We are a community of passionate experience designers interested in getting together to share stories, tools, project experiences and events! We explore human-computer interaction, agile design, user experience, frontend development, information architecture, interaction design, usability testing among other topics that help us deliver engaging customer experiences.

Refresh Chicago is a community of designers and developers working to refresh the creative, technical, and professional culture of New Media endeavors in and around the Chicagoland area. Promoting design, technology, usability, and standards. Do you feel like the web needs a new look? Interested in the latest web technologies? Care about design, but feel it must be usable? Want to meet informally with other designers and developers around town? Currently we meet every fourth Wednesday of the mon …

… We have great ideas on how to grow this group, but to kick things off we are starting a speaker series of experts to speak on topics like: Account & Legal for Entrepreneurs, Health Insurance, Communication, Financial Planning, Design Thinking, Lean Startup Principles, Overcoming Creative Blocks, & Managing your Business. Together we can abolish the fear of working for yourself and educate that there is far more to fear at a "safe" 9-5 than going it alone.

Balanced Team is a group of people who are interested in furthering processes and methodologies to create great things. We include product managers, developers and designers who see multi-disciplinary collaboration around customer value as a source for innovation. Please join our Google Group at http://groups.google.com/group/balancedteam

Technori Meetup is a group of impassioned entrepreneurs, developers, designers, tech companies, investors and general tech enthusiasts who have a deep love for Chicago and who want to see our emerging tech community flourish.   By way of editorial content and an assortment of events throughout the year, Technori is dedicated to fostering relationships and celebrating those who make the Chicago tech scene what it is.  One of the group’s primary events is Technori Pitch; held on the last Tue …

This is a group of data visualization enthusiasts interested in networking, learning, professional development, and competing in visualization contests.

This group is for Magento users, developers and business owners all over the Midwest - from Chicago to Milwaukee and beyond. The goal is to meet and share insights, challenges, best practices and success stories. If you're interested in e-commerce using the open source Magento platform, this is the group for you!

Meet other local Macintosh fanatics and developers to talk about OSX, MacPro's, iBooks, and Apple's latest innovations!

I am starting out in the world of children's book illustration and would love to have a critique group to share images and ideas.

Are you interested in learning about another culture and seeing world-class, original Japanese art outside the confines of a museum? Do you want to learn the nuances of collecting and investing in art? Come join us at The Salon of the Floating World! The Salon of the Floating World is dedicated to the study and appreciation of Japanese prints and paintings and the culture and artists that produced them. Learn all facets of collecting art such as investing, connoisseurship, and proper handling a …

The Creative Social Club (CSC) is the largest multi-disciplinary, eclectic Meetup Group dedicated to the arts in Chicago, organized exclusively to facilitate socializing and the shared enjoyment of life.  Comprised of current and aspiring creative professionals, creatively oriented individuals, and enthusiasts of human creativity, the CSC meets regularly to celebrate diverse expressions of the human experience – encompassing visual arts, literary arts, performance arts, and more – while taking a …

Over 500 content pros and entrepreneurs who are passionate about building great content-powered sites, this group's for you!   The Chicago Joomla User Group meets on the 2nd Wednesday of every month. We've never cancelled a meeting (since 2008), so count on us being there for you, every month!  To sign up, don't use Meetup.com (sorry, Meetup.com); use our OWN site, at http://joomlachicago.com. No matter what your skill level, come! We've got something for folks at an expert, advanced and "ne …

We are a community of people in web-related professions including designers, developers, SEO specialists, social networking consultants, usability experts, content developers and marketing consultants. Many of us are sole proprietors with a specific niche in design or technology, while others are "generalists," sampling and mastering a broad range of interactive tools. We seek to support, inspire, educate and collaborate. People of all levels of expertise and interest are welcome as we explore t …

Flash pros and amateurs alike joining together in organized, and unorganized, gatherings to further our goals as designers and developers. Share, learn, teach, and inspire – all are welcome. A good spot to get answers and give advice. Also good for meeting other flashers and recruiters looking for talent.