I really enjoy old things made of paper! For beginners, there are: postcards, old photographs, posters, sports and non sports cards, greeting cards, magazines, prints, ads, coupons, brochures, books, calendars, stamps, paper money, maps, newspapers, historical documents and much more! These fascinating items document our history and reveal wondrous things about us as individuals, as a nation, a civilization, and as human beings - in all our diversity and possibilities! And all of this has been i …

This Dev Meet Up is a social gathering for developers to discuss geospatial technologies, complementary third-party tools, and development platforms (e.g., Silverlight, Java, Flex, JavaScript) that are supported by Esri. Presentations run the gamut of our community: from Web development to mobile location development for iOS, Android and Windows Phone 7 to automating tasks with Python. Developers of all levels of expertise are welcome, from seasoned GIS professionals to those new to geospatial d …

Kick start 2011 by hacking on Go, Google's new programming language. If you're a systems programmer who wants to push their productivity full throttle - this group is for you. If you're staring at pictures of elephants, take a break from writing map reduce jobs, and ditch your old copy of The Little Schemer, and join this group. If you ride a fixie, sport wayfarer glasses, and want to look even cooler than you already do, this group is for you.

Please visit our ongoing project with The New Hive : Zeitgeist Seattle Resource 1: Compassionate Seattle Heart Map What does Zeitgeist Seattle do? We are part of a larger sustainability advocacy movement. Our mission embodies the principles of network weaving locally in the Seattle, Washington region through collaboration with local sustainable and community sharing organizations. We offer community outreach by promoting local Sustainable, Technological, Environmental, and Social Change projects …

Want more business? Meet with our growing and energetic group of Professionals, Owners and Entrepreneurs, promoting each others businesses. Friday mornings, 7:00 - 8:35 a.m. with  MEYDENBAUER LETIP  at Pogacha Restaurant located at 119 106th Ave NE, Bellevue, WA (map).  Join us, your first breakfast is on us. Meet other local professionals from all industries to discuss your business needs, share leads and cross promote each other’s goods and services for the benefit of all. Meydenbauer LeTip st …

We are a group of Seattle startups, businesses, and individuals that use crowdsourcing as a part of our business model or are interested in crowdsourcing. The purpose of our meetups is to talk to other businesses and individuals who leverage the crowd, share tips and ticks, and generally learn from each other. If you don't know anything about Crowdsourcing, a good place to start is by checking out this industry map created by Crowdsourcing.org: http://www.crowdsourcing.org/editorial/november-201 …

This training series is designed specifically for those Cascade members who register for Cascade’s premier events and who participated in CTS 2011. Our goal is to prepare you both physically and mentally for the Group Health STP and RSVP. You and your fellow riders will continue your group and safe riding skills from CTS 2011 that are key for all cyclists and of particular value in these large events. Since all riders will be preparing for STP or RSVP, you will get to know riders at your pace l …

Welcome! This is a meetup group for those in the Seattle area who like maps, GIS, OpenStreetMap, open data, web mapping, cartography and anything in between. This is an open group and aims to keep the Seattle geo professionals, enthusiasts and users connected to each other for learning, socializing and to help find answers to their geospatial questions.

This group was inspired by the hundreds of workshops I have given all over the US. Photographers were asking for ways to build their portfolios with high quality images and unique concepts. They were running out of ideas / did not have ideas, could not find models, locations or sets and were hitting a wall. After all a photography web-site filled with photos of your dog or your own children might not say "professional" in a way you want it to. This is what we will do here. The instructors will a …

This meetup group is for those who play Dragon Quest IX (Nintendo DS) and are interested in tagging other adventurers, multiplayer fun, trading items and maps, and all things DQIX! We will meet in public places in and around Seattle and other portable gaming friendly environments.

Thank you for joining the Universal Tactical Combat Club of Greater Seattle. We are pleased to have you as a UTC practitioner. UTC is a Tactical Jujitsu form of Martial Arts established to enhance the practitioners creativity. Early next year, we are hosting a series of UTC Challenge Tournaments throughout Greater Seattle to help raise funding for local children health organizations that we support. Please help this club grow so we can "Fight for our Children" while having fun doing it. Please g …

Event listings for the Seattle (data) Visualization group. For discussions and job listings and everything else, please join the google group at http://bit.ly/seavis

Data Management Association - Puget Sound is a non-profit professional organization whose objective is to promote and advance the concepts of data management in the Pacific Northwest. DAMA-PS members and guests meet monthly to widen their knowledge on topics relevant to information and data resource management. Members benefit from association meetings and special programs, as well as from opportunities to network with others in the same profession. Our chapter was a front-runner for what eventu …

This group is centered around movement and philosophy. Movement is something we obviously all do, and all have different perspectives and experience with. You might be a dancer, waitress, yoga practitioner, qigong student, martial artist, football player, cross fit athlete, swimmer, doctor, psychologist, actor, etc. All of those roles will give a person a different focus and set of values for how they want to move their bodies. So what do we do? We take the skills and strategies each person ha …

We are not accepting new members at this time. We will be considering new members starting June 15th. The membership fee will be $15 for new members. A face photo and real first name will be required. Tired of being stuck at home? Are you ashamed that you don't know any of the major attractions in your own state? Stumped on where to take your visiting guests when they come for a visit? Then this group is for you! We are a group of people who want to know the ins and outs of Washington State. T …

This group is centered around movement and philosophy. Movement is something we obviously all do, and all have different perspectives and experience with. You might be a dancer, waitress, yoga practitioner, qigong student, martial artist, football player, cross fit athlete, swimmer, doctor, psychologist, actor, etc. All of those roles will give a person a different focus and set of values for how they want to move their bodies. So what do we do? We take the skills and strategies each person ha …