Happy new year, readers. Start the year off with a meetup — there are lots of upcoming ones to choose from.
This week: Meet three startups at Philly Tech Meetup, learn about the science of music information retrieval with Lehigh Valley Tech and hear from 50 on Red’s developers at PhillyPUG.
Philly Tech Meetup: It’s the first Philly Tech Meetup of the new year. Demoing startups to be announced. Thursday, 6:30 p.m. Quorum at the Science Center, 3711 Market Street, 8th floor. RSVP. Free.
PhillyPUG January 2013 Meetup – Flask vs Django, Async Processing, and More: Developers from 50 on Red will be giving technical talks on several topics at PhillyPUG’s monthly meetup. Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. 50 on Red at the Cira Centre, 2929 Arch Street, Suite 1101. RSVP. Free.
Lehigh Valley Tech Talk: January 2013: Learn about the science of music information retrieval in Lehigh Valley’s monthly tech meetup. Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. Ben Franklin Tech Ventures, 116 Research Drive, Bethlehem, Pa. RSVP. Free.
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