{"id":2377,"date":"2016-08-30T17:43:52","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T17:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/?p=2377"},"modified":"2025-06-13T19:29:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T02:29:59","slug":"upcoming-couchbase-events-in-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/upcoming-couchbase-events-in-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming #Couchbase Events in Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"paragraph\">\n<p>I\u2019m going to be in Chicago for most of next week. If you\u2019re in Chicago and interested in NoSQL and <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.couchbase.com\/?utm_source=blogs&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=blogs\">Couchbase<\/a>, now is a good chance to attend some sessions, visit some great user groups, and ask me questions in-person.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/original-assets\/2016\/august\/upcoming-couchbase-events-in-chicago\/001wrigleyfieldcouchbase.jpg\" alt=\"Couchbase in Chicago\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph\">\n<p>I won\u2019t be at Wrigley Field (the above image was doctored :), but here\u2019s where I <em>will<\/em> be:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ulist\">\n<ul>\n<li>September 6th, 2016 at 12pm: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Geekfest\/events\/233616341\/\">Chicago Geekfest<\/a> presenting &#8220;I Have a NoSQL Toaster&#8221; (which is my version of Matthew Revell&#8217;s session of the same name)<\/li>\n<li>September 7th, 2016 at 6pm: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/chicagodevnet\/events\/233089838\/\">Chicago .NET Developers<\/a> presenting &#8220;Full Stack Development with .NET and NoSQL&#8221; (which I have presented before, you can check my blog post history for some of the videos).<\/li>\n<li>September 8th, 2016 at 7pm: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lcnug.org\">Lake County .NET Users Group<\/a> presenting &#8220;SQL for JSON&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph\">\n<p>Three different sessions and three great Chicago groups. There will be some surprises in store, and I\u2019m going to bring whatever stickers and swag that I can fit in my luggage with me.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re in Chicago, why not <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mgroves\">tweet me<\/a> and say hi!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m going to be in Chicago for most of next week. If you\u2019re in Chicago and interested in NoSQL and Couchbase, now is a good chance to attend some sessions, visit some great user groups, and ask me questions in-person. 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