You could read this Washington Post article, Elon Musk Acquires Twitter and Fires Top Executives (behind a paywall), or you could simply look at this photo, which provides a good summary:
Category: Current Events
Anitra and I attended last night’s CyberX Tampa event, an conference about the cybersecurity industry here in Tampa Bay. It was an extraordinarily well-attended event, with over 170 people gathered together to talk about technology, security, and the local tech scene.
The event took place at TheIncLab’s offices, located in one of the old warehouses in Tampa’s historic Ybor City neighborhood, which is largely made of repurposed cigar factories from the late 1800s. They have a beautiful courtyard which I’m familiar with — before it was TheIncLab’s place, it was home to The Undercroft, whose UC Baseline cybersecurity course I took in 2020.
CyberX Tampa opened with drinks, snacks, and networking, followed by two simultaneous panels.
The courtyard had the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion panel, featuring:
- Suzanne Ricci, Chief Success Officer, Computer Coach, as moderator
- Courtney H. Jackson, Founder & CEO, Paragon Cyber Solutions
- Samantha Ramos, Information Security Risk Manager, Nextech Systems
- Hugh Percy , Mgr, Cyber Security Threat Analysis & Operations, Moffitt
And inside, there was the panel titled Blackhat Tactics You Should Know, with:
- Charlton Trezevant, Senior Application Security Consultant, GuidePoint Security
- Robert Lubin, Security Operations Center Director, Abacode
The final panel of the evening was the big one — a discussion of the state of cybersecurity in Florida.
The panelists were:
- Moderator: Larry Whiteside, CISO, RegScale
- Jason Allen, CTO, Digital Hands
- Kari Schori, CIO, Office of the Public Defender 6th Judicial Circuit
- Rolando Torres, Co-Founder & COO, Abacode
It was a great evening all around, and I hope it’s a good sign for future events in Tampa Bay, and a sign that our tech community is active!
Of course, the events wouldn’t have happened without the sponsors. Click on their logos to find out more about them!
Did that headline get your attention? Good.
There’s a lot of local hype about the upcoming Florida Bitcoin and Blockchain Summit, and I’ve come to remind you that last year’s stars were these jerkoffs:
CELSIUS. Yes, that Celsius — the cryptocurrency lending company that filed for bankruptcy. The one who paused withdrawals in June, but not before its C-level people made big withdrawals themselves. The one facing federal investigations. The one whose data dump leaked half a million users’ holdings info.
Last year, they were the darlings of the Florida Bitcoin and Blockchain Summit, where they announced their decentralized finance arm, Celsius X, their CTO announced his moving to Tampa Bay (and became one of Tampa Bay Business Journal’s “25 people to watch in 2022”), they helped facilitate Tampa Mayor Jane Castor’s being paid in crypto (in a fit of crypto fever, she said she’d take two of her paychecks in cypto; she lost 67% of its value since then), and who threw a post-Summit community meetup so popular that there was a waiting list.
Hey, Tampa Bay! Did we learn nothing from Fast? Are we so desperate to compete against the Miami, Florida’s so-called “next tech hub,” that we’re willing to glom onto any grifter who comes along and promises to make us the next Silicon Valley?
As the one-person show behind the Tampa Bay Tech Events List, I will continue to list crypto events — people still want to attend them, and maybe “there’s a there there,” but I cannot in good conscience not stand by and not remind people that last year’s darlings costs some people dearly.
If you feel you must attend this year’s Florida Bitcoin and Blockchain Summit, remember last year’s hype and this year’s outcome.
Recommended viewing
Kodeco (pronounced Koe-DECK-coe, or “code echo,” your choice) is the new name of RayWenderlich.com, the premier mobile development tutorial site!
Over the past decade, I’ve had the pleasure of not just learning mobile development at RayWenderlich.com, but also writing articles for them, doing presentations and workshops at their conference, recording a full video course, and even co-authoring a book!
I even introduced Anitra to them, and she’s now a tech editor there, which is why we’re both on the team photo collage:
The name RayWenderlich.com made sense when it was just a blog that its namesake, Ray Wenderlich, started when he’d quit his job to become an indie mobile developer. At the time, he was simply blogging and sharing iOS development tips as part of his business. As I mentioned earlier, I learned iOS programming from the original edition of his first book, The iOS Apprentice, where you learn by building four applications.
The site kept growing and became that classic internet success story where the side business became the main business. The site grew to add Android development tutorials (around the time I joined the team), and since then has expanded to add Flutter, Unity, and other mobile development topics.
A decade and thousands of articles later, the name change makes sense. It’s no longer an indie mobile developer’s side project, but a full-fledged publishing company in the same spirit as O’Reilly and No Starch Press.
Congratulations, Kodeco, and I look forward to writing more mobile dev tutorials with you!
More about Kodeco
- Introducing Kodeco — the New raywenderlich.com (written by Chris Belanger, CMO)
- Why Rebrand? The Backstory of raywenderlich.com (written by Ray Wenderlich, Founder)
- 319 Days to Building a New Brand (written by Matt Derrick, CEO)
- Kodeco’s new social media accounts:
- Facebook: www.facebook.com/Kodeco
- Instagram: @KodecoDev
- Twitter: @KodecoDev
- LinkedIn: Kodeco and KodecoDev
- YouTube: KodecoDev
Here’s the list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, October 24 through Sunday, October 30, 2022.
Every week, with the assistance of a couple of Jupyter Notebooks that I put together, I compile this list for the Tampa Bay tech community.
As far as event types go, this list casts a rather wide net. It includes events that would be of interest to techies, nerds, and entrepreneurs. It includes (but isn’t limited to) events that fall under the category of:
- 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 (because nerds really need to up their presentation game)
- Sci-fi, fantasy, and other genre fandoms
- Anything I deem geeky
By “Tampa Bay and surrounding areas”, this list covers events that originate or are aimed at the area within 100 miles of the Port of Tampa. At the very least, that includes the cities of Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater, but as far north as Ocala, as far south as Fort Myers, and includes Orlando and its surrounding cities.
Monday, October 24
Tuesday, October 25
CyberX Tampa 2022 takes place Tuesday, October 25, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at TheIncLab in Ybor City, and I’ll be there! It’ll be an evening of all things cybersecurity-related with some of Tampa Bay’s largest companies, CISOs, and tech leaders! And yes, it’s FREE to attend!
| Group | Event Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Orlando Virtual Reality | Free OPEN Passes to API World 2022 (Oct 25-27, San Jose, CA & Nov 1-3, Virtual ) | 7:00 AM |
| Business Strategy Meetup Group | Business Networking | 7:15 AM |
| Tampa Bay Agile | v-Lean Coffee | 7:30 AM |
| Orlando Melrose Makers | In-Person: Makerspace Open Lab | 10:30 AM |
| Tampa / St Pete Business Connections | Westchase/Oldsmar Business Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome | 11:00 AM |
| Florida Startup: Idea to IPO | How to Find Product Market Fit Quickly | 11:00 AM |
| Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! | Westchase/Oldsmar Business Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome | 11:00 AM |
| Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers | Upper Pinellas,Oldsmar,Westchase Networking Lunch -Wild Rover Brewing Company | 11:00 AM |
| Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome | Professional Business Networking Lunch Glory Day’s New Tampa | 11:30 AM |
| Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net | New Tampa RGA Chapter ~ Glory Days Meet your next referral partner! | 11:30 AM |
| Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) | NPI Seminole Referral Pros Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals | 11:30 AM |
| Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals | New Tampa Networking Lunch at Glory Day’s Grill New Tampa | 11:30 AM |
| Manatee River Business Exchange Club | Great group for referrals – Several new members – WE are growing!!! | 12:00 PM |
| Global Networking Summit | Networking Brunch | 12:00 PM |
| Block Co-op – Bitcoin Crypto Blockchain Orlando | Bitcoin/Crypto. Buying, Selling and sharing ideas. Small group atmosphere. | 1:00 PM |
| Free Video Production Classes – TV/Internet | Social Video Marketing Tips(ONLINE CLASS)-FREE for Hillsborough County Residents | 4:15 PM |
| Sarasota Manatee Science and Technology Social Group | Science and Technology Society of Sarasota-Manatee Inaugural Meeting | 5:00 PM |
| TECHnically Volunteers of Tampa Bay | Volunteers Needed for CyberX Tampa Bay | 5:00 PM |
| Tampa Cybersecurity Training | CyberX Tampa 2022 | 5:30 PM |
| Career Success Academy | CyberX Tampa 2022 | 5:30 PM |
| Tampa Bay Tech Career Advice Forum | CyberX Tampa 2022 | 5:30 PM |
| Adventures On Tap DnD and Board Games | Nerd Night at Deadwords Brewing | 6:00 PM |
| Orlando Poker Tournaments Meetup Group | .25/.50 Texas Holdem Cashgame Online | 6:00 PM |
| Critical Hit Games | Marvel Crisis Protocol Night | 6:00 PM |
| Toastmasters Division E | Bartow Toastmasters HYBRID Meeting | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Hackerspace | Weekly Open Make Night | 6:00 PM |
| Network After Work – Orlando Networking Events | Orlando at Half Barrel Beer Project | 6:00 PM |
| Florida Center for Creative Photography | Meet & Greet at O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant | 6:00 PM |
| The Fervent Book Club Sarasota | The FERVENT Book Club, Sarasota | 6:30 PM |
| Pinellas Writers | Weekly Group Meetings – All Writers Welcome! | 6:30 PM |
| West Pasco Toastmasters Club #2824 | Weekly Meeting | 6:30 PM |
| Tampa Power Apps and Flow User Group | Customize Bookings in your Power App | 6:30 PM |
| Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup | Trivia Night – Moose Lodge 2117 Smartphone Trivia Game Show | 6:30 PM |
| Their Eyes Were Watching Books – Classic Book Meetup | October Book Club | 6:30 PM |
| Toastmasters District 48 | Brandon Toastmasters Club | 7:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! | D&D Adventurers League at Armada Games | 7:00 PM |
| The Orlando Python User Group | Pythonic Monthly Meeting | 7:00 PM |
| Bradenton Photo Group | Self-Assignment Photo Challenge – Focus Stacking | 7:00 PM |
| Hacktivate – Hackathon Based Training Events | Meetup Kickoff | 7:00 PM |
| St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games for Young Adults | St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults | 7:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Card Room | .25/.50 Texas Holdem Cashgame Online | 7:00 PM |
| Central Florida Computer Society | Central Florida Computer Society TechSIG (Please join us!!) | 7:00 PM |
| Kava Culture Clearwater | Trivia Night | 7:00 PM |
| TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group | Let’s play chess at 54th Ave Kava House! | 7:30 PM |
| Shut Up & Write!® Tampa | Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom | 7:45 PM |
Wednesday, October 26
Thursday, October 27
| Group | Event Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome | Happy Hangar Early Bird Professionals Networking | 7:30 AM |
| Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net | Wesley Chapel/Lutz networking breakfast | 7:30 AM |
| Business Networking Weekly Meeting for Local Professionals | Business Networking for Local Professionals | 8:00 AM |
| eCommerce Livestream Tampa | eCommerce Livestream 2022 – Learn from Founders of 9 Figure Online Stores | 9:00 AM |
| NTi Port Richey, FL | NTi Port Richey – Business Referral Network | 9:00 AM |
| UiPath RPA Tampa | Innovate with the data you have with UiPath and Snowflake | 10:00 AM |
| Orlando Melrose Makers | In-Person: Makerspace Open Lab | 10:30 AM |
| Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! | The Founders Meeting where it all Began! JOIN us! Bring a guest and get a gift | 11:00 AM |
| Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up | Pinellas County’s Largest Networking Lunch and your invited! | 11:00 AM |
| Florida Startup: Idea to IPO | How to Cut Product Development Costs by up to 50%! | 11:00 AM |
| Block Co-op – Bitcoin Crypto Blockchain Orlando | Crypto Set-up Class -Limited to 5 Seats Only | 11:00 AM |
| Tampa / St Pete Business Connections | Clearwater/Central Pinellas Networking Lunch | 11:00 AM |
| Business Game Changers Group | Clearwater Professional Networking Lunch | 11:00 AM |
| Orlando Cybersecurity Meetup | 5 incident response tips derived from cyberattacks in 2022 | 11:00 AM |
| Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome | Wesley Chapel Professional Networking Lunch at Chuck Lager America’s Tavern | 11:30 AM |
| Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) | NPI Power Lunch – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals | 11:30 AM |
| Hyperledger Tampa | Tokenization deep-dive | 12:00 PM |
| “Learn and Earn” Millionaire Mind Secrets & Networking | Online Zoom! Millionaire Mind Lunch; Book Club and Networking! | 12:00 PM |
| StartUp Xchange | Startup Strategy Office Hours | 2:00 PM |
| eCommerce Livestream Tampa | Fireside Chat with Vinny Lingham on Customer Retention | 3:45 PM |
| Ironhack Tampa – Tech Careers, Learning and Networking | October Web Development Workshop: Learn the Basics of Coding with HTML & CSS | 5:00 PM |
| Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup | Trivia Night – Bunkers Bar of Sun City Center Smartphone Trivia Game Show | 5:00 PM |
| Network After Work Tampa – Networking Events | Access MBA Event East Coast | 5:00 PM |
| Amazon Seller Meetup | Clearwater, Florida | Amazon Seller Meetup | Clearwater-Tampa MEET UP | 5:30 PM |
| Ironhack Tampa – Tech Careers, Learning and Networking | The Basics of Web Development | 6:00 PM |
| Toastmasters District 48 | Clearwater Community Toastmasters | 6:00 PM |
| Elite Business Professionals and Entrepreneurs | Business Professionals Network and Mingle | 6:00 PM |
| Indian Shores Library Read and Feeds | Read & Feed: Be My Ghost | 6:00 PM |
| Orlando Poker Tournaments Meetup Group | .25/.50 Texas Holdem Cashgame Online | 6:00 PM |
| ONETUG – Orlando .NET User Group | ONETUG Nerd Dinner | 6:00 PM |
| Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and Rifts (Palladium) Group | 1st ed AD&D Campaign. | 6:00 PM |
| Summerfield Board/Card Game Night | Summerfield Tabletop/Board/Card Games | 6:00 PM |
| Sarasota Strategy Board Game League | Root – Thursday October 27 | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! | D&D Adventurers League at Critical Hit Games | 6:00 PM |
| Critical Hit Games | Warhammer Night | 6:00 PM |
| Orlando Board Gaming Weekly Meetup | Central Florida Board Gaming at The Collective | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa SharePoint Online User Group | A First SPFx app using MS Graph | 6:30 PM |
| Tampa Free Writing Group | Writing Meetup at Dignitary Tea and Coffee House | 6:30 PM |
| Tampa Writers Alliance | Tampa Writers Alliance Poetry Group | 6:30 PM |
| Tampa Hackerspace | Members Only: Plasma Table Orientation | 7:00 PM |
| Tampa Hackerspace | Girls Who Code for Grades 6-12 | 7:00 PM |
| Tampa Hackerspace | 3D Printing Guild | 7:00 PM |
| WordPress Clearwater FL | WordPress Monthly Meetup | 7:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Card Room | .25/.50 Texas Holdem Cashgame Online | 7:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Technology Center | WordPress | 7:00 PM |
| Live streaming production and talent | Live streaming production and talent | 7:00 PM |
| Work From Home -Online Business Opportunities and Networking | How To Create A Successful Print on Demand Business: Design, SEO, Branding | 8:00 PM |
Friday, October 28
Saturday, October 29
| Group | Event Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Central Florida Philosophy Meetup | Wake Up and Think Clearly Saturday morning share and discuss. | 7:00 AM |
| Toastmasters Division G | Early Bird Ocala | 8:00 AM |
| Indian Shores Library Read and Feeds | Halloween Book Sale | 9:00 AM |
| Tampa Hackerspace | GSWCF: Sew What? Make Your Own Bag! | 9:00 AM |
| Chess Republic | Coffee & Chess: Tampa Midtown | 9:30 AM |
| Writers Group at the Haunted Antique Shop | Writers Group at the Haunted Antique Shop | 9:30 AM |
| Orlando Lady Developers Meetup | Code with me – learning sessions weekly on Saturdays | 10:00 AM |
| Orlando Melrose Makers | In-Person: Makerspace Open Lab | 10:30 AM |
| Old Tampa Book Company | Earn Free Books ~ Save Our World! | 11:00 AM |
| The Maker Team – Plant City | Our October 29 program will be about table saws, presented by Kent Akselsen | 1:00 PM |
| Suncoast Makers | FREE Fab Lab Orientation | 1:00 PM |
| Central Florida Florida Foam Fighting (Fumetsu) | Fighter Practice! (Newbies welcome) | 2:00 PM |
| Casual Scrabble Play | Anyone up for Scrabble? | 2:00 PM |
| Bradenton Photo Group | Beyond Camera Basics | 2:30 PM |
| Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! | Saturday MTG Draft at Hammerfall Games and Collectibles | 3:00 PM |
| St. Pete Short Video Projects Meetup Group | Join us at the multimedia studio…. let’s get creative! | 3:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Tabletoppers | Game Day! | 4:00 PM |
| Orlando Horror Movie Fans 20s-30s | Halloween Bar Crawl | 4:00 PM |
| Orlando Adventurer’s Guild | [In-Person] The Wild Beyond the Witchlight – DM Calvin (Tier 2) | 5:00 PM |
| Orlando Stoics | IN-PERSON: Seneca’s “On the shortness of life” (Part 2) | 5:00 PM |
| Remote Collective ST. PETE | Social Club For Remote Workers | Halloween Pub Crawl!! 🎃 | 5:00 PM |
| Critical Hit Games | Store Halloween Party | 5:00 PM |
| New Port Richey Casual Games and Fun Socializing Group! | Game Night in October | 5:30 PM |
| Orlando Poker Tournaments Meetup Group | .25/.50 Texas Holdem Cashgame Online | 6:00 PM |
| Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG) | Golf Group – RPG One-Shots | 6:00 PM |
| Nerd Night Out | NerdBrew 6th Annual Hallowversary Party! | 7:00 PM |
| Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild | THE ONE-SHOT GUILD | 7:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Card Room | .25/.50 Texas Holdem Cashgame Online | 7:00 PM |
| Remote Collective SARASOTA | Social Club for Remote Workers | *** SOLD OUT *** Haunted Halloween @ Sage | COSTUME PARTY | 7:30 PM |
| Horror Fan Fun Time Gang | Horror Friends Costume Party! | 8:00 PM |
| Esports Players Club Tampa | Halloween Lock-In | 10:00 PM |
Sunday, October 30
| Group | Event Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Toastmasters District 48 | Clearwater Sunday Speakers Toastmasters Club | 9:30 AM |
| Suncoast Critical Thinking Discussion Group | CRITICAL THINKERS SUNDAY BRUNCH AT ROSEMARY & THYME | 10:00 AM |
| Orlando Urban Professionals Meetup Group | Spooky Costume Social Brunch | 12:00 PM |
| Board Games and Card Games in Sarasota & Bradenton | Games at Descent Into Gaming | 12:00 PM |
| Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and Rifts (Palladium) Group | The Contemptible Cube of Quazar (An OSR One Shot) | 12:30 PM |
| Saint Petersburg Introverts Socializing (Ages 20s-40s) | Halloween on wheels Downtown St.Petersburg | 1:00 PM |
| Beginners Guide to D and D | D&D Adventurers League | 1:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! | D&D Adventurers League at Critical Hit Games | 2:00 PM |
| Software Engineers IRL | Lean Coffee (or just chatting about software) at Foxtail | 2:00 PM |
| Critical Hit Games | D&D Adventurers League | 2:00 PM |
| Drunk’n Meeples West Pasco (Boardgames) | Weekend Game Day | 2:00 PM |
| Thinking While Drinking Tampa | Mexican Day of the Dead [IN-PERSON] | 3:00 PM |
| Brown Girls’ Book Club, Fit, & Hangout Group | Yoga in the Galleries | 4:00 PM |
| Bradenton Photo Group | Sunset Under The Pier | 5:30 PM |
| Tampa Hackerspace | Sew Awesome! (Textile Arts & Crafts) | 5:30 PM |
| Orlando Poker Tournaments Meetup Group | .25/.50 Texas Holdem Cashgame Online | 6:00 PM |
| Orlando Horror Movie Fans 20s-30s | Halloween Horror Nights | 6:00 PM |
| Orlando Adventurer’s Guild | October New Player Nights – Various DMs (Tier 1: Level 1-4) | 6:00 PM |
| Gen Geek | Candlelight Concert: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics | 6:30 PM |
| Tampa Bay Card Room | .25/.50 Texas Holdem Cashgame Online | 7:00 PM |
| Nerd Night Out | A Duck Presents NB Movie Night | 7:00 PM |
| Nerdbrew Events | NerdBrew Karaoke @ MacDinton’s! | 8:00 PM |
| Solana – Tampa | Office Hours | 8:00 PM |
Do you have any events or announcements that you’d like to see on this list?
Let me know at joey@joeydevilla.com!
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Here’s the list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, October 17 through Sunday, October 23, 2022.
Every week, with the assistance of a couple of Jupyter Notebooks that I put together, I compile this list for the Tampa Bay tech community.
As far as event types go, this list casts a rather wide net. It includes events that would be of interest to techies, nerds, and entrepreneurs. It includes (but isn’t limited to) events that fall under the category of:
- 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 (because nerds really need to up their presentation game)
- Sci-fi, fantasy, and other genre fandoms
- Anything I deem geeky
By “Tampa Bay and surrounding areas”, this list covers events that originate or are aimed at the area within 100 miles of the Port of Tampa. At the very least, that includes the cities of Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater, but as far north as Ocala, as far south as Fort Myers, and includes Orlando and its surrounding cities.
Monday, October 17
Tuesday, October 18
| Group | Event Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Business Strategy Meetup Group | Business Networking | 7:15 AM |
| Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) | NPI St. Pete Business Builders Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals | 7:30 AM |
| Bootstrappers Breakfast® – Tampa Bay Area | East Coast Bootstrappers Breakfast® | 8:30 AM |
| Orlando Melrose Makers | In-Person: Makerspace Open Lab | 10:30 AM |
| Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net | Oldsmar/Westchase Networking Lunch – Wild Rover Brewing Company | 11:00 AM |
| Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers | Upper Pinellas,Oldsmar,Westchase Networking Lunch -Wild Rover Brewing Company | 11:00 AM |
| Tampa / St Pete Business Connections | Westchase/Oldsmar Business Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome | 11:00 AM |
| Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! | Westchase/Oldsmar Business Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome | 11:00 AM |
| Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net | New Tampa RGA Chapter ~ Glory Days Meet your next referral partner! | 11:30 AM |
| Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome | Professional Business Networking Lunch Glory Day’s New Tampa | 11:30 AM |
| Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals | New Tampa Networking Lunch at Glory Day’s Grill New Tampa | 11:30 AM |
| Global Networking Summit | Networking Brunch | 12:00 PM |
| Block Co-op – Bitcoin Crypto Blockchain Orlando | Bitcoin/Crypto. Buying, Selling and sharing ideas. Small group atmosphere. | 1:00 PM |
| Orlando Unity Developers Group | Virtual Event: Blender-Painting Weights | 4:00 PM |
| Free Video Production Classes – TV/Internet | Social Video Marketing Tips(ONLINE CLASS)-FREE for Hillsborough County Residents | 4:15 PM |
| Orlando Adventurer’s Guild | [IN PERSON] DDAL05-15 Reclamation (Tier 3, FR, historic) | 6:00 PM |
| Florida Center for Creative Photography | Meet & Greet at O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Hackerspace | Weekly Open Make Night | 6:00 PM |
| Critical Hit Games | Marvel Crisis Protocol Night | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Wargaming Society | Gaslands Refuelled at Nerdy Needs | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay SQL Server User Group (TBSSUG) | TBSSUG Monthly Meeting | 6:00 PM |
| Adventures On Tap DnD and Board Games | Nerd Night at Deadwords Brewing | 6:00 PM |
| Saint Petersburg Book Club Meetup Group | Oct Book Club | 6:30 PM |
| Toastmasters District 48 | West Pasco Toastmasters #2824 | 6:30 PM |
| Shut Up & Write!® Orlando | Shut Up and Write near Howell Branch | 6:30 PM |
| Tampa Investor/Training Meetup | Tampa Bay Investor Training | 6:30 PM |
| The Sarasota Creative Writers Meetup Group | The Sarasota Creative Writers | 6:30 PM |
| Cryptocurrency/Blockchain Education – Palm Harbor | Blockchain Dinner Party at Bogota’s | 6:30 PM |
| Tampa Investor/Training Meetup | Tampa Bay Investor Training | 6:30 PM |
| Pinellas Writers | Weekly Group Meetings – All Writers Welcome! | 6:30 PM |
| West Pasco Toastmasters Club #2824 | Weekly Meeting | 6:30 PM |
| Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup | Trivia Night – Moose Lodge 2117 Smartphone Trivia Game Show | 6:30 PM |
| GDG SunCoast | Compose Camp Session 2 | 6:30 PM |
| The Fervent Book Club Sarasota | The FERVENT Book Club, Sarasota | 6:30 PM |
| Ironhack Orlando – Tech Careers, Learning and Networking | The basics of Data Analytics 📈 | 7:00 PM |
| Orlando Crypto Meetup | Crypto/Trading/Online Business/Entrepreneurship Nights | 7:00 PM |
| TampaBay Timebanks | Monthly Meeting in Tampa | 7:00 PM |
| St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games for Young Adults | St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults | 7:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Coalition of Reason | Online: Tampa Bay Technology Center (TBTC) Monthly Meeting | 7:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! | D&D Adventurers League at Armada Games | 7:00 PM |
| TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group | Let’s play chess at 54th Ave Kava House! | 7:30 PM |
| Shut Up & Write!® Tampa | Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom | 7:45 PM |
| Tampa Bay Card Room | $200 Texas Holdem Freeroll Onlike | 8:00 PM |
| Tampa Options Trading Group for Monthly Income | Understanding the Basics of Technical Analysis – Part I (Reading Charts) | 8:30 PM |
| Orlando Poker Tournaments Meetup Group | .25/.50 Online Texas Holdem Cash Game | 9:00 PM |
Wednesday, October 19
Thursday, October 20
Friday, October 21
Saturday, October 22
Sunday, October 23
| Group | Event Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Florida Center for Creative Photography | Visit ZooTampa while the Weather is Cooler | 9:00 AM |
| Toastmasters District 48 | Clearwater Sunday Speakers Toastmasters Club | 9:30 AM |
| Suncoast Critical Thinking Discussion Group | CRITICAL THINKERS SUNDAY BRUNCH AT ROSEMARY & THYME | 10:00 AM |
| Board Games and Card Games in Sarasota & Bradenton | Games at Descent Into Gaming | 12:00 PM |
| Beginners Guide to D and D | D&D Adventurers League | 1:00 PM |
| Geekocracy! | Game Day at Southern Brewing | 2:00 PM |
| Critical Hit Games | D&D Adventurers League | 2:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! | D&D Adventurers League at Critical Hit Games | 2:00 PM |
| Drunk’n Meeples West Pasco (Boardgames) | Weekend Game Day | 2:00 PM |
| Orlando Business Leadership and Development Meetup Group | Get to Know You Session | 3:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Beach and Sunset Photography and Modeling Classes | Spook-tac-ular Halloween “Boo-doir” Group Shoot (Photographer Signup) | 4:30 PM |
| Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and Rifts (Palladium) Group | Rifts | 5:00 PM |
| Orlando Adventurer’s Guild | October Session Zero: Creating a Character | 5:00 PM |
| Thinking While Drinking Tampa | A Lesson From Socrates [ONLINE] | 6:00 PM |
| Orlando Poker Tournaments Meetup Group | .25/.50 Texas Holdem Cashgame Online | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Hackerspace | Let’s Learn to Turn Pens! | 6:00 PM |
| Toastmasters Division E | Find Your Funny Toastmaster | 6:30 PM |
| Tampa Bay Card Room | .25/.50 Texas Holdem Cashgame Online | 7:00 PM |
| Sarasota “Doctor Who” Fan Meetup | Special Event: Goodbye to the 13th Doctor | 7:00 PM |
| Nerd Night Out | A Duck Presents NB Movie Night | 7:00 PM |
| Low Light Photography Group | Under the Milky Way – A Photo Field Trip | 7:30 PM |
| Gen Geek | House of the Dragon Watch Party | 8:00 PM |
| Solana – Tampa | Office Hours | 8:00 PM |
| Nerdbrew Events | NerdBrew Karaoke @ MacDinton’s! | 8:00 PM |
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October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and we’re celebrating both the month and Tampa Bay’s cybersecurity professionals at Shuffle in Tampa Heights tonight from 5 to 7 p.m.!
The folks at Computer Coach Training Center (for whom I just finished teaching a Python course) helped put this event together, and it’s your chance to meet people from Cyber Florida as well as other local people in cybersecurity (hint: I work for the Auth0 arm of Okta, which just so happens to be in that industry).
Want to join in? Register on the event’s Meetup page, and I’ll see you there!