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I’ll be speaking at the Indo-US Chamber of Commerce’s “Practical AI” panel — Tuesday, September 16 at 6:30 p.m.!

Post author By Joey deVilla
Post date September 9, 2025

Promotional poster for “Practical AI: Turning Technology into Business Value” featuring moderator Sam Kasimalla and panelists Joey de Villa, Sudeep Sarkar, and Priya Balasundaram. — Click the image to reserve your ticket!

Want to learn how AI can be used in your business or career, meet key people from Tampa Bay’s dynamic South Asian community, and enjoy some Indian food? Then you’ll want to attend the Indo-U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s panel, Practical AI: Turning Technology into Business Value, taking place next Tuesday, September 16th at 6:30 p.m. at Embarc Collective!

The tl;dr

What: Practical AI: Turning Technology into Business Value
Organized by: Indo-U.S. Chamber of Commerce
When: Tuesday, September 16, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Where: Embarc Collective (802 E. Whiting Street, Tampa)
Cost: FREE!
Bonus: A complimentary Indian dinner will be served!
How to register: Register HERE

Why Attend?

Learn how AI can be applied beyond theory to solve real business challenges.
Hear from leaders in academia, entrepreneurship, and applied technology.
Network with Tampa Bay’s growing AI and tech community.
Enjoy complimentary Indian cuisine while connecting with innovators and peers.

Speakers & Moderator

Moderator: Sam Kasimalla
Sam’s one of the movers and shakers in the Tampa tech scene, and helped grow one of its most active meetups, Tampa Java User Group. An accomplished developer and business leader, he’s worked with hundreds of customers to achieve business objectives through technology.
Dr. Sudeep Sarkar
He’s the Launch Dean of University of South Florida’s newly-created Bellini College of AI, Cybersecurity, and Computing. It’s Florida’s first dedicated AI & Cybersecurity college, educating 3,000+ students across 15+ programs.
Priya Balasundaram
She’s the Founder and CEO of Nimitta Technologies and President of ITServe Alliance Florida. She’s a champion of women entrepreneurship, innovation, and minority inclusion with over 20 years in tech and leadership.
Joey de Villa
Yours Truly — Tampa Bay’s top tech advocate, developer advocate at Kforce for HP’s new ZGX Nano AI workstation, organizer of Tampa Bay AI Meetup and Tampa Bay Python, and accordion impresario.

Register for this event!

Once again, this is a free event, and there’ll be a complimentary Indian dinner. Register now!

Artificial Intelligence Reading Material

Humble Bundle deals for aspiring AI developers!

Post author By Joey deVilla
Post date September 8, 2025

Here’s what I consider to be a pretty good deal for the aspiring AI developer: for $18, Humble Bundle’s The A-Z of Machine Learning provides 19 video courses from Packt Publishing on all sorts of machine learning topics:

You may have had the expression pictured above when you saw that The A-Z of Machine Learning comes from Packt, of all places. Given their reputations for “shovelware” books, I’d be suspicious too, and I was even a technical reviewer for one of their books:

My new gig doing developer relations for HP’s ZGX Nano AI station will require me to create a lot of tutorials, so I purchased The A-Z of Machine Learning as well as the Humble Bundle below to get a better feel for the sorts of AI tutorials that are out there.

Having gone through a couple of the courses in The A-Z of Machine Learning and skimming the others, I can say that it’s not bad. I’d feel robbed if I paid full price for all 19 courses, but at 18 bucks — less than a buck each — it’s a pretty good deal, and an inexpensive way for the beginning AI/ML developer to get started.

(While I generally only buy Packt’s stuff when it’s on Humble Bundle, there are exceptions. The iOS books by Tampa’s own Craig Clayton are quite good, and I paid full price for them.)

At the time of writing, The A-Z of Machine Learning will be available for 14 more days.

Also worth checking out is the Create the Future Now bundle, a set of 21 books and online courses from Manning’s Early Access Program (or MEAP for short) for $25:

Python Workout, Second Edition
Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja, Third Edition
A Damn Fine Stable Diffusion Book
AI Agents and Applications
AI Applications Made Easy
Robotics for Programmers
Emotional UX
Open Source LLMs on Your Own Computer: 3 Project Series (liveProject)
Transformers and Explainable AI for Computer Vision: 4 Project Series (liveProject)
Four AI Algorithm Projects with Python: 4 Project Series (liveProject)
Modern CSS for a Portfolio Page: 4 Project Series (liveProject)
Build Your First Microservice: 3 Project Series (liveProject)
Software Design in Python
Learn Docker in a Month of Lunches, Second Edition
Fight Fraud with Machine Learning
Building an AI Voice Assistant: 4 Project Series (liveProject)
Moving to C#: 4 Project Series (liveProject)
Build a Custom Chatbot Using LangChain and ChatGPT: 3 Project Series (liveProject)
Modern C, Third Edition
Build Python Web Apps with Streamlit
A Responsive Web App with C#, .Net, and React: 4 Project Series (liveProject)

This one’s a little pricier that the Packt offering, but it’s from Manning, which has a stronger reputation than Packt’s, and goes beyond just Python and AI. If you’re looking for a mix of books and online lessons and want to be a little more well-rounded, this Humble Bundle is for you!

I also purchased this bundle. At the time of writing, the Create the Future Now bundle will be also be available for 14 more days.

Tampa Bay

R.I.P. Vincent Tang

Post author By Joey deVilla
Post date September 7, 2025

Vincent Tang trying out my accordion, grinning widely. — *Of course* I trusted Vincent with the accordion.

In every thriving community, there are a handful of people you can point to as the ones who acted as the catalyst, the one who brought people together and helped them become something larger than the sum of its parts. In the Tampa Bay tech community, Vincent was a catalyst.

He was a co-founder of Tampa Devs, a non-profit organization that’s been bringing together programmers, technologists, and people who work in the technology field together since September 2021. They’ve held meetups, hackathons, socials, and all manner of get-togethers that have made the tech scene here in “The Other Bay Area” so much better than it was.

Vincent was a key part of the change in the local tech community, bringing his enthusiasm, energy, spirit, and curiosity to whatever project he took on. I had many long chats with him about what he wanted to do during the quieter moments at big tech gatherings.

Near the start of last year, Vincent went off to see the country. He asked me about a few places I’d been to, and I told him about some favorite spots and even made some introductions to some friends in other cities. He’d occasionally send me a text with photos from wherever he was a the time — Dallas, Chicago, and a couple of wide-open spaces he didn’t identify — with the last message from him earlier this year.

I hadn’t heard from him in months, and that happens with friends who travel; also, life sometimes just gets in the way.

So it was a surprise to find out last week that Vincent had died. He was too damned young, and even if he’d lived to a ripe old age, he was so sweet a guy that it still would’ve been too soon.

Requiescat in pace, Vincent.

There will be a visitation for Vincent this Saturday, September 13, at Woodlawn Memorial Park & Funeral Home (400 Woodlawn Cemetery Road in Gotha) from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m..

The visitation will be followed by a funeral service from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the same location.

After that will be the committal service, which will run from 3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the same location.

You can find out more here.

Humor Work

What DON’T you want in your next job?

Post author By Joey deVilla
Post date September 6, 2025

These seem reasonable.

Picdump

Saturday picdump for Saturday, September 6

Post author By Joey deVilla
Post date September 6, 2025

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Happy Saturday, everyone! Here on Global Nerdy, Saturday means that it’s time for another “picdump” — the weekly assortment of amusing or interesting pictures, comics,
and memes I found over the past week. Share and enjoy!

art-of-carefully-choosing-your-scapegoats

chatgpt-thank-you-for-pointing-out-that-error

hope-you-had-a-relxing-labor-day-weekend

how-was-your-first-day-at-the-call-center

i-am-once-again-asking-for-clearly-defined-requirements

Linked list:

never-be-afraid-to-make-a-mistake-unless-in-git

senior-developer-introducing-vibe-coder-to-real-work

setup-of-people-that-never-touch-running-system

vibe-coding-founders-when-they-vibe-deploy

when-the-interview-is-going-really-well-dynamic-programming-problem

when-the-meeting-is-almost-over-and-someone-asks-a-question

when-you-say-force-push-like-its-no-big-deal

where-do-you-think-javascript-comes-from

why-my-sister-never-sells-anything-on-offerup

Artificial Intelligence Tampa Bay What I’m Up To

Scenes from Fractio’s “Back to the Future of Work” event (September 4, 2025)

Post author By Joey deVilla
Post date September 5, 2025

Last night, Fractio hosted Back to the Future of Work, an event built around a panel discussion about changing the way we assign value to work in the age of AI.

I arrived early to set up my computer to run the pre-panel video…

…and check that the panel seats and mics were set up properly…

…then had some quick breakfast-for-dinner (which was symbolic of how our understanding of paying for time was about to be turned upside-down):

The event took place at Embarc Collective, who’d set up the room in a way that would let people comfortably eat “brinner” while watching the panel…

…and when the doors open, a room-packing crowd came in.

After a little time to let people get their food, breakfast cocktail, and mingle, they were seated…

…and the panel got under way!

Fatin Kwasny, organizer of the panel and Fractio CEO, moderated…

…and the panel got started.

From left to right, the panelists were:

Wendy Sellers, “The HR Lady”
Yours Truly, Fractio Sales Engineer and Kforce consultant for HP’s ZGX Nano AI Station
Nicolas Genest, co-founder and CEO of Codeboxx
Phil Nahajewsky, Partner at Florida CFO Group and CFO at Pink Lotus Technologies
Christina Adames, founder and CEO of Corus Innovation Labs

I enjoyed participating on the panel, and it appears that my fellow panelists did as well! I also heard from many audience members who found the event informative and entertaining.

Thanks to Florida CFO Group for sponsoring breakfast-for-dinner and breakfast cocktails…

…and to Byron Reese for providing us with copies of his book, We are Agora, to give to attendees!

Current Events Meetups Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, September 8 – Sunday, September 14)

Post author By Joey deVilla
Post date September 5, 2025

Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, September 8 through Sunday, September 14!

This list includes both in-person and online events. Note that each item in the list includes:

✅ When the event will take place

✅ What the event is

✅ Where the event will take place

✅ Who is holding the event

Monday, September 8

Event name and location	Group	Time
NPI District 1 Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals Voodoo brewing	Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	7:00 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Venice Area Toastmasters Club #5486 Online	Toastmasters District 48	7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Business Networking Meeting Online	Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay	11:30 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
Downtown St. Pete Business Networking Connection Lunch~ All Welcome< JOIN In! The Sourdough Co.	RGA Networking Professional Business Networking	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Trinity Professional Business Networking Lunch Meet your next referral Partner. Cantina Viagero	RGA Networking Professional Business Networking	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Team Relaunch! Let’s get to know each other. CoCreativ West Shore	Seasoned Entrepreneurs 40+	2:00 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
Startup Storytellers: Kickoff Meetup for Tampa Bay Video Creators Panera Bread	Tampa Video & Editing Entrepreneurs (Startup Storytellers)	3:30 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Speakeasy Toastmasters #4698 Online	Toastmasters District 48	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
MTG: Commander Night Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Tea Tavern – Dungeons and Dragons Adobe Kava	Tea Tavern Dungeons and Dragons Meetup Group – DMS WANTED	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Monday Feast & Game Night Village Inn	Tampa Bay Tabletoppers	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
AI Agent Lab 5 Online	Saint Petersburg AI Collaborative Intelligence Group	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
AI FOR A BETTER BUSINESS hooters	Supercharge Your Business with Artificial Intelligence	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Toast of Lakewood Ranch Toastmasters Club Lakewood Ranch Town Hall	Toastmasters District 48	6:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
POT-SWUG is moving. https://community.swugn.org/pirates-of-tampa-bay-solidworks- Online	Pirates of Tampa Bay SOLIDWORKS User Group (POT-SWUG)	7:00 PM to 7:05 PM EDT
Hidden Gems Night, Presented by A Duck! Online	Nerdbrew Events	7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Members as far back as 2008 can access their photos none	School is closed- Light Study PRO – A Photography Workshop	7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
DigiMondays Sunshine Games \| Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!	Sunshine Games	7:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Weekly General Meetup Online	Beginning Web Development	8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Where is Bitcoin Going? Online	Bitcoiners of Southwest Florida	9:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
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Tuesday, September 9

Tuesday at 10:00 a.m., online: Computer Coach presents Linked for Job Seekers, an interactive virtual session where they’ll equip you with the skills and strategies needed to leverage the power of LinkedIn in your job search and career development.

Find out more and register here.

Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. at. Hays (Tampa): Tampa Bay Product Group presents Product Management, Bowling, & Board Games, OH MY!, a presentation that will encourage you to put that thinking cap on to develop strategies for marketing a product, specifically made-for-bowling board games. You’ll explore the unique challenges and opportunities in promoting these games and systematically analyze marketing strategies, target audiences, and promotional channels.

Find out more and register here.

Event name and location	Group	Time
CEO Toastmasters Online	Toastmasters Divisions C & D	8:00 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
LinkedIn for Job Seekers Online	Tampa Cybersecurity Training	10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
New Tampa Business Networking, Connect with like minded professionals. Join US! Glory Day’s Grill	RGA Networking Professional Business Networking	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Google Search Console Bootcamp Masterclass Online	Tampa SEO and Digital Marketing Meetup with Steve Scott	1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Weekly Open Make Night 4931 W Nassau St	Tampa Hackerspace	6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Bartow Toastmasters HYBRID Meeting 2250 S Floral Ave	Toastmasters Division E	6:00 PM to 7:15 PM EDT
Disney Lorcana Night Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Hobby Night Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Meet & Greet at Downtown Pizza Downtown Pizza Sports Bar and Grill	Florida Center for Creative Photography	6:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Meet & Greet at Downtown Pizza Downtown Pizza Sports Bar and Grill	Mobile Vision Photography	6:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Pinellas Writers and Authors Weekly Meeting (Online/Zoom) Online	Pinellas Writers Group	6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
American Mahjong at Shorty’s Online	American Mahjong in Sand Key	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa Shamrocks Ale House	Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa	6:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
D&D @ Critical Hit Games (Full) Critical Hit Games	RPG-Pinellas	6:30 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Masks and Mirrors: Identity Games in The Talented Mr. Ripley Online	Their Eyes Were Watching Books – Classic Book Meetup	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Black Women Read Between the Wines Bookclub Discussion Online	Black Women Read Between The Wines	6:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Let’s Meetup and Discuss “The Twisted Ones” by T. Kingfisher Sickie’s Garage	Central Florida Books and Brews	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Woodshop Safety (Members Only) Tampa Hackerspace West	Tampa Hackerspace	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Trivia Night with Trivia Nation Irish 31 Pub House & Eatery	Trivia Night at Irish 31 Seminole	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Yu-Gi-Oh Evening Tournament Sunshine Games \| Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!	Sunshine Games	7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults Pinellas Ale Works Brewery	St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games for Young Adults	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
AMA – Ask Me Anything Related to Photography, Computers and Software Downtown Pizza Sports Bar and Grill	Florida Center for Creative Photography	7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
2nd Tuesday at Panera Bread 2285 Ulmerton Rd	The Art Of Photography – Tampa/St. Pete	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
2nd Tuesday Panera Bread Meetup Panera Bread	The Art Of Photography – Sarasota / Venice	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Nic At Nite – Weekly Movie Night Online	Nerdbrew Events	7:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
PhotoWalk to Coachman Park for a Sunset! Downtown Pizza Sports Bar and Grill	Mobile Vision Photography	7:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom Online	Shut Up & Write!® Tampa	7:45 PM to 9:15 PM EDT
Trading Tuesday Online	Bitcoiners of Southwest Florida	8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
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Wednesday, September 10

Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. at Entrepreneur Collaborative Center (Tampa): It’s the September 2025 edition of the Data Analytics & AI Meetup!

Find out more and register here.

Event name and location	Group	Time
World Toasters Toastmasters Club Online	Toastmasters Division E	7:05 AM to 8:00 AM EDT
Grow Your Business with focused Referral Networking Sons of Italy Lodge	BNI Tampa -Referral based networking	7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Tampa Highrisers Toastmasters Hyde Park United Methodist Church	Toastmasters District 48	7:45 AM to 8:45 AM EDT
Computer Repair Clinic 2079 Range Rd	Tampa Bay Technology Center	8:30 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
From NIS2 to GDPR: IAM That Talks Audit Online	ManageEngine’s Cybersecurity Meetups	11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Media and Events Lab Online	St. Petersburg Business Networking	11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Brandon Professional Networking Lucnh Just Love Coffee Cafe	RGA Networking Professional Business Networking	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Carrollwood Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome~ Glory days grill	RGA Networking Professional Business Networking	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Biz Growth Bites – Your Lunchtime Sucess Partner Online	Biz Growth Bites	12:15 PM to 12:45 PM EDT
Wednesday Night Gaming Nerdy Needs	Brandon Boardgamers	5:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Wednesday Board Game Night Bridge Center	Tampa Gaming Guild	5:30 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Orlando Chess Association West Osceola Library	Greater Orlando Chess	5:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Data Analytics & AI – Tampa Bay – September MEETUP Entrepreneur Collaborative Center	Data Analytics & AI – Tampa Bay	6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Board Game Night Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
The Fallen Lands 2103 Laceflower Dr	Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group	6:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Casual Commander Wednesdays Sunshine Games \| Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!	Sunshine Games	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Ybor Game Night w/Retro House Retro House Coffee Bar and Asian Bistro	Tampa Game Nights	6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Game Night! Southern Lights Brewing Company	Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers	6:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Women’s Chess Club! St. Petersburg Chess Club	Chess Republic	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Tampa Writers Alliance Critique Group Online	Tampa Writers Alliance	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Shut Up & Write!® Tales and Teas Steep Station St. Pete	Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg	6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Sun Coast Euchre Club The Hanger Restaurant & Flight Lounge	Suncoast Euchre Club -St Pete	6:50 PM to 8:50 PM EDT
[Virtual] Tampa Bay Bitcoin Meetup: News, Markets, & Community Online	Tampa Bay Bitcoin	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Games & Grog @ The Grove SoHo! Grove Soho	Nerdbrew Events	7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
New Beginnings & Old Rivalries Online	Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild	7:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
Games & Grog (Social Game Night in SoHo) Grove Soho	Nerd Night Out	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
General Knowledge Trivia 9/10 Wed @ Tampa Tap Room Tampa Tap Room	Tampa 20’s and 30’s Social Crew	7:10 PM to 9:10 PM EDT
Cardfight Vanguard!! OverDress Weekly Sunshine Games \| Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!	Sunshine Games	7:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
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Thursday, September 11

Thursday at 6:00 p.m. at Hillsborough Community College Dale Mabry (Tampa): Tampa Java User Group presents Why Developers Should Love Testing, featuring Billy Kornado, Java Developer Advocate at Oracle’s Java Platform Group!

Find out more and register here.

Event name and location	Group	Time
Auditing GPO and OU modifications in Active Directory Online	ManageEngine’s Cybersecurity Meetups	11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
RGA’s Founders & Amplify Clearwater Partnership meeting ~ All Welcome, JOIN in. Chili’s Grill & Bar	RGA Networking Professional Business Networking	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
NPI Referral Pros Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals Carrabas Italian Grill	Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	11:30 AM to 1:30 PM EDT
GB Canasta Grand Bay Building 3 Cardroom	Grand Bay Canasta Meetup Group	1:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
CNC Thursday’s MakerSpace Pinellas	Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group	5:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Vecna – Eye of Ruin (T4-APL17) Coliseum of Comics Kissimmee	Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	5:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Tampa M365 – Social @ Magnanimous Magnanimous Brewing	Tampa M365	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Why Developers Should Love Testing Hillsborough Community College – Dale Mabry Campus	Tampa Java User Group	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Simply Referrals Tampa Business Networking Event on Zoom! Online	Simply Referrals Tampa Business Networking	6:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Warhammer Night Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Game Night at Conworlds Emporium (Tarpon Springs) Conworlds Emporium	Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers	6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Game Night The Dog and Parrot Pub	Sharky’s Game Night	6:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Writing Meetup HotWax Coffee Shop, Kava Bar & Tap House	Tampa Free Writing Group	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
POT-SWUG is moving. https://community.swugn.org/pirates-of-tampa-bay-solidworks- Online	Pirates of Tampa Bay SOLIDWORKS User Group (POT-SWUG)	7:00 PM to 7:05 PM EDT
Mastering AI SEO Strategies for Lakeland Small Businesses The Joinery	Central Florida AI SEO, GEO and AEO Marketing Meetup Group	7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Palm Harbor Toastmasters Club #8248 1500 16th St	Toastmasters District 48	7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
One Piece Thursdays Sunshine Games \| Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!	Sunshine Games	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
FABulous Thursdays Sunshine Games \| Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!	Sunshine Games	7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Pathfinder Society Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Weekly Meetup (The Long Walk) AMC Veterans 24	Weekly Movie Group Meetup (Tampa)	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Live streaming production and talent 124 S Ring Ave	Live streaming production and talent	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Thursday Tacos & Tax Write Offs Online	Nerdbrew Events	7:30 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
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Friday, September 12

Event name and location	Group	Time
Virtual “2nd Fridays” Lean Coffee Orlando Online	Agile Orlando	7:30 AM to 8:30 AM EDT
Caffeine & Connections: Friday Fuel for Black Professionals Online	Pinellas County Black Business Meetup Group	8:00 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Computer Repair Clinic 2079 Range Rd	Tampa Bay Technology Center	8:30 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorm together Online	Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorming together	10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Business Networking Tampa at Riveters Tampa *NEW LOCATION* riveters tampa	RGA Networking Professional Business Networking	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Interviewing with AI Bots Online	Tech Success Network	12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
TeslaCon Florida 2025 Margaritaville Resort Orlando	Tesla Owners Florida	Friday, September 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM to Sunday, September 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM EDT
Friday Board Game Night Bridge Club	Tampa Gaming Guild	5:30 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
MTG: Commander FNM Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Business after hours, Big Top Brewers Collective, Sponsored by Govbidpro.com Big Top Brewers Collective	Business After Hours	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Modern FNM Sunshine Games \| Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!	Sunshine Games	7:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
Taps & Drafts \| EDH/MtG Night 1Up Entertainment, Tampa	Nerdbrew Events	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin Discussion at BellaBrava Tampa BellaBrava Tampa	Classic Book Club – Dinner Edition	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Friday Pokemon Tournament Sunshine Games \| Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!	Sunshine Games	7:30 PM to 11:30 PM EDT
Evening fishing on the skyway pier South Skyway Fishing Pier	Gen Geek	7:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Rooftop Hopping Game Night Beach Walk Hogan’s Hangout	Tampa Bay Meetup (20’s & 30’s)	Friday, September 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM to Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM EDT
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Saturday, September 13

Event name and location	Group	Time
Beginning Faceting – You, too, can learn to facet a beautiful gemstone! Tampa Bay Mineral & Science Club	Tampa Bay Mineral & Science Club classes offered	8:00 AM to 3:00 PM EDT
Beginning Cabochon Class (2 Day class) Tampa Bay Mineral & Science Club	Tampa Bay Mineral & Science Club classes offered	Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM to Sunday, September 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM EDT
Saturday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa Whole Foods Market	Chess Republic	9:30 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
EZ Stock (Stock, Options, Market) 2079 Range Rd	Tampa Bay Technology Center	10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Join our Facebook Group and Invite your Friends Online	Mobile Vision Photography	11:59 AM to 12:15 PM EDT
Geeks Go To I Like it Hot! Fest 2025/ Food After / &/or Arcade Largo Event Center	Geekocracy!	12:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
FREE Fab Lab Orientation Faulhaber Fab Lab	Suncoast Makers	1:30 PM to 2:30 PM EDT
D&D (5e) @ Black Harbor Gaming (FULL) Black Harbor Gaming	St Pete and Pinellas Tabletop RPG Group	1:30 PM to 5:30 PM EDT
Laser Cutter Orientation (Members Only) Tampa Hackerspace	Tampa Hackerspace	2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
Bitcoin Social in St. Petersburg Outcast Brewing	Tampa Bay Bitcoin	3:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe Book + Bottle	Cocktails and convos	4:30 PM to 6:30 PM EDT
Community Hang-out Night Online	Nerdbrew Events	6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Yu-Gi-Oh Evening Tournament Sunshine Games \| Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!	Sunshine Games	7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Tampa Nerd Online Hang-out & Game Night! Online	Nerd Night Out	7:00 PM to 11:30 PM EDT
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Sunday, September 14

Event name and location	Group	Time
Brunch & Board Games Brach Bum Brewing	Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers	10:30 AM to 2:30 PM EDT
3D printing MakerSpace St. Petersburg	Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group	12:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
Venice Strategy Board Gamers Venice	Board Games and Card Games in Sarasota & Bradenton	12:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
Sunday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa Whole Foods Market	Chess Republic	2:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
D&D Adventurers League Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	2:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle (Dub) Regal Park Place Stadium 16	Gen Geek	2:20 PM to 4:20 PM EDT
3D designing MakerSpace St. Petersburg	Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group	2:30 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
Sunday Pokemon League Sunshine Games \| Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!	Sunshine Games	4:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Sew Awesome! (Textile Arts & Crafts) Tampa Hackerspace West	Tampa Hackerspace	5:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
The Marmoreal Tomb Nerdy Needs	Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group	6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Find Your Funny Toastmasters Online	Toastmasters Division E	6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
A Duck Presents NB Movie Night Discord.io/Nerdbrew	Nerd Night Out	7:00 PM to 11:30 PM EDT
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About this list

How do I put this list together?

It’s largely automated. I have a collection of Python scripts in a Jupyter Notebook that scrapes Meetup and Eventbrite for events in categories that I consider to be “tech,” “entrepreneur,” and “nerd.” The result is a checklist that I review. I make judgment calls and uncheck any items that I don’t think fit on this list.

In addition to events that my scripts find, I also manually add events when their organizers contact me with their details.

What goes into this list?

I prefer to cast a wide net, so the list includes events that would be of interest to techies, nerds, and entrepreneurs. It includes (but isn’t limited to) events that fall under any of these categories:

- Programming, DevOps, systems administration, and testing
- Tech project management / agile processes
- Video, board, and role-playing games
- Book, philosophy, and discussion clubs
- Tech, business, and entrepreneur networking events
- Toastmasters and other events related to improving your presentation and public speaking skills, because nerds really need to up their presentation game
- Sci-fi, fantasy, and other genre fandoms

Self-improvement, especially of the sort that appeals to techies
Anything I deem geeky

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