Agile PDX

We see Portland as a world class leader in software development. By "world class" we mean profitable, sustainable, and joyful. Our mission is to create a vibrant, successful Agile community of practice that shares real-world experiences, distilled wisdom, and innovative ideas for Agile done well.

Final Cut Pro Portland User Group

Portland Final Cut Pro User Group is dedicated to the education and development of its members through the exchange of ideas, knowledge and experience. We focus not only upon the Final Cut Pro Software, but also on video animation, compositing and authoring as well as hardware for the professional video, broadcast and event videographer. All...

Open Gov West PDX

The OpenGovWest Conference has sparked Portland area follow-up meetings with the hope of creating a local network of people interested in open government. The purpose of this group is to continue communication on-line, facilitate collaboration, plan future meetings, and to promote open government in our region.

Oregon and Southern Washington Oracle User Group

Fun with Oracle!

Oregon SQL Server User Group

Oregon SQL Developers (OSQL-d) provides opportunities for SQL Server developers, .NET, and other developers accessing SQL Servers, as well as SQL Server administrators, to meet and discuss SQL Server technologies that are of specific interest to developers. Discussion topics include 'Best Practices', T-SQL code, Query Optimization, Reporting, ET...

PDX Django

PDX Groups (it's meta)

A mailing list for user group organizers to talk about issues related to organizing user groups. Also responsible for planning the Summer and Winter Coders' Socials.

PDX Weekly Hackathon

Come do strange things with computers amongst others whilst drinking fine Portland beer. Look for the row of geeks with computers in the back of the main room. All programming languages welcome. Come work on your own projects, work on others participants' projects, get advice, have fun, etc. You're encouraged to bring a computer, but can t...

PDX RIA

The PDX RIA group is located in Portland, Oregon and focuses on Rich Internet Application development with the Adobe tools. We talk about Flex, Flash, JavaScript, ColdFusion as well as development challenges like source control and team organization. PDXRIA meets on the third thursday of the month at PCC Sylvania Campus. Thanks debtpro.co

PDX Visualization

Topics will include: * Vis languages: R, Processing, Flash/Flex, Javascript * Toolkits/APIs: VPython, Google Maps, Google Visualizations, UUorld * Interesting demos/presentations (TED and elsewhere) * Howto/experience sessions * Trends/discoveries in vis * Data mining * Analytics Contact Sky

Portland Wiki Wednesday

Wiki Wednesdays are events for people interested and excited about wiki software and the communities that use it. People get together to chat, learn about wikis, find jobs, talk deals and generally cavort. Wiki Wednesdays in Portland, Oregon are held every Wednesday. Everyone, from the expert to the merely curious, are welcome. Come join us i...

PDXScala

Scala in the lovely Pacific NW (Portland, Oregon, to be precise)

Personal Telco Project

The Personal Telco Project is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization located in Portland, Oregon dedicated to the idea that people have a central role in how their networks are operated. We do that by building our own networks that we share with our communities, and by helping to educate others in how they can too. To date, we have done this using ...

PJUG - Portland Java Users Group

PLUG - Portland Linux/Unix Group

We are a group of enthusiasts dedicated to teaching and learning about Linux and Unix. There is no membership fee to join. We welcome people of all levels of experience.

Portland Area Game Developer Interest Group

PAGDIG stands for Portland Area Game Developers Interest Group. It is the local IGDA chapter for Portland, OR. We have several goals: - To meet like-minded developers in the area. - We want to be a forum where we can meet other developers and enthusiasts. - To be a social/networking forum more than having structured meeting topics. We ...

Portland Area Open Source Geospatial

All are welcome! Our group ranges from the geo-curious to researchers, analysts, and überhackers that use GIS and mapping in their work. Have a problem you're trying to solve? tool/business you're developing? Website you need some help with? Come tell us about it! We are an official user group of OSGeo (http://www.osgeo.org/) and a speci...

Portland JavaScript Admirers

Portland JavaScript Admirers is a group that meets monthly to discuss topics on JavaScript and ECMAscript ranging from client-side web frameworks, to functional and prototypal programming theory.

Portland Silverlight User Group

The primary goal of this user group is to allow software developers and designers in the Portland area share ideas, promote collaboration, and exchange knowledge regarding Microsoft’s Silverlight platform.

Drupal PDX User Group

Welcome to the Portland, Oregon Drupal Users Group. Meetings take place every 2nd Wednesday of the month at 6pm in the OpenSourcery offices at 1636 NW Lovejoy St. Portland, OR 97209. We've begun a second meetup on the 4th Tuesday of each month at 5pm at the Lucky Lab on 1945 NW Quimby. We meet, work on our projects, and ask questions of...

Software Association of Oregon

The Software Association of Oregon is the only Oregon-based trade association dedicated solely to supporting the success of our state's software and technology Industries. Our membership includes, but is not limited to, technology companies of all kinds and sizes, and technology professionals working for companies outside the industry.

Startup Weekend Portland

Startup Weekend is an intense 54 hour event which focuses on building a website or mobile application which could form the basis of a credible business over the course of a weekend. The weekend brings together people with different skill sets - primarily software developers, graphics designers and business people - to build applications and deve...

Demolicious

Demolicious is Portland Web Innovators’ showcase of member’s work. Whether it’s a side project or a new business, you have ten minutes to show what you’ve got.

PDX Lean Startup Circle

The number one reason that Startups fail is lack of customers (~90%), not product development failure (~10%). The Lean Startup is an approach that attempts to acknowledge this and create startup success. We are PDX startup entrepreneurs who are passionate about developing customers and markets for our products in a disciplined, iterative, and...

Portland WordPress User Group

Portland WordPress users - authors, administrators, developers, and more. Anyone who uses or works with WordPress is welcome.

PDX11

The next step toward making Portland the most awesome place in the world to start and run your software business. We're here to keep you informed about the City's initiative to promote and enhance our local software industry. Mentoring & Learning pilot program: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=3956973&trk=anet_ug_hm

Mobile Portland

Portland has been a leader in mobile development which has allows Mobile Portland to become one of the largest mobile user groups in the United States with over 800 people on the mailing list. Monthly meetings about mobile featuring outstanding presentations and networking. A typical meeting has between 50 and 70 attendees, but popular topi...

Dorkbot PDX

Q: Dork what? A: Dorkbot. It's people doing strange things with electricity. In Portland. Q: Are you dorks just about robots? A: No. Q: Do you dorks all build robots? A: No. Q: What, besides robots, do people in this group do? A: A lot of things. Among others: circuit bending, hardware hacking, genera...

Portland Perl Mongers

Fun with Perl!

Portland Python User Group

Fun with Python!