User Experience professionals and students alike from the Orange County area. Discussions about the industry in general, feedback from fellow peers, speakers and mixer events. Very informal - Join us not just to learn, but to also spread your knowledge in this industry!

The UX Book Club (www.uxbookclub.org) is a world-wide initiative to get people talking about UX design and research. We're the San Diego "chapter." The first meeting we had was in early 2010, and now we are reviving the group in 2011 with the synergy brought by UX Speakeasy which also started in 2011. Our group is to meet monthly, read a book or series of articles then discuss the good and the bad. The goal is to have most of these meetings converge with UX Speakeasy. We will meet at different l …

The best way to know what vnext is all about is to view this video (new blog, needs content): http://bit.ly/vnext-interview or on YouTube here:  http://bit.ly/CrescentSolutionsVnextInterview. Although we've had numerous high-profile speakers, including ex-MSFT CTO's, CEO's and some of the best developers in their fields such as Laurent Bugnion of MVVM Light, Brian Lagunas and Craig Shoemaker of Infragistics, and many, many more, we were lucky enough to have Mr. Charles Petzold (Bill Gates named …

SandCHI is here to enrich the San Diego UX community. HCI, UX, IxD & Usability professionals and students network, share ideas, research & best practices. We meet every 3rd Wednesday evening Jan - October. Our meetings are free and open to the public. We welcome people from all fields - developers, SEO experts, marketers, etc. You do not have to be a Human Computer Interaction practitioner to come to a meeting.

The UUASC is for all persons using UNIX either personally or professionally, or interested in learning more about UNIX. We recognize all varieties of UNIX, including (without prejudice) SCO, Linux, SVr4, Solaris, AIX, HP/UX, and BSD. This is a good place to meet others with similar interests and broaden your skills and knowledge. There are two UUASC chapters serving Los Angeles and Orange Counties. This meetup is for the Orange County Chapter. We are always looking for interesting presentations …

About this Meetup - Whether you have already tasted the Lean Start-up kool-aid or still skeptical, come meet-up with practitioners who are deploying the entrepreneurial management concepts of lean start-up in their own small businesses. Important - Lean Start-up is not about doing everything yourself as a sole-proprietor or operating in a "Lean" overworked, underpaid haste. Introductory reference - What is Lean Start-up * The Lean Startup is a trademark and service mark owned by Eric Ries. *

A Meetup group for those looking to share and learn about User Experience This is a group for individuals, entrepreneurs and professionals interested in or passionate about the world of User Experience and how it helps make this world a better place. This is an open group located in the Inland Empire. This meetup will be dedicated to sharing, educating, supporting and collaborating on this growing sector. Our events will be agile and responsive to the needs of it's UX Fans (members). The venue a …

This group is all about bringing together ideas, execution, and funding. There is movement happening in Southern California and we can all take part in this experiment to make it the next big hub of successful startups. Please join us whether you just have an idea, you are on the development side, you are a doer, an investor, a lean practitioner, or just want to meet future successful entrepreneurs in your community.