Austin Filmmakers is a place to network with other film makers in the area. If you are serious about the craft of film I highly recommend you joining the group Austin Film Meet http://www.austinfilmmeet.com/ It is a great resource for those serous about being part or manifesting film projects. They welcome new projects of all kinds and is a successful cooperative venture. They are a progressive networking group that actually films things instead of just talking about it. The calendar here will t …

What is lifedrawing? It is the artistic study of the nude human figure from observation of a live model.   In my opinion, it is the best way to learn how to draw. The studios I post meet at either the Dougherty Arts Center or at the Austin Visual Arts Association. Tuesday and Thursday morning figure drawing studios from 9:30 am to 12:30 require an RSVP. Wednesday afternoon studio also requires an RSVP. The Sunday afternoon, Monday evening and Thursday evening  studios are first come/first served …

This group is for anyone that is interested in manifesting the lifestyle of their dreams! This is accomplished by group discussions / support, goal setting, strategic planning, visualization, and massive action! Come join us every third Wednesday to make new friends and to design the life you were meant to live. "The New Rich (NR) are those who abandon the deferred-life plan and create luxury lifestyles in the present using the currency of the New Rich: time and mobility. This is an art and a sc …

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 …

Austin Urban Sketchers was formed as a way for artists to get together and draw our city. This group was inspired by Urban Sketchers.org, an international organization that gathers people to draw and tell the visual stories they observe on location. Artists of all levels are welcomed in the group. The group is organized by artist/instructor Laurie Mann of LZM Studio and I am available during our drawing sessions to teach, give tips and help beginners. It is my intention that we all grow and lear …

This group was started because many artists in Austin are less interested in chatting about their art (though it's loads of fun and will be part of all future meetups) and more interested in creating and selling it. The purpose of the group is to develop new venues to display and sell visual art. The people who will join this group are primarily working artists who may not make a living or work full-time at it, but have ambitions to do so or at least keep art as a major part of their lives.

We are the local R user group for Austin, TX. R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics (http://www.r-project.org/). Our goal is to support and share R experience and knowledge among its users in the Austin community. We would like to hear how you use and enjoy the R language and statistical programming environment.

Join us if you are interested in the following topics: Interaction Design, Data Analytics, Information Architecture, Business Intelligence, Data Visualization, R Project for Statistical Computing, Data Analysis and Modeling, Statistical Computing, Infographics, Visual Communication.

Welcome! Thank you for your interest in learning more about the Rosicrucian Order, AMORC. If you have ever asked the questions: Who am I? What is my purpose? What can I accomplish in life? How do I chart my own course in life? Is there more to this wonderful universe than I see around me? What is self? These are the great questions the brave and insightful have always sought answers to. The Rosicrucian teachings enable people to find themselves, turn their lives, and influence the universe. We a …

There are plenty of Meetup groups geared towards mobile app development and coding. If you are like me and interested specifically in the *visual design* of mobile apps, then this is the Meetup for you.  My goal in starting this group is to bring together people who want to learn and share their ideas and experience with creating compelling visual designs that can be intuitively enjoyed by the massive and growing mobile worldwide audience.  Won't you RSVP today?

Hi, Anybody interested in Sikuli, Visual tool that can automate GUI tests using screenshot image? Software Developers, Testers, QA Engineers, let's get together to share the experience and tips. What You See is What You Script!

### I am in the process of coordinating this and am going to kick off the first meeting ASAP. If you guys have any suggestions for speakers, topics you would like the group to focus on, or anything else, send me a message. ### This is a group for folks interested in quantified self technology and research. Self tracking is a technology promising to disrupt how we think about health but it's still in it's infancy. It's potential is just beginning to be realized as research publications roll out …

2013 is the Year of the Graph. This group is open to all interested in Graph Databases, Graph Theory and algorithms, Graph mining -- anything graph.

Developers interested in learning about and working with graph databases for social, spatial, hierarchical or other highly connected data sets. We host hands-on lab sessions, technology reviews, topical lectures, and plenty of social beer nights. Curious about graphs, want to brush up your non-RDBMS skills? Join us!

We are a group of Austin parents, professionals and families who want to know more about how vision works, as our technology increases, what is the cost to our eyesight? Driving, studying, concentrating and learning are all intimately connected to vision. Some of us have experience improving our vision through vision therapy and others have an interest in how cognition and IQ are related. Our goal is to share our stories, experiences and how we can help each other "see" a brighter future for our …

This is a group for people interested in data visualization using d3.js! It seeks to bring together beginners and experts alike to collaborate, share ideas, and contribute experience to the Austin d3 community. http://d3js.org/