About us
Purpose
The TechLife Meetup Group exists to bring together professionals, innovators, and enthusiasts who are passionate about technology and how it shapes our work and lives. Our purpose is to create a space where people can connect, share ideas, learn about emerging trends, and build meaningful relationships in the tech community. Whether through casual networking, knowledge-sharing sessions, or collaborative events, TechLife is about building both technical expertise and human connection.
Who Should Join
This group is designed for:
- Technology professionals – developers, engineers, designers, data specialists, IT pros, and leaders who want to expand their networks and stay inspired.
- Business professionals – executives, entrepreneurs, and decision-makers looking to better understand how tech can drive growth and innovation.
- Students and career changers – anyone interested in learning, exploring opportunities, and building relationships that could shape their future in tech.
- Curious minds – people who may not work in technology but want to stay informed about trends that impact daily life and business.
Why Join
By joining TechLife, you’ll gain access to:
- A network of like-minded professionals and innovators.
- Insights into the latest technologies and how they are applied in real-world business and community settings.
- Opportunities to collaborate, grow your career, or explore new ventures.
- A welcoming, supportive community where relationships and conversations matter as much as the tech itself.
Connect with Us
Upcoming events
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Code Jam Columbus
·OnlineOnlineAn Evening of Kibitzing and Coding.
Columbus Code Jam is a casual meetup to pair on cool projects, to get one-on-one guidance from experienced developers & sys admins, to network, learn, and eat pizza.
Twitter: @CodeJamCMH
Some topics we've discussed while hacking:
Git Workflows for moving from single-developers to small teams.
Modelling tree structures in RDBMS tables and the SQL to query them.
Computing in the bad-old-days of dial-up.
What are the IT needs of a small not-for-profit foundation looking to create an informational web site for foundation members/subscribers?
How often does one need to collect data samples to monitor the performance of an application.
Demonstrating the difference between 'programming' and 'coding' by deriving an algorithm to sort a list of numbers.
Where can an entrepreneur go in Columbus to find technical resources and/or investors.
What additional tools and skills are needed to go from an HTML/CSS/JS prototype to a full-featured application.
How to refactor large methods into several smaller methods in a Rails Model.
What kinds of web site analytics are available for word press sites?
What are some good online resources for a single-founder software startup dealing with marketing and launching software products?
Come and add your voice and language to the conversation.
Please RSVP so that we can ensure that there are enough refreshments for everybody.
Refreshments for Columbus Code Jam are provided by Len Jaffe. Are you interested in sponsoring Code Jam? Contact Len Jaffe for details.
Columbus Code Jam is brought to you by: The Nest Theatre, Ohio Roller Derby (http://www.ohiorollerderby.com/), Columbus Perl Underground, and a nice hot cup of coffee.
2 attendees
Data & Analytics Wednesday - Finding Product Insights
Rev1 Ventures, 1275 Kinnear Road, Columbus, OH, USThe Behavior Gap: Where Products Win or Lose
Teams today have more data than ever, and yet many still struggle to understand why customers adopt, engage with, or abandon their products. Teams sprint, ship faster, and chase more signals… all while metrics stall and confidence drops. The missing piece isn’t more data. It’s often the behavioral insight between the metrics, explaining why the numbers move in the first place. Dashboards can tell you what customers did, but understanding why they did it (and how to influence what they do next) requires a deeper blend of insights. This session is about closing that gap.
Drawing from real-world experience designing and scaling products as ZoCo Design’s CEO, Lacey will share how to cut through the noise and identify the insights that actually change behavior—moving people, and moving metrics. You’ll learn:
- Why understanding customer behavior is a quant and qual challenge
- How to spot the signals that actually predict behavior change
- Where AI accelerates insight, and where it creates distraction
- How to get meaningfully closer to customers, without adding more tools
This talk reframes how to evaluate performance and identify what levers actually improve it, helping your team to make smarter bets with greater confidence. Every meaningful outcome is driven by behavior change. And when you know how to design for behavior, you stop guessing, and start building things that work.
About Our Speaker
Lacey Picazo is the Founder and CEO of ZoCo, a healthcare product studio that turns complex, high-stakes ideas into products that drive real-world adoption. She partners with healthcare organizations to uncover critical care delivery insights, focus product strategy through behavior design, and build solutions that patients and providers actually use.
Thanks to our 2026 sponsors:
Clarivoy, What Box Consulting Group, Conductrics, and Piwik PROMore info at cbusdaw.com
3 attendees
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