entrepreneurs). We define transformational leadership as an approach to leadership that focuses on the ability to bring about change which uplifts and benefits humanity, through meeting its needs and developing its capabilities. Transformational leaders create sustainable and practical solutions to the needs in the world. They address underlying causes rather than …

Signature Body & Mind Solutions initiated a meet up group in 2009 dedicated to developing the practical skills & knowledge of the “conscious” bodyworker or massage therapist. In order to promote a balanced sense of community within the local massage & bodywork field and embrace the education that is available for practicing body workers, these meet ups are designed to maintain integrity and interest within the massage therapy and bodywork field . This meetup group is not directly affiliated wit …

The Chicago Clojure Group is open to anyone interested in discussing, learning, or using Clojure. The Chicago Clojure Group is not open to recruiters interested in spamming about lame J2EE jobs. If you have a Clojure opportunity please email the group organiser for permission to be added and post in our forums.