User Groups
The following is a list of 130+ Tech User Groups in San Diego. We are the San Diego Tech Scene! If you’re a group organizer or member in a SD tech group and it’s not on this list, please contact us and let us know.
San Diego User Groups
Programming and Developers | Mobile Developers | Web Design, User Interface and Graphic Design Computer Users | Multimedia and Content | Content Management (CMS) | Social Media | Startups | Search Engine Optimization | Internet Marketing and E-Commerce | Hackers | Networking and IT | Mac and PC | General Topic User Groups
Programming Language and Developer User Groups
- SDADUG (ColdFusion, Flex, Actionscript – sdadug.org)
- San Diego .NET User Group (sandiegodotnet.com | more) @sandiegodotnet
- SDdotNETDG (.NET – sddotnetdg.org)
- SD Perl Mongers (PERL – sandiego.pm.org
- SDOUG (Oracle – sdoug.org)
- SDOAUG (Oracle Applications User Group sdoaug.org)
- SDW2003 (Windows – sdw2003.org)
- SDJUG (Java – sdjug.org)
- SDSQLUG (SQL Server – sdsqlug.org)
- SDSQLBIG (San Diego SQL Business Intelligence Group – sdsqlbig.org) | Twitter: @sdql3d
- SDLUG Kernel-Panic (Linux – kernel-panic.org)
- San Diego .NET User Group (.NET SanDiegoDotNet.com)
- SD Ruby (Ruby SDRuby.org)
- Django SD (Django User Group)
- SD R User Group (R on Meetup)
- SD InfusionSoft User Group (InfusionSoft on Meetup)
- Agile SD – (agilesandiego.org) (previously XPSD)
- SDGTUG (SD Google Tech | more)
- SDSDEV San Diego Salesforce Developers Group (sdsdev.org) @SanDiegoSFDev
- Access User Group of San Diego AUGSD – (augsd.org)
- SCPOAUG Southern California PeopleSoft User Group (scp.oaug.org)
- San Diego SAS® Users’ Group, Inc. – Statistical Analysis System (sandsug.org | wiki)
- SDOSUG San Diego OpenSolaris User Group (San Diego OpenSolaris)
- San Diego VMware Users Group (LinkedIn | sdvmug.com)
- San Diego JS (Javascript User Group on Meetup)
- San Diego Scala Users (Meetup)
- San Diego Hadoop Users (Hadoop on Meetup)
- San Diego PostgreSQL Meetup Group (SDPUG on Meetup)
- San Diego ISO User’s Group (asqsandiego.org/isousersgroup.htm)
- jQuery User Group (meetups.jquery.com)
- San Diego SolidWorks User Group (sdswug.org)
- San Diego SharePoint User Group (sanspug.org | more)
- San Diego Endpoint Management User Group (symantec)
- San Diego Remedy User Group (SDRUG | LinkedIn)
- San Diego Sybase User Group (sdsug)
- HTML5 Developer Group (HTML5 on Meetup) HTML5, Javascript, CSS, jQuery, YUI, JSON, ajax, php, python, SVG, Canvas
- San Diego Ruby on Rails Enthusiasts (SDRails on Meetup)
- San Diego NoSQL Users Group (sdnosql on meetup)
- San Diego Atlassian User Group (meetup | Facebook)
- San Diego Agile Group (meetup)
- San Diego Functional Programming Group (SDFPG on Meetup | info)
- Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) San Diego Local Chapter)
- Ubuntu Hour (Ubuntu-california.org | @ubuntu_us_ca)
- Kindle/eBook Publishing (Meetup)
Mobile Developers User Groups
- San Diego iPhone Developers (iPhone Google Groups)
- Android Developers Group (android developers on meetup)
- SD Mobile (iPhone/Blackberry/Android Mobile Developers) (SD Mobile on Meetup)
- Augmented Reality AR Developers San Diego on Meetup
- San Diego webOS Meetup (SD webOS on Meetup)
Web Design, User Interface, Graphic Design User Groups
- RefreshSD (Web User Group on MeetUp | RefreshSD.org | more) @refreshsd
- SandCHI (User Experience / Computer-Human Interaction | FB)
- SDUPA (Usability Professionals Association)
- SD WebDesign Meetup (Design – webdesign.meetup.com)
- IxDA San Diego (Interaction Design Association)
- UX Book Club San Diego (ning | FB)
- AIGA San Diego American Institute of Graphic Arts (sandiego.aiga.org)
- UX SIG San Diego User Experience Special Interest Group (uxsig.org)
- North County Web Design (NC web design on meetup)
- San Diego Web & Print Marketing (SD Web & Print on Meetup)
Multimedia, Video, Audio, Communications and Interactive Content Creation
- SDMCA Media Communications Assoc. (sdmca-i.org)
- SDFUG (Flash User Group)
- SDMODO 3D Modeling (sdmodo.org)
- FCPUG Final Cut Pro User Group (sdmug/fcpug)
- SD Podcasters (podcasters on meetup)
- STC SD SD Society for Technical Communication (stc-sd.org | @STCSoCal
- San Diego Interactive Content Professionals (SDICP on LinkedIn | FB)
- San Diego ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics (SD ACM SIGGRAPH)
- San Diego Premiere Pro Users Group (SD Premiere Pro on Adobe)
- San Diego 3D Studio Max User Group (members.cox.net/sd3dsmug/sdmaxug.html)
- San Diego Lightwave Users Group (sdlightwave.com)
- PVASD Professional Videographers Association of San Diego (http://www.pvasd.org/)
- San Diego Pro Tools User Group (sdptug.org)
- Multimedia and Web Design with Adobe Creative Suite (MAWD | mawd.groups.adobe.com)
Content Management System User Groups
- San Diego Drupal (groups.drupal.org/san-diego)
- North County Drupal (North County San Diego DUG)
- San Diego Joomla (joomlasandiego.org | Meetup)
- Advanced WordPress San Diego (meetup | FB)
- WordPress San Diego Community (WordPress SD on MeetUp)
- San Diego WordPress (SD WordPress on Meetup)
- San Diego Joomla (Joomla on MeetUp)
- Plone San Diego Meetup Group (plonesandiego.com)
- San Diego ExpressionEngine (SDEE on Meetup)
Social Media User Groups
- SMBSD (Social Media Breakfast SD on FB) @smbsd | feed
- SD Bloggers (SD Bloggers on meetup) @sdbloggers
- SD TweetUp Twitter Meetup (sdtweetup)
- SD Social Media Marketing Group (SD Social Media on meetup)
- Social Media Marketing for Local Businesses & Organizations (SMM on Meetup)
- Social Media Club San Diego (Local Chapter | FB)
- Daily Crowdsource (Meetup)
Startups
- SD Tech Coffee (SanDiego Tech Coffee on Meetup)
- San Diego Web Startups (SD Web Startups on meetup)
- Bootstrappers Breakfast (Bootstrappers on Meetup)
- Startups (Founders Institute on Meetup)
- San Diego Lean Startups (Lean Startups on Facebook) by Market by Numbers
- San Diego Tech Founders (SD Tech Founders on Meetup) San Diego Event Updates on Facebook
Search Engine Optimization
- SDSEO (SEO on Meetup)
- Semantic Web San Diego (Semantic Web on meetup)
Internet Marketing, E-commerce, Work at Home User Groups
- eBusiness Owners (eBusiness on Meetup)
- SD Internet Marketing Meetup (work at home on meetup)
- Meetup202: San Diego Affiliate Marketing Group (Affiliate Marketing on MeetUp)
- San Diego Magento (Magento on Meetup)
- Internet Business Beginners (IBB on Meetup)
Hacker and Hacking Meetups
- SD2600 SD Hackers Group (san2600.org)
- SDHN (San Diego Hacker News Meetup | Google Groups | more)
- San Diego Hacker Space (GroupSpaces | Facebook)
- Hacks/Hackers San Diego (HHSD on Meetup)
- San Diego eXploit Team (San Diego eXploit Team | @nanoquetz9l) | #shellcodesd
Networking and IT User Groups
- SoCalFreeNet (Wireless – socalfreenet.org)
- Windows Networking Solutions User Group (WINSUG – winsug.org)
- SDNPA (Networking – sdnpa.org)
- IT Service Management Framework San Diego (sandgo.itsmfusa.org)
- San Diego ITMSF Local Interest Group (Local Chapter)
- Association of IT Professionals – San Diego AITP | @AITPSanDiego (more)
- San Diego Small Business Server User Group SMBTN
Mac, PC, Computer User Groups
- SD Macs (sdmacs.com)
- SDMUG Mac User Group (sdmug.org)
- Seniors Computer Group (scgsd.org)
- Under the Computer Hood Users Group – UCHUG (uchug.org)
- San Diego Computer Society SDCS (sdcs.org)
- Oceanside Macintosh User Group (omug.net)
- Tri-City Computer Club of Oceanside (tricitycomputerclub.com)
- Fallbrook PC User Group (fpcug.net)
- IEEE Computer Society of San Diego (ieee.sdsu.edu)
General, Uncategorized and Other Topic User Groups
- BarCampSD (barcampsd.org) @barcampsd
- WebSanDiego (General – websandiego.org)
- SD Web Techs (SD Web Techs on meetup)
- Green User Experience (facebook groups)
- SD MIT SD Massachusetts Institute of Technology (sdmitforum.org)
- FabLab San Diego (fablabsd.org)
- WebTechBusiness (WebTechBusiness on Meetup)
- Computer Genealogy Society of San Diego (cgssd.org)
- San Diego Data Loss Prevention User Group (symantec)
- San Diego Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA-SD | more)
- San Diego Online Society (SANDIOS | LinkedIn)
- National University ACM Student Chapter (NUACM | more)
- The Data Warehouse Institute San Diego Chapter (TWDI)
- Chinese Associate of Science and Technology, San Diego (CASTSD | info)
- Balboa Park Online Collaborative (BPOC)
- Media Arts Center San Diego (@macsd | Media Arts DIY Lab)
- the Hardware Hackers SIG (Meets 2nd. Tuesday each month – See calendar for details)
- Cloud Computing San Diego – Intro to eDiscovery and Forensics in the Cloud on Meetup
Pending, closed or abandoned user groups
- Chula Vista Joomla & WordPress (meetup)
- SMBTN San Diego Small Business Server User Group (sandiegosbsug.org)
- San Diego Software Industry Council (SDSIC.org | FB)
- SDPCUG SD PC User Group (sdpcug.org)
- SoCal Sharepoint San Diego (socalsharepoint.com)
- Processing 1.0/ San Diego (Processing on MeetUp)
- Computer Tutors of San Diego County (Computer Tutors on Meetup)
- SD Women’s E-Commerce, Business Owners Group (Meetup)
- Infusionsoft Southern California User Group (openspacesconsult.com)
- SDPHP (PHP – sdphp.net)
- San Diego WordPress Journal (SDWPJ on Meetup)
- San Diego Graphic Designers (SD Graphic Designers on Meetup)
- San Diego Facebook Developer Meetup (FBDM on Meetup)
- The Future Times (Future Times on Meetup)
- San Diego High Tech Entrepreneurs (SD High Tech Entrepreneurs on Meetup)
- SoCal IT professionals (SoCal IT on Meetup)
- SDBUG (BSD – sdbug.org)
- SDACM (Assn. Computing Machinery)
- San Diego Palm User Group – (sdpug.com)
- Jinx! Gaming (Jinx Gaming on Meetup)
- San Diego Cloud Computing User Group – Microsoft Azure Platform (azureusergroup)
Other Groups
- San Diego Digital SLR Photography Group DSLR (sandiegodslr.com)
- San Diego Strobists (SD Strobists on Meetup)
- San Diego Photoshop User Group (sdphotoshopusers.com)
- San Diego Pictage User Group (pictage.com)
- Northern San Diego Photography Group (Northern SD Photography Group on Meetup)
- Project Management Institute San Diego Chapter (PMI-SD)
SoCal User Groups
- American Medical Writers Association AMWA (amwa-pacsw.org)
Social Related Groups
- The Geek Club (Geeky San Diego on Meetup)
- SoCal Science Cafe (So Cal on Meetup)
