The intent of this professional networking group is to bring together local Salesforce.com enthusiasts in a social setting to share idea’s, solutions, and a beer. We will meet monthly, each time at a different location outside one of the downtowns but most likely in Minneapolis or St. Paul proper. There will be no formal presentations, just an opportunity for you to kibitz with your Salesforce.com user, administrator, and developer colleagues, building on the relationships you’ve developed at u …

According to Yahoo! Developer Network, "Hadoop User Group meetings have now been held in Beijing, Berlin, London, New York, San Diego and Washington DC, in addition to the Bay Area, with one in the works in Bangalore." I say it's high time we hearty Minnesotans (and Iowans, and Wisconsinites) band together and share our ideas, tricks, updates, and experiences using Apache Hadoop and its subprojects. We'll discuss all aspects of coding, supporting, and learning about Hadoop, Avro, Chukwa, HB …