Roanoke Web Tech Resources
Being a list of programming, database, writing, multimedia, video, games, social media, mobile groups in Roanoke, Virginia. Or within striking distance of Roanoke. To submit your group or event contact Joe Crawford on twitter @artlung or email joe@artlung.com. Groups and events really should have websites to be considered. (small url: http://tr.im/techroa)
Roanoke
- Roanoke .NET Users Group
- site: http://rvnug.org/
- note: regular meetings, responsive group
- The NewVa Technology Council
- site: http://www.thetechnologycouncil.com/
- note: lots of resources here
- facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/NewVa-Corridor-Technology-Council/106450157678
- Southwest Virginia jQuery Meetup
- Roanoke Code Camp
- site: http://rvnug.org/CodeCamp.aspx
- call-for-speakers: http://geekswithblogs.net/redwards/archive/2010/01/19/137542.aspx
- Roanoke Meetup 2.0
- site: http://roanoketweetup.com/
- site: http://johnlusher.com/meetup-20-roanoke/
- linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2128407
- facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=47389758859
- date: Thursdays 9am
- Roanoke Unwind
- twitter: http://twitter.com/rkeunwind
- site: http://www.rkeunwind.com/
- date: Alternating Thursdays
- NewVa Corridor Technology Council: Peer Groups
- site: http://thetechnologycouncil.com/content.aspx?MenuID=260
- date: varies
- note: Includes CEO Forum, CIO Forum, Marketing & Sales Forum, IT Professionals Forum, Software Developers Forum, Advanced Operations Forum, and Life Sciences Forum
- Roanoke Valley Sharepoint Users Group
- site: http://www.rvspug.org/
- Southwest/Roanoke VA Adobe User Group
- Roanoke Valley Personal Computer Club
- site: http://www.rvpcc.org/
- date: Meets second Saturday of the month, 9am
- Roanoke BarCamp
- note: There is no such group I know of at this time.
- Roanoke PHP Users Group
- note: There is no such group I know of at this time.
Blacksburg (36 miles away)
- Blacksburg Media Artists
- Virginia Tech Linux Users' Group (VTLUG)
- site: http://www.vtluug.org/
- Tech & Toast
- site: http://www.thetechnologycouncil.com/toast
- date: Monthly meeting of the NewVa Corridor Technology Council
- TechNite Awards Banquet
- site: http://www.thetechnologycouncil.com/TechNite
- date: April 7, 2010
- VT KnowledgeWorks Business Acceleration Center
- Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center
- site: http://www.vtcrc.com/
Winston-Salem (105 miles away)
- ProxyHackLab
Harrisonburg (110 miles away)
- Shenandoah Ruby Users Group
- Shenandoah Valley Linux Users Group
- site: http://shenlug.tux.org/
Charlottesville (120 miles away)
- beSwarm Charlottesville
- site: http://beswarm.org/
- related: http://barcamp.org/beSwarm1
- date: February 27, 2010
- Social Media Club Charlottesville
- facebook: http://www.facebook.com/smccville
- twitter: http://twitter.com/smccville
- BarCamp Charlottesville beCamp
- site: http://barcamp.org/beCamp
- date: April 30-May 1, 2010
- Charlottesville Python Users Group
- High Tech C-Ville
North Carolina Triangle (170 miles away)
- BarCamp RDU
- Triangle Game Conference:
- site: http://www.trianglegameconference.com/
- date: April 7-8, 2010
- WWW2010 Raleigh: 19th International World Wide Web Conference
- twitter: http://twitter.com/www2010/
- site: http://www2010.org/
- date: April 26-30, 2010
- Triangle Android Meetup
- site: http://www.meetup.com/TriDroid/
- twitter: http://twitter.com/TriDroid
- Developer Day Durham
- site: http://developer-day.com/events/2010-durham.html
- date: February 27, 2010
- twitter: http://twitter.com/developer_day
- Ignite Raleigh
- site: http://igniteraleigh.com/
- twitter: http://twitter.com/igniteraleigh
- Triangle Zope and Python Users Group (TriZPUG)
- site: http://trizpug.org/
- site: http://www.meetup.com/trizpug/
- Triangle JavaScript
- Triangle Drupal Users' Group
- Triad Web Meetup
- Research Triangle Park Area Technical User and Special Interest Groups
- note: excellent list of RTP groups
- site: http://www.pobox.com/~burnett/triangle/groups.html
Richmond (190 miles away)
- WordCampVA
- site: http://wordcamprva.org/
- twitter: http://twitter.com/wordcamprva
- date: tentatively, May/June 2010
- Central Virginia Ruby Enthusiast's Group
- site: http://www.cvreg.org/
- Richmond Code Camp
- site: http://richmondcodecamp.org/
- twitter: http://twitter.com/CodeCamp
- date: May 22, 2010
- Richmond .NET User Group
- Richmond Google Technology Users Group
- site: http://rva.gtugs.org/
Charlotte (198 miles away)
- Charlotte JUG (Java/J2EE)
- Charlotte Oracle Users Group
- site: http://www.cltoug.org/
- Charlotte Interwebs Design Meetup
- Greater Charlotte Area Wordpress Group
- Charlotte iPhone Developers Meetup
- CharlotteSQL: SQL Server Users Group
- UNC Charlotte Drupal Users Group
- Matthew Lefevre's List of Charlotte Area Users Groups
- note: excellent list of Charlotte groups
- site: http://www.matthewlefevre.com/
Washington DC / Northern Virginia (240 miles away)
- BarCamp DC
- site: http://barcampdc.org/
- twitter: http://twitter.com/BarcampDC
- TEDxPotomac
- site: http://tedxpotomac.com/
- twitter: http://twitter.com/tedxpotomac
- facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/TEDxPotomac/266975834019
- Ignite DC
- site: http://www.ignite-dc.com/
- twitter: http://twitter.com/ignitedc
- WordPress DC
- Northern Virginia Django Users Group
- DC Tech Events
- note: this looks like a very complete and current list
- site: http://www.dctechevents.com/
- twitter: http://twitter.com/dctechevents
- UX BarCamp DC
- site: http://uxbarcampdc.org/
- twitter: http://www.twitter.com/uxcampdc
Baltimore (278 miles away)
- WordCamp Midatlantic
- site: http://wordcampmidatlantic.com/
- date: September, 2010
- BarCamp Baltimore
- twitter: http://twitter.com/BarCampBmore