This meetup was created because most the Reiki and healing exchanges seem to be in VA and the further suburbs of MD. But, of course, everyone is welcome to join and participate. Reiki Shares provide an opportunity to give and receive healing, practice, exchange and connect with the local Reiki community. The focus of this meetup is on healing exchanges. You request that you be at least Level I in order to attend. This is so you can give as well as receive and practitioners get a chance to heal a …

This group explores the use of mobile cross platform development tools and web technologies such as HTML5 and Javascript to accelerate the process of designing and building mobile applications for the iPhone/iPad, Android, Windows Phone 7/8 and other mobile devices. PhoneGap, appMobi, Appcelerator, Corona and other development tools leverage web technologies including JavaScriptand HTML5 and compile to various mobile device platforms. We are going to cover new, emerging tools such as Adobe Shado …

We're a group of folks in DC who are interested in learning about web development, mobile development, Ruby, PHP, and maybe even starting a small business. But we're not experts, that's why we're using Treehouse (teamtreehouse.com) as a learning tool. Treehouse provides great instruction, quizzes, code tests, and other tools to give you a great education in coding, design, and business. If you're interested in getting started in the world of development, or if you want to take your skills to the …

Scala is a general purpose programming language designed to express common programming patterns in a concise, elegant, and type-safe way. Scala programs run on the Java VM, are byte code compatible with Java, and can make full use of existing Java libraries or existing application code.

Welcome to the Eucalyptus Cloud User Group! We are here to bring together developers, architects, sysadmins, devops people, enterprises, start-ups... basically anyone interested in various possibilities of private and hybrid cloud solutions. Being an Open Source IaaS cloud platform means not only open source code but also open source ideas and communication. We will organize hackathons for code and hackathons for ideas. Eucalyptus is the world's most widely deployed open source cloud computing s …

An informal group aiming to expand your knowledge of jQuery, help get you started if you're new to it, or just meet other front end developers. Non-jQuery users are always welcome as we talk about javascript in general as well. Check out code from our meetups on github! https://github.com/elgreg/jquery_meetups

Monkeys with Typewriters (MoWiTy) is an extreme writing group bent on hammering out our novels (or whatever projects we're working on) and having fun too. If infinite monkeys can create a masterpiece, so can we. We do not limit ourselves to writing -- any creative endeavor a member feels like working on is appropriate for MoWiTy. During regular meetups, our members write, draw, blog, design, code, or work on whatever other projects they are up to. The purpose of our meetup is to provide members …

Net Impact is an international organization whose mission is to make a positive impact on society by growing and strengthening a community of new leaders who use business to improve the world. We offer a portfolio of programs to educate, equip, and inspire more than 10,000 members to make a tangible difference in their universities, organizations, and communities. The DC Net Impact Professional Chapter is proud to serve our nation’s capital in this noble mission. We provide networking, education …

Love StarCraft2 and looking for people to share your passion with? That's what this group is for. We do BarCrafts, tournaments, "SC2 & Beer" events, and more! Feel free to post your league, race, character name and code so we can add each other on b.net. Join our Battle.net chat channel: "SC2-DC". There are often many of us in there, especially in the evenings and weekends if you're looking for a practice partner or team mates. Practice night is Tuesdays @ 8pm. Join the chat channel to participa …

The American Association of Private Lenders AAPL is more than just an organization of people with a common purpose. The AAPL is designed to serve as a catalyst for industry growth, by fostering awareness, promoting best practices, and enforcing a code of ethics. Their principles – excellence, ethics, and education – are the foundation for ushering in the next generation of real estate capital, Private Lending.

Hop on the Boomerang and enjoy DC's best nightlife. Meet others on board and at the bars, skip the lines and the cover charges, enjoy drink specials while bar / club hopping throughout DC! As a member of our Meetup group, please enjoy 10% off ticket sales with promo code MEETUP at www.zerve.com/boomerang/calendar

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 19 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 …

Our objective is to create a great resource for AngularJS learning, and a fun, worthwhile meetup community. We have some exciting things planned—more casual, more interactive, less presentation. We're looking for participation and a comfortable environment for learning. Feel free to bring laptops, projects, and questions. Monthly meetings may include: Uses of Angular: 5-30 min presentations on your projects - potentially "lightening round" style or long form, all in on session or broken across …

Our second meetup group! As we continue to build a community of CQ5 users and developers in NYC we're reaching out to the Washington, DC area where we know there are a fair number of CQ5 installs as well. Would you like to meet others that have implemented CQ5? Share code or tricks, strategy or thoughts? Stay tuned!

If you are interested in learning or sharing anything about designing, developing and supporting a great web site, service, app or online social network community, this group will not just explore, but we will discuss and possibly build, together.  This includes Javascript, HTML5, Ruby on Rails, MongoDB, mobile web support, CakePHP, WordPress and other content management systems.  But it does not stop there. This group will identify and explore the use of technologies, content, media and social …

Calling all Joint Center staff! Join your colleagues after work on the first Friday of each month to think creatively, network, exchange ideas, build strategic partnerships between our institutes and departments, and have fun! While this is currently a private group, and is not visible to the public, you should feel free to invite your friends and colleagues from other organizations. The dress code is "appropriate attire". This network is currently free to join, but donations are welcome! All pr …

The time is nigh to engage in strange and curious games. We try to meet every weekend, weather permitting. Time, date, place and dress code to follow! Games include but are most certainly not limited to: Circle Rules Football Stickball Silverball Ninja Tank Ultimate Frisbee Foxtail Friggat Tchoukball Monkeyball Dodgeball Capture the flag Treasure hunts Anything else we come up with or want to try Obscure Games DC was inspired by the fabulous Obscure Games Pittsburgh.

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 …