For this month’s #LNK Coding Women meetup, we asked representatives from some other tech groups to talk about their groups. Thanks everyone for coming!
Nebraska Drupalers
Find them at Meetup, Drupal.org, Twitter
Next meeting: Tue October 14, 5:30 @ Fuse Coworking, 800 P Street
Bob Hinrichs gave an excellent introduction to the Nebraska Drupals group. Compared to many other groups, Drupalers tend to be a diverse and inclusive group. The Nebraska Drupalers group is both for Drupal developers and Drupal users.
Meetups alternate between Omaha and Lincoln.
Lincoln Game Developers
Find them at Facebook, Twitter, lnkgamedev.wordpress.com
Next Meetup: Saturday October 4, 7:00 pm @ Turbine Flats, 2124 Y St.
Megan told us about the Lincoln Game Developers group. Meetings are held 2x a month. On the first Saturday of each month they hold a discussion meeting, and on the 3rd Thursday they hold a social meetup.
The Lincoln Game Developers meetup is for all game developers – computer games, board games, table top games.
Open Nebraska
Find them at opennebraska.io, Facebook, Twitter, Meetup, Hackpad
Next Meetup: Accela Civic Platform & Contruct API Introduction – Monday, October 6, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm @ Aviture 8802 S 135 St #500, Omaha, NE
Nate Benes gave a great overview of Open Nebraska. They do things like sponsor legislation requiring open government data (for instance statecontracts.nebraska.gov) and promote the use of open government data via development projects.
Hack Lincoln
On October 17–19 Open Nebraska is sponsoring an event called Hack Lincoln.
From the website: “Hack Lincoln is a 48-hour hackathon bringing together the area’s hackers – developers, technologists, designers, and civic advocates – to wrangle data sets, learn new ideas and techniques, and build some cool stuff in a fun environment.”
You can participate in Hack Lincoln teams even if you don’t code at all, and you can also be a spectator.
Lincoln Agile Community
Find them at Meetup,
Next meetup: UNL Raikes school open house – Tuesday October 14, 5:30 pm @ UNL Downtown Campus, Lincoln, NE
Rob Nickolaus talked to us about the Lincoln Agile Community. Not just for developers, it’s for anyone interested in the agile project management techniques. They meet every month, and alternate between lunch groups and evening meetings.
Beer And Code
Find them at Twitter, beerandco.de
Next meetup: Not yet scheduled, check the website!
Nate gave us a rundown of Beer and Code- they generally meet second Tuesday of the month, and get together to code (and drink beer!)
Ruby and Open Source
Find them at Meetup
Next meetup: Wednesday October 8, 6:30 pm @ Fuse Coworking, 800 P St.
Groups we missed:
Nebraska chapter of the Association of Information technology Professionals
If there are any groups we missed, please let us know!
Other events:
Amy Ebbeka of Ebbeka Design let us know that she will be hosting an open house November 6 from 4:30 – 7:30 at ebbeka design (800 P St. Lincoln) – come and have come free food and drink!
Bob reminded everyone of the FAC’s held at Fuse coworking every other Friday. The next one will be Friday, October 10. (800 P St. Lincoln)
The group discussed an idea to host a cross Lincoln Tech Group meetup. Something to discuss further!