Creating a portlet.  Allowing your site to be found in search hits.  Optimizing your Lucene search queries.  Managing your web content.  The opportunities and challenges of implementing an open source portal server in the federal government and commercial spaces. Covering Liferay and its related technologies (Lucene, jBPM, JackRabbit, SOLR, Alfresco, REST, Velocity).

The DC Sitecore User Group is dedicated to providing a forum for Sitecore users, prospective users, and partners in the Mid-Atlantic and metro D.C. area to share best practices, network, and expand their knowledge of the Sitecore Web Content Management System. The group is open to anyone using or considering the Sitecore CMS, or who has an interest in .NET CMS platforms, regardless of technical proficiency

This meetup group is created for managers, professional IT architects, and everyone interested in information architecture art and science. We meet to discuss, debate, share ideas, collaborate to make sense of Big Data, Content Management (including Adobe CQ, Drupal, SharePoint, WordPress), Data Management, Enterprise Solutions, Mobile Technology, SEO, etc. Please make yourself at home - check out our scheduled events below and suggest new ones. Welcome on our board and let there be a higher …

Provide opportunities for local web professionals to meet and share their creative work, expertise and knowledge. As well as introduce new methods of creating and managing websites for multiple clients. Web designers and Platform architects, UI gurus and Usability fanatics, CSS evangelists and jQuery iunkies, SEO and Search Engine Marketing masters, Entrepreneurs and Idea people with a focus on the web... are all welcome!

A place for EE enthusiasts to get together, talk shop, learn a thing or two, network, and discuss all things EE! We'll meet anywhere from the Vim Interactive office in Fells to one of our favorite neighborhood watering holes-- we're open to suggestions and we grow and eventually pioneer the EE scene in Baltimore. Anyone interested in EE and surrounding technologies are welcome!

The nation capital's meetup group for ExpressionEngine enthusiasts, newbies, and experts

The Baltimore UX Book Club is a gathering for people interested in the area of user experience (that's the UX) to discuss a book relevant to the discipline. You might call yourselves interaction designers, information architects, user experience professionals, visual designers, art directors, front-end or back-end developers, business dev types, or maybe you refer to yourself as someone who understands the value of good user experience across channels. Everyone who attends should try to read …

We want to collaborate with developers, designers, businessfolk, and innovators to build a partnership between business and the open source community for the future. Peeps are encouraged to find inspiration, confront new challenges, share their expertise, renew bonds to the community, make significant connections, and find ways to give back to tech movement.

Join others to learn & share ideas in an open forum run by one of the most successful meetup organizers in the area. This is the first meetup group designed to assist people & businesses with all aspects of online & offline monetization. The focus is on finding out what is working, and how to either start or grow revenue & conversions for a website, blog, app, game, or newsletter. (Monetization in this case referring to revenue/sales/income/donation). Designed to let online entrepreneuers, blogg …

We are Tech in Motion: Washington DC. This is a group for all DC tech lovers and enthusiasts. Whether you are an entry-level programmer, an expert in the field, an open-minded entrepreneur, or just a hobbyist- we’d love to have you. We will be having regular meetups on anything and everything that we think will interest the tech community. This is a group for the people, by the people, so if you have any suggestions on topics or presenters, let us know! Thank you for joining, and stay tuned for …

This group is a way for the DCPHP Developers' Group to stay in touch and provide a source of information on what we're up to. Sign up for our mailing list for PHP discussion and more meeting info. Recruiters are welcome to post to that mailing list provided jobs are PHP-related and the subject line begins with [job].

Meet with others in your local area interested in building and strengthening the Drupal Community. Discuss new and exciting Drupal-related news - or just socialize with like-minded people! You can also find us in a couple of other places: Group on groups.drupal.org for discussions and job posts: all discussions go over there #drupal-dc on freenode @DrupalDC on Twitter

The mission of FEDSPUG is to establish a community for the Federal Government civilian agencies, military users and contractors to discuss and collaborate on SharePoint best practices and evolving technologies. Monthly meetings are held on the 1st Thursday of every month. For more information about our organization please visit www.fedspug.org. Women in SharePoint DC is a Special Interest Group of FEDSPUG dedicated to supporting IT women in the Metro DC area. Effective September 1, 2011 our two …

NodeDC brings node.js developers together to share ideas and solutions in Washington, DC. For updates, join the group at http://www.meetup.com/node-dc and/or follow us at @NodeDC.

I notice that 77 people are "waiting" for a Baltimore WordPress group. Not one to wait, I figured I'd jump into the fray. I wrote a book about Drupal, actually, but my most recent site is in WordPress, and so far, I'm enjoying the WordPress experience. (I've installed a number of WordPress sites, but http://12WeekPlan.org is the first one that is really taking off, complete with theming, people actually using the site, etc.) Please join the group regardless of your level. No matter what your lev …

Xykon hosts hands-on workshops and get-togethers looking at Drupal, CiviCRM, and other open source applications. We want you to join us for some of them or give us your opinion on how these meetups can improve.

"Let's get together for affordable activities in our neighborhood, like going to story time at the library, having picnics at ELKHORN PARK, BLOGGING ON THE ACTIVITIES, KEEPING JOURNALS ON HOW TO IMPROVE OUR WRITING SKILLS, SPEAKING AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS, WE WILL BRAINSTORM, TACKLE ISSUES AFFECTING THE COMMUNITY, ADD OUR EXPERTISE AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE TO OUR NEIGBOURHOOD!

Mark UPS groups offer an opportunity learn more about MarkLogic Server and collaborate with other MarkLogic users from the Maryland area. Also check out our facebook group for slides from the meetings.

Got an idea for the next great mobile app, web service or product?  If you are ambitious and hungry for success, this is the place for you.  Are you a graphic/industrial designer, mobile or web developer?  Are you an independent contractor, entrepreneur, or small business owner?  If so, this is where you need to be.  If you are an investor looking for opportunities, these are the people you may want to meet.  Want to contribute or create a new start up venture, here is your opportunity. Just Dev …

Got an idea for the next great  mobile app,  web service or product?  If you are ambitious and hungry for success, this is the place for you.  Are you a graphic/industrial designer, mobile or web developer?  Are you an independent contractor, entrepreneur, or small business owner?  If so, this is where you need to be.  If you are an investor looking for opportunities, these are the people you may want to meet.  Want to contribute or create a new start up venture, here is your opportunity. Just D …

Let's share, learn, and make Liferay a better platform. I'd like to share stories both good and bad.

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 …

The DC Area R Users group has become Statistical Programming DC (SPDC), a part of Data Community DC. This change is a reflection of the reality that people working with data use multiple tools to get the job done. This group has a very strong R user base and following, and our content will be primarily R focused. However, we will also have events on other programming languages that are used for statistical, numerical and data programming including Python, MATLAB, and julia, among others. Our mee …

DMVCyclist (District, Maryland and Virginia) A social hub for buttocks powered cycling friends DMVCyclist was birthed out of a desire to move away from the many email messages, attachments and reply all content that crowds a ride seekers personal and business email space. The DMVCyclist admin team believes there is a better way to communicate, giving people more options to cycling events, notifications, and posting of content. Today's technology allows for more advance socializing options as co …