Do you have memories of beating your brother or sister at Combat and are itching for some more old-school video game action? You have found the right place. This group was formed to relive the classic video games of yesteryear. The focus of the group is about getting together and playing vintage games. You are encouraged to bring a laptop computer loaded with games, a couple of joysticks and the want to win or have fun. We can meet up and compete, reminisce or just hang out. This group is open …

2013 is here and AR is beginning to hit the main stream.  Google Glass is in the pipeline with developer hackathons at the end of January/Early Feb.  Augmented World Expo (AWE) has become a destination developer conference and will (apparently?) undergo a rebranding due to its popularity.  The commercial AR development suites (Vuforia, Layar, Metaio, Total Immersion, String, et al) have thousands of registered developers around the world.  And it turns out, the greater Los Angeles area, and Sout …

How It Works: ============== The basic minimum requirements are that you show up at a Meetup. The minimum requirement for you to really get something out of it is that you show up with some of your music. The core process goes like this: * Set aside a block of time, preferably 12 hours and as close to the meetup as is reasonable. * Try to write and complete(1) 20 songs(2) during that 12 hours (this is the "Immersion" part) * Whatever you have done, you bring to the meetup. * You …

You are invited to a Mastermind Group study on “The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership” by John Maxwell. This is a 10-week in-depth study that will afford you the opportunity to join forces and mastermind with a unique group of like-minded individuals who are focused on taking results in every area of their lives to a new level. Having the support and ideas from other focused and driven people allows us to see things differently and to get a new perspective on goals and action plans. Togethe …

JOIN US ! and Welcome to the most amazing Game Store within your reach! At least that is what our customers tell us, and they do come from Camarrillo, Thousand Oaks, Hunington Beach, Simi Valley, Santa Clarita and everywhere in between ! All Ways Gaming has just expanded our Tournament Room and Board Game Areas and Responsive Console Gaming Room. We are a destination Store for shopping, for playing in events, Computer and Concole Game Room. Plan your own Private Party / Event! Now featuri …

The group is organized by Dustin Laurence and Jan de Leeuw . We will be meeting once a month at UCLA to talk about issues relating to GPGPU and parallel programing.

This is a group for people who would go to online business/marketing meetups, but hate dealing with recruiters, assholes trying to sell their products, total newbies, pointless conversation, or an overall lack of regard for the value of your time. We're not bitter, we just know that we can do better. We care very deeply about the signal-to-noise ratio of the meetup. We're full time internet marketing entrepreneurs. We couldn't believe it, but we could not find a single meetup on the LA westside …

We're a group of Linux enthusiasts, from hard core hackers to people who just use Linux on the weekends. We don't judge, we're here to help, and we love meeting new people!

Meet with other engineers responsible for the reliability, scalability and efficient operation of large scale systems. Sessions will typically involve a free technical presentation and open forum to ask questions. Target Audience: Engineers & Sys Admin's who are interested in topics such as scalability, monitoring, troubleshooting, solving tough web operations issues, Unix/Linux, LAMP and automation. *Our first topic for this meetup is on "Job Scheduling and Monitoring". * Please let me know if …

Join the Los Angeles community of Lean Launchpad-ers! While we wait to take Steve Blank's free online "Lean Launchpad" Class offered via Stanford, sign up for the free Tech Entrepreneurship Class also offered for free online from Stanford. The professor, Chuck Eesley takes a research approach to startups, noting what does and does not work. It's a great class. Sign up at venture-lab.org. Sign up by May 1st to get put into a group by the course's assistants. Check out the introductory videos at: …

Meet other local people who either have or aspire to have successful internet businesses! Everything from marketing experts, to SEO pros, to programmers. Let's meet and discuss what's working, from niches, to SEO techniques, to starting a new business.  The more we can learn from each other, the more successful we can all be! Whether you're new to starting your online business, already have a working e-commerce site, or know next to nothing about computers, this group is meant to help and suppor …

Google fans unite! Meet others in the greater Los Angeles area interested in developing apps on Google App Engine and for the business productivity suite Google Apps. This meetup has a technical and programming focus, but we also encourage those that are currently on or interested in learning more about Google Apps and App Engine to join! Join if you would like to: Network with fellow App Engine developers and Google Apps enthusiasts - Learn more about where Google technology is heading. Learn …

The Los Angeles/SoCal Chapter of the Cloud Security Alliance is an organization formed to promote the use of best practices for providing security assurance within Cloud Computing, and provide education on the uses of Cloud Computing to help secure all other forms of computing. The Los Angeles/SoCal Chapter of the Cloud Security Alliance is comprised of many subject matter experts from a wide variety disciplines, united in our objectives: Promote a common level of understanding between the consu …

A supportive casual lunch group for architects of Big Data -- Hadoop, Data Warehouse and everything in-between. Implementers and strategists only; to enrich and contribute, collaborate and discuss, divide and concur the problems of today's big data challenges.

Q: Why this group? A: There are lots of ADHD folks out there yet not nearly enough resources or groups to share ideas and connect and feel shared experiences with. Q: What will the group focus on? A: In general on helping its membership, specifically in finding systematic ways to address ADHD challenges. Q: What do you mean by systematic ways? A: ADHD folks can have follow-through and organizational challenges. Our group can be a laboratory to help address that and find ways that work for ADH …

I'm organizing the Kinect Meetup. We're in the planning stages. If you'd like to participate, please let me know. This is an opportunity to meet with other kinect developers from L.A.. We will have live mocap demos, scanning demos, software tips and company demos...The purpose of this meeting is to showcase the best software I'm aware of for production purposes, create a community of kinect developers, showcase application of the software, and look toward future development. The Kinect, Xtion, L …

Mini Cinema is an Entertainment Platform heavily passionate about storytelling through Short Films. Our goal is to deliver the BEST Short Film Experience to anyone who is a fan of cinema. Whether watching films on our website or attending one of our Theater Screenings, viewers can expect an experience that is creative, innovative, and entertaining. The Short Film Experience The Mini Cinema Short Film Experience consists of an hour long screening presented 3 to 4 times a year at a major theater …

For all those who are taking computer science classes or getting certified. I created this group so we could study together or just learn from each other.

We're a group of developers who enjoy happy hour and code. We'll be hosting various happy hour code-mixers, hackathons, and parties in downtown LA. Do you occasionally code under the influence? Then join us!

Calling all Wedding & Event Professionals!  Kill 2 Birds with 1 Stone: Learn How to Dance & Network!  Social dancing is a great way to de-stress and also build community and connect with people.  No Dance Experience or Partner Required.  We will meet 1-2 times a month for social dance workshops, covering dances like Salsa, Swing, Waltz, Tango, Cha Cha, etc. followed by a social sharing, networking, and discussion session. We plan to also organize fun social dance night-outs and if there is inter …

So you have seen the Networking Groups that charge dues on a Monthly, or Yearly Basis. You have been to a few of the meetings and you thought to yourself " Do I really have to pay to network with friendly like-minded professionals? " Well the answer is no, you don't. This particulare networking group works like other networking groups. We have a real estate agent (me) running the meetings. I am also partnered with a Mortgage Broker (so consider that slot filled too). However, this is for people …