… We read books which span subjects within our field as well as those that bring concepts and ideas from other disciplines including: the strategy and business of design, design theory and history, methodologies and process, experience research and the ethics of UX professionals. The UX Book Club: NYC is part of a collective of UX Book Clubs that have formed in over fifty cities worldwide since November of 2008. For more information about the larger club, please visit the wiki: http://uxbookclub.o …

It would be nice to go to events with those who have similar interest in typography & design. The drive is to let members know about typography events as well as possibly helping each other with feedback on typographic layouts & design.

… The first Meeting I'm thinking we should try to ask these basic questions and then see where we want to go in the future: What sorts of uses have you found for Google+ So Far? What would you like to do once the API comes out? What are some features you LOVE in Google+? Hate? Wish were being added? Anybody you'd like to come to talk at this or a future Meetup? Any type of person we should be reaching out for more (ie developers, people in business, people who are famous in tech …

We started the New York Silicon Alley Meetup group to bring together Startups, Entrepreneurs, Investors, Techies and Webbies in and around New York’s Silicon Alley! Anyone who is thinking about starting their own software or web company and wants to bounce ideas off each other, meet potential partners or investors, learn about or present latest technological trends are welcome to join this group. Eventually we hope to connect the New York Silicon Alley with the London Silicon Roundabout to help …

The worlds of hackers and journalists are coming together as reporting goes digital and Internet companies become media empires. Journalists call themselves "hacks," someone who can churn out words in any situation. Hackers use the digital equivalent of duct tape to whip out code. Hacker-journalists try and bridge the two worlds. This group is to bring all these people together -- those who are working to help people make sense of their world. It's for hackers exploring technologies to filter …

… Engage in activities wisely designed to connect you with the deepest happiest YOU. Empower yourself to move up the vibrational ladder instantly Connect with some of the most positive in-the-know people on the planet. We share the good stuff! **Check out our free Law of Attraction ebooks in our Files Folder** So join now, you'll Revel in what feels good...oozing positivity and spreading it so others may find it too. Our deep community of talented heart-feeling love radiating souls fr …

Weekly DesignDays design events for student hackers, designers, entrepreneurs, and anyone else who’s feeling saucy! We will think, talk, and do design, technology, and entrepreneurship. Note: the goal of DesignDays is to connect NYC area students with one another. As such, this and all DesignDays events are open to current undergraduate and graduate students only.

There's an incredible transformation taking place in Medicine right now, and this group is focused on the design, development and implementation of innovation -- technologic, systems and operational -- directly at healthcare professionals.  And we want to create a community that is in the lead! The current roles and responsibilities, interdependencies and ways of working  between physicians, nurses, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals are being challenged and there will need to be car …

Collab is a combination think tank and fabrication laboratory. Collab will be providing workshops and classes as well as memberships for access to tools and resources for freelance artists, designers, inventors and makers to work on their ideas. In creating this network and encouraging an exploratory aesthetic, the possibilities for innovation that may sustain our ecosystem, economy and imagination become almost limitless. If you are interesting in finding out more about ou …

A Sustainable Conversation is part think-tank, part support network and all about ethical and ecologically-sound business practices. From the worlds of fashion, interior and industrial design, architecture, and craft-making,  we are an interdisciplinary and international group of people committed to positive social change. At our meetings, we provide a space for generating and discussing new ideas, networking, connecting business to design, and turning concepts into realities.  Our mission is t …

The Y+30 is designed as an authentic forum for discussing what the world might look like in +30 years. We ask which trends and technologies are emerging today that will have formative effects on the not to distant future. One thing that many people find troubling is our society's inability to think and plan more than a handful years into the future. It is frequently argued that Capitalism, at best, can muster about 5 years of prospective planning and that the best of governments might be able …

Everyone has ideas. Not everyone can make them happen. Once a month we get together for a weekend to take a few ideas, chosen semi-democratically, and make them real. It's a hackathon, a community, a bunch of fun.   How it works: Once a month we send out an email for projects.  In order to submit your project for a barn raising you must have either:-- taken part (constructively) in a previous barn raising-- sponsor beer, pizza and general goodness for that barn raising The first Friday night of …

The daily lives of most of us are full of things that keep us busy and preoccupied with mundane concerns. We miss the sacred, so every now and then we find ourselves drawing-back and wondering what is it all about. And then. perhaps we may internally begin exploring perennial questions that we don't normally stop to examine. This can happen with regard to any aspect of our lives. This study group is deliberately designed for those among us who are curious, enthusiastic, non-judgemental, and wond …

… Need help with a project? Thinking about starting up your own Rails shop? We're all about it and we'd love to help you out, free of charge.  It's harder to meet people out on the island in general than it is in the city, for whatever reason. So let's meetup, blow up some awesome code and user experience development, network, share contacts, and for those of you who want to make a business out of this: brainstorm ways to get paid. See you on the Long Island Rails Road. All aboard! RSVP for the n …

You've always wanted to be in fashion, right? But, maybe you think you're too old now...or too young. Or, perhaps you need some encouragement about how to get started as a designer. Or, maybe you need to brush up your creative or technical skills. Well, get ready! We've got a wealth of information to pass around to help you: PREPARE TO START YOUR OWN FASHION BUSINESS PREPARE TO SWITCH CAREERS IN FASHION PREPARE FOR FASHION COLLEGE PREPARE F …

… You can expect to learn more about products available, the latest trends (vs fads), as well as design considerations and concerns in a solicitation free environment. We'll meet up at various places throughout Manhattan related to kitchen and bath design and renovation. I may invite an occasional guest speaker or subject matter expert who will cover their areas of expertise. Based on feedback from our members, we'll fine tune events along the way. If I can swing it, maybe some of the locations w …