Happy New Year! We hope everyone enjoyed the holidays and is ready for an exciting 2012. The technology scene is coming back from break, with several interesting events happening this week and a full schedule for the rest of January. Below is a roundup of ones that caught our eye, and you can see the full calendar at DC Tech Events.

Tuesday, January 3

7:00 pm

DC Python meetup : This month’s meetup will look at the Python hosting service Heroku, with folks from their team presenting on the cloud application platform and its services.

7:00 pm

Book Club: Malcolm Gladwell’s “Outliers: The Story of Success” : This monthly women’s book club will discuss one of Malcolm Gladwell’s interesting reads — Outliers: The Story of Success, which has applications to everything from business to work life to child rearing. Head out to La Madeleine in Bethesda if you’d like to join the conversation.

Saturday, January 7

9:00 am — 5:45 pm

UXCamp DC 2012 : This day long unconference is all about user experience — whether that’s on the web, on a mobile, or in taking action in the real world. Come out to share what you know and learn from other UX folks, bar camp style.