It will be another cold week here in Washington, DC, and one great way to keep warm and learn something while you’re at it is to check out some of the technology events happening this week. Below are ones that caught our eye, and you can find a full list of events at DC Tech Events. Have a great week!

Monday, January 11

7:00 - 9:00 pm

DC Drupal Meetup: Drupal has become one of the hottest open source content management systems (that’s what happens when the White House gets on board). Come out to this event to meet people building with it, learn about new projects and modules they’re working on, and get a better understanding of Drupal and the Drupal community.

Tuesday, January 12

7:00 pm

Refresh Rockville: This month’s Refresh meetup will be focused purely on socializing, so come out to talk with other new media professionals over beers.

Wednesday, January 13

7:00 pm

PHP Developers Meetup: Want to learn more about PHP code and meet other PHP developers? Then come out to the January PHP developers meetup.

Thursday, January 14

6:30 - 8:30 pm

Twitch! Public Relations in the Age of Social Media: This panel discussion, featuring journalists from Washington Business Journal, Huffington Post, NPR, and other outlets, will look at how journalists are using social media to find stories and sources and better reach out to their audiences. Oh, and Twitch = Twitter + Pitch, for the curious :)

7:00 pm

HacDC: Talk on Twilio: HacDC members will lead a discussion on Twilio, an API that allows people to build communications apps to make and receive phone calls, demo two apps built with it using Python and Ruby, and brainstorm about other ways Twilio can be used.

Friday, January 15

7:00 pm

Social Justice Camp DC: Ignite Talks: Social Justice Camp kicks off on Friday with a round of ignite talks where people will present on innovative social justice projects happening in DC. The Camp will continue with an unconference on Saturday.