“ Mac OS X, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and Linux (ugh!) developer. Fluent in C/C++, Objective-C, Java, and Ruby, it would seem ”

“ I'm always interested in meeting other development folks and sharing ideas and experiences... ”

“ I have a really fun project in the planning stages. I'm hoping that others will find it interesting too. ”

“ I just want to learn how to rip someone's still beating heart out of their chest and show it to them. ”

“ I'm a professional software developer interested in learning about new technologies and trends. ”

“ I'm just starting to program and I can't imagine how helpful it would be to have people with programming experience around. Besides, hardly anyone else I know understands xkcd. ”

“ I want to be able to dialog with other developers ”

“ Learn new things in market. ”

“ I want these local Meetups because I am interested in Stretching the limits of cyber reality. ”

“ I want these local Meetups because I love linux & open source. ”

“ I'm a poet turned programmer with three years of experience using zope/plone. I also have some experience with asp, mysql, and cold fusion. I develop and maintain the sites for KJZZ.org / KBAQ.org. ”