CPLUG (Central PA Linux Users Group) is a group for people interested in learning about Linux and open source technologies. Users of all skill levels and backgrounds are welcome. CPLUG has members who are hobbyists and professionals. We discuss open source software, computers, networking, security, and a number of other topics — and how they relate to Linux. CPLUG has a regularly scheduled meeting with presentations held on the second Tuesday of each month. Check out the website for details: htt …

The Baltimore Perl Mongers is a group of people local to the Baltimore, Maryland area with an interest in the Perl programming language. Some of us are new to the language, some are well-acquainted, some use it on UNIX, others on Win32, but all are welcome. The group meets on the third Thursday of the month at 6:30 PM at the Tindeco Wharf building on Boston Street. Our pm.org site is http://baltimore.pm.org!

There are a number of really cool, informative graphic design, web design and technology driven groups out there and we wanted to bring the technology together. At the end of the day, a well designed graphic or website is useless without a powerful, stable, secure back-end and the most secure website is boring without a cool design and look. Let's bring the teams together and see how we could work together to create better designers and coders! This group is based on industry standards; new tech …