Every week, I compile a list of events for developers, technologists, nerds, and tech entrepreneurs in and around the Tampa Bay area. There’s a lot going on this week — check out these events!
Monday, January 15
- Game Club Tampa Meetup — Play all day @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 11:00 AM to 11:00 PM
- Free Webinar: An Intro to Azure (for Devs) @ online, 12:00 PM to 12:45 PM
- Tampa Bay DevOps January: How to create a local dev environment with Docker @ Salesforce Tampa, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Wesley Chapel Speaks Toastmasters @ Nissan of Wesley Chapel, 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
- Cool ‘n Confident Toastmasters @ SPC – St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus, 6:30 PM to 7:45 PM
- 3D Printer Orientation @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
- Nerdbrew Trivia — Pints & Pixels Gaming Night! @ Brew Bus, 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
- Introduction to YouTube Support Group! @ CD Roma Restaurant, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Tuesday, January 16
- Entrepreneurs & Startups – Bradenton Networking & Education — Tax Tips before you file & What to do in 2018 – Lawyer and CPA Jo Ann Koontz @ Station 2 Innovation Center, 11:30 AM to 1:15 PM
- Front End Creatives — Creative Focus & Mulesoft API @ Bisk Education, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
- Tech4Good Tampa — Happy New Year! Digital Marketing Trends for 2018 @ Panera Bread, 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM
- Pinellas SQL User Group — January 2018 – Data Warehouse Design Patterns @ St Pete College – EpiCenter, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Weekly Open Make Night @ Tampa Hackerspace, 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Star Wars: Destiny Organized Play @ Armada Games, 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM
Wednesday, January 17
- OPEN/FREE Coworking for Veteran Entrepreneurs @ FirstWaVE Venture Center, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
- 1 Million Cups Tampa — Podfest MultiMedia Expo @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, 9:00 AM
- Employer Taxes class @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, 1:00 PM
- Tampa Bay UX Group — Panel Discussion: What is the future of User Experience? @ 352 Inc, 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
- Tampa Bay Agile — QA THE AGILE WAY: Assuring your skills “Pairwise Testing” @ Grow Financial, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Suncoast Linux Users Group — SLUG – Pinellas @ Pinellas Park Public Library, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Grand Gamers of St. Petersburg Board Game Night @ Critical Hit Games, 6:00 PM to 11:30 PM
- Largo Board Games Meetup — 7 Wonders @ 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- CigarCitySec Meetup @ Cigar City Brewing, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Thursday, January 18
- Basic intro to QuickBooks @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, 10:30 AM
- Game Club Tampa Meetup — Play a home brew variant of pathfinder RPG @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 5:30 PM to 10:30 PM
- Brandon Boardgamers — Let’s Game on Thursdays @ Panera Bread, 3490 Lithia Pinecrest Road, Valrico, 5:30 PM to 9:30 PM
- Learn Cybersecurity Tampa — Career Conversations Featuring Mary Allison Yourchisin & COL John McLaughlin @ SecureSet, 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
- Lean Beer for All Things Agile @ Bad Monkey, 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
- WordPress St. Petersburg — Ask Me (and Each Other) Anything – Networking & Project Help Workshop @ TEC Garage at SPC Downtown Campus, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- Amazon Sellers in the Tampa Bay Area — Grab Dinner and Talk! @ 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- St. Pete IoT — Intro to Arduino @ Gooee, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Tampa.rb: St Pete Side – Mystery Meetup @ 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Functional Suncoast — Learn You an Elm for Greater Good @ Bank of the Ozarks’ Innovation Lab, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Anime, Nerds & Geeks — Mary and The Witch’s Flower @ 8:00 PM to 10:15 PM
Friday, January 19
- Lean Coffee for All Things Agile (Brandon/Riverview) @ Panera Bread, 504 Brandon Town Center Mall, Brandon, 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM
- Café con Tampa — Rising Tides: What to Expect & How to Prepare with Dr. Astrid Caldas, Union of Concerned Scientists @ Oxford Exchange, 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM
- Profit Mastery @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, 9:00 AM
- Silica testing for employees @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
- Young Professionals Monthly Meetup — Greek Happy Hour @ Acropolis!!!! @ Acropolis Greek Taverna, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
- Game Club Tampa Meetup — STARFINDER RPG game (FULL) @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 6:30 PM to 11:00 PM
- Tampa Monopoly Meetup January Meetup @ Panera Bread, 112 S Westshore, Tampa, 6:45 PM to 9:45 PM
Saturday, January 20
- Girl Develop It Tampa Bay — Intro to JavaScript for Beginners @ 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
- Learn to work and fire glass using a kiln (8 week class) @ Tampa Hackerspace West, 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
- Tampa Drones Meetup — Open Fly Day at Wesley Chapel @ 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
- AirBnB Income Strategy — Build a Highly Profitable AirBnB Business @ Dunkin Donuts, 7004 N Dale Mabry Hwy, Tampa, 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
- Microcontroller Monthly Meetup (M3) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
- Code for Tampa Bay Brigade — Open Hack Saturday! @ Tampa Bay WaVE, 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM
- Clearwater / St Petersburg Unity User Group — Game Project Therapy @ Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM
- Grand Gamers of St. Petersburg — Board Games @ Serenity Games, 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Tampa Hackerspace Monthly Board Game Night @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Join the Tampa Entrepreneurs Network and Network After Work @ The Tech Shop, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Anime, Nerds & Geeks — Mary and The Witch’s Flower @ 8:00 PM to 10:15 PM
- Nerd Night Out — KARAOKE NIGHT! @ Fat Cat Tavern, 8:30 PM to 12:00 AM