Every week, I compile a list of events for developers, technologists, tech entrepreneurs, and nerds in and around the Tampa Bay area. We’ve got a lot of events going on this week, and here they are!
Monday, October 29
- Code for Tampa Bay Brigade — Open Hack Night @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center (ECC), 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
- Learn Cybersecurity Tampa — EXPERT SERIES: BARRY MILLER AND RAFFLE! @ SecureSet, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
- Cool ‘n Confident Toastmasters @ SPC – St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Bitcoin — Mining Mondays @ Tampa Bay Wave, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- South Tampa Toastmasters @ Unity of Tampa, 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM
- Nerdy 30 Girls — Dave & Busters Meet & Greet @ Dave and Busters, 7:45 PM to 9:45 PM
Tuesday, October 30
Tampa iOS Meetup — Adventures in iOS machine learning, part 2: Let’s build our own Core ML models!
In the last Tampa iOS Meetup, we built a simple app that could analyze a photo and say if it was a picture of healthy or unhealthy food. It used a CoreML model that someone trained by giving it hundreds of photos of food and classifying each as healthy (mostly photos of fruit) and unhealthy (photos of pastries, cookies, and other sugary foods).
Someone asked “How do make our own models?” at the end of that meetup. In this meetup, we’ll answer that question by going through the steps to build our own model using Python and Turi Create, and then incorporating that model into a Core ML app.
If you’ve always wanted to get into machine learning, but found the material on it intimidating, you’ll want to join us at this friendly meetup, where you’ll get than hang of machine learning, iOS-style!
Other meetups
- USF’s Cybersecurity for Executives Certificate Program @ USF Muma College of Business, Tuesday 8:00 AM to Wednesday 5:00 PM
- Partner Event: VISIONS Tampa @ Microsoft Corporation, 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM
- Westshore Toastmasters @ FIVE Labs, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
- Tech on Tap Tampa — Tech on Tap is BACK! Feel free to wear your costumes if you dare @ The Canopy @ The Birchwood, 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Brandon Boardgamers — Tuesday Night Gaming @ Cool Stuff Games, 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Entrepreneurs & Startups – Bradenton Networking & Education — Network & Learn – The Dance of Leadership @ Station 2 Innovation Center, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
- Learn Cybersecurity Tampa — Halloween War Games Kick-off and Raffle! @ SecureSet, 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM
- Tampa Bay IIBA — Requirements Validation: A Business Analyst’s Perspective @ KForce Tampa, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Agile — Heart of Agile: Experience Report from Big Sea @ Keiser University, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Weekly Open Make Night with Laser Pumpkin Carving @ Tampa Hackerspace, 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Nerd Night Out — Scary Movie Trivia @ Jacks London Grill, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Blockchain Enthusiasts — Trading Tuesday! @ Tampa Bay Wave, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Bitcoin — RChain Tampa Bay Meetup: Coin Faucet & Pocket Network @ Grassroots Kava House, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Anime, Nerds & Geeks — Pho-tactic Tuesday- $5 Pho! @ 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM
- NerdBrew Trivia: Horror & Scary Parodies! @ The Lowry Parcade and Tavern, 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Wednesday, October 31
- 1 Million Cups St. Pete — Doggery Craft Ice @ St. Petersburg Greenhouse, 9:00 AM
- 1 Million Cups Tampa — Prisma Imaging / LeapCaller @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, 9:00 AM
- Sarasota Web Development Meetup Group — Lunch Hour Meetup @ Maharaja Restaurant, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Bitcoin — Blockchain 101 Lunch & Learn: 10th Anniversary Special Edition @ Tampa Bay Wave, 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
- Tampa Bay GIS User Group — October Meeting and Map Competition @ FDOT District 7 Auditorium, 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM
- NerdBrew Halloversary Party 2! @ Villagio Cinemas, 6:00 PM to 1:00 AM
- Code Katas — Let’s Do Some Harder Fun Code Challenges! @ PROforma, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Women in Linux — Understanding Linux @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Blockchain Enthusiasts — Bitcoin Cash @ Tampa Bay Wave, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Thursday, November 1
- The Green Asterisk Coworking @ The Pearl, 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM
- Leadership Book Club — “The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader”. Come join our Leadership Book Club @ Sardo’s Pizza, 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM
- Florida Funders & SunTrust Bank Present Thirsty Thursday @ Armature Works, 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- Tampa Bay Technology and Marketing Mastermind — FREE Head Shot Photo Shoot | Networking | Luxury Menswear 80% Discount @ McB’s Menswear Shop – Downtown St Pete, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
- High Tech Connect — Happy Hour and Ask the Cloud Experts @ Sheraton Tampa Riverwalk Hotel, 5:30 PM to 9:30 PM
- Code Lakeland — Predictive Analytics by Leah Hacker, Head of Research for Accomplice @ Qgiv, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour- Meet Up — Cocktails and Connections ~ 1st Thursday of the Month @ Cafe Delanie, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Everything eCommerce Meetup — Building a High Performing Website @ 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- WordPress Tampa — Is your WordPress website secure? @ Charles J. Fendig Public Library, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
- Shopbot Safety and Usage (Members Only) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Drupal Website Development, Design & Technologies Meetup — Modern Web Design & Development Meetup, focusing on Drupal CMS @Panera Bread (2285 Ulmerton Road, Clearwater), 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Blockchain Enthusiasts — Build an Insurance Blockchain with Corda @ Tampa Bay Wave, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Friday, November 2
- Lean Coffee for All Things Agile (Carrollwood) @ Maple Street Biscuit Company, 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM
- Lean Coffee for All Things Agile (St Petersburg) @ Panera Bread (2285 Ulmerton Road, Clearwater), 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM
- Tech4Good Tampa — WordPress Web Dev Day for 4 Nonprofits (Hackathon) @ Friday 6:00 PM to Saturday 4:00 PM
- Geekocracy! — Karaoke at Tampa VIP with WOB afterwards @ Tampa Karaoke VIP, 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM
Saturday, November 3
- Girl Scout STEM Class (Private-4931 Main Room) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
- Game Club Tampa Meetup — Advanced Civilization Board Game @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 11:00 AM to 5:30 PM
- Remote Professionals & Self-Employed of Tampa Bay — Monthly Meet & Greet (new & old alike) @ Whiskey Joe’s Bar and Grill, 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
- Nerdbrew Events — BlizzCon Watch & LAN Party! @ Villagio Cinemas, 12:00 PM to 12:00 AM
- Geekocracy! — See ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ at AMC Westshore! @ AMC Westshore, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Sunday, November 4
- Tampa Drones Meetup — Tampa Drones Photography Tour @ Freedom boat club, 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM
- Girl Scout STEM Class (Private-4931 Main Room) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
- Game Club Tampa Meetup @ D&D 5E campaign (Full), bi-weekly @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM
- Geekocracy! — Brunch Brainstorm @ Keke’s Breakfast Cafe – Carrollwood, 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
- Kids’ Open Make – Prep for Maker Faire Orlando @ Tampa Hackerspace, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
- Sew What? (Textile Arts & Crafts) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM