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!
Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, July 21 through Sunday, July 27!
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
Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. online: Are you ready to give your resume a makeover? Join Computer Coach for a live webinar, “Resume Renovation,” where they’ll guide you through a step-by-step process to build a strong, technical resume in a simple format.
Find out more and register here.
Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. at Entrepreneur Collaborative Center: Tampa Artificial Intelligence Applications Meetup Group’s fortnightly Tuesday meeting takes place tonight at the ECC!
Find out more and register here.
Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. at AMRoC Fab Lab in University Square Mall (Tampa): Tampa Devs presents both a happy hour and a presntation on Vibe Coding Gotchas, where you’ll discover how to shift your approach, turning AI from a runaway train into your team’s greatest asset for boosting productivity and avoiding pitfalls.
Find out more and register here.
Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. at 615 Channelside Drive (Tampa): Summer Happy Hour for Tampa Business Owners and Leaders is a relaxed summer evening with local business leaders, founders, and operators in Tampa.
Find out more and register here.
Thursday at noon, online: How to Land Your Dream Job in Cybersecurity will guide you through key steps to stand out, build connections, and secure the cybersecurity role you’ve been aiming for.
Thursday at 6 p.m. at Swan Brewing (Lakeland): Swan City UX is having its inaugural meetup! It’s a casual evening of drinks, conversation, and all things UX. They’ll chat about the latest trends in UX, share their thoughts on AI’s role in the UX field, dive into their passions—and most importantly, connect, unwind, and enjoy each other’s company.
Find out more and register here.
Friday at 7:00 p.m. at The Canopy at Birchwood Hotel (St. Pete): It’s the inaugural gathering of the Black Tech Coalition, a space for tech professionals to connect, collaborate, and build community. This first meeting is all about getting to know one another—come ready to share your journey, exchange ideas, and meet fellow innovators.
Find out more and register here.
| Event name and location | Group | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Caffeine & Connections: Friday Fuel for Black Professionals Online |
Pinellas County Black Business Meetup Group | 8:00 AM to 9:00 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 |
| Friday Board Game Night Bridge Club |
Tampa Gaming Guild | 5:30 PM to 11:00 PM EDT |
| Euchre Tourney. Friday July 25, 2025! Clubhouse #1 |
Suncoast Euchre club | 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
| The Bay Tech collective The Canopy at the Birchwood Hotel |
Black Tech coalition | Friday, July 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM to Saturday, July 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM EDT |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Discussion at TBD Online |
Classic Book Club – Dinner Edition | 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
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| Event name and location | Group | Time |
|---|---|---|
| CNC Router and Laser Cutter MakerSpace St. Petersburg |
St. Pete MakerSpace | 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT |
| July’s Game: Night in the Woods Reboot Dunedin |
Dunedin-Palm Harbor Video Game Book Club | 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT |
| Sunday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa Whole Foods Market |
Chess Republic | 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT |
| Traveller – Science Fiction Adventure RPG Black Harbor Gaming |
St Pete and Pinellas Tabletop RPG Group | 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT |
| Let’s Learn to Turn Pens! Tampa Hackerspace West |
Tampa Hackerspace | 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
| The Return of Randal Morn 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 |
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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:
This past Tuesday (July 15, 2025), I appeared on a news segment on Tampa’s WFLA Channel 8 evening news, where I was brought in to comment about ways to not fall for AI-powered phone scams. The video from that news segment is pictured above.
While the segment talked about using AI to mimic people’s voices and faces and have them say whatever you want, there wasn’t time to demonstrate this capability — so I’m doing it here.
Here’s a video I recorded back in October 2023 to promote a Python course that I was teaching:
I then fed that video to HeyGen, the AI avatar service, and used it to translate my video into Spanish. Here’s the result:
I don’t speak Spanish anywhere as fluently and smoothly as my HeyGen-generated version, and note that HeyGen went so far as to sync my lips with the Spanish words!
The Spanish voice is also a decent approximation of mine — close enough that it might fool even people who know me well, given a stressful situation full of emotion and other distractions, which is the sort of scenario that con artists try to create in a phone scam.
You should also note that the Spanish video was made with the version of HeyGen from October 2023. I’m sure it’s undergone significant improvements since then.
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!
Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, July 14 through Sunday, July 20!
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 at 6 p.m. at Embarc Collective (Tampa): Suncoast Software Skills Meetup will present Beat the Behavioral Interview, where you’ll learn how to handle questions like “Tell me about a time when you failed” at your next job interview.
Find out more and register here.
Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the Jimmie B. Keel Library (Tampa): Tampa Bay Microsoft Fabric Analytics User Group (TFAB) is having their monthly meeting.
Find out more and register here.
Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. at Cigar City Brewing (Tampa): Join. CigarCitySec as they discuss cybersecurity topics of interest in a non-work, non-vendor setting; preferably while drinking. They’re generally in the side room.
Find out more and register here.
Thursday at 6 p.m. at Corner Club (Tampa): Join Tampa Bay Designers and grab some drinks, talk shop, or whatever else comes to mind!
Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Wild Rover Brewery (Tampa): It’s time for another Lean Beer for All Things Agile on the Tampa side of the bay!
Find out more and register here.
Thursday at 7:00 p.m. at Neon Temple (Tampa): A hands-on workshop introduces participants to the fundamentals of reverse engineering using C++ and x86 assembly—no programming experience required. Attendees will learn how to examine simple C++ programs, generate the corresponding assembly code, and analyze how software behaves at the machine level.
| Event name and location | Group | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Woodshop Safety (Members Only) Tampa Hackerspace West |
Tampa Hackerspace | 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT |
| Venice Strategy Board Gamers Venice |
Board Games and Card Games in Sarasota & Bradenton | 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT |
| JULY DOT, CRAK, BAM GATHERING The GoodEarth |
SRQ Mahjong Gathering | 12:30 PM to 4:30 PM EDT |
| Sunday Gaming Tampa Bay Bridge Center |
Tampa Gaming Guild | 1:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT |
| Sunday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa Whole Foods Market |
Chess Republic | 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT |
| Monty Python and the Holy Grail@Tampa Theatre Tampa Theatre |
The Tampa Bay Movie Fans Meetup Group | 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT |
| Sew Awesome! (Textile Arts & Crafts) Tampa Hackerspace West |
Tampa Hackerspace | 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT |
| Experience the “I did it!” Easy Japanese short lesson for beginners! Online |
Learn Japanese From Scratch – Saint Petersburg | 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT |
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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:
On Thursday, July 10 at 2:30 p.m. Eastern (11:30 a.m. Pacific / 1830 UTC), tune in to a webinar on rethinking the way businesses pay for knowledge work featuring:
✅ Fatin Kwasny, Founder and CEO of Fractio
✅ Yours Truly, Sales Engineer at Fractio
If your business is still pricing or accepting labor from knowledge workers…
…you’re already losing — and AI will only make it worse.
In this webinar, we’ll discuss how:
We’ll also show some actual data from companies already seeing at least 10x ROI by shifting how they price or accept knowledge work.
Join us this Thursday, July 10 at 2:30 p.m. Eastern (11:30 a.m. Pacific / 1830 UTC) for our webinar, From Time to Throughput: Rewriting Labor Economics in the Age of AI!
It’ll be an entertaining, informative discussion, featuring 45 minutes of presentation followed by a 15-minute Q&A session.
Click here to register for this FREE online event.
Fractio is a SaaS that enables companies to pay for knowledge work on a “per-thing-done” basis instead of the less efficient per-hour, per-project, or on retainer. (Think paying for a rideshare versus paying for a taxi.)
At Synapse Summit 2025, Fractio was the winner of the of the Startup Innovation Award, which recognizes emerging ventures that are making waves and redefining what’s possible.
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!
