It's Tech@NYU's monthly party! At each DemoDay, Tech@NYU members and other NYC students will demo what they've been working on for the last month in the areas of programming and design. It's a monthly celebration, where Tech@NYU opens it doors to show off what we've been doing. NYC students - if you'd like to demo your latest hack, project, or pre-funding startup, please contact one of the organizers. Past demos have included: A Javascript library for calculus and statistics A remote control fo …

NYC UX Acrobatics primary focus is the varied facets of UX design, research and usability. Our aim is to create monthly 'UX themed' workshop style meetings where members work with each other learning, discovering and networking on all things UX. Potential topics: paper prototyping, experience maps, user research and testing, persona dev, a/b testing, front-end best practices, RWD (Responsive Web Design), PET Design (Persuasion, Emotion, and Trust Design), competitive analysis, sketching UX, cont …

Before you request membership please note: Please read the notes below, if you feel you still like to join us, please contact the organizer and give us some information in an email (don't hide your email address).   If you simply apply to join without this step, we must decline your request. We have a 25 member limit.  At that point we no longer will accept new members. We're located in Suffolk County, Long Island.  Most of our events are out on the Island.  We're not close to New York City.  I …

Are you: - Passionate about stereoscopy? - A stereoscopic 3D professional? - Interested in 3D and want to find out more? - Or, have you never experienced stereo vision? Join the new 3D Club of NY and enjoy the magical world of stereoscopic 3D! We are a group of passionate Stereoscopers, organized for the purpose of promoting the art, practice, enjoyment and science of 3D imaging. This will be accomplished through open monthly meetings (with 3D projections and programs), events, workshops, …

Conscious Coder is a meetup for coders (hackers || developers || engineers) making the world a better place. We provide a hub for exchanging ideas and inspiration while learning about new technologies. Whether it's collaborative consumption, crowd funding, conscious commerce, collective action, micro finance, clean tech, social good, digital currency, or a completely new concept that moves humanity in a positive direction, if you believe that the intelligent application of technology can create …

The future of content on the web – content that gets discovered, creates value, and builds audiences – is not cheap text cranked out by content farms. It's high quality, editorial and entertainment created by experienced journalists and passionate bloggers. The future is a social media world, where humans are the arbiters of quality, and search algorithms reward sharing and human readability. The Internet means publishers should no longer be confined to the limits of in-office staff, nor should …

Master the art of photography and lighting by learning the correct way to use natural lighting, hot lights, and studio flash when shooting the human form, at our photography studio that's located inside our huge factory building. We are also planning on holding a variety of different group shoots and workshops (both studio and outdoors), in many different styles, such as: fashion, editorial, casual, glamour, gothic, & artistic. We're open to all levels of experience, from professional to amate …

After six years and nearly a hundred real-world Photo Model Sessions in a dizzying array of themes and locations, we have produced tens of thousands of stunning images of hundreds of the most talented and beautiful models anywhere, as well as absolute beginners who aspire to the pinnacle of success in this demanding industry. And we just keep on getting better! We have Models on Motorcycles & Horses & in Limos. Photo Model Safaris. Wine tours. Pinup, Lingerie and Boudoir Photo Model Sessions. Sk …

Welcome to the Light & Shadow Workshop Group. Our mission is to share with the New York independent film community the knowledge and practical skills needed to excel in the art of lighting and cinematography. When it is your turn to make a movie, you must ask two questions: 1) "Where should I put the LIGHT?" A single strategically placed light can work the magic of four or five incorrectly placed lights. 2) "How to create SHADOW?" Anybody can switch on a light and flood a scene with light and ma …

Focused on the beauty of the human form and the art of photography. We are artistic figure photographers in the area. We welcome professionals, first timers, & anyone that is interested in the art of photography, regardless of your skill level. Our meetings are located in the New Haven area. We provide indoor and outdoor photo sessions with professional models. Membership is FREE for models & photographer. We need models for our Saturday, Sunday, & mid-week workshops, these are always PAID assig …

Welcome to the Light & Shadow Workshop Group. Our mission is to share with the New York independent film community the knowledge and practical skills needed to excel in the art of lighting and cinematography. When it is your turn to make a movie, you must ask two questions: 1) "Where should I put the LIGHT?" A single strategically placed light can work the magic of four or five incorrectly placed lights. 2) "How to create SHADOW?" Anybody can switch on a light and flood a scene with light and ma …

Share your passions in photography with professional photographers Jerry Avenaim and Rolando Gomez and friends with this group dedicated to each of its members. This group is part of the http://www.PhotoMeetUps.com (PMU) co-op, or group of groups which is a social networking community dedicated to spreading the gospel of photography virtually and in person. Our goal is to help photographers become better with the photography they passionately enjoy. From beginners to advanced, PMU will strive …

Tour the universe.  Drop in any week.  The universe is a big place, but my class is ongoing, and I am up to the challenge.  It takes 2-3 years for me to do a round trip.  With live links to the Wide World Web as my in-class resource, I have an unlimited supply of mind expanding pictures and movies to discuss.  Plus digital universe simulations that I run of the Earth's place in the galaxy, and the galaxy's place in the universe.  For example, on the tour of the Universe, we started in close, zoo …

SWW Photo Workshops (established in RI in 2009) provides an educational and practical, low cost venue for aspiring photographers, young or old, to learn basic techniques of approach and application of ideas in a variety of locations and learning situations. It is perfect for photographers that have experience, and knowledge of their Digital SLRs, who want to broaden their base of knowledge with a variety of workshops that include An Introduction to Photography, Alternative Lighting, The Intimate …

The World and a Camera is for the photography loving, travel obsessed souls out there who are looking for an amazing social experience. The aim of this group is to fulfill everyone's globe trotting needs in the company of like-minded individuals. These ain't your daddy's "workshops"! Rather, these are opportunities to experience the world in good company. These are soul-seeking retreats designed to rejuvenate your inner artist and put a fresh pep-in-yo-step. Don't worry though, I won't get all m …

This is a group dedicated to meeting new singles who are tired of wasting time on the digital dating world. Want to have a good conversation, do some wine tasting (beer or spirits if you prefer), meet new people over the age of 40? We have searched and found nothing in OUR area where those of us over a certain age can meet face to face, have a good laugh, a good time and enjoy the intricacies of actual human to human contact! (LOL) Gary started this group after seeing no local groups available.  …

Welcome to NYC-CHI, the NYC chapter of SIG-CHI (Special Interest Group - Computer Human Interaction www.sigchi.org/). We hold UX-focused events and have an active mailing list to service the NYC region. We have over 1900 active members in all aspects of HCI, including information architects, interaction designers, user experience designers, service designers, product and museum experience designers, usability practitioners, digital librarians, user interface designers and UI developers. We're t …

OUR MISSION This Meetup strives to make New York City a Model for 21st Century Democracy. We are committed to using technology to build a scalable, sustainable, flexible platform designed to engage more New Yorkers in their local democratic process, that can then be used to serve the Nation and inspire others globally. Never before has local government thrown its weight behind a platform that truly embraces the ideals of ‘by the people, for the people.’ Here, we will continue our conversation …

A group to discuss digital user experience (UX) both on web and mobile platforms. Meetings could cover research or innovative real world examples & case studies Design topics can include (but not limited to) interaction design, UI design, mobile app design (iPhone, iPad, Android), usability, site stickiness, human-computer interaction, value of entertainment factor beyond core conversions, etc. From the data side of things we'd like to have discussions around using data to drive and measure UX …