Want to learn how to code? Have a great idea? Don't be shy. Develop it. It can be intimidating for women to learn and ask questions when they are in an extreme minority. While open and welcoming, today's budding developer community is up to 91% male. There isn't a comfortable place where women can learn at their own pace and not be afraid to ask "stupid questions." We decided it was time to provide a place where all questions are OK and everyone can learn in a supportive environment. Our courses …

IT Social 6:01 is a networking group that brings Information Technology, Industry Leaders and Entrepreneurs from the high tech corridors of Silicon Mitten and metro Detroit together for knowledge sharing, networking, professional career advancement opportunities and to connect the overall DOTS. There is no cover charge for IT Social's but we do encourage donations that we apply to charities and at times we have special guests as hosts.

I have been creating mobile art since mid 2010 and have traveled extensively and networked with artists and developers around the globe. This group is intended to bring people together who are either interested in either learning about or sharing creative techniques, using an array of painting and drawing apps on the iPad (or iPhone), most of which are available for less than $5. The group will meet either monthly or semi-monthly. For more info, check out my website ipadjunkieart.com

This group is for everyone interested in the MobiDevDay Detroit Software Development Conference.

To create a robust community of stakeholders within Michigan to focus and develop opportunities which will strengthen the educational environment, encourage impactful dialogue, foster global knowledge, and forge new partnerships of collaboration and support between educators and developers around the use of gaming within education. Topics of interest will be led by the group to explore the many aspects of learning through gaming. This group is open to developers, educators, designers, entreprene …

Elevating the craft of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) through a real, face-to-face community in Detroit. Also, check out API Craft on Google Groups to collaborate with other API craftspeople around the world.

CocoaHeads is a group devoted to discussion of Apple Computer's Cocoa Framework for programming on iOS & MacOS X. During monthly meetings, members present on their projects and offer tutorials on various programming topics. Short link to this page: http://meetu.ps/Lv9T

This group will first meet at the 1DevDay 2012 software developer conference on Nov 17, 2012. After that we will meet regularly to plan the 2013 event. We will also meet to implement a professional association for Michigan's Software Developers.

Refresh Detroit is a part of the Refreshing Cities organization. We are a group of web professionals whose goal is to promote web standards, usability, and accessibility, and to spread the knowledge of web design in metro Detroit Michigan.

The Detroit DJ Tech Meetup celebrates good music and the fun of blending tunage together to form a new work. We're here to share our tools and techniques, to help fresh folks get started, and to have a good time.

The Great Lakes Community Leadership Summit 2013 will be based on the CLS in Portland each year. The GL-CLS will bring together community leaders, organizers and managers and the projects and organizations that are interested in growing and empowering a strong community. The event pulls together the leading minds in community management, relations and online collaboration to discuss, debate and continue to refine the art of building an effective and capable community. At the heart of Community L …

Social Media Michigan is a PLACE for Michigan Entrepreneurs in  Action! Our members are very passionate and committed about learning, sharing and implementing marketing strategies, ideas, tips and campaigns discussed at monthly LIVE meetings and online Webinars. We discuss lots of topics related to small business marketing and growth and here are some of our topics How to grow your business through marketing Social Media Marketing Search Engine Optimization Email Marketing Mobile Marketing If …

Welcome to the Detroit Java User Group! The Detroit Java User Group brings together members of the Metro Detroit software development community to share ideas, discuss industry advances and explore the use of Java, JVM based technologies, development methodologies and practices. Our members are a community of like minded individuals seeking first hand, practical exposure to code, best practices, tools and cutting-edge solutions. We meet regularly in the Metro Detroit area to network, attend qu …

Do you code in .NET? Do you live in Windsor / Essex County or the surrounding areas? Let's get together to form a community! The goal of this group is to talk about all things .NET from Web to Desktop to Mobile. There will be an emphasis on open source software and cross platform development using .NET based technologies or technologies that work well with .NET!

We are excited to launch a version of Coffee House Coders in Detroit called DetCoffeeCode. This group is geared towards new and expert coders as well as entrepreneurs who are running a start-up. The group meets the last Thursday of every month Downtown at Starbucks. Attendees have knowledge in various coding languages. So if you are a new coder, freelancing or a start-up come Downtown and join us! Please follow us on twitter for the latest updates @DetCoffeeCode .

The Detroit Lean Startup Circle is a group of smart and driven high-tech entrepreneurs that have learned how to discover customers and build products they want. Lean Startups (which can include for profit and not for profit organizations, new product/innovation organizations within larger companies and even government agencies) achieve success faster than most because they get out of the building to talk to customers, validate business model assumptions as quickly and cheaply as possible, use ag …