Objective: analyze distributed systems at both the whitepaper and code level. Read about consistency concepts in Raft, Paxos, and Dynamo; peek under the hood of distributed systems like ZooKeeper, HDFS, and Riak. This meetup is intended to be a collaborative learning environment with a mild preference of practical over academic (i.e., math should not be a major hurdle).

If you currently use PHP or even just interested it, please join and participate.  We often meet at bars - if you are not yet 21 please contact the organizer to check the venue before coming out to a meeting. We are currently meeting on regular basis on 2nd and 4th Tuesdays, with meetups at various locations around Indianapolis (the 2nd Tuesday is usually held downtown).  Meetings start at 6:30 (unless otherwise scheduled), with a break at 7pm for presentations or discussions.  Please speak up i …

Network After Work - Networking Events for Professionals is a national business and social networking event company that launched in June 2009. We currently host events in 22 cities across the country. Events are created for professionals who want to expand their network and create new business opportunities, events range in size from 150-600 professionals and take place in each city's top nightlife destinations. Events draw a diverse mix of professionals from all industries and career levels an …

Want to learn how to code? Have a great idea? Don't be shy. Develop it. It can be intimidating for women to learn and ask questions when they are in an extreme minority. While open and welcoming, today's budding developer community is up to 91% male. There isn't a comfortable place where women can learn at their own pace and not be afraid to ask "stupid questions." We decided it was time to provide a place where all questions are OK and everyone can learn in a supportive environment. Our courses …

Would you love to learn more about mobile development? Or just want to know about up and coming mobile technologies? Being proactive about getting to know new technologies may give you a jumpstart over the competition. Join us to discuss new web applications, mobile web sites and even how you can get ahead of the curve. No worries, we will start at the basics and move slow. NOTE: This group is for beginners. Not much code talk here.

Lock & Key Events are the new, hot, exciting, interactive, and a FUN way for singles to socialize. The idea is to make the initial meeting easier and more natural in hopes that you will make new friends, or just have a great time! We take a regular happy hour and throw in the ULTIMATE Icebreaker with the use of locks and keys. So for three hours, you try to meet people at our parties, getting to know them and of course, trying to unlock your possibilities. In addition to meeting people, you have …

We meet monthly to discuss modern web and mobile app design and development. Topics include: Laravel 4, Composer, PHP 5, Package Development, Test Driven Development, jQuery, MVC, JavaScript, HTML5, Responsive Design, Mobile App Development, PhoneGap, SQL, NoSQL, Mongo, MySQL, Vagrant, Puppet, Linux, etc. We will cover the whole project development process, discussing one topic each month, as well as sharing interesting info and side projects. If you love coding, join us!

You've read both editions of Halvorson's "Content Strategy for the Web". You've done content audits and had fun doing them. Election season drove you nuts because everyone was talking about government, not governance. You get all your content strategy info from twitter because you can't find anyone in your zip code who understands it. You want to succeed. You know how. Welcome to our group.

An Indianapolis-based meetup whose focus is helping people who are interested in squeezing that last bit of performance out of their websites and mobile apps. If you are a developer, designer, site admin, entrepreneur, or just someone who wants to see the web go as fast as possible, this is the meetup for you. Studies show that people expect a site to load in 2 seconds or less. Those that do win the prize; ones that don't are left in the dust. Which group do you want to be in? Presentations and …

Formerly-known as IndyHUG, an Indianapolis-based big data meetup whose focus is helping current and potential big data users share their problems, solutions, and experiences with tools like Hadoop, HBase, Cassandra, MongoDB, etc. and building large-scale data processing systems. Presentations and code for most meetups will be available on GitHub at https://github.com/stetzer/IndyBigData

We are a group of like minded individuals that believe, doing something outside is better than doing anything inside. We will schedule events and meetups in, around and way beyond the 45069 zip code. You can look forward to events such as; hiking, backpacking, camping, kayaking/canoeing, fishing, biking, kan jam (google it) and corn hole tournaments, golf, Frisbee golf, classes, the occasional adult beverage meetup and much, much more. All levels of experience are welcome (except for adult bever …

OUR MISSION Is to provide young people in the Covington-Kenton County area the opportunity to develop personal and leadership skills through local community service and organizational involvement. OUR VISION To become the organization of choice for young people in the Covington-Kenton County area, providing direction and leadership to our community. The United States Junior Chamber (Jaycees) gives young people between the ages of 18 and 41 the tools they need to build the bridges of success f …