[seanhandley]

There's a ton of meetups in MadLab each month (the Manchester Digital Laboratory). It's a community space, free to use, so it doesn't come with corporate agendas attached.

Maybe there's a community tech space in your city?

[testtuber]

I live in SF. The entire city is a community tech space. I go to meetups, but not to learn. If the topic is relevant to my work or interests, I go to talk to those in attendance. I largely don't care about the presentation material.