Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, September 30 through Sunday, October 6, 2024! 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
This week’s events
- Monday, September 30
- Tuesday, October 1
- Wednesday, October 2
- Thursday, October 3
- Friday, October 4
- Saturday, October 5
- Sunday, October 6
Monday, September 30
Tuesday, October 1
Wednesday, October 2
| Event name and location | Group | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Feeding Tampa Bay with Gen Geek @Trinity Cafe Trinity Cafe |
Gen Geek | 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM EDT |
| Inspiring Authors & Book Immersion Meetup Online |
Lady Lake Memoir Writing Meetup Group | 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM EDT |
| Authors Anonymous presents Writing Workshop Winter Park Library |
Authors Anonymous – Writing Group | 5:45 PM to 8:15 PM EDT |
| Book Club Meeting: Psychology Workbook for Writers by Darian Smith Station House |
Prose Society Writers Group | 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
| New Beginnings & Old Rivalries Online |
Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild | 7:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT |
| Writer’s Meetup 8420 Ulmerton Rd |
Largo Writing Meetup Group | 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
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Thursday, October 3
Friday, October 4
Saturday, October 5
Sunday, October 6
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