This group is for Chicago Area developers and designers of all makes and models to get together and drink alcohol (or some other poison), showcase their work, share tips and techniques, and find full time and contract work opportunities. We invite group members to submit their latest project work, questions, or tips/techniques for consideration as future meeting topics. We're looking to be the premier Meetup for all of Adobe's Flash-based technologies, and their application across a broad …

Learn to earn! Our goal is to schedule expert speakers frequently on topics of interest about Web Designers and Web Development. We seek to help members improve their skills in web based Graphic Design, SEO, CMS, Web Apps, GUI, Adobe Creative Suite, Flash (especially Flash) as well as other suggestions from the group. Afterwards, we plan to meet at a local bar and network our asses off.

This group is for Chicago-area Web and Mobile Designers, Developers, Information Architects, Usability Experts, UX Designers, Web Producers, Programmers, Flash Animators, etc. - anyone involved in the designing, developing, programming and implementation of web sites and mobile applications. Sorry, but since this group is about meeting face to face every month, only people residing in the Chicago area will be admitted. At our meetings we'll network with others in the industry; compare …

… We will descend on unsuspecting clubs like an unruly flash mob, spinning and grinding and gyrating (and maybe doing 'the lasso') until we stumble sweatily out the doors, hungry for the nearest taco/pizza shop. We'll share tips and advice on what to wear (and what not to wear) out, seek out fun nights at different clubs, practice hilarious synchronized moves together (with no expectations of ever getting good at them), and support each other no matter how bad we look.   For those of you who are i …

Underwater WHAT? Underwater Hockey is a co-ed, non-contact, water sport played on the bottom of the pool. It is a very unique game in that it is 3-dimensional and requires you to play while holding your breath. Players wear fins, for speed, as well as masks, snorkels, and protective gloves and headgear. The sticks are short -- about one foot long -- so players can move them quickly through the water. Sticks flick and flash as players maneuver the puck on the bottom, shoot the puck past (or over) …

This Meetup is for creatives and geeks with professional interests in serious games. "Serious games" is a general term for games that entertain and edify. The boundaries are malleable and permeable. This Meetup Group founder (Robert Becker) leads the Serious Games SIG of the International Game Developers Association, the Serious Games Track of the Georgia Game Developers Association annual SIEGE conference in Atlanta, and the Chicago SIG of the Serious Games Association. The Meetup Group is unaf …

Do you ever get tired of driving into the city for things to do? Miss the sense of community, art, & music in your life? If you're looking for opportunities to meet new people, get a good ol' healthy dose of fun, and step outside the box of the burbs, then this is the group to join! We are dedicated to creating moments where life feels alive, community is paramount, and authentic epic memories flourish

Sometimes being a geek girl is a lonely experience. It's hard connect with other women when they're staring at you funny because you're trying to explain your theory that the nature of a child's mutation stems partially from genetics as seen in Polaris and Magneto, but mostly from some sort of trauma before puberty - the time in which most mutants first exhibit abilities. Ex: Nightcrawler wanted to disappear because of his demonic appearance, and he did. You flashed 'em a little bit of your geek …

Studio light equipment provided, a beautiful Model, and a chance to learn and improve your skills along with adding exciting pictures to your portfolio. What more could you ask for? All you have to do is bring your DSLR or SLR camera after you RSVP! • Learn how to work lights (flash strobe equipment) • Choosing different backdrops or props in a collaborative way • Taking self portraits • Acquiring Models of all types to improve on Portfolios • Choosing wardrobes for Models …